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Senator Edward Kennedy — Part 3
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he didn't.
- The doctor said that Kennedy was ‘thinking of, dropping out of the
“next part is what I heard on the radio many times, that the law was ;
“watching him (Kennedy). and the party all day, which was a safety precaution, .
‘ and at the house a Dept. Sheriff was stationed off to one side just in
day-+-are you still with me? - I hope this isn't old hatl.
and started back to the party, and were almost there when she said
‘her purse was iri the car. So they go back to the place and he dove in
Excerpt from letter - typed Dec. 5, 1969 °
Dr.[___]has a very good friend, a doctor, who has been with the
Kennedy family for 22 years, and Dr. and wifeyhave been back to bo
see the doctor and his wife many times. The -other da heard bic y
this doctor's name mentioned at one of the hearings, so, like .all
the rest of us, has wondered what happened and he figured this doctor
would know. Anyway, he called him last Monday, and this is a part
of it.
In. the first place, why did he wait so long before reporting it, and we all
thought this man had better sense--anyway the critics say, or said
quote
Kennedy and his advisors and the old campaign crews of John and Robert --
that is the top brass, were going to the boat races, then have a big b6
party after it was over. They were having it at a summer home out bIC
around Martha's Vinyard. The home is owned by the late John's
campaign manager. There were fifteen couples invited, and like prf |
says, the doctor friend of his had to have been there. After the races,
they all left for the house party. Mary Joe and another friend of Teddy's
drove over in Kennedy's car. The real purpose of the party was a ;
farewell to all who‘had helped in many campaigns. ice
political picture due to cranks--everyday a threat of some kind to him
or his family--he was (or is) thinking about political writing --anyway §
he made phone calls to. people high in politics even Robert. McNamara.
As the.party went on, and the booze in, and everyone full--Mary Joe became:
ill and went outside and curled up in the back seat of Kennedy's car. This.
case of rubbernecks and cranks etc. The Dept. saw awortiah get ints
Kennedy's car, and later Teddy and a woman got in and drove off. This
was around 12:30 a.m.,, this is why it came out in the.press and radio.
that there was three in his car; this was the Depty's report the next 7
Teddy and his
lady companion had changed clothes and were going swimming over at
alittle bay.. Well he was: driving and full and missed the bridge, -his
front wheel went off the side and it flipped upside down in four feet of
water. He and the gal.crawled out, shook up a little but able to walk,
many. tinies trying to retrieve it. He gave up and they. walked back and
told everyone what. had happened and everyone laughed about what people
would say aboutithe purse. He-was asked. about reporting the car and he
said, 'to heck.with.it now". . Along in the early morning someone
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