Prod-t0072-tottt]_ onsen iw de sbeela med emmerine ae meme RAT) hte tne ia tne ae semen oe oe : . Pr wn a . FO og Director - -FROK = - Deputy Director for Plans eS | SUBJECT: MUSGROVE, Joe Bailey _ tion relayed telephonically to the Bureau, and are’ «5.8 forwarded to you for confirmation and for your files. - . . West. German citizen and Director of the African’ . Karmstady, Germany, visited the American Embassy, hotel accounting receipt for the Subject, on which - rs . he noted "Name: Joe Musgaque, Room No: 403, Heceipt No: D.52138, Account No: 08325." In a short” con— . in Lagos from Las Palmas via-Accra on Nigerian Airlines. . Bureau upon receipt by our duty officer on 29 April | op 1968. We were advised that the Bureau records did | _ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 ' Federal Bureau. of Investigation a, ee . -, Attention: dr. S. J. Papich re 1. .The following paragraphs summarize informa- _ “2. On 28-April 1968] cor xm steer it Addis Ababa reported that D6é us Stéér, at Scientific Department, E. Merck Aktiengesellschaft, °° o at the request of the local German Ambassador, ‘and - reported that he had seen a man in Lagos, Nigeria > Sen 23 April 1968 who strongly resembled newspaper ee a photographs. of Eric Stavro Galt, who is: currently | ° wanted in connection with the assassination of. - Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. Steer said that he- saw | ' ‘the Subject at the desk of the Bristol Hotel on the 0 afternoon of 23 April when both were checking auto. of the hotel. Dr. Steer was accidentally given the = versation with Subject, Dr. Steer learned that Subject. _ was employed by the. "wilder Oil Company” and was en- eee route to Warri, Nigeria on an 18 month contract. Subject told Dr. Steer that he had recently arrived 3. The above information was relayed to the a 2 51 er? 773- ee i areas 09RD
2 not contain information on Subject or the Wilder “.  OUl Company. We then requested|| eaten fee @.- On 29 April, (liaison in Lagos checked the °° ‘Bristol Hotel and de ermined that a Joe Musgrove, 200 © 20+: . an American employee of McDermott Overseas incorporated, oe . arrived in Lagos on 23 April from s mas and stayed  ..-: '. dn Lagos until 26 April, when he was to leave forthe ©. :. * Midwestern State (Warri). received .- this information on 30 Aprxr t905, and then visited | “<= Me. Ray Landry, a U. S. citizen, Acting Chief of the ae , |, McDermott Company, and obtained the following infor-—".  - -. =" mation from a personnel file: Joe Bailey HMUSGROVE cee 8! on _.-, departed the U. S. on 9 October 1967 for employment |: ee no with MeDermott Nigeria.- He has been resident in ne Ol oe< Nigeria since that date, except for the period 10-23 April, “2: 7.4." when he went to. Las Palmas on leave. Date of Birth: 2° .., #4 April 1933. Occupation: Welder. Home Address: a i) PLO. Box 1002, Farmington, New Mexico. Married, wife = -..in U. S. Father: Banks Musgrove, 1017 East Garden - a * (city and state not recorded). - ae +6 irks Ose hrcennners WME ODLA bane ce eRaENS webs 48 that the Subject holds a t-—s- sport =: » issued in the U. S. and valid until -
1400000, 0 , seoneh 23 APR 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR: TSD | ED “ samen Bast, a a AS L Attached are six copies each of two photographs be ef Subject. These photographs are for the use of your analysts a o : a - for | processing pareport photographs. , aries , 2. We appreciste your suggestion for assisting in . CIOP/DO Attachments: As stated — ST pe) EN