(404-10178-10183 oy sete = ae ete ae teenie = . CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Wasningron, 0.C, 20508 g MAY 1368 TO : Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Attention: Mr. S&S. J. Papich FROM : Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT: MUSGROVE, Joe Bailey e - 1. -The following paragraphs summarize informa< tion relayed telephonically to the Bureau, and are forwarded to you for confirmation and for your files. 28 April 1968, our representative in 27 reported that Doctor Klaus Steer, a és YHin citizen and Director of the African Scientific Department, E. Merck Aktiengesellschaft, Karmstady, Germany, visited the American Embassy, at the request of the local German Ambassador, and reported that he had seen a man in Lagos, Nigeria on 23 April 1968 who strongly resembled newspaper 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 afternoon of 23 April when both were checking out of the hotel. Dr. Steer was accidentally giver the hotel accounting receipt for the Subject, on which he noted “Nama: Joc Musgaque, Room No: 403, Receipt No: D 52138, Account No: 083257" In a short con- versation with Subject, Dr. Steer learned that Subject was emploved by the "Wilder Oil Company” and was en- route to Warri, Nigeria on an 18 month contract. Subject told Dr. Steer that he had recently arrived in Lagos from Las Palmas via Accra on Nigerian Airlines, 3. The above information was relayed to the Bureau upon receipt by our duty officer on 29 April 1968. We were advised that the Bureau records did Abe 316/179 a- 8& Be a & se -f2 53R7-? meee, ta OY 4 ( as Lo) roe) $a (or) > | Fe ont, i RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce
Oe ee mee =2— not contain information on Subject or the Wilder 0 any. Wo then requested our representative ‘ 54 o investigate this matter through uni- ; lateral means and through liaison. [2-20 t~ 4. On 29 April, liaison in[  _}hocked the ‘ Bristol Hotel and determined that™a Joe Musgrove, an American employce of McDermott Overseas Incorporated, arrived in Lagos on 23 Apr from s mas and staye in Lagos until 26 April, when he was to leave for the Midwestern State (Warri), Our representative received this information on 30 April 1968, and then visited Mr. Ray Landry, a U. S, citizen, Acting Chief of the McDermott Company, and obtained the following infor- mation from a personnel file: Joe Bailey MUSGROVE departed the U. S. on 9 October 1967 for employment with McDermott Nigeria. He has been resident in Nigeria since that date, except for the period 10-23 April, when he went to Las Palmas on leave. Date of Birth: * 24 April 1933. Occupation: Welder, Home Address: P.O, Box 1002, Farmington, New Mexico. Married, wife in U. S. Father: Banks Musgrove, 1017 East Garden (city and state not recorded). 5. Our representative also obtained a passport photograph of the Subject from the McDermott Company and is forwarding the photo to our Headqu ters. j2-29 Later on 30 April, liaison informed our repre sentative that the Subject holds a U. S. ssport Number H-1052048, issued in the U, 8, and valid until 4 October 1970. CSCI 316/01685-68 a eo res .