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Vib _p STATES DEPARTMENT Cc 38 “ICE FEDERAL BUREAU ©) JNVESTIG 10 Rlexandveas VEerAS N In Reply, Please Refer to September 2, 1969 File No. RE: PROPOSED COMMEMORATION PROGRAM SPONSORED BY CESAR CHAVEZ - FARM WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR - CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS, SYLVAN THEATRE, WASHINGTON, D.C. SEPTEMBER 7, 1969 we On August 25, 1969, a representative of the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, advised that Arlington National Cemetery had received an application to hold a mass at the grave of Senator ROBERT F.. KENNEDY in Arlington National Cemetery. The request was under the sponsorship of the CESAR CHAVEZ - FARM WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR - CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS. The request advised that they wished to hold the mass on the afternoon of September 7, 1969. The representative further advised that the request had been forwarded to the United States Army, who had turned down the request. He stated that the denial was on the basis that in order to hoid a religious ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, a family member of the deceased must sponsor the ceremony and also agree to be £ - in attendance at the ceremony. He further stated there was no indication on the application of any such sponsor- ship. The representative advised that on September 2, 1969, for a period of three weeks the grave of JOHN F. KENNEDY would be blocked off to public access due to This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FRI and is loaned to your) = agency; it and its conterts are a2- not to be distributed outside 79.9 -15 712.3 7 your agency, eens a PO a lle nn -- ee - - Pi aligred Ge ST ee OE tty eae Tore oe Oe Ce aS Oe PAP aN IR NE Sot Dee seed oT