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CL, aw, Parties and counsel represented were: CBS, Inc., throuzh their atterneys McCutchen, Black, Verleger, and Shea (Heward J. Privett and Robert Damus); Paul Senrade throigh attorneys M2l Levine and Leonard Unger; Los Angles County Counsel's Office at the request of the Board of Sufervisars through their attorney County Counsel John Larson and Deputy County Counsel Robert Lynch; Defendant Sirhan Sirnan represented by attorney Godfrey Isaac; Attorney General's Office, Eveile J. Younger represented by Deputy Attorney General Russell Iunergich; District Attorney's Office represented by Deputy District Attorney Dinko Bostanich and Special Counsel Thomas Kranz. For tha next severai weeks, tne various parties, through their attorneys cf retord, negotiated the test procedures. In order to revain his independence, Special Counsel Kranz abstained from actual negotiations although was an observer throughout, and Déeguty District Attorney Bozanich advocated the District Attorney's position for the Forthcoming test. Crucial to the discussicn tnrovighouc these few weeks were the integrity and utility of the existing exhibits ard the weapon. The heart of the Bozanich argument was tnat there were substantial questions whether cr net the Sirhan exhibits had been preserved so that meaningful data regarding che assassination of Senator Kennedy could be derivea from any testing at all. Specifically, Bozanich asked the other attorneys to first ask the court to determine the impact of the failure of the County Clerk to administer the extraordinary orders cf the Superior Court (original Judge Alarcon, Judge Walker and Judge Loring orders) on tne integrity and utility of the Sirhan exhi bits. Additionaliy, Bozanich felt that other factors, such as the mere pascags of time, and potential oxidation of the exhibits, might have an imvacr on the present usefulness and testing of the Sirhan exhitits. 7 a Integrity of Exhibits Bozanich was stating a contern of the District Attorney's Office that cne possivtle result of the test procedure to be adopted was that the Sirhan exhibits, inandof themselves, were inconclusive as to the number of guns at the scene cof the Senator's assas- Sination. Bozanich askid the other attorneys to request that the court first determine what significance, if any, could be attached to the conciusions reached in the testing of the Sirhan exhibits. In other words, the District Attorney's position was that the public had a rignt to know all of the facts and circumstances sur- rounding the assassinaticzn of Senator Kennedy, and that this right . would be frustrated, uniess guidelines were first established, both as to the significanes cr the test procedures, and to the con- Clusions that couid be derived from the examination and testing of the exhivibts. Additionally, Sozanich argued in several preliminary meetings with the various attorneys that failure of the court to State specific findings of facts and conclusions of law after the ballistics examination, might further confuse the public. - 46 Cy ww