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Gabbard was hosted by Jim Byron, Senior Advisor to the Acting Archivist of the United States, and viewed several of the records related to the assassination of Senator Kennedy, including correspondence between FBI field offices, the Department of Justice file documenting the case against Sirhan Sirhan, and a telegram from the U.S. Department of State representing communications among American embassies about the assassination.
Gabbard also visited the National Archives’ Digitization Center, where many of the most important historical federal government records are digitized. She saw the high-speed scanners and overhead camera systems in action as staff spoke with her about the process for reviewing and digitizing records.
“The release of records related to the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy was another opportunity to demonstrate transparency about what’s in the National Archives,” Byron said. “Archivists and technicians worked around the clock to prepare this first tranche of 10,000 pages of records for release. The process involves hand-sorting, preparing, digitizing and reviewing each page. Members of Director Gabbard’s Director’s Initiative Group joined the effort, and additional file releases will be made.”
The National Archives serves as the final repository of the records of the United States federal government and makes those records available to the American people. Many of the records related to the assassination of Senator Kennedy came to the National Archives from federal agencies many years before but were not publicly available until last Friday.
The release announcement was made exclusively to The Daily Wire’s White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan. Her report can be seen here .
The National Archives is working with other federal agencies across the Executive Branch to ensure that remaining records related to the assassination of Senator Kennedy are identified and transferred to the National Archives as soon as possible.
Visit Archives.gov/rfk to explore the records. Additional files will be added to this page on a rolling basis as they are digitized and released.
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