FBI File links Robert Kennedy to Marilyn Monroe's Death

BOBBY KENNEDY'S affair with the screen idol Marilyn Monroe has been documented, but a secret FBI file suggests the late US attorney-general was aware of - and perhaps even a participant in - a plan "to induce" her suicide.

The detailed three-page report implicates the Hollywood actor Peter Lawford, Monroe's psychiatrist, staff and her publicist in the plot.

How Bobby betrayed Marilyn

While studying these unclassified files for a film, I came across one explosive document, to my knowledge never previously noted in media accounts, that gives life to decades of conspiracy theory. This extraordinary document is dated as having been received by the FBI on October 19, 1964, is designated "Enclosure 61-9454-28", and is titled "Robert F. Kennedy". This is 16 days before the 1964 presidential election and 11 months after the assassination of President Kennedy. It was circulated to five top FBI officers, including Hoover's right-hand man, Clyde Tolson.

It was forwarded by a "former Special Agent" working in the governor of California's office.The agent, whose name is deleted, advises that he does not know the source and cannot evaluate the authenticity of the information. The report outlines a conspiracy involving Robert Kennedy, the actor Peter Lawford and others to induce Monroe to "suicide".

Note that this is clearly unauthenticated information. The FBI files also contain information about an alleged lesbian affair and a sex tape depicting Marilyn involved in "unnatural acts with an unknown male."

Read the FBI Files The document described in the story begins on page 18.