○  edward m. kennedy: chappaquiddick  ○

there is not truth, not truth whatever, to the widely circulated suspicions of immoral conduct that have been leveled at my behavior and hers regarding that evening. there has never been a private relationship between us of any kind. i know of nothing in mary jo's conduct on that or nay other occasion -- the same is true of the other girls at that party -- that would lend any substance to such ugly speculation about their character.

nor was i driving under the influence of liquor.

little over one mile away, the car that i was driving on the unlit road went of a narrow bridge which had no guard rails and was built on a left angle to the road. the car overturned in a deep pond and immediately filled with water. i remember thinking as the cold water rushed in around my head that i was for certain drowning. then water entered my lungs and i actual felt the sensation of drowning. but somehow i struggled to the surface alive.

i made immediate and repeated efforts to save mary jo be diving into strong and murky current, but succeeded only in increasing my state of utter exhaustion and alarm. my conduct and conversations during the n

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