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13-00000 a re Department « of ‘State: some goes TELEGRAM CADUE SECRETARIAL DISSEM BY |, PLA A FILE. RF. . . emer ertnatnimatr “CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 2. “LISBON 01567 «1418282 NOTES. CONNECTED WITH 1988 PORTUGAL/US EXTRADITION 7 . TREATY WHICH APPEARS TO FORECLOSE EXTRADITION TO (ae US OF PERSON CHARGED WITH CAPITAL CRIME. WE UNDER-. STAND ‘REPORTERS MAY BE BUILDING ON THIS LIMITATION A SCENARIO BY WHICH AMERICAN AUTHORITJES, POSSIBLY ~ INCLUDING EMBASSY, WERE AWARE OF RAY/SNEYD'S PRESENCE HERE BUT. DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE OF EXTRADITION TREATY PROVISO, INSTEAD WAITING UNTIL HE WAS SOME- PLACE WHERE SUCH RESTRICTION DID NOT EXIST. ALTHOUGH EMBOFFS IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DENIED THEY HAD ANY KNOW-~ LEDGE DURING DATES RAY/SNEYD WAS REPORTEDLY IN PORTUGAL OF HIS PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL, AND MADE NO COMMENT AFTER LEARNING OF FACTS FROM FBI REP, WE ARE NOT SURE THESE DENIALS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN Licht OF "ANGLE" RE . PORTERS HAVE DISCOVERED. .. OTHER ‘ANGLE WAS- THAT RAY/SNEYD CANE HERE: TO INVESTI- “SATE POSSIBILITY OF ENLISTING AS. MERCENARY. GIVEN ALLEGED . REPUTATION OF LISBON AS CENTER FOR MERCENARY RECRUIT- . MENT. WE DO NOT RPT NOT KNOW WHAT RAY/SNEYD MAY HAVE DONE ALONG THESE LINES NOR DO. WE KNOW WHAT REPORTERS | MAY HAVE FILED IN THIS CONNECTION. FONMINISTRY OFFICIAL TOLD EMBOFF THAT CIRCULATION OF THIS PARTICULAR RUMOR -IN INTERNATIONAL PRESS WAS ONE REASON WHY GOP HAD “WITHHELD ANY STATEMENT OF FACTS TO PRESS UNTIL JUNE. 12. HE ADDED GOP HAD ALSO WISHED TO GIVE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES ADEQUATE TIME ‘TO CHECK’ AVAIL = ABLE FACTS. . i eet 2 _ 5, FONMINISTRY INFO DIRECTOR CALLED IN LOCAL AND _ - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPS JUNE. 12. REPORTERS WERE | GIVEN BRIEF FACTUAL ACCOUNT, INCLUDING DATES WHEN RAY/SNEYD HAD BEEN HERE, ISSUANCE SECOND CANADIAN _-PASSPORT BY CANADIAN EMBASSY LISBON, THAT PIDE HAD BEEN COOPERATING WITH FBI WHICH HAD SENT REP TO © _ LISBON TO CHECK INTO RAY/SNEYD’S STAY HERE, THAT GOP HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HIS STAY HERE AT THAT TIME, AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES ' HERE AS FAR AS AUTHORITIES COULD DETERMINE. PORTUGUESE REPORTERS APPARENTLY STILL PREVENTED BY CENSORSHIP FROM PUBLISHING ANY MENTION OF RAY/SNEYD* 5. PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL. GP-4. Seis CONFIDENTIAL
13-00000 | _ SUDRESSUGNAPH- MuUcTIGEarR SYST MAT i ¥ rage @1 ‘LISBON O1567 | 1418282 oe Pel ~ pe rap Department of State CABLE scintuee DISSEM ; BY oa ‘PER # TOTAL COPIES: 2 $ T E LL. EG R rN Ni ‘CONF IDENTTAL HCM429 © | Oo | | 7) waa ACTION EUR 20 | » alte INFO Ss 20, ‘apn 0451 03, He 82, P G4, USIE O@,INK 07, CIAE OB,NSA B2,5Y 03, FBI Ot, NSC 10, PPT 02s sos 24ySCA_ B2oRSR 21, RSC Bl, ‘ORE W | R().so02 JUN 68 ne FM"AMEMBASSY LISBON 7 — TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2174 ' INFO AMEMBASSY LONDON “PARIS FOR LEGAL ATTACHE | CONFIDENTIAL LISBON {567. AMEMBASSY: RARIS Sa Ah ras RT tC PO, | SUBJ: PRESENCE OF JAMES EARL RAY IN PORTUGAL PASS USIA Ll. DESPITE EXTENSIVE PUBLICITY IN INTERNATIONAL ‘PRESS _ OF PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL FOR SOME DAYS IN MAY OF ALLEGED KILLER OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, THERE HAS STILL . BEEN. NO MENTION IN LOCAL PRESS GF THIS Facts 2. NONETHELESS BY LAST WEEKEND “INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPORTERS HERE HAD WIND. GF PORTUGUESE ANGLE OF SroRY AND HAD BEEN JOINED BY FAIRLY LARGE GROUP OF REFS FROM ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRESS, MAGAZINES AND TV SEEKING ‘ DETAILS, -INITTALLY THESE REPORTERS WERE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTY TRACING RAY-SNEYD‘’S ACTIVITLES DURING HIS STAY AND INABILITY TO FIND ONY SOURCES OF HARD INFO, EVENTUALLY REFORTERS DUG OUT NAME OF LOCAL ' HOTEL WHERE RAY, UNDER NAME OF SNEYD, HAD BEEN STA’ING AND INTERVIEWED HOTEL EMPLOYEES, GIRLS IN NEARBY Bans * AND OTHER LOW LEVEL SOURCES WHO, WE GATHER, WERE UNAB: F. TO PROVIDE ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOCAL COLOR. 3. FOR DEPT’S iNFO, WE BELIEVE REPORTERS, ESPECIALLY FROM LIFE, HAVE FURSUED TWO ANGLES HEFE WHICH THEY TS; 7m ow »YtG | MAY SEEK TO USE. FIRS? OF THESE 48 EXCHANGE OF [. recon iv | pepe eRe3
13-00000 ~ toe a Department of State | chou SECRETARIAT bisseM BY Lo Os #. Lterat cus FTELEGRAM _ FILE, RF. , mo 7 need « meee ceeeannnn ee “CONFIDENTIAL PACE 2 “LISBON 81567 —=b4lsesz NOTES. CONNECTED WITH 1998 PORTUGAL/US EXTRADITION |. TREATY WHICH APPEARS TO FORECLOSE EXTRADITION TO —__". US OF PERSON CHARGED WITH CAPITAL CRIME. WE UNDER~ STAND ‘REPORTERS MAY BE BUILDING ON THIS LIMITATION A SCENARIO BY WHICH AMERICAN AUTHORITJES, POSSIBLY INCLUDING EMBASSY, WERE AWARE OF RAY/SNEYD'S PRESENCE HERE BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE OF EXTRADITION TREATY PROVISO, INSTEAD WAITING UNTIL’ HE WAS SOME- “PLACE WHERE SUCH RESTRICTION DID NOT EXIST. ALTHOUGH EMBOFFS. IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DENIED THEY HAD ANY KNOW~ LEDGE DURING DATES RAY/SNEYD WAS REPORTEDLY IN PORTUGAL OF HIS PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL, AND MADE NO COMMENT AFTER LEARNING OF FACTS FROM FBI REP, WE ARE NOT SURE THESE DENIALS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN LIGHT OF “ANGLE” RE-_ PORTERS HAVE DISCOVERED. — » OTHER ‘ANGLE WAS. THAT RAY/SNEYD CAME HERE. TO INVESTI-. cuea “SaTE POSSIBILITY OF ENLISTING AS. MERCENARY GIVEN ALLEGED | - o! REPUTATION OF LISBON AS CENTER FOR MERCENARY RECRUIT=- MENT. WE DO NOT RPT NOT KNOW WHAT RAY/SNEYD MAY HAVE DONE ALONG THESE LINES NOR DO. WE KNOW WHAT REPORTERS - MAY HAVE FILED IN THIS CONNECTION. FONMINISTRY OFFICIAL TOLD EMBOFF THAT CIRCULATION OF THIS PARTICULAR RUMOR IN INTERNATIONAL PRESS WAS ONE REASON WHY GOP HAD ‘WITHHELD ANY STATEMENT OF FACTS TO PRESS UNTIL . | JUNE 12. HE ADDED GOP HAD ALSO WISHED TO GIVE anne; APPROPRIATE AGENCIES ADEQUATE TIME TO CHECK AVAIL ~ ABLE FACTS. . §, FONMINISTRY INFO DIRECTOR CALLED IN LOCAL. AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPS JUNE 12. REPORTERS WERE - GIVEN BRIEF FACTUAL ACCOUNT, INCLUDING DATES WHEN RAY/SNEYD HAD BEEN HERE, ISSUANCE SECOND CANADIAN _ PASSPORT BY CANADIAN EMBASSY . LISBON, THAT PIDE HAD BEEN COOPERATING WITH FBI WHICH HAD SENT REP TO _ LISBON TO CHECK INTO RAY/SNEYD’S STAY HERE, THAT GOP HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HIS STAY HERE AT THAT TIME, AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES HERE AS FAR AS AUTHORITIES COULD DETERMINE, PORTUGUESE REPORTERS APPARENTLY STILL PREVENTED BY CENSORSHIP FROM PUBLISHING ANY MENTION OF RAY/SNEYD'S PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL. GP-4. Sing CONFIDENTIAL -
13-00000 | hos an | i. - 5eg70 De artment of State rE | : CABLE SECRETARIAT Te By Ss Mm PER.# LL ta. 1 copie 2 ay TELEGRAM oo FLERE, i: PO ght en cme men “LIMITED OFFICIAL “USE ‘PAGE 01 LONDON 10017. 1815402 53 ACTION L 03 1NFO EUR 15, SCS #4, SCA 92, Jus 02, PPT 02,85 20,NSC 1B, S50 00, NSCE a0, | USIE. 2, CLAE 00, NSAE 00, INR 07, SY 05, FBI 1,4 2,P 04,RSR ar, "RSC 01,/077 W i 2 1 Gem GE a AD NO ED He ED tem TD ane GR OR wb HD GIG GR GH aD Go OQ 181254Z JUN 68 _ FM AMEMBASSY ‘LONDON TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE. Agas LIMITED OFFICIAL, USE LONDON 10017 - PASS VINSON JUSTICE SUBJECT: EXTRADITION JAMES EARL RAY : caterer nettreeman canes taser ee THE MAGISTRATE OF BOW STREET COURT MR. FRANK MILTON CONVENED 5 COURT TUESDAY JUNE 18 AT 10:30 AM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC { | PROSECUTION ADVISED THE COURT AT THE OPENING OF THE HEARING i: THAT HE HAD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT AS EXTRADITION CHARGES | AGAINST SNEYD. WERE’ PENDING THEY TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER THE. | ENGLISH. CHARGES AND THEREFORE REQUESTED THAT SNEYD BE REMANDED IN CUSTODY FOR THE MAXIMUM PERIOD UNTIL THE EXTRADITION HEARING | | WAS CONCLUDED. THE COURT AGREED. THE MAGISTRATE FORMALLY REMANDED. |. SNEYD ALIAS RAY IN CUSTODY FOR THE MAXIMUM PERIOD. THE MAGISTRATE | i il STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXTRADITON HEARING. CONCLUDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND PREFERABLY WITHIN THE PERIOD THAT RAY i TS REMANDED IN CUSTODY ON THE ENGLISH CHARGES. THE MAGISTRATE ! . SUGGESTED THE DATE OF THURSDAY, JUNE 27, FOR THE HEARING. BOTH - NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR THE Ue Se, AND DEFENSE COUNSEL, 1 ROGER FRISBY, AGREED TO THIS DATE AND THE MAGISTRATE SO ORDERED i THE HEARING TO BE HELD ON THE 27TH OF JUNE. | NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR THE U.S., THEN FOR MALLY READ THE i CHARGES QUOTE JAMES EARL RAY, HEREINAFTER CALLE) THE DEFENDANT, J. SUSPECTED AND ACCUSED OF THE’ COMMISSION OF THE CRIME OF MURDERS TO WIT ON 4. APRIL 1968 IN SHELBY COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, DID UNLAWFULLY, FELONIOUSLY, WILLFULLY, DELIBERATELY, — | PREMED LTATELY AND OF HIS MALICE: AFORE THOUGHT KILL AND MUR Oho IL OOO
13-00000 ’ os : : -o ® a ‘De narénrent of Stale eg em ce : shove Sten vanin! OSs Br 7 me rw OM Gone Ha h ‘GRA vi) a ; r FILE, RF... oo  hLIMITED OFFICIAL “USE PAGE 02 “LONDON 12817 1813482 MARTIN LUTHER KING UR. WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE USA. . RAY, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE DEFENDANT, CONVICTED OF COMMISSION “OF THE CRIME OF ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE TO WIT. ON FEBRUARY 19, 1960 . WAS SENTENCED FOR THE CRIME OF ROBBERY FIRST DEGREE BY ‘MEANS . - OF A DANGEROUS AND DEADLY WEAPON WITHIN THE” JURSIDICTION ‘OF ~ THE USA UNQUOTE ROGER FRISBY, DEFENSE COUNSEL, ‘WISHED TO MAKE A STATEMENT WHICH WR, SNEYD ASKED HIM TO MAKE. FRISBY REFERRED TO THE JUNE 18 LONDON TIMES HEADLINES WHICH STATED QUOTE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF INTERVIEWS KING CASE MAN UNQUOTE FRISBY CONTINUED -THAT MR. SNEYD STATED THAT: HE WAS NOT INTERVIEWED BY MR. VINSON NOR ANY OTHER U.S OFFICIAL. FRISBY ADVISED THAT COUNSEL WaS AUTHORIZED TO STATE BY CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS BUTLER METROPOLITAN POLICE -THAT AT NO TIME WAS MR. SWNEYD INTERVIEWED BY MRe VINSON OR. ANY OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIAL. MR. NAW, COUNSEL FOR Uo Sy CONFIRMED THIS STATEMENT. HEARING ADJOURNED UNTIL , JUNE: 276 _ IN DISCUSSION. WITH MAW PRIOR TO THE HEARING, .HE ADVISED EMBASSY - OFFICIAL WHO ALSO PRESENT AT HEARING THAT DEFENSE COUNSEL STATED OFF THE RECORD REPEAT OFF THE RECORD THAT HIS ONLY ARGUMENT IN - THIS CASE IS ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS A POLITICAL EXTRADITION. | MAW ALSO ADVISED THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL CASE WOULD BE COMPLETED ON 27TH. . IN ADDITION, TWO WARRANTS FOR ARREST WERE ISSUED. BY THE COURT On | JUNE 13. COPIES WILL BE FURNISHED’ DEPT. SOONEST. BRUCE - LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
13-00000° & _ 4 Oy Va, ; | | ; ro BRT 2 Deparim ent of Sta tes wet; Gpeiy & BA 4 Ease SECRETARIAT Dissbem BY rd fo ____ PER ae _ 2 ETAL COPIES Co! f i mis eke AI ; FILE, RF, , o. ae ° . _. & . ~ *—@ . —— ——TIMITED OFFICIAL” wer , HERA 62 PAGE @1 LONDON 10017-~181340Z: oo on ie 53 ns wm cm 2 a ar Boe NF “ACTION-L 03 a Co _ . lors _ INFO EUR, 1D, scs. O4, SCA. 02 ; JUS, 62, PPT. 62, $8. 20, NSC 18, 550. 28, NSCE 8B, usie OG, CIAE 00, NSAE BB, LNR @7,SY 85, FBI. Poeaie Be; Pe 04, RSR. Oly. - ; | RSC “1 ,/077 W ie" 9 1812542 JUN 68 =>. a FM AMEMBASSY LONDON oft fo . | TO (SECSTATE WASHDC LMMEDIATE 4249 7 “LIMITED OFFICE AL USE’ LONDON 1017 Sj PASS VINSON JUSTICE SUBJECT: EXTRADITION JAMES EARL RAY S EARL Ri THE MAGISTRATE OF BOW STREET COURT MR. FRANK MILTON CONVENED COURT TUESDAY JUNE 18 AT 18:39 AM. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTION ADVISED THE COURT AT THE OPENING OF THE HEARING THAT HE HAD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT AS EXTRADITION CHARGES AGAINST SNEYD WERE PENDING THEY TOOK PRECEDENC. OVER THE ENGLISH CHARGES AND THEREFORE REQUESTED THAT SNEYD BE REMANDED IN CUSTODY FOR THE MAXIMUM PERIOD UNTIL THE EXTRADITION HEARING - WAS CONCLUDED. THE COURT AGREED. THE MAGISTRATE FORMALLY [REMANDED SNEYD ALIAS RAY IN CUSTODY FOR THE MAXIMUM PERIOD. THE MAGISTRATE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXTRADITON HEARING CONCLUDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND PREFERABLY WITHIN THE PERIOD THAT RAY IS REMANDED IN CUSTODY ON THE ENGLISH CHARGES. THE MAGISTRATE | SUGGESTED THE DATE OF THURSDAY, JUNE 27, FOR THE HEARING. BOTH NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR THE U.S, AND DEFENSE COUNSEL, ROGER FRISBY, AGREED TO THIS DATE AND THE MAGISTRATE SO ORDERED THE HEARING TO BE HELD ON THE 27TH OF JUNE. NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR THE U.S., THEN FORMALLY READ THE CHARGES QUOTE JAMES EARL RAY, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE fEFENDANT, SUSPECTED AND ACCUSED OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME OF MURDER, TO WIT ON 4 APRIL 1968 IN SHELBY COUNTY, STATE OF TEWNESS&E, DID UNLAWFULLY, FELONIOUSLY, WILLFULLY, DELIBERATELY, PREMEDLTATELY AND OF HIS MALICE ORETHOUGHT KILL AND MUR OE 7 ar oS RTL 02 0 — Frecono D CO
13-00000 © . @ we a” s | | - a Deparinent of Sue CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEM BY ; rR Se ones FILE. RF, - 1 | i i i ' a “LIMITED “OFFICIAL USE PAGE @2- LONDON 12017 1813492 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE USA. . RAY, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE DEFENDANT, CONVICTED OF COMMISSION OF THE CRIME OF ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE TO WIT ON FEBRUARY 19, 1968 WAS SENTENCED FOR THE CRIME OF ROBBERY FIRST DEGREE BY MEANS OF A DANGEROUS AND DEADLY WEAPON WITHIN THE JURSIDICTION OF THE USA UNQUOTE ‘ROGER FRISBY, DEFENSE. COUNSEL, - WISHED TO MAKE A STATEMENT WHICH _(R, SNEYD ASKED HIM TO MAKE. FRISBY. REFERRED TO THE JUNE 18 - LONDON TIMES HEADLINES WHICH STATED QUOTE U.S. JUSTICE © - DEPARTMENT CHIEF INTERVIEWS KING CASE MAN UNQUOTE FRISBY CONTINUED THAT MR. SNEYD STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INTERVIEWED BY MR.. VINSON NOR ANY OTHER U.S, OFFICIAL. FRISBY ADVISED THAT COUNSEL wWaS- AUTHORIZED TO STATE BY CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS BUTLER METROPOLITAN POLICE -THAT AT NO TIME WAS MR. SNEYD INTERVIEWED BY MR. VINSON OR ANY OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIAL. MR. NAW, COUNSEL “FOR Uc Sy CONFIRMED THIS STATEMENT. HEARING ADJOURNED UNTIL - JUNE 27. -IN DISCUSSION WITH MAW PRIOR TO THE. HEARING, HE ADVISED EMBASSY OFFICIAL WHO ALSO PRESENT. AT HEARING. THAT DEFENSE COUNSEL STATED OFF THE RECORD REPEAT OFF THE RECORD THAT HIS ONLY ARGUMENT IN- THIS CASE IS ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS A POLITICAL EXTRADITION, MAW. ALSO ADVISED THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL CASE. WOULD BE COMPLETED ON 27TH. IN ADDITION, TWO WARRANTS FOR ARREST WERE ISSUED BY THE COURT ON JUNE 13. COPIES WILL BE FURNISHED DEPT. SOONEST. BRUCE - . i t | i \ t | So Are LIMITED OFFICIAL USE