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Mary Jo Kopechne Chappaquiddick — Part 1

44 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 18, 1969 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Mary Jo Kopechne Chappaquiddick · 44 pages OCR'd
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fy oe a ene RE A Amc ANOMALY H (p. 9) @ As in Anomaly D, he remembered "just beginning" to. go off the bridge, but could not be positive about turnisy his wheels. Let's SEE what else Inspector Kennedy said about the “skid marks”. - When I arrived at the scene I observed 2 CAF in the = waterfon the right side of the bridge. I had noticed skid marks on the bridge starting at the edge of the bridge on the airt and continuing straight to the right and ower, Paraphrasing the description of the tire marks in The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, it was as if the wheels had been "locked in pon Sition.” And with an acknowledged minimum cf almost three seconds visibility time? I submit that "reaction time" for turning wheels is appreciably less than that for braking. But what was that the Judge said in his report about the turn onto Dike Road? I infer...that Kennedy did not intend to @rive to the ferry slip and his turn onto Dike Road was intentional. ee IT believe it probable that Kennedy knew of the YWazard that lav ahead of him on Dike Road, but that, for some reason not =. parent from the testimony, he failed to exercise Cue care as he approached the bridge. ANOMALY J (p- 9) One may well ask what kind of responcc Sudse Bovle could pos- sibly have expected to such a question. Howeveérs it is rumored that the poput=* opinicr in and around Edyartown is that Mr. Ken-~ nedy waited as long as he did to report to the police because he was very drunk. This, of course, would have been obvious to an- other person. And then there would have been an incriminating "breath test" to be feared if this was true. However, there is yet another possible reason for the delay. Piease be patient. ANOMALY K (p. 10) * The Senator said he couldn't swim because of the current, SO he swim to where he could wade. That was really a good trick and it indicates tremendous resourcefuiness. However, Perjury No. 6 puts the tale of the attempted rescue in a different light. See also Perjury Ne. 4. ANOMALY L (p. 10) . . Now the Senator is absolutely right! The bridge does run almost east-west. In the course of preparing this materiai, I examined a rather large-scale map of Chappaquidéick Island that. was prepared by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey that also shows ~ 34-0 | 2
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