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Senator Edward Kennedy — Part 16
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“Thy is ‘cles? now ; that-Sen, Edward Remedy ‘will
ave a chance to’ tell his entire story. .
‘© @Edgartown District Court’ Judge James A.
pf le has ‘said ‘that thé inquest cannot go forth
! without’ the principal witness and has -indicated '
-that if Sen. Kennedy does not come forth volun- !
? tarily, which he-has said he will do, ‘he. will, be
é called by the court.
“F Phers willbe no‘ crogss-examination in the pro
. Sedure Kennedy will have the. right. to counsel |
“when he takes the Stand, which meanis‘also that his .
be lawyers can advise him not :
: to answer questions or to; j
So = POLITE CAL... ,-vtake -the- ‘Fifth Amendment ——-— -
: ; 2° 4, .-in case of self-incrimination. F
‘CIRCUIT * This, of course, has been *:-
-the problem ‘for the senator,
An ye . \: *, from the beginning. He -has
had to rotect his ‘publ posture as a public man
: and he ‘also has ‘had to keep in mind that if.there
., were-a. case of proved negligence, a- -criminal charge ; :
“could result against him. , ‘
ie $ ‘Those who ‘have talked to the senator since the”
-actident leave with the impression that he is acute- co
me - ly awate-of the delicate -
-balance . presented by. »
these two: problems- , ;
“2 .. It-will be very difi-”
| ~eult for the senator to"
- plead the Fifth Amend-*
ment. He is entitled to.
the’ protection against
self-incrimination as is
any person, and as gne
- of his lawyers said yes-
. terday, he should ‘be .,
treated, as ‘any other :
citizen, not as a United |
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is that ‘Kennedy will .
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‘Date: 8/29/69 .
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