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62-117290

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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77)

FBI

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Date 8/4/78

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

(ATTENTION: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION) •

FROM:

SAC, ST. LOUIS (62-5097)

•.

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Re St. Louis telephone call to Bureau 8/4/78.'

Enclosed herewith are three copies each of an FD-302

on interview of former SA HOWARD C. KENNEDY and a memorandum from

SAC ROY B. KLAGER, JR.

Bureau (Encs.)

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FD-302 (SEV. 11-27,70)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIQN

Date of transcription 8/4/78

NIC. HOWARD C. KENNEDY resides at 55 Harneywold Drive,

Ferguson, Missouri 63136, residence telephone number (314)

521-8221.

Mr. KENNEDY is presently self-employed as a private

investigator and polygraph examiner.

He retired from FBI

service on February 28, 1977. Prior to his retirement he

was assigned to the St. Louis Division of the FBI fIom 1954

to the date of his retirement. During 1974 he was assigned

to general criminal matters and worked as a Special Agent

under the supervision of Field Supervisor ROBERT I. BENDER.

HI. KEINEDY's recollection was refreshed regarding an

interview with him at the FBI Office in St. Iouis, Missouri,

on July 28, 1273, by SAC ROY B. KLAGER, JR., concerning a

closed St. Louis file 137-16185; nore specifically, serial 5

of that file. Mr. KENNEDY recalled having read this serial

in detail.

He further recalled earlier discussion on July 28,

1978, concerning a notation appearing on the above serial

which states,

"Notify locals of info re killing", and his

earlier reply that in his recollection this comment pertained

to a matter appearing on page 2 of the memorandum and unrelated

to the MARIIN LUTHER KING information.

Mr. KENNEDY was asked if he did in fact disseminate the

information in keeping with the above-cited handwritten

notation.

He related that he recalls with reasonable certainty

that he did disseminate the information appearing on page 2

to someone in the St. Louis Police Department whose identity

he does not now recall.

Mr. KENNEDY called further attention to the last paragraph

of page 3 of the memorandum in question which refers to another

killing, unrelated to the MARTIN LUTHER KING matter.

volunteered that this additional unrelated information vas also

disseminated, io the best of his recollection, to the St. Louis

Police Depariment; however, he similarly does

not recall to

whom this information was given.

2126/86 Joanagi

Interviewed on 3/4/73

_at_

St. Louis, Missouri

_File #_ST, 52-5097

by —

SAC ROY B. RIAGER, JR./nln

_Date dictated -

8/4/78

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBi. Il is the property of the FBl and is loaned to your agency;

it and ils

contenis are nol lo be distributed outside your agency.

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FILE (62-5097)

SAC ROY B. KLAGER, JR.

HSCA

8/4/78

Attention is directed to two FD-302s in this file,

reflecting interviews conducted on 7/23/73 and 8/4/78,

respectively, by me, of former SA HOWARD C. KENNEDY.

Particular attention is directed to the interview with

KENNEDY on 8/4/78 as it pertains to dissemination of

informacion by him, which information is reflected in

serial 5 of St. Louis file 137-16185.

In this interview

of 8/4/73, KENNEDY stated that he recalls with reasonable

certainty that certain information was disschinated by him

to the St. Louis Police Department.

In order to document such dissemination, this is to

record that I personally searched our dissemination control

file, 66-2340, for the months of April through July of 1974

and

found no rocord of such dissemination having been made.

It should be noted that the volume of 66-2340 for the

month of March, 1974, and prior months are no longer maintained

as they have been destroyed under the file destruction program.

There is no FD-159 (dissemination form) concerning this

matter contained in 137-16185 or the related file 87-21859.

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ENDERAI GOVERNMENT

Assistant Attorney General

August 14, 1978

Criminal Division

Attention: Iir. Robert I. Heuch

1 - Legal Counsel Division

Director, FBI

Attn: Mr. Heller

1 - Mr. Bailey

1 - Mr. Foster

GOUSE SELECT COMMINTEE OT ABSASELIATIONS I - Ir. Busching

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESEUIATIVES (HECA)

neference 1s made to letter to the Attorney General

July in

G. Robert Plakey, Chief Counsel and Director, HSCA, dated

July 17, 1978, which, in conneetion with the ISCA's Investi-

cation into the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,

requested certain matcrials fron FBI files.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a memorandum

responding to the above request.

It is requested that you

furnish a copy of the enclosed menorandum to the HISCA

Enclosures (2)

62-117290

REC5662. 117-190-

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EJ RUG 15 1273

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1 - Mr. Mintz

Attn: Mr. Heller

I = Mr: Bostey

1 -

Foster

1 - Mr. Busching

August 14, 1978

HOUSE SELECT CONNITTLE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESETATIVES (HSCA)

Reference Is made to lottor to the Attorney General

from G. Robert Blakey, Chicf Counsel and Director, HSCA,

dated

July 17, 1978,

which, in connection with the lIsCA's

investigation Into the assassination of Martin Luther Ring, Jr.,

roquested certain materlals from FBI files.

With respect to Item 1, retriovable information in

Burcau files and Milwaukee Field Office files regarding

Robert Franklin Sanders Is available for review at FBI Head-

quarters.

With respect to Item 2, serlals requested were

delivered to HSCA representative

Phoebe Orr on August 11,

1978.

With respect to Iten 3, this letter will confirm

that on August 10, 1978, HSCA representative Lisa Berlow was

adviséd that two informants supplied intormation in the notec

three sorials.

One of these informants is deceasce, and the

other vas recently contacted and refused to be intervlewed by

the HSCA for fear of his llfe should his identity be revealed.

This letter completes response to HSCA request of

July 17, 1978.

658/186

62-117290

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT L. KEUCH.

NOTE: See Director,

"Bl, letter to Assistant Attorney General,

Criminal Division, Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch, dated

August 14, 1978, captioned as above. •

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. _

Dep. AD Inv. _

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs._

Crim. Inv. _

Ident..

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Laboratory

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Tech. Servs..

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Public Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y _

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Date

8/4/78

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

FROM:

SAC, SPRINGFIELD (62-2567) (P)

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS" (HSCA)

Buded 879778

Re Bureau teletype 8/2/78.

Enclosed for the Bureau are two copies each of

74 serials from Springfield closed file entitled "UNSUB;

LEBANON TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, LEBANON, ILLINOIS, 10/31/69,

BR, 00: SPRINGFIELD, BUFILE 91-34673", as requested in

above referenced teletype.

The Bureau's attention is directed to communication

marked serial 40, an FD-209 dated 11/14/69.

This communication

contains information other than pertaining

directly to

bank robbery of Lebanon Trust and Savings Bank.

2/14/84

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL

EVINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.G.

STEWA!

LICKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHWRITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES

'E, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER 1. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SANYER, MICH.

HAROLD E, FORD, TENN.

FLOYO J, FITHIAN, IND.

RODERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

FUNDRAT GOVER

Select Committee on Assassinations

UY.S. House of Representatites

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

August 7, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C.

20430

Attention:

Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

he attorney de

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

As part of the ongoing investigation by this Committee

into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr. it would be appreciated if you could render

your assistance in making William O'Connor,

formerly Deputy

Assistant Attorney General with the Civil Rights DivIsIOn

of the Department of Justice, available for immediate

staff interview.

Your cooperation and assistance is as always, greatly

appreciated.

Br keuch advescal

that DOT hAs already

han had their

one.

дто

GRB: ghb

Very truly yours,

72. Nober Becke

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

FX - 136

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

" RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUELL. D

dE, OHIO

WALTER EY FAUNTE,

THE BRATH YANE BURKE, CALIF.

STEWART B. MÜKINNEY, CONN.

CHARLES THONE, NEAR.

ISTOPHER J, DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH,

HOLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W-EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4524

UNDERAL COVERSMENT

Select Committee on Assassinations

-:5. House of Representatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

August 7, 1978

(.)

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20430

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

The Subcommittee investigating the circumstances sur-

rounding the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jx., has obtained

authorization to be furnished any and all information

maintained by the Federal Burean of Investigation, concerning

and/or received from the Honorable Andrew Young, during

the period March 1, 1968 through June 1, 1968.

Submitted herewith is Ambassador Young's release, and

accordingly, it is requested that the Federal Bureau of

Investigation make available all Headquarters and Field Office

files and subfiles of any nature pertaining to Ambassador

Young for the period enumerated.

As time is extremely crucial in

EX: fatter, your

prompe attention is greatly aleciated: 62-117210-1089

Very truly yours,

BRECH

slut Blahs

2. AUG 16 1978

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

ENCLOSURE

cc: Ron Heller

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON FREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L.

E, OHIO

& WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B.

SKINNEY, CONN.

SONNE DRATHWAIT& GURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

ISTOPHER " DODD,

CONh.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

KOLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT S. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.5. House of Representatites

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

I, the undersigned, hereby authorize the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to release any. and all

information which it has or maintained concerning me,

and/or which it has received or obtained from me, in-

cluding

such information which may have been revealed

to the FBI on a confidential basis, during the period

from March 1, 1968 through June 1, 1968 to the Select

Committee on Assassinations of the United States House

• of Representatives (Committee) and its staff. By this

authorization, I knowingly and voluntarily waive whatever

rights I may have to withhold disclosure of information

in the possession of the FBI to the Committee and its

staff.

-Signed.

a monas, are

62-117240

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: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

: SAC, CHICAGO (87-45634) (P) (SQUAD 2)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

(HSCA)

Re Bureau teletype to Chicago, 7/25/78;

and bureau telcall to Chicago, 7/31/78.

The following is for the information

of the Bureau to set forth the attempts to contact

RICHARD FRANCIS O'HARA as instructed in refereced

teletype.

On 7/26/78, 0'HARA'S Art Gallery was

locatea at 620 Worth Wells Street, Chicago

ILLInois, rather than, 120 North Wells, Chicago.

This gallery is known as the Conoisseur Gallery.

Then present at the gallery was an unidentified

Negro female who claimed to be the secretary of

The interviewingragent identified

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himself to this female and stated that he wished

to speak with O'HARA for the purpose of informing

O'HARA of something.

Beyond that, the purpose of

the visit was not explained to this female.

This female then stated that she was

alone in the art gallery, but was able to reach

O'HARA by telephone.

She did

so, and the interviewing

agent spoke with O'HARA. Again, since this contact

was by telephone, O'HARA was informed only as the

female was informed above. The interviewing

agent and O'HARA agree to meet the following day.

The following day, 7/28/78, the inter-

viewing agent went to O'HARA's above gallery.

A man claiming to be O'HARA came to the door of

the gallery and refused to acmit the agent to

the gallery.

stated that he would not discuss

anything or permit the agent to inform him of

anything without the intervention of his attorney

identified as RICHARD S. JALOVEC, of Chicago,

Illinois.

Thereafter that day, the interviewing

agent contacted rir. JALOVEC and arranged for

JALOVEC to be present while the agent presented

O'HARA with certain papers which would

inform

O'HARA of the matters set forth in referenced

teletype.

Thereafter, O'HARA would have the

option of responding to the interviewing agent

and of discussing the matter with his attorney.

This meeting was arranged for the

following day.

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On the following, 7/28/78, the inter-

viewing agent met with Mr. JALOVEC in Hir. JALOVEC's

office as arranged. imr.

JALOVEC then stated that

Mr. O'HARA had just decided not to appear at the

meeting against the advise of fir. JALOVEC. MI.

JALOVEC stated that he could not convince Mr.

O'HARA that the FBI was not planning to cause

some kind of a problem for tir. O'HARA.

Mr. JALOVEC

was not informed of the purpose of the attempted

contact of O'HARA except that the interviewing

agent told Mr. JAVOVEC that the FBI wished to

some information to Mr. O'HARA.

In view of the foregoing events and

the instructions of the Bureau expressed in

referenced telcall, Chicago is making no further

attempts to contact O'HARA.

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TO

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

• 'Memorandum

Mr. BapBeR

FROM :

D.

Rya

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Бих.

soc. Dir.

Dep. AD

Dep. AB

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Asst. Dir.:

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES

TIGATION

Adm. Servs.-

Crim. Inv.-

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'Ident. _

Intell. -

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DATE:

7/28/78

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt. -

1 - Mr. Bailey

Tech. Servs.

1 - Mr. Mintz

Training

Public Affs. Off.

Attn:

Telephone Rm.

Mr. Heller

Director's Sec'y -

1 - Criminal Investigative

Division

Attn: Mr. J.J. Jamar

1 - Mr. Foster

PURPOSE:

To furnish information regarding captioned

Committee's efforts to gain access to Memphis Field Office

files of five (5) former informants and to recommend, in

accordance with a decision by the Department of Justice,

that excised copies of these files be made available only

to the HSCA's Chief Counsel and Director.

SYNOPSIS: The HSCA is trying to resolve allegation that

FBI informants reporting on the Invaders, a Memphis youth

gang, acted as "agent provocateurs" in instigating violence,

causing King to return to Memphis where he was killed.

SCA

requested access to FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) files on five

informants reporting on Invaders.

This access was granted

to HSCA Chief Counsel and Director only as effort to

compromise with HSCA and assist in resolving allegation.

HSCA then requested access to Memphis Field Office files

on the same informants.

This request was denied in Director

letter to Congressman Stokes, Chairman, HSCA, (copy attached)

primarily because it would be detrimental to our informant

development program.

By letter to the Attorney General from

BY

HSCA Chairman dated 7/5/78 (copy attached), a meeting with

UNGLAS

the Attorney General was requested to resolve the issues.

Mr. Robert I. Keuch, Assistant Attorney General, stated HSCA

plans to subpoena files and that FBI should make files

available.

Informants

13

permit disclosur see contacted tessa 9711-1096

letter to the Director dated 7/24/78 (copy attached), Mr.

Keuch advised that in his judgement, as Special Counsel for

the Attorney General, the #SCA should be given access to

excised copies of these files primarily because the commgttes's

leyiciätive

and investigative needs are not kased on "pure

speculation" and to give access to excised copies both

Protects informant identities and demonstrates our cooperation.

While we/believe Mr. Keuch's decision is sound, our reasons

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (SCA)

why files should not be made available were informally

provided him and are outlined in this memorandum. On

7/27/78, Mr. Keuch stated our arguments

are persuasive,

but he still believed the decision in his letter of 7/24/78

was the best course of action in this matter.

However,

he desired to use our arguments in responding to

Congressman Stokes' letter and asked this information be

furnished him on a formal basis.

Mr. Keuch has determined

that our action in this matter will have no bearing on the

Socialist Workers Party litigation in New York. The

Congressional Inquiry Unit (CIU) believes that since copies

of these files will be excised to prevent compromise of

informants' identities, we should agree with Mr. Keuch's

position and make files available.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. That we follow the decision of Mr. Keuch in

making excised copies of these informant 'files available to

the HSCA's Chief Counsel and Director only.

APPROVED:

D'unshar

Acm. Son,

Crim. Inv.

Ceral Couri.

wis

tep. 70 Inv.

Lustrutory

Traits:

2. If the above is approved, an appropriate

communication be prepared directing to Mr. Keuch information

he desires to use in his response to Congressman Stokes.

APPROVED?

Firestor

Crim. In.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (SCA)

DETAILS: By letter to the Attorney General dated 4/12/78,

the HSCA reguested access to files on our informants

within the Invaders, a Memphis youth gang. This request

was apparently made after a review of the

FBIHQ which disclosed the Memphis Office had five informants

who were providing coverage of that organization.

eage of the

Invaders file at

Mr. G. Robert

Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, HSCA, had advised Legal

Counsel Division that the HSCA is trying to resolve whether

or not the Invaders fomented racial violence to get King to

return from Atlanta to Memphis where he was killed and to

determine if

"any of these informants acted as "agent

provocateurs" in starting this violence.

None of the five informants involved are currently

active.

Only one informant actually became a member of the

Invaders and that was not until after King's assassination.

Memphis files on these informants total 47

sections.

By Mr. Ryan to Mr. Bassett memorandum dated

4/27/78, it was approved to release FBIHQ files on

these

informants with all informant identifying data excised.

It

was hoped these files would satisfy the HSCA

that informants

were not responsible for violence.

This action was taken

primarily as a

"compromise" to demonstrate cooperation with

the Committee.

Any additional efforts by the HSCA to review

field office files of the informants or to determine informant

identities would be opposed.

Access to FBIHQ informant files

was limited to Mr. Blakey, since some staff members were

familiar with substantive file on the Invaders and to allow

staff access could jeopardize informants' identities.

As reported in Mr. Ryan to Mr. Bassett memorandum

dated 5/19/78, Mr. Blakey reviewed excised copies of all

five FBIHQ informant files on 5/17/78, in the presence of

two Agents of the CIU.

Following a review, Mr. Blakey stated

he found no evidence that any of our informants acted as

"agent provocateurs." He furnished FBIHQ 15 pages of notes

which he took during review and desired these notes be kept

at FBIHQ for possible later use in constructing a paragraph

in the final HSCA report to the effect that he found no

evidence that any of these informants instigated violence.

Following this review, Mr. Blakey made no verbal request that

field office files of these informants would be needed.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

By letter to the Attorney General dated 5/23/78,

Mr. Blakey requested access to Memphis Field Office files of

these same five informants.

This letter stated that the

procedure used for review of FBIHQ files was unacceptable and

contrary to the Memorandum of Understanding, but could be

utilized again.

In response to this request, a letter from the Director

to Congressman Louis B. Stokes, Chairman, HSCA, dated 6/13/78,

was sent denying access to these files.

A copy of this

letter and the

letter transmitting it to the Department of

Justice are attached to this memorandum. Our denial was based

primarily on the overall detrimental effect this access could

have on our informant development program and, as this letter

pointed out, the lives and safety of our informants could

be placed in jeopardy.

This letter also stated that our

decision to make the FBIHQ informant files available was

meant to serve as a precedent for the HSCA to request field

office files for the same informants. Mr. Robert I. Keuch,

Deputy Assistant Attorney General, concurred with our position

in the absence

of additional information from the HSCA bearing

on the allegation that our informants acted as "agent

provocateurs" in instigating the violence in Memphis.

On 7/11/78, representatives of the CIU and Legal

furnished a copy of a letter from Congressman Stokes to the

Attorney General dated 7/5/78. A copy of this letter is

attached to this memorandum. This letter sets out in detail

the basis on which the HSCA

feels it has for requesting access

to informant field office files.

This letter appealed to the

Attorney General to resolve the matter of the informant files

and requested a meeting with the Attorney General to discuss

the issues involved.

Mr. Keuch advised that the HSCA was

prepared to subpoena these files.

In his opinion, Mr. Keuch

believed the Department would lose a court decision over

the files and it would be in the Bureau's best interest

to comply with the HSCA request of 5/23/78 and allow access.

Mr. Keuch believed the letter from Congressman Stokes

contained additional information bearing

on the allegation

against the Bureau in that the Committee's own investigation

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

had established a need to review the field office informant

Illes and the request was not based on irresponsible allegations.

Mr. Keuch requested that the FBI reexamine its position and

advise if the files could be made available to Mr. Blakey

only.

On 7/13/78, Mr. Keuch advised that if files were

not forthcoming, the HSCA planned to issue a subpoena for

them, an action

to commence 7/17/78.

At a meeting with representatives of the CIU,

Mr. Bassett and Mr. Bailey on 7/13/78, Mr. McDermott

directed that all five informants be contacted to determine

if they have any objections to their identities being disclosed

to the HSCA. If any did not object, then a signed waiver

would be obtained authorizing release of their files to the

HSCA.

Subsequent to the meeting, Mr. Keuch was telephonically

advised of this action.

On 7/17/78 and 7/18/78, the field advised that

all

five informants had been contacted and refused to allow

their identities to be disclosed

I to the HSCA. On 7/18/78,

Mr.

Keuch was telephonically advised that all five informants

objected to their identities being disclosed to the HSCA.

By letter to the Director dated 7/24/78 (copy attached),

Mr.

Keuch outlined the basis which he, as Special Counsel to.

the Attorney General, believed that excised copies of these

informant files should be made available to the HSCA. In his

opinion, Mr. Keuch believes the HSCA's legislative

and

investigative needs for the files are not based on "pure

speculation and/or naked allegations"; that the Committee

will issue subpoenas for the files and if we lost a court

decision regarding subpoenas, access would be broadened

and informants' identities could be disclosed; the nature of

the Committee is "that the Bureau and Department of Justice

are targets or subjects of the investigation" and we are

obligated to be as cooperative as possible; and, that "if

and

when we reach the ultimate confrontation over the possible

disclosure of informants" our position will be strengthened

by taking cooperative steps consistent with our needs to

protect informants' identities.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Subsequent to receipt of this letter, Mr. Keuch

was informally furnished by the CIU a list of points against

making these files available to the HSCA. These points

were derived as results of discussions by interested

divisions at FBIHQ and a review of Congressman Stokes'

letter to the Attorney General dated 7/5/78.

While it was

believed Mr. Keuch's position in this matter is sound, we

also desired he be made aware of our arguments in opposition

to making these informant files available.

These points

given to Mr. Keuch informally are as follows:

As stated in our letter to Congressman Stokes

dated 6/13/78, if it becomes general knowledge that FBI

informant files are being opened

to outside parties, informant

privilege is threatened

and our informant development

program can be severely hampered. Despite the HSCA's statement

in the letter from Congressman Stokes that it is not seeking

the informants' identities at this time, this is not the

central issue in point. The central issue is the principle

of opening a field office informant file to outside parties.

The HSCA was provided access to_ FBIHQ files

concerning informants who reported on the Invaders.

Although the HSCA feels these were administrative in

nature, the policy of the bureau at that time required that

all information of a substantive nature be furnished to FBIHe•

Data such

as informant's travel, amount of payments and a

summary of background material are examples of such infor-

mation provided to FBIHQ.

Therefore, FBIHQ feels that its

files contain significant information concerning the operation

of any informant.

3. All information of substance concerning the

Invaders organization furnished by these informants would be

reported in the Invaders file at FBIHQ.

The HSCA has had

access to this file since December, 1977. The HSCA has

shown no interest in reviewing the Memphis Field Office

file concerning the Invaders, a file which would contain

all reports from informants covering the Invaders.

It

would appear logical to examine this file in detail prior

to pressing for files of informants, none of whom were

even

members of the Invaders at the time of or prior to

King's assassination.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE:

HOUSE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

4. Review of FBIHQ informant files was restricted

to Mr. G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, HSCA,

and not to his staff because, since the staff had access

to the Invaders file at FBIHl, their knowledge of the

organization could possibly result in identification of

informants through a cross checking of the files. Subsequent

to Mr. Blakey's review of the informant files, the FBIHQ

Invaders file was delivered to the HSCA on 7/6/78. NoW

Mr. Blakey himself has access to the substantive Invaders

file, and

similarly, his possible new knowledge could result

in source identification if allowed access to field office

files.

5.

On 7/17/78 and 7/18/78, all five informants

were contacted to determine if they would permit disclosure

of their identification to the HSCA. All declined.

6.

Following his review of FBIHQ files on

5/19/78, Mr. Blakey told agents present that he found

no evidence that any of our informants acted as "agent

provocateurs. "

He furnished notes taken during his review

to FBIHQ and

requested the notes be maintained by the FBI

for possible future use in writing into his final report a

paragraph to the effect he had found no evidence that any of

these informants had instigated violence.

He made no request

at that time to review field office informant files. It is

possible that Mr. Blakey is satisfied with the review of

FBIHQ informant files.

7. The FBI desires to maintain consistency

with regard

to our position in this matter. In our letter

to Congressman Stokes dated 6/13/78, access to these

files was denied.

position 6/13/18, decided

This position was decided upon after

careful deliberation between interested divisions in the

FBI and in our view the HSCA has provided no basis to cause

a change of this position.

8. Providing the HSCA access to field office

informant files, although excised, could serve as an

undesirable precedent for other outside groups to review

such files.

9. Because of the large number of excisions

in these files to protect the identities of informants,

it is unlikely the HSCA will be satisfied with its review,

if granted. It will probably ask for fewer excisions and/

or the identities of the informants.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE :

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

10. Finally, the letter from Congressman

Stokes dated 7/5/78, has been analyzed at FBIHQ and,

generally, it is not believed it contains additional infor-

mation giving substance to the allegation that our informants

acted as "agent provocateurs."

Specifically, the following

points are noted:

a. The letter states (pages 1 and 4) that the

HSCA had access to relevant Bureau personnel and has

conducted extensive interview among those who may also

be subjects of this aspect of the

Committee's investigation.

The Committee claims need to review the files to determine if

the written record supports or refutes the oral testimony

on the relevant questions.

However, the letter offers

no specific results of interviews of personnel or

others concerning

the basic allegation.

It has not identified

any specific individual who has furnished information

bearing on this allegation.

b. The letter states (page 4) that based on

field interviews with former members of the Invaders and

people present in Memphis at the time of the march, the

"Invaders were in fact a proximate cause of the violence."

This is not new information.

The FBIHQ file concerning the

Invaders, media reports issued

then and more recently verifies

the Invaders culpability regarding violence during the march.

The letter also states

(page 4) that "it is universally

believed that the Invader followers who caused the violence

were paid FBI operatives." The FBI considers this statement

a sweeping generalization and again the Committee offers

no specific identities of individuals who believed those

causing violence were

FBI Intormants.

Other than articles

appearing in "Newsday" magazine in 1976 and more recently

statements by Mark Lane and possibly former members of the

Invaders, who else shares this belief? The letter from

Congressman Stokes identifies no one.

c.

This letter states (page 4) that the "Memphis

Field Office had prior knowledge of impending violence (a

fact memorialized in FBI documents) ."

This statement

implies the FBI knew of violence because its informants

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

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U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

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were instructed to instigate violence. However, as shown

in our files, FBI knowledge of impending violence was based

on information from various informants and officials,

resulting from a tense

situation brought about by the

Sanitation Workers Strike, all of which made knowledge of

impending violence rather

obvious.

d. The letter states (pages 4 and 5) that "members

of the Invaders were observed by agents of the FBI exhorting

the crowd and readying weapons from signposts (a fact later

testified to under oath by these agents)."

Invaders and informant files at FBIHQ disclosed that none

of the informants were members of the Invaders at the time

violence occurred. Only one of these five informants was

ever a member and that was subsequent to the assassination.

e.

The letter states (page 5) that

"Professor

Blakey's review of the files revealed that at least one

informant subsequently joined a more violence-prone

organization."

It is assumed this statement is to demonstrate

the informant's propensity for violence.

However, the FBI

believes that King's death and the rioting that followed

intensified racial feeling and tended to make some organiza-

tions

more violent.

Therefore, it is logical that whatever

organization our informant was

redirected into, it would be

more violence prone.

On 7/27/78, Mr. Keuch telephonically advised a

and found them

as outlined in his letter of 7/24/78 was the best course

of action in this matter.

He stated, however, that he

desired to use our arguments in responding to the letter

from Congressman Stokes and asked that this information be

furnished him on a formal basis.

Mr. Reuch also stated

he had contacted

the United States Attorney in New York

handling the Socialist Workers Party case and had received

clearance that our action :

in this matter would have no

bearing on that litigation.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE:

HOUSE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

OBSERVATIONS: The CIU believes that since copies of these

files will be excised to prevent compromise of informant

identities, we should agree with Mr. Keuch's position in

this matter and make excised copies available to the HSCA's

Chief Counsel and Director only.

These files, consisting

of 47 sections, have been furnished to FBIHQ,

copied and

returned to Memphis Field Office in anticipation of this

need.

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Retype.

1 - Hi. Balley

1 - LE8el CornBel DIVIstOn

Atta: MI. Corlean

1 - CrIMInAl InveRtigAtITe DITIaiOn.

Attas M. Youtal, 1978

LESLAURE AEROTARY CARRIAI

ARastIon: Ms. B0be7t le lench

Пасты, ны

HOUSE SILLET CHITITTEE ON ASSAISIXATIONS

D. S. HOUSE ON RUPRISEATATIVIS ONSCA)

alesence la nade to the lettar to lia attorary cecrtal Ira

i Sobert Blakey, Cule! Corasel and Mtecrat, HsCA, dated May 23, 1978,

prepared for access of lia ISCh.

Enclosed Are An eriginal and one COpy al a letter to COnfIeRDARS

Loula 8. StOkes, CelIaRs, ISCh, la response tO referesced larret.

la roquested that you furalah the encional latter to Congreatesa stakes.

Roclosures (2)

(7)

ATL INFORHATION COMPATIED

DATE 212000-

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. .

1 - Hi. Selley

1 - Legal Counsel Diriston

Attas MI. Corleon

Armn:

Ho Vo laLa

Suo 7, 1978

1 - H. Poster

lonarable Lenta s. stoker

Chaltren, sanro Selezi Coniiree On

RaybITa BonDO 018160 DA11A17z

Masbraztos, D. G. 20315

Boer Congredesa,

RAleTOACO la RAdO LA RDA LORLOT RO thA AlLOTARY CASATAl fran

e, Pateri Blakory, Cale! Coureel Add DITeCTOT, Hoven Belect Comeltres en

demoniaattone (ASCA), darol May 23, 1978, VOICh PAlASTOd tO thA ISCA'O

ARero tO "InlorRenI illes ol all lalorenta vithin loo Invadera tastes

196E " T418 SEROTONCA LA DO SIVA TAI NORdUATIATA (IIIBA) LAPOTURNE

S1les Which Hr. Slekey sorsened en May 17, 1978. Tirese 111es Levolve

Eva falommaro al lbe Memphlo Olf1ce of the ViI vio furaiabed talornation

on varione reclal mettero durlas tha apprestante fine ol the assesslatton

ol Merita Luther Xla8, I8., Includlas Laforantion abour tbe Invadera, a

hanopala youll grag.

XI, Blakey mes sinared access to tbase illes besed de the

ISCA'A POGUERI Ol ApPLI 12, 1978, OtbeT thes acarina da lareTest lo Ebe

soles ol Chere LalOnnente Miltla tLA lATadeTA orgeslEnton LelatIva eS

ChE ACRIVIELAA Ol XÍN8, ELlA LOQUART OlfaTed NO OrDI TORDORA fOr Ebe

ISCA'O RONd RO PEVION ChASE IATOTRADE ILIOS, ROMANET, baROd DA A

¿secuRsion bernena Kr. Blakey and a sopranntatIve al the Til'a Lagal

Corasel Division, Ht, Alakoy adrlead that the ASCA 18 ETylDE to LADDiTe

BLe LANCA AS RO URATHOT DI NOI thA INASATO CONTATOS TACIAI VIOLeNCO tA

a 12 d, co

ROr IINI CO SOLUTO STON ALlentA to Mespblo uboro De ves killed, asd 18

any ol our Inlorante acred de "agest provocatoure" se 12861891188 Ello

roleaco.

1 - G. Robert Blakory, Chies Counsel and Director, ESCA

SRE HOTZ, PAGE TIRET

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LNCTOSURE

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Ionorable lon1e 3. stokes

Tho allozarson thar orT InloTaats 108811er0d trolence le 808

a son ose, de Alecloned 15 the TAl'ª flle en tsa INPadaTs, thía allegarson

ma reporred la the solle la YebrunTy, 1976. At ther sina, flles of

TOINI ANd RDA KAMphIa O1I1CA Ol Rhe MAI MeTA reMIonad COnCeTlãE the

allegation vich sozative sesalt8, Tio Menphia OllIce AdtIRed tbar thase

INlOTTANLA 11d NAI AdVOCATA DoT raKA part la the plenaLAz af ery slar.

TALA LAPOTRALLOn MA IUTDISTOL Lo the AtROTRY COCOTAl DY LeIteT leroE

Harch 4, 1976.

Turtber, the Departaeal el Jueilce Tank force sonferler the

TAl'a a11218102110n and decuTILy ImMerIgatione al kinE concluded thera

ma no ensleace ibat the activitles al these Inlornanta related to 1177

Of MeIe In RaY Dy CORDARTed WIth b1a 28808812e7109.

Despito the merubelalas eridenco disprovias the abore allera-

BLOS, ERLA SUTORO, I1 AN AlTOIT RO COOPeTALe VITA RDe BSCA dE lUllY Re

gossIble aDd altor MeTy caTalul dellberation, decided to sake the Milil

LePoranat f1les mallable only ro XI. Blakey Vich all Inforuant séent1fyla8

SAra Oxe1A0d. Tula decision da tha part ol tba lIteRu mes Dos saut to

DATTO A8 A PROCOLONI SON EDA ASCA lO request tbe flald olfsce flles one

tha NeRA IAPOTRANTA Dor lor that nattes to sabe avallable the 11l0s el

arber Intorarato valch nay be ol laterest ro cha Conaltree. Il, 181

fact, the paspore in renleío8 there 11108 18 to dererains vberhar Esere

Informeats actod as "arent provocaroura," thiS BuTeRu lo MoTo EDas

u1111a8 to futalah a enora alf1danle desylas sbla alleratioo.

lo pelereaced letter, XI. Blakey aracad the procedure by valeà

DA MA PATAILLON ACCOZA TO TIlLI INlOTRANE l1leS MAS MARCCAprable. It

abould de sored that la. Blakey asteed to these conditions, but prlor to

che Terien, requestod l'aI Menbera al lla aUall also la sivea eccess la

Ebeso 81108.

BACHUBA DORA ISCA SCA!I BORDArA MeTe laa111eT VIrh DUr

MOSTRATIVA ILLe On TLA INVAdOTO, 11 MAS NACCABRTY CO SOCIIIA MT. BlAKeY

SOQUARE BÍACA RULA KOOM\ALLO PORAd AN ANdIIIONNI INTANT tO OUI LAlOTReNTS

1600818100.

Ao you can fully underarasd, the lasue ol peraitring outaldo

JATTIOS tO SeNIoN InlOIRAnt PIles Of the TOI 1A a VeTy dalICArO ode.

SO VITAl tO PROTECI OUT COLIIIATILAI INTOTASATA DeCAURA NE INY Da deRlIAS

VIch the liTes dod salaty ol lhase inforManta nnd derbera of their

SEA111R, Il 1I DOCORRR RONATAl KROUladIe theE TEI LaPOrRARIA slles

ara belas aponad to outalde parties, Inforeant privileze 18 tarentenad

asd Dus 1af0rnent deralopatat prograr can de neveraly basperad. You cas

appreciate ibat da Agent la tha fialú ny de uablo to develop a conlideazial

relar10n8h1p 01th ds Indiriduel 11 the agezey lavoired camos procect

tha contesta of thas lalotrant'a 111e.

•2.

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marable landaS. Stokes

...

IRATElOTO, foT the ConAIdATALIons outlIzed abone, KI. Blakey'o

TOGRABI lOT ACCORS LO LNAZA SLALL OlIICA INSOTARDI ILleS la desIed.

Tolo astror has been dieckased WIth XT. Robert I. Louch, DepUty AABLERAAR

Attoraoy Ceresal, Clarnal DIVLaIOR, DepArtaRas of Jerica. HI. touch

adriees rbai, la tha abarace al AddlEtonal Lafornation fron tbe XICA

StaceTely poura,

W1111en H. Heborer

Direcror:

NOTE: By Byan to MI. BARRett menorandun dated 4-27-78, It vAs approved

to allou Blakey access to 11les of inforanta to furnished Informatson

concerning the Invaders. Thie ectlon vas raken in bope of zat1sfying

the HSCA that our Informants vere sot responsible for Violence which

occurred during the sentration Workers Strlke 1n Mexphia. After MI. Blakey

revleued these illes, as reported in Ryan tO KI. Basseit menorandun

detod 3-19-78, Blakey arated he found so enidence that any of our laforarate

acted as "agent provocateura." Bovever, he followed with an additional

Representatives of the Congressional Inquiry Valt, the Lazal

cornsel Division, asd the Top Echelon and Crininal Iniorvant valt,

crisinal InvestigatIve DivIsion, are In toral agreement that we should

Jo Do further tO anguer HSCA's denende for Informant flles in thie

matter and that He. Blakey'e request abould be dendod. Mr. Leuch concurred,

based on discussion with D. D. Coulson, Lazal Counsel DiV18LOA, OR

On 6-1-78, SA Buryl Jobason, Memphis Office, vas advisad of

the abore, Based on his knowledge of the situation, Heaphis vould be

v111ing and capable of subaltting a sworn affidavit concerning this

alleration.

Iblo letter completes response to ESCh'a request dated

3-23-78.

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WALTER C. PRUNTROY, DE.

MOMME ANATHMNTI MURXE, CAUP.

нетого г. токо, тени.

Почо, 5, погнА, то.

саля стохкя, оно, они

ВАМ.

ню

1. мс кАннЕт, сомн.

снежцтя тноме, мняя.

MANOLD 4, ВАЖКА, МІН.

(802) 223-1626

Select Committer on Assassinations

HI.S. Iouse of Kepresentatibes

I531 HOUSE OTTICE DUILDING, AAREX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C, 20515

July 5, 1978

-. *

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

Dear MI. Attorney General:

In connection with the Committee's investigation into

the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. Martin Luther

King, JI., I write to request that you make certain field

office informant files available to the Committee so that

serious allegations involving the Federal Bureau of Inves-

tigation and the death of Di. King may be resolved.

The

Committee has already had access to the relevant Bureau

personnel, and it has conducted extensive interviews among

those who

may also be subjects of this aspect of the Com-

mittee's investigation.

The focus of the Committee's

effort now is to determine if the written record supports

or refutes the oral testimony on the relevant questions.

These files have been denied to the Committee by the Director

of the Bureau by letter dated June 1l, 1978, with the con-

currence of the Criminal Division. I write this letter to

ask that you give your personal attention to resolving this

serious matter.

of understanding been the department ate me meant con-

As you will recall, it was intended that the.

Memorandum should cover what materials the Department of

Justice would release to the Committee, (I.A.C.).

In a letter dated April 1a, 1918, Protessor G. Robert

Blakey, the Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Com-

(a Black militant group in Memphis, Tennessee) during

1968

and provide the Committee with access to these files."

(See II. B.) Apparently, this group was involved in the

violence that occurred in Memphis when Di. King was there

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The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

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In 1968.

The files were to be examined in a form in which

only the identity of the informants had been exercised from

• them.

The letter also expressly noted the "Committee

reserves the right to request...the identity of all Invader

informants during 1968 should the sanitized files and agent

interviews be inconclusive on the issues to be resolved by

the Committee."

(See I.B. (1))

During the week of May 14, 1978, the Bureau, in partial

response to the April 12th request, permitted only Professor

Blakey to review the duly excised FBI Headquarters informant

files. The staff of the Committee was denied access to the

files.

Professor Blakey agreed to this form of limited access,

reserving the right to insist that the terms of the Memorandum

đt the too

of Understanding be complied with.

In a letter dated May 23, 1978, the Committee then

requested "that the Memphis Field Office files for these

same informants be prepared for access by the staff."

The

Headquarters files contained basically administrative data;

it was felt that the Field Office file might be more en-

lightening.

The

letter also observed, "While the Committee

feels that the procedure by which... (Professor Blakey) was

permitted access to the first set

of files was unacceptable

and contrary to the Memorandum of Understanding, pending

further discussions to arrange to broaden access, this pro-

cedure may again be utilized."

It should be clearly understood that the Committee's

request for these files, as well as the other informant

files, is predicated on the precise language of the Memo-

randum of Understanding.

Section I.B. (2) of the lemorandum sets out the

"Specific Rules"

by which access to materials may be ob-

tained.

Section I.B. (2), in pertinent part, provides:

Where... requested materials reveal the

identity of FBI sources who are or were

informants...The D(epartment) of J (ustice)

will appropriately sanitize, including ex-

cising, if necessary, information identifying

such operations, sources or informants.

(Emphasis

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Griffin B. Bell

Under I.B. (2), the only matter at issue is the terms

of access.

Denial

of access is not contemplated. B(2)

clearly allows access to the files at issue, subject only

to proper sanitization. Nothing else is asked for here.

The Committee is fully cognizant of the issues raised

by the Bureau in its letter of June 13, 1978, in response

to our request.

It is, of course, recognized that a measure

of confidence in the Bureau's informant program would, in

fact, be eroded should it become general knowledge that

the FBI identified its informants in anything but extra-

ordinary circumstances, where, under the prevailing view,

they must be identified. See

Roviaro v. United States,

353 U.S. 53 (1957).

Nevertheless, all this is premature;

the Committee has not requested, as yet, that the identity

nat the sacnes,

of these informants be revealed.

All that is requested is

access to the files, in order that serious allegations

involving the informants and the Bureau be resolved.

The Director's letter of June 13, 1978, offers instead

of access to the relevant files, sworn affadavits denying

the Bureau's informants acted as "agents provacateurs".

The

Committee feels that this procedure for resolving this

issue

would be unacceptable.

As you know, with respect to the king

investigation the Committee is, in effect, performing for

death of DI. King the same function that the Warren Commission

performed for the death of President Kennedy.

One of the most

frequent criticisms of the Warren Commission is that in at-

tempting to resolve the issue of whether or not Lee Harvey

Oswald was an FBI informant, the Commission accepted sworn

affadavits from the Bureau.

that it is unacceptable in this instance merely to rely on

sworn denials without an opportunity to examine and cross

examine the relevant witnesses and to examine primary source

documents. Our investigation must command the confidence of

the American people if it is to achieve its goals. Conse-

quently, it will not be possible for the Committee to accept,

as the Director suggests, that this issue be resolved by the

taking of affadavits from the Bureau.

After noting that the allegation that the Bureau or

persons employed by it instigated violence is not new, the

Director's letter of June 13, 1978, denied the Committee

access to the files, referring to "overwhelming evidence

disproving the...allegation."

In support of that assertion,

the Committee is told that "The Memphis Office advised that

these informants did not advocate nor take part in the

planning of any riot."

Next, our attention is drawn to the

Department of Justice Task Force's conclusion, stated in two

sentences of their report.

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:.

"There is no evidence that the activities

of these informants related directly to

DI. King.

Moreover, there is no evidence

that would suggest that these informants

were connected in any way to the assassina-

tion of DI. King.

(HQ 134-11867; 170-1841;

170-1922; 170-2530, and 157-4885)."

From the Committee's perspective, this "evidence" is

hardly overwhelming.

But that is largely beside the point.

Without access to this evidence, it cannot be evaluated.

Mere denials and conclusions cannot be accepted in lieu of

records and sworn testimony.

The Committee has completed

the compilation of an oral record of the events that tran-

spired in Memphis during March and April, 1968.

This record

consists of interview notes,

testimony under oath before the

Committee, and witness depositions.

It is now imperative

that these witnesses' current recollections be compared with

the contemporaneous

written record,

particularly that con-

tained in the Iclorant informant files.

Throughout the effort to resolve this issue, the Com-

mittee has attempted to move with restraint. It was not until

our field interviews with former members of the Invaders and

people present

in Memphis at the time of the March 28, 1968

march revealed: 1) that the Invaders were in fact a proximate

cause of the violence, and 2) that it is universally believed

that the Invader followers who caused the violence were paid

FBI operatives that we reguested access to any informant files.

By that time, the Committee had reviewed the Sanitation

Strike, Invaders,

King and Southern Charter Leadership Con-

ference files.

It had also reviewed the Memphis Police

Department files, and it had interviewed their undercover

operative within the Invader organization.

The Committee had initially hoped that the answers it

"sought would be contained

in the Headquarters files.

They

are, as noted above, largely administrative, containing only

general information on informant reliability, payment of fees,

and justification for continuing the informant's status. They

do not contain agent instructions; they do not reflect in

detail the working

relationship between agents and informants.

From the Conmittee's perspective, therefore, the information

contained in the Headquarter files proved inadequate. Sub-

sequent interviews with current and

former agents have also

revealed that:

1) the Memphis Field Office had prior know-

ledge of impending violence (a fact memorialized in FBI

documents) and 2)

members of the Invaders were observed by

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agents of the FBI exhorting the crowd and readying weapons

from signposts la fact later testified to under oath by

•these agents.) Professor Blakey's review of the files

revealed that at least one informant subseguently joined

a more violence-prone organization.

You can see, therefore,

the reasons why access to the files, duly excised, is es-

sential.

I feel that this is a matter that can best be resolved

by our discussing the issues involved.

Since the Select

Committee's investigation is in its last stage - our public

hearings will begin in August -- I suggest that you give me

a call this week and we can meet as soon as possible to dis-

cuss this matter.

Sincerely,

:

LOUIS STOKES

Chairman

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TO

•FROM

:

SUBJECT:

JULY 197S EDITION

08A 7PMR (48 C79I 101-11,8

UNITED STATES GOVE MENT

Memoranium

JUL 2 4 1978

The Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

DATE:

Robert I. Keuch

Special Counsel to the Attorney General

House Select Committee on Assassinations

Request for Memphis Field Office Files

RLK :mal

By letter dated July 5, 1978, directed to the Attorney

General, the Select Committee has repeated its request for

access

to the Memphis, Tennessee, field office informant files

concerning informants in the Invaders, a black militant group

It is my judgment, as Special Counsel for the

Attorney General, that it is necessary to provide access to

excised versions of the requested files to Committee Chief

Counsel, Professor G. Robert Blakey. I have made an oral

request

to have the files processed

and this is to request

that this task be completed as soon as possible and that

ProfessoI Blakey be provided access to the processed files.

As you are aware, we had, by letter of June 13, 1978,

previously refused the request of the Committee. I

concurred

in that action and believe it was correct based on the fact

that, in our view, the only need demonstrated by the Committee

for access to the

field office files rested on naked allega-

tions which had been denied in the past.

In the Committee's

latest demand, presented by the July 5 letter, the Committee,

on pages 3, 4, and 5 of the letter, outlines in greater detail

the justification for its request.

ment

that the information set forth by the Committee is not

sufficient to substantiate the allegations made about the

activities of the informants at issue, it is equally clear

that we can no longer take the position that the Committee's

legislative and investigative needs are based on pure specula-

tion and/or naked allegations. That being the case, the

limited access outlined above

should be granted in response

to the Committee's request.

I am, of course, aware of the deep concern held by the

Bureau concerning any indication that we are willing to

disclose informants or release information which will lead

to their disclosure.

I share that concern and my decision

in this matter has been reached only with the greatest

possible consideration of that concern.

cc: The Attorney General

Keuch

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It is regrettable but inescapable that the timing of

this demand by the Committee makes our decisions much more

subject to public comment and criticism.

The present interest

in, and repeated stories related to, the allegations in the

case of MI. Rowe makes

this one of the worst times to come

to a point of absolute refusal in the face of the justifica-.

tions advanced by the Committee. If and when we reach the

ultimate confrontation over the possible disclosure of

informants, our position will be extremely strengthened by

any steps we can take consistent with our needs to protect

our informants to provide the Committee with necessary

evidence and information. That balance, at least at this

stage, is best struck by offering the limited access under

discussion.

Since the Committee's last request was directed personally

to the Attorney General by the Chairman of the Committee, the

Committee is preparing for public hearings in the near future,

and has delayed issuing subpoenas for these materials based on

my representations that we were making immediate efforts to .

respond, we should not delay our response to the Committee.

Therefore, I am sending a copy of this request to the Attorney

General.

If the Bureau disagrees with my determination and

not to comply with my decision, your response should

be directed to the Attorney General so this matter can be resolved

quickly.

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In addition to the further justification submitted by

the Committee for their request, I believe there are other

• factors which support my conclusion that we should provide

the limited access discussed.

An important factor is that,

if the response to the Committee's latest request is a complete

refusal, the Committee will issue subpoenas for the informant

files.

The only way we could respond to such subpoenas other

than by providing the requested information would be to seek

to have them enjoined by a federal court.

While

this type

of confrontation may ultimately be necessary during the course

of the Committee's proceedings, it does not appear wise to

take this step without first offering limited access. This

is so for two reasons.

First, in contrast to the limited access we will offer

the Committee, a subpoena would request access to the informant

files by the entire staff thereby increasing the possibility

that the informants could be compromised through the knowledge

of the members of the staff who have studied the other files

in the matter in greater detail and, in any case, would broaden

the number of individuals who could

learn the identity of the

informants.

Secondly, if we are to prevail in the litigation, a

possibility which, in my juagment, is remote given the, subject

matter of the Committee's inquiry and the allegations and

information that formed the basis of their request, we can

only win if we show a reasonable posture to the court. An

absolute refusal to comply would not do that. An attempt

to meet the Committee's needs while protecting our interests

by providing limited access to excised files would do that.

eurther support lor the procedure of providing limited

access stems

Irom the very nature of the Committee's investi-

gation.

Unlike the normal Congressional investigation and/or

lawsuit, the Bureau and the Department of Justice are targets

or subjects of the investigation. Under such circumstances

our obligation to be as cooperative as reasonably possible

with the Congress is obvious.

pubLic conception or oui

cooperation is going to be a very important factor in the

acceptance or lack of acceptance of the Committee's efforts

and determinations in these investigations.

To put ourselves

in a posture of confrontation with the Committee over this

particular issue without first attempting some accommodation

of competing interests would only serve to revive all the

allegations and criticisms of us and our actions concerning

the assassinations.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

i Mr. Bassett flop

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dep. A2Aim.

Dep.

Inv..

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs. -

DATE: 8/3/78

Laboratory

Legal Cour.

FROM

: D. Ryan

SUBJECT. HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

1 - Mr. Adams

1 - Mr. McDermott

1 - Mr. Mintz

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Mx. Bassett

- Mr.

Bailey

1 - Mr. Foster

Tech. Servs. -

Training.

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y -

CONT

TION

UVULAS"

Reference is made to D. Ryan to Mr. Bassett

memorandum, 7/27/78.

PURPOSE: To provide results of interviews of former

Special Agents (SAs) Howard C. Kennedy and Robert L. Bender

concerning information regarding the Dr. Martin Luther King,

JI., assassination case (MURKIN) recently discovered in a

St. Louis informant file.

SYNOPSIS AND DETAILS: In Ryan to Bassett memorandum dated

7727/78,

background information was provided regarding the

recent discovery of information in St. Louis file 137-16185

concerning the existence of a possible conspiracy in the

MURKIN

case, which, apparently, had never been acted on or

disseminated. This information, contained in a meniorandum

of SA Howard

of a meeting between a

St. Louis informant (SL 3167-C) and

Russell George Beyers, a St. Louis fence,

1973. During that meeting, Beyers advised that he had met

with a St. Louis attorney and another individual, and they

had offered him $10,000 or $20,000 to kill Dr. King. Beyers

also stated that the unidentified individual was the person

who later paid off James Earl Ray for the assassination of

Dr. King.

On ?/28/78, the Director indicated that the two

former Special Agents from the St. Louis Office who handled

the informant (SL 3167-C) should be interviewed to ascertain

the reasons for the failure to act on and/or disseminate

that information pertal 25 ting assassina 0 - 1102

By Bureau teletype dated 7/28/78, St. Louis was

instructed to thoroughly interview former SAs Howard C.

Kennedy and Robert L. Bender concerning this matter.

AUR 22 1978

St. Louis was advised to expeditiously conduct those

Enclosures

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE :

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

interviews and furnish the results in FD-302 form. By

airtel to the Bureau 7/31/78, St. Louis furnished the

FD-302's reflecting the interviews of SAs Kennedy and

Bender, which had been conducted by SAC Roy B. Klager, Jr.,

on 7/28/78.

Copies of the FD-302's reflecting those

interviews are attached.

In his interview, former SA Kennedy advised that he

had handled St. Louis informant 3167-C. He was shown a

memorandum dated 3/19/14, to SAC, St. Louis, Erom him, reflecting

several contacts with that informant.

The informant furnished

information on several matters, including the information

which pertained to the MURKIN case.

Kennedy recalled

receiving that information, but he

had no recollection of ever

having disseminated it.

stated

that his failure to

do so was through inadvertence and, in retrospect, that

information should have been handled further.

He advised

that his evaluation of the informant and the individual from

whom the information was obtained, Russell George Byers, did

not affect the manner in which this matter was handled.

Robert L. Bender, tormer st. Louis supervisor,

advised

that he had supervised the squad to which Kennedy

was assigned. He did not specifically recall the memorandum

of 3/19/74 or the information regarding the MURKIN investigation

found on Page 3 therein. He stated that because his hand-

Informa sect Fica squad u g

writing appeared on that memorandum, it had crossed his desk

on or about 3/19/74, but he could furnish no reason other

than inadvertence as to why it had not been acted on or

disseminated.

On 8/2/78

Co is a an and the Department out am. Keen,

Professional Responsibility had been notified of the information

furnished by the St.

Louis Office when it was disseminated

to the HSCA on 3/24/78.

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Memorandum to Mr. Bassett

RE: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

RECOMMENDATION: The above is set out for information.

It

is recommended that copies of the interviews of former

SAs Kennedy and Bender, with the name of the informant

deleted, be furnished to Special Counsel to the Attorney

General

Robert I.

Keuch for record purposes.

APPROVED:

Who Blakee

showed de

Qua

Đep. AD Ink.

Crim. Inve

Laborctory

Eeral Cau

H9. Wist.

PH H. 4398.

Perring

Blaken advise. 8/1/18.

Kenda fermished copies o

F9302's By 0-70 8/4/27.

Jurg

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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dole of Ironscription 7/31/78

ME. HOWARD C. KENNEDY resides at 55 Harneywold Drive,

Ferguson, Missouri 63136, residence telephone number (314)

521-8221.

MI. KENNEDY is presently self-employed as a private

investigator and polygraph examiner.

Ee retired fron FBI service

оп 2/28/77.

Prior to his retirement he was assigned to the

St. Louis Division of the FBI from 1954 to the date of his

retirement. During 1974 he was assigned to general criminal

matters and worked as a Special Agent under the supervision of

Field Supervisor ROBERT I. BENDER.

MT. KENNEDY was interviewed at the St. Louis FBI Office,

ät which place he voluntarily appeared.

MI. KENNEDY was exhibited sufficient portions of a closed

St. Louis file 137-16185 to enable him to identify it as a matter

which was at one time assigned to him while he was an FBI Agent.

file in this instance pertains to one RICHARD E. O'HARA,

a former informant of the St. Louis Division of the FBI. The

attention of MI. KENNEDY was directed to a memorandum in this

file dated 3/19/74 from him to the SAC, St. Louis. This memorandum

He was permitted to read

this memorandum in order to refresh his memory concerning its

KENNEDY related that from his review of this memorandum

it reflects the results of a contact by him with O'HARA at which

time O'HARA furnitned him several pieces of information.

KENNEDY's attention was further directed to paragraph 2, page 3

of the memorandulg

which paragraph begins "During the

fall of

1973 ...," and ending with "... $20,000 to kill KING."

MI, KENNEDY stated that upon having his memory refreshed

by reading the above memorandum, he vaguely recalls receiving

the information.

He has no recollection, however, of having

disseminated the information contained in the above-cited

paragraph or that the information was otherwise acted upon.

He can cite no reason for such fallure other than inadvertence.

To the best of his recollection, no action was, in fact, taken

concerning the information about MARTIN LUTHER KING, as contained

Intervipwed an.

7/28/78

_St. Louis, Missouri

_File = _S1 62-5097

by.

SAC ROY B, KLAGER, JR./nII

____Dare dictored _ 7/31/78

"Is documen contoins neither recommendalions nor conclusions ol the FBI. Il 15 lhe properly of the FBI and is louned lo your ogency.

• au dia corlents ore not lo be distribuled oulside your ogency

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in the memorandum, and he shared this information with no

other personnel in the office.

MI. KENNEDY was unable to provide an evaluation of the

information and he is sure that no other information concerning

KING was furnished to him by O'HARA.

He can make no comment

with regard to the credihility of the information at this late

date.

He does not believe, however, that credibility of either

O'HARA Or BYERS entered into any decision or lack of decision

with regard to dissemination of the infornation concerning KI!G.

KENNEDY recalls, however,

from his many years of service

in the FBI at St. Louis that

RUSSELL BYERS was a well-known

fence.

KENNEDY reiterated that he has

no idea or reason for the

failure to disseminate the information contained in paragraph

2 of page 3 of the cited memorandum as it relates to MARTIN

LUTHER KING.

He noted that there is nothing written on the

memorandum to indicate such dissemination was made or action

taken otherwise.

ME. KENNEDY's attention was further directed to a hand-

written

notation on the first page of the memorandum which

states, "Notify locals of info re killing." He identifies

this notation as being in the handwriting of his former Supervisor,

ROBERT I. BENDER.

Upon reading the memorandum in detail, it

Was KENNEDY's conclusion that this handwritten notation did

not apply to the above-cited paragraph but, instead, applied

to an unrelated matter of interest to local authorities

appearing on page 2 of the memorandum.

At the conclusion of interview, Mr. KENNEDY stated that

in retrospect, the information concerning MARTIN LUTHER KING

in the memorandum of 3/19/74 should have been acted upon.

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*FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription.

7/31/78

MX. BENDER is presently unemployed, having retired from FBI

service on 2/28/77. Prior to his retirement he was assigned to

the St. Louis Field Division of the FBI from 1953 to the date of

his retirement.

Additionally, he served in the capacity of

Field Supervisor in the St. Louis Division of the FBI for approx-

imately nine years prior to and until the date of his retirement.

be supervised general criminal matters.

MI. BENDER was interviewed at the St. Louis FBI Office, at

which place he voluntarily appeared.

Mr. BENDER was exhibited sufficient portions of a closed

St. Louis file 137-16185 to enable him to identify it as a matter

which was at one time under his supervision and assigned to an

Agent under his supervision by the name of HOWARD C. KENNEDY.

The file in this instance pertains to one RICHARD F. O'HARA,

a former informant of the St. Louis Division of the FBI.

The attention of Mr. BENDER was directed to a memorandum in

this file dated 3/19/74 to the SAC, St. Louis, from Special Agent

HOWARD C. KENNEDY.

This memorandum is identified as serial 5 of

the file. Mr. BENDER was permitted to read this memorandum in

after reading it he concluded that the memorandum had crossed his

desk on or about 3/19/74, as attested to by the appearance of his

handwriting on the memorandum.

directed to paragraph 2, page 3 of the memorandum, which paragraph

i tho mag

BENDER's attention was further

begins, "During the fall of 1973...," and ending with "... $20,000

to kill KING."

Mr. BENDER related that he had no independent recollection of

the paragraph in question; however, upon reviewing the entire

memorandum dated 3/19/74, he found

no evidence that the information

contained in the above-cited paragraph was either acted upon or

7/28/78

_St, Louis, Missouri

_File #_ SI. 62-5097

SAC ROY B. KLAGER, JR./ nIn

- Date dictaled 7/31/78

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disseminated beyond the file in which the memorandum is located.

He did note that there is a handwritten notation in his hand-

writing on page 1 of the memorandum which states, "Notify locals

of info re killing."

Upon reading the memorandum in detail,

it was BENDER's conclusion that this handwritten notation did

not apply to the above-cited paragraph but, instead, applied to

an unrelated matter of interest to local authorities appearing

on page 2 of the memorandum.

MI. BENDER stated that he has absolutely no recollection

as to why the information contained in the above-cited paragraph

on page 3 of the memorandum in question was not disseminated

or acted upon. He can only assume that such failure was through

inadvertence.

He can make no judgment whatsoever concerning

the credibility of the information as a possible reason for

not acting on it.

BENDER related, however, that because of

his long association with the FBI in St. Louis, he does recall

an individual by the name of RUSSELL BYERS as a well-known

thief and fence.

At the conclusion of interview, Mr. BENDER stated that in

retrospect and in light of today's climate, the information

concerning MARTIN LUTHER KING in the memorandum of 3/19/74

should have been acted upon.

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_ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

DATE: 8-11-78

FROM

D. Ryan

ALL INFEROCH COMRADED

HAGIN IS UNLACE.

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. 'S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA) -

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.-

Crim. Inv.

dent.-

ntell. -

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt. _

Tech. Servs.

Training -

Public Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm. -

Director's Sec'y -

PURPOSE: To furnish information which may

' be subject of public

hearings of the HSCA during week of August 14-19, 1978.

DETAILS: The HSCA is scheduled to hold Initial public hearings

Into the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., during the

week of August 14-19, 1978.

Hearings will receive considerable

media attention

and

will reportedly include testimony of

James Earl Ray.

On August 8, 1978, Mr. Robert I. Keuch, Deputy

Assistant Attorney General,

a letter to the Attorney General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief

counsel and Director, HSCA, dated August o, 1978, enclosing

a package or material which the HSCA may refer to in its public

hearings.

A copy of this package of material is attachment one

to this memorandum. Mr. Keuch requested the FBI review the

material to determine any objections to release of it during the

hearings.

In 1ts letter, the

HSCA desired a response from the

Department by August 11, 1978. Mr. Keuch requested to be

verbally are matest at to a to done 11033

41,3

contained in our investigation of King's assassination.

In 28

summary,

documents relate to the following:

FD-302'S OfT AUG 24 1978

individuals providing information concerning the rile,

binoculars and automobile used by Ray in the assassination

Items of evidence containing Ray's fingerprints, such as change

of address card, laundry ticket, etc; statements of individuals

interviewed

at

scene of the crime, the rooming house in Memphis

and Ray's residence in Atlanta following the assassination;

FD-302's concerning the revolver found in Ray's

possession

arrested in London; documents regarding the FBI's interview of

Ray after his arrest; letter dated February 18, 1969, from Ray

to his attorney Percy Foreman authorizing

guilty plea; letter

from Ray to Senator Eastland dated March 14, 1969, denying he

killed King; letters from Ray to the court regarding Foreman's

dismissal, and requesting a new attorney and a reversal of his

sentence; and Identification Division records of Ray and his

brothers John and Jerry Ray.

JA AM NE BEHIND FILE

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KEUGH

ADVISED

8/23/78

дта

st

Memorandum D. Ryan

to Mr. Bassett

• * HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Ua S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

A review of this material by the Congressional

Inquiry Unit (CIU) reveals the material does not involve any

informants, classification or sensitive investigative methods

of operations.

The Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts (FOIPA)

Branch has advised that most of these documents were released

under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) subject to

routine excisions, including identities of persons for privacy

reasons. (Attachment two contains a copy of documents as

released under FOIA). Although we are concerned with the

privacy of individuals, we cannot object to release of this

material for privacy reasons. Release of our documents to the

HSCA was an authorized means of disclosure under the Privacy

Act. In any subsequent release, privacy of individuals involved

is the responsibility of the HSCA.

Therefore, for above reasons, we should offer no

objections to release of this information, and Mr. Keuch will

as stated in the nolA letter, these documents, except for

Identification Division records of Ray's brothers and those

marked as Court Exhibits, were given out under FOIA.

However,

routine excisions were made, and therefore the documents are not

in their entirety in the public domain.

It is the opinion of the CIU that the nature of this

material furnished by the HSCA could at best be described as

"bland".

It is believed the HSCA is seeking sensationalism

and publidity and therefore it is unlikely its hearings will be

limited to areas covered by the attached documents.

addition, the Department of Justice and FBI were given only

three days to review this material and state its objections,

if any. Mr. Keuch was contacted on this point and agreed to

protest this short deadline to the HSCA. A representative

of the Legal Counsel Division (LCD) will also bring this point

to/the attention of Mr. Blakey in effort to secure more time

for future review of documents subject to public hearings.

This matter has been coordinated with Ron Heller,

Legal Liaison and Congressional Affairs Unit, LCD,

H. P. Beckwith, Disclosure Section, FOIPA, and S. P. Riggin,

Operations Section, FOIPA Branch.

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Date

8/17/78

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

RIM FROM:

SAC, KANSAS CITY (175-64) P

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

Warden DONALD W. WYRICK, Jefferson City, Missouri, advised

that he had been given a note written by a Missouri State

Penitentiary inmate to his case worker, indicating that

he wanted to place a telephone call, and because of the

nature of the note wanted to bring the matter to the

attention of the FBI.

!r!

Attached hereto are four copies of Letterhead

Memo regarding this matter.

In view of the mental status of inmate DELANO

WALKER, as indicated in the Letterhead Memorandum, no

further action is being taken by Kansas City, UACB.

ENCLOSURE

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File No.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Kansas City, Missouri

64106

August 17, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

On August 11, 1978, Donald W. Wyrick, Warden,

Missouri State Penitentiary

(MSP), Jefferson City, Missouri,

advised that MSP inmate, Delano Walker, Missouri Division

of Corrections Number 33539, had written a note to his case

worker which was given to the Warden on August 11, 1978.

The note reads as follows:

"Walker 33539 2 B Cell 16

"I need to call my wife. I need to talk to her

about the FBI men and let her know where the gun

the letter to the a can easie them to

Warden Wyrick advised that Delano Elmer Walker,

Missouri Division of Corrections #33539, has FBI #601004 L 8,

and is described as follows:

Race:

Sex:

Birth:

Height:

White

Male

February 9, 1937, at Elvins, Missouri

5'9"

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the

FBl. It is the property of the FBI and is Icaned to your agency; it and its

contents are not to be distributed cutside your ggossy.

2/20/x4

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Weight:

Hair:

Eyes:

Emergency

Address:

146 pounds

BrOWn

BrOWN

Wife - Ruth Ann Walker,

316 A Street,

Elvins, Missouri

Walker was received at the MSP on December 20,

1977, to serve three consecutive three year sentences

from

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, for Exhibiting and Flourishing

a Dangerous and Deadly Weapon, for a total of nine years

sentence.

He previously had been in the MSP from October 10,

for Assault With Intent to do Great Bodily Harm.

He previously

had been committed to State Hospital #4 in Farmington, Missouri,

on several occasions, dating back to 1957, with

final

release

in May 1967.

His history of mental disorders included alcoholism,

and Warden

Wyrick furnished

the following background information

from the file on Walker, which includes references to Reverend

Martin Luther King:

"HEALTH: No restrictions. Subject had several admissions

to Barnes Hospital early in 1964.

A report from his doctor

concerning this indicates the subject suffers from recurrent

hematemasis which is severe enough to cause anemia.

subject

on many occasions has required numerous blood transfusions.

Information from the same report indicates that the subject

Loses blood through his bowels, urine and coughing. subject

lso complains that he suffered a football injury to his

back while attending school and since that time on occasions

he suffers from blackouts and paralysis.

The subject's

family physician could find nothing

wrong with his back

and apparently believes his paralysis are due to hysteria.

"Subject has been admitted to Farmington hospital on several

occasions dating back to 1957.

He has been discharged several

times and escaped from the hospital on two different occasions.

He was diagnosed as schizophrenic reaction, chronic

undifferentiated type.

This report reveals several bizarre

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occasions in the subject's past behavior.

subject claimed that he received money from an individual

to assinate Martin Luther King.

subject's past behavio some

On occasion

At this time he was stopped

by the sheriff of St. Francois County from buying a bus

ticket preparatory to boarding a bus to kill King. Subject

has been on

medication however, is not taking any now.

"SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT: According to the subjects mother he had

worm spasms when he was one year old and suffered with

enuresis until he was 17 years of age. School records

indicate irregular attendance and poor grades. Subject

denies

any use of narcotics and claims

he has drunk

excessively for the last several years. Employment wise

he claims that he has worked as a laborer, however,

cannot do hard work because of his physical disabilities,

primarily a back injury.

Subject married a 14 year old

girl in 1957 and divorced her several years later.

He is

nOW

the father of six children born from his present wife.

Subject has a history of severe mental illness and twice

escaped from State Hospital No. 4. His behavior at the

hospital apparently was satisfactory. For recreation

the subject claims that he enjoys picnics, hunting and

watching television with his family.

"EVALUATION: This is a 29-year old Caucasian from Elvins,

Missouri serving his first felony incarceration. Subject

this interview appeared to be a neat, cooperative

individual tho at this time has complete control over his

behavior.

There is no evidence that the subject has ever

been arrested other than the present offense however,

he has on several occasions been placed in jail after

bizarre behavior which included threatening Martin Luther

King and on another occasion arming himself and searching

for escaped prisoners from jail. The subject's community

apparently suspect the subject in regard to an individual

who was murdered after being charged with raping a girl.

Subject has a history of blackouts, mental illiness,

repeated paralysis and internal bleeding.

He is an

individual who for the last several years has received

welfare and spends most of his time in taverns.

is information which indicate his family or wife are not

stable individuals who the subject can rely on.

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ON ASSASSINATION

"SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Mother's and wife's questionnaire,

Farmington Hospital report, Dr. Chastain's medical information,

report, health report, FBI report and interview."

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FilE Copy

0-70 (Rev. 3-1

•ÜNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

: Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

FROM

: Director, FBI (62-117290)

SUBJECT:

ASSASSINATION OF

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,

APRIL 4, 1968

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

DATE: August 23, 1978

ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT I. KEUCH

(u)

Reference is made to

- memorandum dated

(your file

a letterhead

'here is enclosed one copy of thererot exerio) Asant memorandun

lated 8-17-78

_ at Kansas City, Missouri

A. [ This covers the preliminary investigation and no further action concerning

a full investigation will be taken by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.

7 The investigation is continuing and you will be furnished copies of

reports as they are received.

The investigation requested by you has now been completed. Unless

advised to the contrary no further inquiries will be made by this Bureau.

D. [ Pursuant to instructions issued by the Department, no investigation will

be conducted in this matter unless specifically directed by the Department.

E.

] Please advise whether you desire any further investigation.

F. [ This is submitted for your information and you will be advised of further

developments.

G. [ This is submitted for your information and no further investigation will

be conducted unless specifically requested by the Department.

H. [ This covers the receipt of a complaint and no further action will be

taken by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.

Enc.

(1)

1 - Civil Rights Division

ALL INTO ATION CONTATIOD

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SUBJECT:

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Memorandum

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DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

: RI SAC, SI. IOUIS (62-5097)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS -

MURKIN

DATE: 7/24/78

Enclosed herewith are 4 copies of an IHM in which

the results of an interview of former SA HAROLD R. DOBSON

(1941 - 1972), who was case agent in captioned matter, by

staff employees of the House Select Committee on Assassinations

in Washington, D. C. on 6/28/78, are set out. The interview

was voluntary on the part of Mr. DOBSON, in accordance with

current cooperative Bureau policy and was conducted by MICHAEL

EBERHARDT, Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel to the Committee. An

unknown female in her mid to late 20s was in the room during

the interview.

She was originally introduced by EBERHARDI but

no mental note as to her name was made as it was assumed she

was a stenographer.

She was later observed to be taking notes

in longhand, from which it was presumed she was another staff

attorney.

The interview was preceded by a conference with

JAY ALDHIZER, and a legal briefing by SA RON HELLER, at the

Bureau.

SA ALDHIZER was telephonically given a summary of

the interview immediately upon its completion.

public session.

appear borone the committee in executiva

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

St. Louis, Missouri

July 24, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Former Special Agent Harold R. Dobson (1941 - 1972),

residence: 8831 Bracken Circle, St. Louis, Missouri

63123,

who was St. Louis case Agent on the M. L. King - James Earl Ray

case in 1968, was interviewed, not under oath, by MI. Michael

Eberhardt, Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel to the House Select

Committee on Assassinations, at the offices of that committee,

Room 3386, Second and "D" Streets, Southwest, Washington, D. C.,

from 2:00 P.M. to 2:45 P.M. on the afternoon of June 28, 1978,

at which time he furnished the following information in response

to direct questions:

Dobson served as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation from October 20, 1941 to retirement on June 30,

1972, being assigned to the Boston, Newark, St. Paul, and St.

Louis Divisions. He was in St. Louis from 1947 until retirement.

He was assigned to the Security Squad from 1948 to retirement,

concerned primarily with investigation of the Communist Party

its members, nationalistic tendency, espionage, sabotage, and

Security.of Government Employee. cases.

little knowledge or experience regarding New Left, racial and hate

group cases. He was an alternate supervisor but declined

authorization as supervisor for personal reasons.

Dobson was generally aware of the existence of the

Cointel Program in St. Louis, but was unable to recall any

specific activities, objectives, or accomplishments of same.

Dobson was unable to suggest why the case was assigned

to him, except that he had the first St. Louis lead in the case,

to trace the weapon used through officials of Browning Arms

Company, with whom he had continuing liaison, and for the further

reason he had been utilized in an administrative capacity on

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of

the FBI.

It is the property. of the FBI and is loaned to your

agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside

your agency.

2/3/86

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virtually every major case of national importance in the St.

Louis Division beginning with the surveillance and apprehension

of St. Louis Communist Party leaders in 1952. Another Special

Agent since retired handled the Ray penitentiary escape case

Special Agent in Charge Thomas Gearty supervised the

King case in St. Louis.

It was Dobson's responsibility to

coordinate the investigation, handle the resulting "mountain of

paper", see that obvious, logical, reasonable, or merely

desirable leads or avenues of investigation were appropriately

assigned (with Special Agent in Charge approval), promptly and

adequately covered, and properly reported, and to keep the

Special Agent in Charge, Bureau, Memphis,

and other interested

offices promptly advised of pertinent developments.

Until the true identity of Ray was established, every

Special Agent in the St. Louis Division was assigned exclusively

to the case.

Twenty-four hour coverage of all leads was

mandatory.

Developments of the day were discussed, and "brain

busting" sessions were held at nightly conferences of all

Special Agents, at which most new assignments were made. All

employees clearly gave of their best efforts..

Dobson was unable to recall specifically what efforts

were made to determine the whereabouts of John Ray on the day

of the assassination. He suggested the file would be the best

evidence in this regard.

He believed the possibility of John

Ray's involvement was undoubtedly recognized and that appropriate

steps were taken to resolve.

Dobson was unable to recall any surreptitious entries

to Ray's relatives'

premises.

surveillances on relatives.

can hot a to c

St. Louis had no technical

Requests for authorization for

same may have been made, but if so, were without his knowledge.

To the extent of his knowledge, the St. Louis Division

had never placed a technical surveillance on King.

Toll call records of relatives were obtained in

accordance with a then current Bureau policy subpoena process.

Relative bank accounts were monitored and results set forth in

reports with a statement that the information would only be

available after issuance of a subpoena duces tacum.

Coverage of

relatives consisted of this, plus personal interviews and contacts

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with informants, sources, neighbors, and associates, and

available public records.

Relatives were initially uncooperative in varying

degrees, but subsequently became generally cooperative,

although Dobson never fully trusted any of them. He was unable

to recall any evidence developed that Ray was ever in St. Louis

territory, or in contact with any relatives there, subseguent to

his penitentiary escape. He doubted financial contributions to

Ray by them, as their combined incomes and assets, in his

estimation, were insufficient to support the life style Ray

apparently enjoyed following his escape.

Dobson had no knowledge or any information as to the

source of Ray's income following his escape. He conjectured

the same would have logically had to result from successful

criminal activity or be contributed by an unknown person or.

He recognized Ray's record stamped him as a "loser"

but opined

it was not beyond the realm of possibility access

to an excellent prison library and association with convicts

less unsuccessful than himself could have enhanced the quality

of Ray's thought processes to a point where he could have

conceived and carried

out a

successful supermarket or other

similar robbery. At least his escape was successful. He

considered Ray's technically proper preparation and filing of a

motion for a new trial, which was pending at the time of his

escape, as evidence of this possibility.

Dobson recalled that,

as a Missouri prosecutor prior to entering the Bureau, he had

uniformly recommended alternative punishment for non-habitual

criminals, as the Missouri Penitentiary, even then, was generally

considered a "finishing school for criminals".

Supermarkets

offered the possibility of being almost as lucrative as banks,

without the disadvantage of incurring Federal jurisdiction.

He

feels sure major police departments in the St. Louis territory

had been contacted to determine if Ray could be a logical

suspect in unsolved supermarket robberies. He recalled some

indication Ray might have been involved in a bank robbery in

Alton, Illinois and that the Springfield, Illinois Division had

been so advised, but he had no knowledge as to the outcome of

investigation there.

Dobson was generally aware of the existence of white

hate organizations, but was of the opinion members of such

organizations in St. Louis territory lack sufficient organization,

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intelligence, and financial capability for significant

involvement in the King killing. Such organizations, in his

estimation, should have been

able to reasonably foresee

King's death would elevate him to the status of a martyr,

which would have been counterproductive to their aims and

He was of the further opinion that any intelligent

co-conspirator would undoubtedly have eliminatedRay as a

security measure. He suggested that, if then current rumors

that King had become a liability to the Southern Christian

Leadership Conference were true, that organization had the most

to gain from King's demise.

All St. Louis informants, potential informants and

sources regarding criminal, security, racial,

hate group, or

other matters, were under continuing instructions to immediately

report even the slightest information which they could obtain

or which might come to their attention regarding the King case.

Dobson recalled John Gawron as an elderly, selt-

contessed habitual criminal, who had lived with Ray's mother

several years until her death. He never met, saw, or talked

to

Gawron. If Gawron was initially carried as a PCI, but later

appeared openly, Dobson was unable to recall why, but suggested

Gawron may have initially indicated some potential for

furnishing information regarding current criminal matters and

was later found incapable of doing so.

Having lived with Ray's

mother, Gawion was undoubtedly able to furnish some factual

personal history and background information as to the family

in the past, but it was Dobson's impression that Gawron was not

fully trusted by them and was capable of furnishing only

conjectural information as to their then current activities.

According to Agents handling Gawron, he would start with a half-

truth or conjecture, and embroider upon it, and therefore was

considered generally to be unreliable.

St. Louis Agents contacting released fellow inmates

were instructed to not only obtain

all possible information as

to Ray's whereabouts, but all possible information as to their

degree of association with him, his sentiments, his plans, the

identities of any associates or friends either

in or out of

prison, and the manner of his escape.

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Dobson was unable to recall any telephonic contacts

with the Memphis case agent, although there may have been one

or two. He was in frequent telephonic contact with the..

Chicago Assistant Special Agent in Charge, who was handling

the case there,

as Jerry Ray made at least one trip to visit

St. Louis relatives.

Dobson never met, saw, or spoke with any Ray relatives,

with the exception of Jerry Ray who contacted him telephonically

on two or three occasions during a visit to St. Louis pursuant

to instructions from the Chicago Division.

Dobson had no idea as to the basis for any friction

which may have existed between Director Hoover and King. Mr.

Hoover never confided in Dobson and never sought his advice.

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FEDERAi GOVERNMENT

The Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: HI. Robert Keuch

Director, FBI

CHOUSE SELECT COMTITTEE OU ASSASSINARIOIS

1 - Mr. Long - Enc.

1 - Mr. Foster - Enc.

1 - Mr. Mintz - Enc.

August 16, 1978

2 - Mr. Coulson - Enc.

1 - Mr. Heller - Enc.

In accordance with Attorney General Order

116-56, this memorandum advises that former Special

Agent Harold R. Dobson of the st. Louis, Missouri,

Field Office was interviewed on June 28, 1978.

memorandum setting forth Mir. Dobson's account of this

interview is enclosed for your information.

Enclosure

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Director

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

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Ident.

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AUGUSI 17, 1978.

O:: AUGUST 1E, 197Z, AT S:36Ail, (CDSI), CAPTAIN JOHN LIGHI,

ALTON, ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARIMENT, ADVISED HE HAD RECEIVED

INFORMATIÓN FROM AN INFORMANT (NOT IDENTIFIED) THAT JERRY RAY,

EROTHER OF JAMES EARL RAY, IS IO APPEAR AT THE FANK OF ALTON,

ALTO:, ILLINOIS, AT 1E:3EAM, (CDST) AND ADMIT THAT ME HAD RODETD

THE EAW! OF ALTON IN 1967 FOLLOWING HIS ADMISSION AT THE EANK,

RAY IS TO GO TO THE ALTON, ILLINOIS POLICE DEPAPTMENT WHERE HE

WILL AGAIN MAKE IHE ADMISSION.

C: AUGUSI 18, 1978, AI 9:EEAM, CAPTAIN JOHN LIGHI, SUPRA,

RICONTACIED FEI, ALION, ILSABIS REC-40

AND ADVISED HE HAD RECEIVED

INFORMATION FROM SECOND INFORMANT

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ST 18, 1978

TESTIGATIVE. DIVISION

The Bank of Alton, Alton, Illinois, was robbed

by two

white males wearing stocking masks on 7/13/67. The unknown

subjects were armed with a sawed off shotgun and an

automatic pistol. They escaped with $27,230.00. No one was

harmed. There were no bank cameras, no bait money, and no

latent fingerprints developed. Numerous subjects, including

James Earl Ray, were developed. No one was ever identified

as the robber and the case remains unsolved. James Eugene

Gawron, known to have been an associate of Ray, advised that

he and

Ray cased the Bank of Alton, in 1959, but did not rob

it as planned. Extensive investigation by the Springfield

Division, including showing of Ray's photographs, failed io

identify Ray as one of the robbers. The bulk of the Alton

investigation pertaining to Ray's involvement was reported

in the Murkin file and not the 91 file.

WWR: sjy

1 Addendum:

Congressional Inquiry Unit, Records Management Division

In attached teletype, Springfield Office advised that

Captain John Light, Alton, Illinois, Police Department, hao

received information from two informants that Jerry ray.

James Earl Ray's brother, was going to appear at the Bank of

CONTINUED OVER.

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of Alton at 10:30 a.m.,

9-18-78, and confess to the bank

robbery which occured on 7-13-67. He was thereafter to

proceed, with St. Louis telecaster John Aubile (PH), to the

Alton Polide Department where he would reiterate his con-

fession.

This information was telephonically furnished to

Gerald Hamilton, Staff Member, HSCA, per AAG Keuch.

ASAC Joseph E. Ondrula, Springfield, telephonically

advised that Jerry Ray and John Aubile, a television news-

caster, appeared at the Bank of Alton at 10:40 a.m. Ray

denied participation in bank robbery. Ray and Aubile.

proceeded to Alton Police Department where Ray again denied

participation in Bank Robbery and offered to take polygraph

regarding this matter.

The above facts were presented to Robert I. Keuch,

Special Counsel to the Attorney General for the House Select

Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). Keuch advised that he

could foresee no need for an active investigation into this

matter as the Statute of Limitations had run. Keuch advised

that Jerry Ray should not be interviewed regarding his denial

or offered a polygraph examination.

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ADEIL? (PHONETIC), A REPORTER FOR CHANNEL 5 NEW'S, ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI, (NEC AFFILIATE) WILL DRIVE JERRY RAY TO THE EANK OF ALTON

AT 10:15AM (CDST) WHERE RAY WILL MAKE THE ADMISSION TO THE BANK

OF ALTO: THAT HE ROBEED THE EANK IN 1967• FOLLOWING THE ADMISSION

AUE ILE AND JERRY RAY WILL THEM GO TO THE ALTON, ILLINOIS POLICE

DEPARIMENT WHERE RAY WILL AGAIN REPEAT THE ADMISSION.

USA

GERALD D. FINES, SDI, SPRINGFIELD, ADVISED

OF AEOVE

SPRINGFIELD DIVISION WILL REPORT ANY POSITIVE INFORMATION.

FACTS.

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BY LETTER AUGUST 21, 1978, HSCA REQUESTED THAT THE FBI

FURNISH ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING A JOE PARISH, BELLE CHASSE,

LOUISIANA, NO FURTHER IDENTIFYING DATA, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE

FILES OF FBI HEADQUARTERS EFBIHQF AND THE NEW ORLEANS FIELD

_OFFICE.

FOR INFORMATION OF NEW ORLEANS, THE NAME "JOE PARISH"

_ APPEARED ON A REGISTRATION CARD FROM THE PROVINCIAL MOTEL, 1024

_CHARTRES STREET. NEW ORLEANS, AT WHICH JAMES EARL RAY RESIDED

_FROM DECEMBER 17-19, 1967. IN NEW ORLEANS REPORT OF SPECIAL

_AGENT STEPHEN M. CALLENDER, MAY 17, 19G8, ENO FILE 157-106733

BUFILE 44-388613, CERTAIN INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY PARISH WAS

CONDUCTED BY NEW ORLEANS OFFICE: NO OTHER IDENTIFIABLE

REG-8: 2-117290-1104

19/2/22.

1 - LEGAL COUNSEL DIVISION

ATTENTION: MR. HELLER

I - MR. BAILEY

- MR. RYAN

1 - MR. FOSTER

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DEPAPTIENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL DUBAN OF ENVESTIGATION

COMMUNICATION MELSAGEFORM

CONTELUATION SHEST

PAGE, THO DE HO 0074 UNCLAS EFT O

REFERENCES TO PARISH WERE LOCATED AT FBIHQ.

NEW ORLEANS IS REQUESTED TO SEARCH INDICES AND IDENTIFY

ANY REFERENCES WHICH MAY BE IDENTICAL WITH JOE PARISH, BELLE

CHASSE, LOUISIANA. ONE COPY SHOULD BE MADE OF EACH IDENTI-

FIABLE FILE REFERENCE, AND SHOULD BE THEREAFTER FURNISHED TO

FBIHQ, ATTENTION: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT, RECORDS

:._MANAGEMENT DIVISION, BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 4, 1970.

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRS

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

¿SAMUE

EVINE, OHIO

WALTER EX FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWA,

, MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DOOD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W, EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Reed ell 238-8115178

Select Committee on Assassinations

E.E. House of Stepresentatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

August 9, 1978

FEDERAL GOVERIHENE

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Attention;

Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Mr. Brekke

Deay Mr. Attorney General:

1/015e

The Select_Committee_on Assassinations_has learned that

the Department of Justice recently commerced an investigation

into the misfiling of an informant allegation in the St. Louis

Field Office of the FBI.

This allegation discussed a sum of

money being offered to an individual named Russell George

Byers to kill Dr. Martin Luther King, JI.

As you are aware, the Committee is pursuing this allega-

tion and investigating whether the circumstances relate

in any fashion to DI. King's assassination in Memphis,

Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

Therefore, in conjunction with our investigation, it is

requested that the Department of Justice, as well as the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, provide the Committee with

copies of all reports, inter and intra-office memoranda, airtels,

teletypes, photos, and other miscellaneous materials pertaining

to the investigation of this matter.

•/5,

This request should be considered on a

priority basis

and the Committee appreciates the cooperation of the Department

of Justice as well as the Federal Bureau

this matter.

REC 32

62-11290 7110

Sincerely,

22 AUG 18 1978

2. Robut Blakey

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and

Director

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TED STATES GOVERNMENT

memorandum

DATE:7/27/78

YOF:SAC, PHILADELPHIA (66-6961)

OBJECT HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

INFORMATION CONCERNING

TO:DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

(ATTN :

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY SECTION)

Re Bureau teletype to Philadelphia, 7/7/78.

Enclosed is the original and three copies of an

LHM regarding the interview of SA D. ALAN REIGHLeY,

Philadelphia Division, by Attorney TOM SACCO, HSCA, on 7/11/78.

(2-Bureau (Enc.

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 27, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Captioned committee, by letter dated June 16, 1978:

requested an Interview with Special Agent D. Alan Reighley, III,

Allentown,,Pennsylvania, Resident Agency, Philadelphia Division,

at a date to be later decided.

The interview was subsequently

scheduled at 11:00 a.m., on July 11, 1978, at the House Office

Building, Annex 2, Second and D Streets, S.W., Washington, D. C.

On July 11, 1978, SA Reighley was interviewed by

Staff Attorney Tom Sacco, House Select Committee on Assassinations

(HSCA), at the above address.

Mr. Sacco advised he is in the

process of "tying up loose ends"

in that portion of the Martin

Luther King assassination dealing with "extremist groups".

oI his questioning

concerned activities of the Klan and Minutemen

groups in the Reading, Pennsylvania, area during the period of

August, 1967, through April, 1968, when Dr. King was assassinated.

SA Reighley was able to give Mr.

Sacco a fairly detailed account

of the general activities of these groups during the pertinent

period.

During the above interview, Mr. Sacco advised that

he is in receipt of certain "allegations"

from certain sources

regarding the relationship between the FBI and Klan and

Minutemen groups in the Philadelphia fBl territory, and, more

specifically, the Reading area. The "allegations" being that the

FBI "on a regular basis" furnished right wing extremist groups

a Fit an or gas out, the

with intelligence information for their use against Dr. King.

He stated he has specific reference to an allegation that the FBI

in the Reading area furnished extremist groups with photographs

oI Dr. King In attendance at a meeting with

"communists" which

the extremist groups used to try to discredit Dr. King.

This document contains neither recommendations nor

conclusions of the FBI.

It is

the property of the FBI and is

loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed

outside your agency.

2|13/81

+2-1172-78-1112

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House Select Committee on Assassinations

In answer to the above "allegation", SA Reighley

emphatically denied that the fBl in the Reading area had ever

engaged in such activity during his assignment there, nor

had he ever received any information that this had been done

in the FBI elsewhere.

Mr. Sacco

stated that the above "allegations" came

Irom Roy Frankhouser (former Grand Dragon of the United Klans

of America for Pennsylvania and activitist with numerous white

hate groups including the Minutemen); and that he had also received

the same information from "other sources".

He later admitted

that his investigation indicates that the information received

from "other sources" emanated from Frankhouser.

Mr. Sacco then

asked numerous questions about Frankhouser and

' his background

and SA Reighley answered these questions in detail. He also

asked questions regarding the relationship between Frankhouser

and FBI Agents in the Philadelphia Division.

He made specific

reference to retired SAs William E. Davis and Frank Kauffman,

formerly of the Reading Resident Agency; and retired Assistant

Director Joe Jameson,

Philadelphia Division.

Readinformer specie

former Special Agent in Charge of the

SA Reighley stated that his relationship

with Frankhouser had always been an "investigator-subject"

relationship and that to the best of his knowledge, this was the

l alwayse ben

same relationship that Davis and Kauffman had with Frankhouser.

SA Reighley also advised Mr. Sacco that he has no information at

all as to whether or not Frankhouser had any relationship

whatsoever with Special Agent in Charge Jameson but that it is

highly unlikely that Frankhouser had ever even met Mr. Jameson.

Mr. Sacco stated that SA Reighley had sufficiently

covered the area in which he is

interested and he sees no

necessity to call anyone else from the FBI concerning this

particular matter.

He indicated that he had certainly questioned

the reliability of the source of the allegations, namely,

Frankhouser; however, his main concern was leaving the

"allegations"

unanswered.

SA Reighley thanked Mr. Sacco

for the opportunity

to answer the "allegations"

and offered to be of any future

assistance in this regard.

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FD-36 (Rev., 7-27-76)

TRANSMIT VIA:

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PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

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• CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

• CLEAR

Date

8/1/78

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290) .

SAC, KANSAS CITY (175-64) P

SUBJECI: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Reference Bureau teletype to Kansas City dated

7/18/78.

Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are four (4)

copies of LHM regarding telephone inquiry of SA THOMAS H.

WEAVER of the Kansas City Division by MICHAEL EBERHARDT,

Staff Attorney, HSCA.

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Kansas City, Missouri

August 1, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

the Jefferson City, Missouri Resident Agency, Kansas

City Division. Mr. Eberhardt was informed of Special

Agent Weaver's date of birth, home address, telephone

number and number of years assigned to the

Jefferson

City, Missouri Resident Agency in response to his specific

questions.

Mr. Eberhardt's questions and Special Agent

Weaver's responses were, in summary, as follows:

Number of Agents assigned Jefferson City pre-

sently and in 1966-1968:

3 Special Agents assigned presently and 2 in

1966-1968.

Form which would have been used in 1966-1968, by

Missouri

State Penitentiary, in advising FBI of an escapee

and requesting Unlawful Flight to Avoid Proseation Process:

Missouri State Penitentiary officials would have

notified Jefferson City Resident Agency of escapee and

method of escape, existence of warrant for escape and Cole

County Prosecuting Attorney would have been contacted by

Resident Agency regarding a letter requesting Unlawful

Flight to Avoid Prosecution Process through the United

States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, at

Kansas City, Missouri. It is possible in some instances,

generally in Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution cases,

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the

FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agansy; it ond its

contents are not to be distributed outside your agency

8/13\80

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

that as

an accommodation to a friendly prosecuting attorney

at that time, in cases of badly wanted lugitives,

Special Agents could make inquiry before Inlawful Flight to

Avoid Prosecution process

was issued to develop evidence of

interstate flight in order to give the U.S. Attorney basis

for issuance of Unlawful Fligt to Avoid Prosecution

• (UFAP)

process if such were not in the hands of the prosecuting

attorney, but in response to fir. Eberhardt's question, no

specific cases were recalled.

Regarding any knowledge of any questioning of

James Earl Ray's family in UFAP case on Ray:

Normal investigative procedure would have included

interviews of Ray family members and friends and associates

of Ray in a fugitive investigation to locate him, but the

case was assigned to special Agent Rowan B. Ayers, deceasec

In November, 1974, and Special Agent Weaver is not familiar

with specific leads set out in UPAP case on Ray by Special

Opinion of Special Agnt (SA) Weaver as to how Ray

escaped from the Missouri State Penitentiary:

SA Weaver recalls arriving at conclusion based on

review of Missouri State Penitentiary records that Ray

probably escaped by hiding in bread box which left Mis-

sourt State Penitentiary in truck, hauling bread to outside

prison farm.

SA Weaver's opinion of any outside help Ray re-

ceived in his escape:

Either through review of records or casual conver-

it is SA Weaver's recollection that it

a car possibly operated by a family member, outside prison,

possibly after walking a distance on railroad tracks,

but

SA Weaver now has no

specific recollection of how this know-

ledge was gained; and in response to Mr. Eberhardt's specific

question, SA leaver did not gain this information through in-

formant sources.

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Questions asled of inmates in Missouri State

Penitentiary regarding Ray's mentioning of Martin Luther

King or contract out on King:

Ilo recollection of any questions asked in inter-

views of inmates in lissouri State Penitentiary after

Ray's identification as assassin as to Ray's ever mention-

ing Hartin Luther King or contract out to kill King, and

SA Weaver did recall that inmates were asked whether or not

Ray evidenced any racial prejudice and inmates responded in

various ways to that question, resolving nothing as SA

Knowledge of narcotics in Missouri State Peni-

tentiary in the 1960's:

SA Weaver had no recollection of any narcotics

problem in Missouri State Penitentiary in the 1960's. Any

knowledge in this regard mainly developed in recent years

since SA Weaver's territory has included the Missouri State

Penitentiary.

What investigation SA Weaver conducted in investi-

gation of Ray in the UFAP case prior to his identification

as King's assassin?

SA Weaver had no recollection of any investigation

on Ray in UAP case prior to his identification as the

assassin of Martin Luther King.

What was the status of segregation of inmates at

the Missouri State Penitentiary as to race in the Mid-1960's:

SA Weaver had no recollection of whether or not

inmates were segregated at the Missouri State Penitentiary

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

What was the frequency of FBI visits to Missouri

State Penitentiary during

Hid-1960's:

• the course of a month

' in the

SA Ayers was probably in the Missouri State Peni-

tentiary two or three times per week in about the Mid-1960's

and SA Weaver only occasionally there during the course of

a month since his territory did not include Cole County

and the Missouri State Penitentiary in the Mid-1960's.

Whether or not FBI had any informants at Mis-

souri State Penitentiary in the Mid-1960's:

SA Weaver has no recollection of any informants

operated by SA Ayers at the Missouri State Penitentiary and

SA Weaver had none; no recollection of any Bureau policy

which would have precluded informants in the Missouri State

Penitentiary.

Any criminal investigations at Missouri State

Penitentiary other than leads to interview inmates regarding

other crimes:

Since Missouri State Penitentiary is a State

institution, the FBI had no criminal investigations there

recalled, other than occasional civil rights cases basec

on complaints of inmates.

Any recollection of any civil rights complaints in-

volving James Earl Ray:

No recollection of civil rights complaints or civil

rights cases involving James Earl Ray.

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FEDERAL GOVERFENT

The Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Rokert Keuch

Director, FBI

1 - Mr. Long - Enc.

1

- Mx. Foster

- Enc.

1 - Mr. Mintz - Enc.

August 15, 1978

2 - Mr. Coulson - Enc.

1 - Mr. Heller - Enc.

CHOUSE SELECY COITTEE ON ASSASSINATIOS

In accordance with Attorney General Order

116-56, this memorandum advises that Special Agent

D. Alan Reighley, III, Allentown, Pa., Resident Agency:

Philadephia Division was intorviewed on July 11, 1978.

A memorandum setting forth IlI. Reighley's account of

this interview is enclosed for your information.

Enclosure

1 ÷ Personnel file - D. Alan Reighley, III - Enclosure

=

REG. 32

E0 32 62-1122-94-1113

EX-136

20 AUG 22 1978

Assoc. Dir.-

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Iny..

Ident..

Intell.

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DELINE-SALO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONM.

YVONNE BRATHWYAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J, FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

r.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

C.S. House of Representatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C., 20515

August 7, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20430

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal

DIVISIOn, Room 2113

Hause

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the ongoing investigation by this

Committee into the circumstances surrounding the death

of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is requested that the

Federal Bureau of Investigation prepare for access the

St. Louis Field Office files, and if any, the Headquarters

files on the informant referenced in the attached FBI memorandum.

This request should be considered a priority, and

therefore we solicit your very prompt attention.

Very truly yours,

1. Nolut Bleares

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

EH-136

REC 32

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625157290

CC:

Ron Heller

GRB: ghb

71 AUG 29 1978

1- ENCLOSURE:

54 SEP 111978

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

200001

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

March 13, 1978

HOUSE SELECE CONMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTAZIVES (ESCA)

St. Louis

informant file was reviewed. This lile contained

memorandum dated March 19, 1974, which set forth information

Tout To eat even it

In the course of a file review conducted at the

unrelated matter, a st. LOUiS

• a contaci

relating to several criminal matters and also contained the

following paragraph:

"During the Fall of 1973, five or six monühs ago:

date not recalled. Beyers came to the shop inquiring as

to whether they could set together to talk, and they later

did so at Pizza and Cream, Clayton, Missouri, in the area

of a Sroad-Dugan Paint Store, where informant had traveled

on business.

business, and they later went to informant's house where

• Beyers told a story about visiting a lawyer in Sü. louis

County, now deceased, not further identified, who had

offered to give him a contract to kill Martin Luther King-

he said that also present vas a short, stocky man. who

walked with a limp.

Later, with regard to the latter

Indiviaual, Beyers commented that this man was accuelly

the individual wno made the payof? of James tarl kay aiter

the killing. Beyers said he had declined to accept this

contract.

He did remark that this lawyer had confederaie"

flags and other items about the house thai might indicate

that he ras 'a real rebel. Beyers also conmented thai

he had been offereä either $10,000 or 520,000 to kill King.

Extensive further research in the St. Louis indices

and files failed to reveal this information was in any way

disseminated and the information simply reposes in the informani

file.

2/13/84

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LOUIS STOKES, 0:1O, CHAIRM

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SABAUEL FOLEVINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUTTROY, D.C.

STEWAY

MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE URATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLE

NE, NEBR.

CHATS POPHER J. LODD, CONN.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

HAROLD MIYYER, MICH.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT 1%, EOGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

...=

Select Committee on Assassinations

H.S. House of Representatiues

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

August 11, 1978

The Honorable Griffin G. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20530

Attention:

Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

OHouse son demotee in detested

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with its investigation into the

circumstances surround the death of Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr., the Select Committee requests the assis-

tance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with

regard to the following matter:

Prepare for delivery the following serial:

Chicago Field Office File serial 44-114-772

Your prompt attention to this matter is greatly

appreciated.

Sincerely,

EX-137 PECT

620 117270-1115

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

GRB: poh

-XC :

Mr. Ron Heller

62-117-290

14 AUG 23 1978

54SEP 111978

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1 - Mr. Mintz

Attn: Mr. Heller

1 - Mr.

Bailey

1 - Mr. Foster

August 7, 1978

CHOUSE SELECT

COMMITTES ON ASSASSIMALIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESEMATIVES (HSCA)

Reference is made to the letter to the Attorney

1973, which, in connection with the ISCA's Investigation

into the Dr. Kartin Luther lint, Jr., assassination, pertained

to certain information concerning Russoll George Eeyers and

others.

This memorandun is a supplemental rosponse to the

above-referenced lotter.

is based upon the discovery

that the last name of "Beyors" was misspelled and should have

"Ayers"

'. A new search has boon conducted using the

correct name of hussell George Byers and several additional

Pile references wore located at FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ).

These files have been processed and are available for revier

at FBIHA.

Whore information is not provided, it is either not

retriovable or it is subject to the Memorandum of Under

standing

02-11/290

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ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT L. KEUCH.

NOT Se DirectorAte better Robert an etch dateeneral,

Criminal Division,

• Robert L. Keuch, dated

August 7, 1978, captioned as

above.

Assoc. Dir..

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

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Crim. Inv..

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1 - Mr. Mintz

Attn: Mr. Heller

1 - Mr. Bailey

1

- Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

August 22. 1978

(TICUSE SELECE COZINESE OIL ASSASSTIATIONS _

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESCITATIVES (HSCA)

MAILED 24

AUG 22

on nugust 10, 19T0, the EEL Field OffiCe I

Inlahona City, Olahona, advised by teletype of the

Iolaring information unich pertains to James harl lay and

the Dr. Fartin Iuther Kins, Jr., assassination case:

For info bureau, loy I. Moore, an Attorney of rood

reputation fron Lavion, Orla, telephonically advised that

he had been tauching the televised procceding today ro

carding Jares Darl Ray's tostirony.

Te noted thai Ray could

not account los his time for acvoral layo aiter the

zadascination of line.

loore stated he Is closely assoclated with a

Lation real estate developer, core stephons, tho has tole

hit on soveral occasions that two or three dayo after the

assessination of lins, he encountered a man closely resem

bling Janes Tarl lay on his property near a lalic outside

of tauton: 01-1a.

Ic described this individual as vcll

arcosed and arlving a Thunderbird autonobile. Hoore

advised that Stephens is convinced that this individual

Io idenuical to Fay:

oore stated that Stophens is residine for the

sureer in beer cares lachigan, sacress union,

ScIophone 218/347-233211-7377

REGIST

2- 117791-1116

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY

GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT I. KEUCH.

SEE NOTE PAGE TWO. •

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Admi_

Dep. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir.:

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71 AUG 24: 1978

Ints document contains noither recomendations nor conclusions

of the INsI.

It Is the proporty of the FDI and is loaned to your

arency: it and lis contonts are not to be distributea outside

your acency.

womanike

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

NOTE: Information contained in letterhead memorandum was

received in attached Oklahoma City teletype of 8-18-78.

Gene Johnson, HSCA Staff Counsel: telephon-

ically advised

of the contents of the letterhead memorandur

on 8-18-78.

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OFFICE OF THÉ DIRECIOR

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

August 22, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

On August 18, 1978, the FBI Field Office in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, advised by teletype of the

following information which pertains to James Earl Ray and

the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., assassination case:

he had been watching the televised proceedings today re-

garding James Earl Ray's testimony. He noted that Ray could

not account for his time for several days after the

assassination of King•

Moore stated he is closely associated with a

Lawton real estate developer, Carl Stephens, who has tolo

him on several occasions that two or three days alter the

assassination of King, he encountered a man closely resem-

bling James Earl Ray on his property near a lake outside

of Lawton, Okla. He described this individual as well

dressed and driving a Thunderbird automobile.

Moore

advised that Stephens is convinced that this

individual

is identical to Ray.

Moore stated that Stephens is residing for the

Telephone 2187847-2352, Machian, address unknown,

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions

of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your

agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside

your agency.

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ENGLOSUREN

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SAVES EAEL RAY; DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING - VICTIM. OR MATTER:

FOR INFO BUREAU, ROY K. MOORE, AN ATTORNEY OF GOOD

REPUTATION FROM LAWION, OKLA•, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED IHAI

HE HAD BEEN WAICHIG THE TELEVISED PROCEEDINGS TODAY REGARDING

JAMES EARL RAY'S IESIIMONY, HE NOTED THAI RAY COULD NOT

ACCOUNI FOR HIS TIME FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE ASSASSINATION

OF KING•

MOORE STATED HE IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A LAWION

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, CARL STEPHENS, WHO HAS TOLD KIM ON

SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAI IWO OR IHREE DAYS AFTER IHE ASSASSINATION

OF KING, HE ENCOUNTERED A MAN CLOSELY RESEMBLING JAMES EARL

RAY ON HIS PROPERTY NEAR'A LAKE OUISIDE OF LAWION, OKLA.

HE DESCRIBED THIS INDIVIDUAL AS WELL DRESSED AND DRIVING A

THUNDERBIED AUTOMOBILE. MORE ADVISED THAI STEPHENS IS

BABY

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PEGE TWOS-OC"

44-686 UNCLAS

CGIVINCED THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS IDENTICAL TO RAY.

HUGRE STATED THAI STEPHENS IS RESIDING FOR THE SUMMER

1I. DETROII LAKES, MICHIGAN, ADDRESS UNKNOWN, TELEPHONE

1121 847-23320

NO LEADS ARE BEING SEI FORIM IN IHIS MATIER BY THE OKLA.

CITY DIVISION SINCE THE PERTINENCE OF THE IUFORMATION IS UNKNOWN

du ILE CALMO CIIY DIVISION AND IS BEING FURNISHED TO IKE

OLACAU FUI INFORMATION PURPOSES.

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File Copy

0-70 (Rev. 3-28-72)

UNITED STATES

OVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

: Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

FROM

: Director, FBI (62-117290)

SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,

APRIL 4, 1978

MEMPHIS, TENTESSEE

DATE: AUgust 22, 1978

ATTENTION:

MR. ROBERT I. KEUCH

file copy

Reference is made to

_ memorandum dated

(your file

Letterhead

There is enclosed one copy of the pontalent memorandum

dated _8-22-78

-at Washington, D. C.

A. [ This covers the preliminary investigation and no further action concerning

a full investigation will be taken by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.

B. [ The investigation is continuing and you will be furnished copies of

reports as they are received.

advised to the one investi eation reguested by you has noy bein completed. Unless

D. Pursuant to instructions issued by the Department, no investigation will

be conducted in this matter unless specifically directed by the Department.

E. [ Please advise whether you desire any further investigation.

F. [ This is submitted for your information and you will be advised of further

developments.

G. [ This is submitted for your information and no further investigation will

be conducted unless specifically requested by the Department.

H. [ This covers the receipt of a complaint and no further action will be

taken by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.

Enc. (2) C1v11 Rights Division - 1

ArI, INTE

MOOCH CONTATUED

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-78)

TRANSMIT VIA:* "

• Teletype

• Facsimile

[X

AIRTEL

• FBI

PRECEDENCE:

[ Immediate

• Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

** D TOP SECRET

7 SECRET

I CONFIDENTIAL

D UNCLAS EFT O

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8/31/78

Date

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

2- із 8ü

ATTENTION:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION

FROM :

SAC, NEW ORLEANS (66-2878) - RUG -

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS (ESCA)

Re Butel, 8/29/78.

Enclosed for the Bureau is one xeroxed copy each

of references contained in New Orleans fileSrelating to

one "JOE PARISH" identified in re Butel.

The indices of the New Orleans office revealed

five file references

identified as follows:

I.

157-10673-851 is an airtel dated 5/7/68 from

New Orleans to Memphis, captioned "MURKIN" which sets forth

a list of guests registered at the Provincial Motel.

II. 157-10673-802 p. 20 is name appearing on

registration cards for the Provincial Motel. Page 20 is

from the report of SA STEPHEN M. CALLENDER dated 4/29/68 at

New Orleans.

III. 157-10673 Sub 2-41 are the names of persons

appearing on registration cards for the Provincial Motel.

This Sub 2 file was used for indexing

2X-137

In this investigation.

IV. 157-106734FSabz

2-339-79s the same

was used for indisti

2- Bureau (Encs. - 5)

1 - New Orleans

SMC/mbc

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NO 66-2878

SMC/mb c

V. 157-10673-802 P. 70 is a xeroxed copy of the

registration card

for "JOE PARISH" at the Provincial Motel

as set forth

on page 84 of the report of SA ALBERT E. MILLER

dated 11/27/68 at New Orleans.

The indices of the New Orleans Office contain no

other references relating to anyone by the name of "JOE PARISH."

For the information of the Bureau because "JOE PARISE"

was unable to be identified and located, it appears possible

that this is a fictitious name used by a male to rent a room

for a

"I-nite stand."

"JOE PARISH" would be used in

a similar manner as

the name

"JOE SMITH" is used in other

parts of the country on motel and hotel registration cards.

It is being noted that the name PARISH is commonly used in

this area as all 64 counties in the state of Louisiana are

as or referred

to as a Parish, ie. Orleans Parish,

Jefferson Parish, St. James Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish,

2%

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RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIR,

SantanA

VINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J, FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT V. EDGAR, PA-

Rec C10

824108

(202) 225-4624

Select Committez on Assassinations

E.5. House of Hepresentatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

August 21, 1978

FEDERAL GOVERNMANT

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

washington, Offens

C. 20530

Attention:

Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the ongoing investigation by this

Committee into the circumstances surrounding the death of

DI. Martin Luther King, Jr., the assistance of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation is requested in making all information

available concerning the individual whose name appears on

the enclosure.

We regret that we

cannot supply any background or

identifying date at this time, therefore, we appreciate

any assistance from Headquarters as well as the New Orleans

Field Office.

Thank you for your continued cooperation.

REGIS 62-11?:, 4-1120

very truly yours,

STIIC

s. Robat Blably

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

R2 AUG 25 1978

62-117290

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GRB: ghb

CC:

Ron Heller

Enclosure

54SEP: 11978

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS EHSCAL

BY LETTER AUGUST 23, 1978, THE HSCA REQUESTED THAT THE FBI

FURNISH A COPY OF THE ST. LOUIS FIELD OFFICE FILE REGARDING THE

RECENT FUGITIVE CASE INVOLVING JOHN LARRY RAY. CASE DETERMINED

TO BE ENTITLED "JOHN LARRY RAY; EFP SAJ; 00: ST. LOUIS

{SL 76-47947

ST. LOUIS IS REQUESTED TO DUPLICATE ONE COPY OF ABOVE

MENTIONED FILE INVOLVING JOHN LARRY RAY AND PROVIDE IT TO FBI

HEADQUARTERS, ATTENTION: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT, RECORDS

MANAGEMENT DIVISION, BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 5, 1978.

. ВТ

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HB/DR/118

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1 - LEGAL COUNSEL DIVISION

LATTN: MR. HELLER

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CATTN: SMR. CONNOLLY}

I - MR. • L- BAILEY

1 - MR. G. J. FOSTER

JASP

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OF INVESHIGATIDN

COMMUNICATICNS SECTICH

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst, Dir.:

Adm. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Pan, & Inspe

Rec. Mgnt. Byteu

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y

FM MIAMI, (62-6603) (P)

TO D RÉCTOR ROUTINE

BT :

UNCLAS

PHO USE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU, THE MIAMI OFFICE

HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY LORNE/NEMAN. 3819 S.WO 31ST.

COURT, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDAY TELEPHONE 981-7366, WHO FURNISHED

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

Holly

HE IS THE FORMER OWNER AND OPERATOR OF NEWMAN AND NEWMAN'S

RADIO AND T.V. REPAIR, 1807 NOW. 79TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA..

WHILE OPERATING THATSBUSINESS, HE HAD OCCASION TO FREQUENT

HADD I'S BAR, 1801 Nol. TOTH STRESS, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS

OWNED AND OPERATED BY CHARLES PETERSON.

' 50-1123

APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO NINE®

ANTHS PRIOR TO THE MURDER

OF MART IN LUTHER KING, HE SAW AN INDIVIDUAL STRONGLY RESEMBLING

JAMES EARL RAY IN THE BAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HE DID NOTUG 30 iU'ò

ATLI

did britie

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PAGE TWO MM (62-6603) UNCLAS

KNOW RAY BY NAME AT THE TIME AND AT THIS TIME AFTER SEEING

HIS PHOTOGRAPH CANNOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY HIM AS RAY, BUT

IS FAIRLY SURE HE WAS IN FACT RAY. THIS INDIVIDUAL

OPERATED A WHITE MUSTANG VEHICLE, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN.

HE NOTED THAT THE UNUSUAL THING ABOUT THE VEHICLE WAS

THAT IT HAD A VERY BRIGHT WHITE FINISH WHICH ALMOST

APPEARED TO BE AN ENAMEL TYPE FINISH.

AT ONE TIME DURING A CONVERSATION AT HADDIE'S THIS

IND IVIDUAL ASKED NEWMAN TO INSTALL A POLICE RADIO IN HIS

CAR. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS TO PROVIDE THE RADIO. NEWMAN

RECALLS THAT DURING THE PERIOD THIS INDIVIDUAL FREQUENTED

HADD IE'S HE WAS TOLD BY PETERSON IHIS INDIVIDUAL TRAVELED TO

NORTH CAROLINA TO PARTICIPATE IN A KU KLUX KLAN RALLY AT

WHICH A CROSS WAS BURNED SOMEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS

INCIDENT REPORTEDLY INVOLVED A DISPUTE INVOLVING AN AMERICAN

IND IAN GROUP IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS IS HIS ONLY WAY OF BEING AT ALL

SPECIFIC CONCERNING THE DATES THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS IN MIAMI.

MR. NEWMAN INDICATED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED

THIS INFORMATION TO THE FBI. MIAMI INDICIES NEGATIVE REGARDING

NEWMAN.

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PAGE THREE MM (62-6603) UNCLAS

NEWMAN INDICATED HE WAS FURNISHING THE INFORMATION

BEING THAT INTEREST IN THE KING ASSASSINATION HAS BEEN REKINDLED

WITH THE HOUSE HEARING AND THAT HE FELT IT WAS PERTINENT THAT

THIS INDIVIDUAL WHOM HE BELIEVES WAS RAY PARTICIPATED IN

KU KLUX KLAN ACTIVITIES. NEWMAN COULD FURNISH NO FURTHER

INFORMATION REGARO INE THIS INDIVIDUAL OR THE PRESENT WHEREABORTS

OF MR. CHARLES PETERSON.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS BEING FURNISHED TO IHE BUREAU

SINCE NEWMAN INDICATED THAT HE MIGHT PERSONALLY CONTACT THE

HO USE COMMITTEE REGARDING THE ABOVE.

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRAY

RICHARDSON, PREYER, N.C.

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

SAMUEL

VINE, OHIO

STEWART

ICKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE DRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES TUNE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER 3. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD 5. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TING. a

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Rec. Clu

8:-29-751

Select Committee on Assassinations

M.5. House of Riepresentatines

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

August 23, 1978

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530. Kidein Selis

Attention: Mr.

Robert Ketch at riT..

Deputy Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear Mr. Attorney

General:

In connection with the ongoing investigation by this

Committee into the circumstances

surrounding the death of

DI. Martin Luther King, JI., the assistance of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation is

requested in regard to the

following matters.

1) Prepare for delivery the St. Iouis Field Office

file pertaining to the recent fugitive case

(August 21 - 22, 1978) concerning John Larry Ray.

2) Make access available to the Jackson Field Office

files pertaining to Burgess Audie Wilson.

3) Make access available to all information pertain-

ing to Alexander Anthony Eist, formerly with the

Flying Squad of New Scotland Yard. (Period: 1967-

1968)

Make access available

1 - 1/24

REC 1e to the Memphis Field Office

files pertaining to the student Non-Violent Coordin

ating Committee

(SNCC) for the period January

1968 through May 31; 1968:

SEP * 1978

Finally, by letter dated March 23, 1978 to the Attorney

General, this Committee requested photographic copies of all

latent fingerprints collected in the MURKIN investigation.

Subsequently, by letter dated April 13, 1978 to the Chief

Counsel of the Committee;

i the FBI responded, and furnished

the requested photographs. During the course of our examina-

tion of these photographs, the Committee's fingerprint

idents Fication expert has concluded that some of the photo

"I SEP 18980f insufficient quality to make an adequate review.

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The Committee therefore requests that the Bureau review

the duplicates of those photographs furnished, in order to

determine if better quality copies can be produced.

Otherwise, the Committee would suggest as an alternative

method of examination, review of

the original latent

lifts.

Your continued cooperation and prompt attention in

these matters is sincerely appreciated.

very truly yours,

2. Robes Blakes

Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention:

Fix. Robert L. Reuch

Director, FBI

August 24, 1978

1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

Fatali, "9 irein.?

1 - Mr. W. L. Bailey

1 - Mr. Ryan

HOUSE SELECT COMITTEE ON ASSASSTIATIONS

1 - Mr. Foster

U, S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Reference Is made to the letter to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blaley, Chief Counsel and Director, HSCA,

dated nurust 9, 1970, thich requested, in conncetion with the

Bich yoguest c

FISCA's investiration Into the ascassination of Dr. llartin Luther

King, Jr., that all matorial portainina to the misfiling of

Information remarding Russoll Geore Eyers and his possible

connection with this case be provided to the ISCA.

Enclosod are an original and one copy of a menorandum

In response to the HeCA letter of August 9, 1978.

It is re-

quested that a copy of this memorandun be delivered to the

IISCA.

Enclosures (2)

(7)

REC-126

"r,

61-112350-125

NOTE: On 3-13-78, St. Louis advised, by teletype, that infor-

MAILED 5

mation concerning

the

Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassination

(MURKIN) case had been uncovered during a file review in an

unitelated matter. This information had apparently never been m

disseminated or otherwise acted upon.

11 AUG 28 1979

By letter dated 3-24-78, the above information was

Lumished

to the HSCA through the

Department of Justicer

All material related to the discovery of that infor-

mation and reasons for failure to disseminate it at the time it

was originally furnished by a St. Louis informant (March, 1974),

Assoc. Dir.

has been processed and is being made available for review at

Dep. AD Adm..

_FBI Headquarters.

Dep. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv. -

APPACED:

Circ

Ident. -

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For, " Inop.

Mont.

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1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn:

Mr. Heller)

1 - Mr. W. L. Bailey

1

-

Mr. Ryan

- Mr. Foster

August 24, 1978

HOUSE SILICE COLITETEE ON ASCASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESEIJATIVIS (FISCA)

Reference 15 made to the letter to the Attorney

FSCA, dated. August 9, 1978, Thich requested, In connectior

Tith the TISCA's Investigation into the assassination of

Dr. Martin Tuther King. Jr., that all materlal pertaining to

mIsfiling of infornation rogarding Fussall George Byers

and his possible connection with this case be provided to

the ESCh.

This is to advioc that the material montioned

above has been processo and is avallable for revieu at FBI

leadquarters,

Where infornation is not being provided, it is

either not retrievable or it is subject to the lemorandum of

Understanding.

B: bm (7)

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANI ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT I. KEUCH.

NOTE :

See Director, FBI, letter to the Assistant Attorney

General, Criminal Division, Attention: Nr. Robert L. Keuch.

latea August 24, 1978, captioned as above

APPROVED:

Director

Annas. Dir.

Cop. AD Adm/m

Dop. AD Inv.

Adm. Serv,

Crim. Inv.

hidl.

Laboratory

Lonal Cour.

Pion, & Insp.

Ros, Mont,

Ta".

Tr. maries

Assoc. Dir..

Dep. AD Adm..

Dep. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs..

Crim: Inv..

Ident. -

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun. -

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt. .

Tech. Servs..

Training -

Public Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm. _

Director's Sec'y -

MAIL ROOM

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ТИСНАКОВОМ РАДУЕЙ, М.І.

WALTER I, FAUNTROY, DE

MONMI RRATHHAITE JUNKE, CALIP.

CHRISTOPHEA 1, DODS, CONN.

MAROLD I. FORD, 'TENt.

RAMUEL:

ЭТИНК, ОНЮ

хмантя, мекіннях, оорем.

СМАНЬЕЯ ТНОМЕ, НЕНА.

Напого 8, хАитЕя, мжн.

НОВок? и, ковла, РА.

(902) 227-4626

Reed all 2708815178

Select Ernmittee on Assassinations

Mo. Iouse ol Representatibes

8IS1 HOUSE OFFICI BUILDING, ANNEXE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20315

August 9, 1978

Rec'd conquacinal affair

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Attention;

Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Criminal Division, RoOM

donign

Mr. Brekke

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

The Select Committee on Assassinations has learned that

the Department of Justice recently commerced an investigation

into the misfiling of an informant allegation in the St. Louis

Field Office of the FBI. This allegation discussed a sum of

money being offered

to an individual named Russell George

Byers to kill Di. Martin Luther King, JI.

• :

As you are aware, the Committee is pursuing this allega-

tion and investigating whether the circumstances relate

in any fashion to DI. King's assassination in Memphis,

Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

Therefore, in conjunction with our investigation, it is

requested that the Department of Justice, as well as

the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, provide the Committee with

copies of all reports, inter and intra-office memoranda, airtels,

teletypes, photos, and other miscellaneous materials pertaining

pet, photor ana

to the investigation of this matter.

This request should be considered on a priority basis

and the Committee appreciates the cooperation of the Department

of vustice as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation in

this matter.

Sincerely,

1. Dobut Blakey.

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

GRB: ghb

cc:

Ron Heller

i'r

ENCLOSURE: 62-117251-

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Director, FBI

FEDERAL GOVERNENT

GHOUSI SPLICE COTINEn OF ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HCUSE OF REPRESEUTATIVES (ESCA)

August 24, 1978

1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Criminal Investigative

Division

(Attn: Mr. Jamar)

1 - Mr. Bailey

1 - Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

Reference is made to the letter to the Attorney

General from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Dircetor, HSCA,

dacca hugust le 1970, which requested, in connection with the

FSCA'a investiration

Into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther

Kine, Jr., that access be siven to the TBI Headquarters and

it. Louis

Field Office informant filos pertaining to the source

who furnished infornation concerning Fussell George Byers.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a menorandum

in response to the above-refcrenced ISCA letter.

It Is requester!

that a copy of this memorandum be delivered to the HSCA.

Enclosures (2)

(8)

12/1184-

NGE: The st. Louis Office, by teletype 3-13-78, furnished

Information regarding a possible conspiracy in the Martin Luther

1978

King Assassination case, not previously disseminated outside

the St. Louis Office.

This information obtained from SL 3167-C

MAILED

vas located in the informant's file (SL 137-16185). This infor-

AUG 2

by memorandum dated, 3-24-78 03-

be contacted and requested to execute a walver releasing his

fites to the HSCA, and also to submit to interview by the HSCA.

Attempts were made to contact former st 316%, identified as

Richard Francis O'Hara, however, he refused to talk to the con-

tacting Agent in Chicago, Illinois.

The HSCA was advised

his refusal by memorandum dated 8-8-78.

Assoc. Dir. -

Dep. AD Adm. _

The Committee's request to review this imormantis

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

file is considered by Congressional Inquiry Unit, Division Four,

to be similar to the HSCA request to review the field office

Adm. Sinformant files for five Memphis informants.

In that situation,

Ident. -

Intell.

Special Counsel to the Attorney General, Robert L. Keuch, advised

Laboratory -

that the HSCA was going to subpoena the files unless the

FBI made

Legal Coun. _

_them available.

Keuch stated that the files should be made

Plan. &Insp available in excised form for access only to Mr. Blakey, Chief

Rec. Mgnt. _

Trah Servs. 7-28-7,8) -

Counsel and Director, HSCA. (See Ryan to Bassett memorandum

Training.

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm.

2a : 1076

SEE NOTE PAGE TWO. • .

Director Spedy LT MAIL RU

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

The St. Louis and FBI Headquarters informant files

for SL 3167-C have been processed, and subsequently reviewed

by SA Martin V. Hale, Top Echelon

and Criminal Informant Unit,

Division six.

The HSCA is being advised that access to these

files is available only to Mr. Blakey.

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1 - Legal Counsel Division

(Attn: Mr. Heller)

1 - Criminal Investigative

Division

(Attn:

Mr. Jamar

1 - Mr. Bailey

1 - Mr. Ryan

1 - Mr. Foster

August 24, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COIRITTLE ON ASSASSIIATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESEUTATTVIS (HSCA)

General Iron 6. Robert Blaley, Chief Counsel and Director.

ISCA, dated August 7, 1978, which requested, in connectior

with the ISCA's investigation into the assassination of

Ir, Martin Luther, King, Jr, that access be given to the

FBI Roadquraters and st. Louls Field Office Informant Liles

pertaining to the source who furnished Information concerning

Russell George Byers.

This is to advise that the above-rentioned IBI

Icadquartora and St. Louis Flold OffIce files have been

processed and are available for review by hir. Blakey.

Arrangements for reviewing these files can be nade through

the Congressional Inquiry Unit, Records Managenent Division.

TWB

:5tm

(8)

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT L. KEUCH.

NOTE:

See Director, FBl, letter to Assistant Attorney General,

Criminal Division, Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch, dated

August 24, 1978, captioned as above.

AFFROVED?

Director

Acros. Dir.

are dron

2. =01..

Adm. Serv.

Crin'. Inv.

1Jent.

Legol Couria

Plan, & insp:

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim: Inv.

Ident. -

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

2/1186

Training

Public Affs. Off. _

Telephone Rm.

Director's Secy -

MAIL ROOM

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Spinaemer

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FROM :

SUBJECT:

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OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

JULY 1073 EDITION

GSA FPMR (41 GFR) 101-11.0

UNITED STATES GOV

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Memorandum

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

ATTENTION:

•CONGRESSIONAI INQUIRY UNIT,

REEORD'S MANAGEMENT DIVISION

SAC, ST. LOUIS (62-5097)

8/31/78

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

• ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Re Bureau teletype to St. Louis 8/31/78.

Enclosed for FBIHQ are Xeroxed copies of serials and

1As contained in St. Louis file 76-4797 captioned, "JOHN LARRY

RAY; EFP; 00:

St. Louis"

- Bureau (Enc.

30)

ENCLOSURY

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ET

INCLAS

HOUST SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA) •

RE SPPINGFIELD TELETYPE TO EUREAU AUGUSI 18, 1979.

0: AUGUST 18, 1978, AT 18:55AM, CDST, CAPTAIN MOHN LIGHI,

ALION, ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARIMENI, ADVISED JERRY RAY AND NEWSMAN

JOHN ALBILE (PHONETIC), KSD-TV, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WERF IN THE

ALICil, ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARIMENT AI APPROXIMATTLY 19:48AM,, TODAY

FOR A DURATION OF EIGHI MINUTES. ACCORDING TO CAPTAIN LIGHI,

CONTRARY IO PPIOR INFORMATION, THE PURPOSE OF THE VISII WAS FOR

JERPY PAY IO DENY ANY INVOLVIMENT IN THE EANY ROFEFRY OF THE EAK

OF ALTON IN 1967. RAY REQUESTED TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TO CLEAR HIS

NAME, INDICATING THAT HE HAD PEEN A SUSPECT ALONG WITH HIS ERCIHER

JAMES EARL RAY. CAPTAIN LIGHT INFORMED

JERRY RAY THAT

REC-33

A SUSPECT AND ANY INDICATIONS THAT JERRY RAY

HAS

INVOLUED IT

THE

Assoc: Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv

Asst, Dir.:

Adm. Serv._

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

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Pian. & Insp.

Res. Mignt.

Tach. Servs.

FER

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PAGE TWO SI 62-2567 UNCLAS

PAWK ROBBERY WITH JAMES EARL RAY WERE NOT FURNISHED TO THE NEWS

NEDIA THROUGH THE ALTON, ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. CAPTAIN LIGHT

FURTHER STATED THAT APOL AND RAY HAD PREVIOUSLY EFEN TO THE EANY

OF ALTO:: FARLITR ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 1E, 1975. THE PURPOSE

OF THE VISIT TO THE BANK WAS FOP JERRY RAY TO DETERMINE IF ANY

CURRENT EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE EANK IN 1967. IN

ADDITION, PAY WANTED TO DETERMINE IF ANY EMPLOYEES COULD IDENTIFY

HIM AS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANIS IN THE BANY REFERY; HOWEVER, RAY

WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTRARY.

CAPTAIN LIGHT NOTED THAT JOHN ALBILE IS DOING A SERIES OF NEWS

REPORIS INVCLVING JERRY RAY AND JAMES EARL RAY, AND THE PURPOSE OF

THE VISIT TO THE ALTON AREA WAS A CONTINUING EXPOSE BEING CONDUCTED

BY AUS ILE.

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Intell.

Laboratory,

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Plan, & Insp. 132

Rec. Mgnt.Mn

Tech. Servs.

Training.

Public Affs. Öff.

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Director's Sec'y

FM ST. LOUIS (62-5097)

IO DIRECTOR (62-117298) ROUTINE

BREKKE

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UNCLAS E FT O

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA) •

FOR THE INFORMATION OF FBIHQ, OT IS KING GREIF, JR.

TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED THE ST. LOUIS FBI OFFICE AUGUST 7, 1978,

STAT ING THAT HE WAS CONTACIED ON AUGUST 7, 1978, BY RUSSELL BYERS.

BYERS HAD WITH HIM A COPY OF A "FBI MEMO WHICH HAD PORTIONS

INKED OUT" AND WHICH MAY BE A COPY OF A MEMORANDUM OF HOWARD C. -

KENNEDY DATED MARCH 19, 1974. BYERS' COPY SAID THAT BYERS

UNNAMED INDIVIDUAL• THE UNNAMED

•BYERS AS RICH DHARA. THE MEMO FURTHER SAID THAT THE PERSON AT

OR NOVELTY VOUCHED FOR O 'HARA AS NOI BEING A "SNITCH". EE AUG 2U SI:

GRE IF HIMSELF HIMSELF AS THE PERSON AT OK NOVELTY CONTACTED

BY BYERS ABOUT O 'HARA. GREIF HAD KNOWN O 'HARA THROUGH O' HARA'S

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PAGE TWO SL 62-5097 UNCLAS. E F I O

PAST OWNERSHIP OF THE PIRATES COVE TAVERN, IN WHICH OK NOVELTY

HAD A VENDING MACHINE. GREIF SAID THAT BYERS WAS TRYING TO

IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION IN THE SAME MEMO WHO

REFERRED TO BYERS AS "A VERY TREACHEROUS GUY". GREIF SAID HE TOLD

BYERS HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHO MAY HAVE CHARACTER IZED BYERS IN

THAT MANNER. GREIF SAID HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWLEDGE OF BYERS

POSSIBLE CONNECTION IN THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,

JR. BUT WANTED TO NOTIFY THE FBI OF BYERS CONTACT WITH HIM.

GREIF IS THE OWNER OF OK NOVELTY COMPANY, A ST. LOUIS

VENDING MACHINE COMPANY. GREIF IS FORMER SL 3549-PCI OPERATED FROM

AUGUST 21, 1975 TO MARCH 3, 1977, BUFILE 137-43581, ST. LOUIS FILE

137-16523. A REVIEW OF SL 137-16523 FAILS TO REFLECI ANY

REFERENCE TO DR. KING'S ASSASSINATION OR RUSSELL BYERS.

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UNCLAS EFTO

GROUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA).

Asant Dit.

Dop AD Admit

DEm AD irv.

Assi Dit=

Aim. Serv.

Crim. Inv.

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun

Plan, & Insp.

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

Training

Public Affs. Off.

Telephone Rm.

Directors Sec'y,

RE ST. LOUIS TELETYPE TO BUREAU, AUGUST 8, 1978, AND BUREAU

TELEPHONE CALL FROM SA TRON W. BREKKE TO ST. LOUIS, AUGUST 14,

1978.

IN REFERENCED TELEPHONE CALL ST. LOUIS WAS ADVISED THAT BASED

ON A FOIA REQUEST, HOWARD C. KENNEDY'S MEMORANDUM DATED MARCH 19,

1974, AT ST. LOUIS, MO., WAS DISSEMINATED WITH PORTIONS DELETED.

ALSO, I HAT PAGE TWO OF THE MEMORANDUM REFERRING TO OK NOVELTY AND

"SNITCH" HAD BEEN DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT OTIS KING GREIF, JR. SAW IN THE

RECONTACTED GREIF ON AUGUST 15, 1978.

PASE SON ME PUSE EYES OU AUST IT A, ONE ES N5H31

STATED THAT BYERS HAD

SEVERAL PAGES OF MATERIAL. GREIF ONLY READ THE PARI MUSTHE

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PAGE TWO SL 62-5097 UNCLAS EFT O

MATERIAL WHICH CONCERNED BYERS BEING DESCRIBED AS TREACHEROUS.

GREIF SAID THAT HE (GREIF) HAD BEEN ASKED BY BYERS ABOUT RICH

O'HARA SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUI HE HAD NOT SEEN ANY REFERENCE ABOUT

THAT IN THE MATERIAL IN BYERS' POSSESSION. GREIF SAID THAT HE DID

NOT SEE ANY REFERENCE TO OK NOVELTY OR "SNITCH" IN THE MATERIAL.

GREIF SAID HE WOULD CONTACT THE FBI SHOULD BYERS CONTACT HIM

AGAIN.

SI. LOUIS FURTHER DETERMINED THAT NO DISSEMINATION WAS MADE

BY THE SI. LOUIS OFFICE UNDER A FOIA REQUEST CONCERNING THE

KENNEDY MEMORAND LM, MARCH 19, 1974.

BT

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Assistant Attorney

General

Criminal Division

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

August 25, 1978

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

1 - Legal Counsel Division

Director, FBI

Attn: Mr. Heller

1 - Mr. Bailey

1 - Mr.

Foster

HOUSE SELECIL COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Reference is made to letter to the Attorney General

Reforenced letter to the Attorney General requested

certain files and materials in connection with the HSCA's

Investigation into the assassination of Martin luther king, Jr.

The FBI responded to all items in this letter except Item 4,

which requested the "1974 Petersen Report on COINTELPRO".

Referenced letter from Mr. Keuch to Mr. Blakey dated

June 28, 1978, enclosed a copy of the 1974 Petersen report on

COITELPRO, but omitted the report's classified appendices.

The letter advised that the appendices relating only to

White and Black Hate Groups were being processed separately

by the FBI.

This letter 1s to confirm that appendices to the

1974 Petersen report on COINTELPRO, Black Extremists fart 1 and

MAILED

AUG

1978, by a representative of the Congressional Inquiry Unit,

Records

Management Division,

Fs. Headquarters.

X-137

Enclosures (2)

62-1172

REG Z01

1133

AUG 30 1978

Appendices Involved are Löur, volumes containing summaries

Of our COINTELPRO actions relating to White and Black Hate

Groups •

Summaries were prepared; in 1974 for the Department,

-based on a review of our COINTELPROfIles and later became

appendix to thend etersen report.

ENCLUSURE

SEE NOTE PAGE TWO. •

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm..

Dep. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir::

Adm. Servs._

Crim: Inv..

Ident. -

Intell. .

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp. -

Rec. Mgnt. -

Tech. Servs. _

Training

Public Affs. Off.-

Telephone Rm..

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HOUSE SELECT CONNITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

fir. Feuch furnished a copy of his letter to Mir. Blakey:

fication and process

them for HISCA access,

Documents have been reviewed and classified by

a representative oi the projects unit, Document Classification

and Review Section, and processed for HSCA access by the

Congrossional Inquiry Unit.

Since these are Department documents,

the Department 1111 handle delivery to the ESCA and it is only

necessary for us to confirm delivery of the documents to the

repartment.

APPROVED:

Aim. Serv._

Crim. Inv.

larat.

In':!.

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12 1 11

Der. AD AIm._

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAI

SAMUE.

-TINE, OHIO

STEWART П. MCKINHEY, COM.

MANLES THOMY, MEBA

AROLO S. SAHTER, MICH

(202) 225-4826

Select Committee on Assassinations

M.S. House of Representatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

February 15, 1978

:

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20530

Attention: Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this Committee

Into the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is requested

that the FBI deliver to the Committee the following files

and materials:

I. Washington Spring Project file for the period

September 1, 1967 through May 31, 1968.

2. FBI Manuals of Instruction (MOI) in use during

1962 - 1968.

3. Personal file of William Sullivan.

[4. 1974 Petersen Report on COINTELPRO

Your prompt attention to this matter is greatly

appreciated.

GRB: med

cc: Danny Coulson

Respectfully,

1. Nott Bleely

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

CErA

intent

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

11

FEB 201 1978

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Offire of the Attorney General

1ashingtan, A. 0. 20530

:

7-21-38

JUN 2 8 1978

Professor G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Professor Blakey:

This is in response to the request set forth

as 1tem 4 In your letter of February 15, 1978.

Enclosed 1s

copy of the 1974 Petersen report on

COINTELPRO.

In accordance with discussions previously

had with members of your staff, the classified

appendices to this report have not been forwarded.

Additionally, appendices A through & are being

processed separately by the FBI and they are only

processing those appendices relating to white hate

groups and black hate groups.

Very truly yours,

ce: Records

Chrono

Bir. Keuch V

RIK: 89

Robert I. Keuch

Special Counsello

the Attorney Ceneral

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Director, FBI

FEDERAT GOVERNMENE

August 25, 1978

1 - Mr. Mintz

Attn: MIr. Heller

I - Mr. Floyd Hannon

Office of Professional

GOUSE SELECT COMMITE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Responsibility

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA) -

1 - Mr. Bailey

1 - Mr. Foster

1 - Mr. Busching

Reference is made to letter to the Attorney General

requested delivery of certain information in FBI files.

Enclosed are an original and one copy of a memorandum

responding to the above

request.

It is requested that you

furnish a copy of the enclosed memorandum to the HSCA.

Enclosures

(2)

62-117290

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or: Information provided resardine dary thomas Roverad

coordinated with Floya Hannon, Office of Professional

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Asst. Dir::

Adm. Servs.-

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1 - Mr. Mintz

Attn: Mr. Heller

Floyd Hannon

I - Ortice of Professional Responsibility

1 - Mr. Bailey

1

- Mr. Foster

1 - Mr. Busching

August 25, 1978

HOUSE SELECT COMTITTEE QI ASSASSINATIOIS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

Reference is made to letter to the Attorney General

Vith respect to Item 1, information regarding

Gary Thomas Ronel'for the period January, 1967, through

Decerber, 1968, 1s available for review at FBI Icadquarters

(ГВІна) .

With respect to Item 2, information requested re-

carding the three noted bank robberies is available for review

at TBIHQ.

It is noted with respect to Springfield Fleld Office

Ille verarding the robbery at Lebanon Trust and Savings

Corporation on October 31, 1969, that serials not forwarded

vere incorporated Into other larger volume serials. for

example, when a bani: robbery report is prepared, it consists

prinarily of previous serials that are incorporated into a

nore cohesive report. 1ll serials, of course, upon request,

are available for revier.

This lotter compictes

our rcaponse to request of

July 24, 1978.

62-117290

•

ORIGINAL AND ONE SENT TO THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT I. KEUCH.

NOTE: See Director, FBI, letter to Assistant Attorney General,

Criminal Division,

Attention:

Mr. Robert I. Keuch, dated

August 25, 1978, captioned as above.

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Servs.

Crim. Inv..

Ident..

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Insp..

Rec. Mgnt.

Tech. Servs.

2/7/86

Training -

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Director's Sec'y —

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ОМ ФАКТЕЙ, Мс.

E DRATNTTATTE MURKE, CALIY.

CAROLO

с. 5000, теми.

КИЖАТ Н. коСет. РА.

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MCKIMMLY, COM.

(202) 223-6626

Earlest Committee on Assassinations

el.Eo. Mouse of Representatites

BAZ HOUSE OFFICE DUILDING, ANEX 2

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20515

July 24, 1978

7-25-78.

T=

Buaching

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C.

Attention:

MI. Robert L. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

Dear MI. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation by this Committee

into the circumstances surrounding the death of DI. Martin

Luther King, Jr., the assistance of the Federal Bureau

Investigation is

requested in regard to the following:

Prepare for access the Headquarters and Field

Office informant subfiles on Gary Thomas Rowe, JI.,

who was publicly identified as an investigative

informant for the Bureau in Birmingham, Alabama.

These reguested files, however, should be limited

to the period 1/1967 through 12/1968.

Prepare for access the Headguarters Bank Robbery

file for the following:

7. Godfrey State Bank

•Ist National Bank of Bunker Hill

• Lebanon Trust and Savings

Adaitionally, it is requested that the volume of

the Springfield Field Öffice Bank Robbery File

pertaining to the Lebanon Trust and Savings

robbery (10/31/69) be prepared in conjunction

with the Headquarters file.

62-119291-1

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i The Honorable

GulY 24, 1978

Page 2

tiffin B. Bell

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As always, your continued cooperation is greatly

appreciated.

sincerely,

S2. Nobut Blahe

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

GRB : gha

cc:

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Ron Heller

J. Aldhizer

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ROUTINE

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TO FBI MEMPHIS ROUTINE

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UNCLAS EF TO

-HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS EHSCAL

HSCA REQUESTED, BY LETTER DATED AUGUST 23, 1978, THAT ALL

MEMPHIS FIELD OFFICE FILES PERTAINING TO THE STUDENT NON-VIOLENT

CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ESNCCE FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 19632

THROUGH MAY 31, 19687 BE PROVIDED.

MEMPHIS IS REQUESTED TO SEARCH INDICES FOR ALL FILES AND

REFERENCES PERTAINING TO THE STUDENT NON-VIOLENT CO-ORDINATING

COMMITTEE ESNCCI FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PERIOD. ANY MATERIAL

LOCATED PERTAINING TO THIS SUBJECT SHOULD BE DUPLICATED AND ONE

COPY FURNISHED TO FBI HEADQUARTERS, ATTENTION: CONGRESSIONAL

_INQUIRY UNIT, RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS

SEPTEMBER 6. 1978.

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COMMUNICATIONNE SAGERCOM

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Priority

• Routine

FBI

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CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

I SECRET

[ CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

I CLEAR

9/1/78

Date

i1-;

TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

ATTN: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION

SAC, MEMPHIS (66-2197) (P)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Re Bureau telephone call to Memphis 8/30/78.

Enclosed for the Bureau are six items containing

information regarding ANDREW J. YOUNG.

A search of indices and review of pertinent files

revealed the following serials from Memphis files contain

Information regarding ANDREW J. YOUNG, for the period 3/1/68 -

6/1/68.

Item 1 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 96 from

Memphis file 100-4105 entitled

"MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; SM - C"

Item 2 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 95 of

Memphis file 100-4105 entitled

"MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; SM - C"

Item 3 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 201 of

Memphis file 157-166 captioned

"COMINFIL OF SCLC; IS - C"

Item 4 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 263 of

Memphis file 157-166 captioned

N'S' LO 1"COMINFIL OF SCLC; IS - C"

2-Bureau (Enes. 6)

ENCLOSURE®

2-Memphis

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ME 66-2197

Item 5 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 265 of

Memphis file 157-166 captioned

"COMINFIL OF SCLC; IS - C"

Item 6 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 11 of

Memphis file 157-1168 captioned

"RACIAL SITUATION - MEMPHIS;

RACIAL MATTERS."

In addition to above serials, there was one reference

on name ANDREW J. YOUNG listed for Memphis file 14-1987-Sub-A,

serial 1, page 58.

This is the MURKIN case, Bufile 44-38861.

The Memphis Ille

reproduce this serial.

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Airtel

9/1/78

TO:

DIRICTOR, FBI (62-117290)

ITIN: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT

RICORDS MANAGIMENT DIVISION

FROM:

SAC, HEMPHIS (66-2197) (P)

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

Re Bureau telephone call to Hemphis 8/30/78.

Inclosed for the Bureau are six items containing

information regarding ANDREW J. YOUNG.

A search of indices and review of pertinent files

revealed the following serials from Memphis files contain

information regarding ANDREW J. YOUNG, for the period 3/1/68 -

6/1/68.

Item 1 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 96 from

Memphis file 100-4105 entitled

"HANTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; SM - C"

Item 2 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 95 of

Nemphis file 100-4105 entitled

"WARTIN LUTHER KING, J.; SM - C"

Item 3 - Two Xoroz copics of forial 201 of

Memphis filc 157-166 captioned

"COÏINFIL OF SCLO; IS -C"

Item 4 - Two Xerox coples of Serial 263 of

Mennhis filc 157-106 captioned

"COMINTIL, OF SCIC; IS - C"

2-Burcau (Encs. 6)

2-Memphis

BEJ:WP

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Item 5 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 265 of

Memphis file 157-166 captioned

"COMINFIL OF SCLC; IS -C"

Item 6 - Two Xerox copies of Serial 1l of

Memphis file 157-1168 captioned

"RACIAL SITUATION - MEMPHIS;

RACIAL, HATTERS."

In addition to above serials, there was one reference

The Bureau is therefore requested to

reproduce this serial.

iris

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ITEM

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DIRECTOR, FBI (100-1.06670)

SAC, NEW YORK (100-136585)

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

SM-C

(00:AT)

DATE: 4/5/68

SECRET

Re NY teletypes 4/4,5/68.

There are enciosed for the Bureau 1l copies of a

+ Letterhead Memorandum

(LFM) containing information from

informan

Jon 4/4,5/68,

about the reaction of STANLEY LEVISON,

RRY

WACKTEL and

HARRY

BELAFONTE to the assassination of

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

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(1-157-

(1-150-5778)

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NY 100-136585

SECRET

The sources

used in this bim are:

informant

STANLEY LEVISON and'S

HARRY BELAFONTE

CLARENCE JONES

confidential

wace

HARRY WACHTEL

Anonymous Source

of WFO, WFO Report of

SA JOHN WALSH, dated

7/19/59, at WrO

Re:

"NIG, IS-C"

BAYARD RUSTIN

This IHM is classified "SECRET" because it contains

information from

fa source engaged in furnishing

information about racial matters in the US

and Communist

it contains a concentration of information from

influence therein. Is also is classified "SECRI" moans an

the characterization of STANLEY LEVISON

2

SECRET

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

New York, New York

April 5; 1968

In Keply, Please Rofer 10 "

File No.

Bufile 100-100670

SECRET

• 2124186

ITEM

2

2s 3260

Mecure Mattering, is.

Security Matter -

A confidential souree,

Who has furnished reliable

information in the pasts advised on April 4, 1900, that or

following the assassination of partin Luther king,

I s president of the Soathern Christian Teadership Conference

(SCLC, Stanley LavAsQu

and harry Wachtel

_and Stanley Levison

and Harry Belafonte held several discussions on what they should

do. It was initially agreed by Levison and wachter that they

shoula go to Menphis that night so they could be or assistance

there. Hachtel told Levison that he had been called by Bayara

Rustin who in turn, had been called by Jim Lawson (scLe

representative in Memphis, Tennessee) and said they were trying

to get all kinds of civil rights leaders

agwn there (Memphis)

to keep things from breaking wide open.

During their discussions, levison told wachted that

he felt they should go to Memphis

because he thought there

would be a whole

series of perplexing questions which the (SCLC)

staff would be faced with and that he and wachtel could make

a contribution. Levison said he meant (questions such as)

should they go on with "this march" (the Memphis march scheduled

239 9US:0A0

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RECOFCFENDATIONS NOR

SALSIONS

OF THE MI. ITIS TIE

ТРАКТХ

OFT 1 A1 10102010K

AGENCY AND HIS CONCENES ANG

NOT TO BE DISTRCTED OUTSIDE

YOUR AGENCY.

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SEGNAT

Martin Luther King, JX.

Wachtel secured plane reservations for sir persons

to fly to Memphis the night of April 4, 1968: Wachtel felt that

he and his wife, Stanley Levison, Clarence Jonest

Harry Belafonte

and possibly Bayard Rustin would make the trip.

Levison preferred not to have Rustin present at any

meeting they might have (in Memphis) because he, believed the

rest of the (SCLC) staff would feel hostile.

Therearter, beyison and wachtel began to doubt the

wisdom of going to Memphis that night since they could not

hold any important discussions or make any important decisions.

Wachtel noted that the most important thing they would try:

to do is not to have violence in King's name.

He indicated

that Andrew Young,

Executive Vice President of the SCLC, has

taken that approach. Levison stated this is not the kind of

approach he would have taken, that he did not mean to tell

them not to be calm or to urge them into violence, but that

he feels the point they should be making is, what

kind of

system

'is it that produces such a thing (King's death) when

he starts to fight for the lowly, like the garbage men. Levison

said that in other words he thought "we've got to be angry"

Levison added that Andrew Young was probably, thinking that there

are a great many Negroes who are going to get hysterical and

• go out and get

themselves shot down.

Levison subsequently told Harry Belafonte that he

nad talked with desse Jackson,

an SCIc official, who told him

not to come to Memphis. Levison and Belafonte

agreed

to fly

to Atlanta at 11:30 AM on Friday, April 5, 1968. Levison told

Belafonte to make the reservations for the two of them and to

let Harry Wachtel and the others worry about themselves.

On April

5, 1960, the same source learned that

Andrew Young contacted Stanley Levison on that date. They

discussed King's

successor and

agreed that Ralph (Abernathys

an SCLC official) was the only logical choice.

Young stated

that they were

of April 5, 196691ne to call a press conference on the morning

"To sort of straighten things out"

announce the establishment of the Martin Iuther King Fund to

perpetuate his memory.

Young noted that

I Senator Robert Kennedy

had put his plane at their disposal.

= 2.

SECHEY

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SEGRET

Martin Iuther King, JI:

Young and Levison agreed

to meet at the (Kingt

house in Atlanta around 1:30 PM. u

SEIO

A confidential source, who has furnished

reliable infornation in the past, advised

on April, 1964, that Stanley Levison vias

member of the Communist Party,

United States of America (CP, USA) , in

July, 1963. In late 1963 and early 1964,

he criticized the CP for not being

sufficiently militant in the civil rights

struggle.

Levison was described by certain

CP leaders as being to the "left"

of the CP

his position on civil rights. His

differences with the CP, however, are merely

tactical and he continues his ideological

adherence to Communism.

Harry Wachtel is the Executive Vice President

of the Gandhi society for Human Righys, New

York, New York.

A confidential source, who has furnished

reliable information in the past, furnishea

in formatio, in Broad street, New orlarry-

H. Wachtel,

New York, was on a list of individuals

carried as active members of the National

Lawyers Guild.

• A characterization of the National Lawyers.

Guild

is attached hereto.

• On March 5, 1944, another confidential

source,

who has furnished rellable

information in the past, furnishe

information which revealed that the name

Harry Wachtel vas on a list of names,

significance not known, which was

maintained at the Headquarters of the

Kings County Communist Party (CP) at

26 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York.

-3-

SEGRET

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SEPprey

Martin Luther King, Jr..

Regarding Harry Wachtel's wife, Leonora, Wachtel

it is noted that the same confidential

source furnished information on March 5,

1944, which revealed that her name and

address were on a list of names of newly

elected officers of the Bath Beach Club

of the Kings County CP.

With respect to the Gandhi Society for

Human Rights.

it is to be noted that this

organization is an adjunct of the Southern

Christian Leadership Conference (SCLO), of

which Martin Luther King, Jr. is the president,

and serves to paise funds for the scLo.

In 'The Saturday Evening Post"

' Issue of

Just 1 the subject 7a Bear

article captioned:

"The lone Wolf of

Civil Rights."

In its Rustin is said to

have come to New York in 1930, as an organizer

for the Young Communist League (YCL.),

and as such, he had the

students for the

"party,Job of recruiting

Furthermore,

the article reports that during his first.

years in New York,

Rustin gave most of his

earnings

to the "Party.

He reportedly

left the

"party" in 1941, the article

states.

The YCI, has been designated pursuant to

Executive Order 10450.

The "Daily Worker"

, February 11, 1957, page 1,

column 2, reported

that Bayard Rustin,

Executive Secretary, War Resisters League,

was an observer at the loth National Convention

of the Communist Party, United States of America

"OP USA), held in New York City, on February 9-11,

1957.

SECICT

4-

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Martin Luther King, JI:

The "Daily Worker" was an East Coast Communist

publication until it ceased publication on

January 13, 1958.

A confidential source, Who has furnished

reliable information in the past, advised

on September 25, 1963, that during a

meeting of the National Boara, CP, USA,

on that date, Benjamin J. Davis remarked

that, "Rustin calls me constantly --

openly. "

Another confidential source, who has

furnished reliable information in the

past, advised on February 19, 20, 1904,

that Bayard Rustin contacted Benjamin

I. Davis on those dates and sought his

advice as to how he could escape from a

speaking engagement to which he was

committed.

On the latter contact,

Davis told rustin that he was working

on his request and had contacted friends

who had contacts with the grouy to which

Rustin was to speak.

A confidential source, who has furnished

reliable information in

the past, advised

Be the de, i

on January 21, 1964, that as of that date,

Benjamin J. Davis was National Secretary

"The New York Times"

, August 24, 1954,

page 27, column 4, reports that Benjamin

on the

night of

August 22, 1964.

Clarence Jones is the General Counsel to

A confidential source, who has furnished

reliable information in the past, advised lu

-5 ..

SECRET

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SEGRET

Martin Luther King, Jr:

on February 26, 1957, that he identified a

photograph of Clarence Jones as a person

whom he knew during late 1953, or early

1954, to be a member of and in a position

of leadership in the Labor Youth League (LYL) (gl

On October 28, 1958, & confidential source

who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised that, according

to Jean Smith, Secretary at CP Headquarters,

New York City, Harry Belafonte had been

a member of the Young Communist League

(YCL) before coming

into prominence

entertainer.

The Lxt has been designated pursuant to

Executive Order 10450.

SERRET

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SECRET

Martin Luther King, Jr.

APPENDIX

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD

The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and

Publications," revised and published as of December 1,

1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-

American Activities, United States House of Represent-

atives, Washington,

D.C., contains the lollowing

concerning the National Lawyers Guild:

"National Lawyers Guild

"1.

Cited as a Communist front.

(Special Committee on Un-American

Activities, House Report 1311 on he

CIO Political Action Committee,

March 29, 1944, p. 149.)

"2:

Cited as a Communist front which 'is

the foremost legal bulwark of the

"3.

Party and individual members thereof,

'including known espionage agents.'

(Committee on Un-American Activities,

- House Report 3123 on the. National

Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950;

originally related September 17, 1950.)

'To defend the cases of communist

lawbreakers, fronts have been devised

making special appeals in behalf of civil

liberties and reaching out far beyond the

confines of the Communist Party itself.

Among these organizations are the * * *

National Lawyers Guild. When the

Communist Party itself is under fire

these offer a bulwark of protection.'

(Internal Security Subcommittee of the

Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook

for Anericans

1956, p. 91.J" S. Doc. II7, April 231

SECRET

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FD-350+ (8151)8-28-58)

TTEM

3

DECODED COPY

Radio

FBI ATLANTA

1: 20AM URGENT 4/9/68 LIG

TO DIRECTOR AND MEMPHIS

FROM ATLANTA

...1

SECRET

Teletype

08304111491179

DATE CEL

Sana

actl

ASSASSINATION OF DE. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. RACIAL MATTERS.

COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP

CONTERENCE, INTERNAL SECURITY = C.

ON APRIL, EIGHT INSTANT A CONFIDENTIALI SOURCEWHO HAS FURNISHED

RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:

A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP

CONTERENCE (SCIC). EXECUTIVE BOARD MET WITH THE SCIC EXECUTIVE

STAFF IN ATLANTA ON APRIL SIX LAST AND APPROVED THE ASSUMPTION

BY RALPH D, ABERNATHS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF SCLC.

ON APRIL SEVEN LAST ABARNATHY MENTIONED TO SOME SCIC EXECUTIVE

BOARD MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBERS HE WAS AWARE THAT SOME

OF THEM WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH HIS AS PRESIDENT OF SCLC: HE

PLEADED FOR THEIR COOPERATION UNTIL AFTER THE FUNERAL OF MARTIN

LUTHER KING, JR. FOLLOWING

THIS, ABERNATHY SAID THEY MIGHT WISH

TO EFFECT CHRYAIN CHANGES (NOT SPECIFIED) IN THE ORGANIZATED

SUN EN

WYATT T. WALKER

FORMER SCLC OFFICIAL, IS CURREN

AFR

AND

ASSISTING SCLC WITH TUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR KING MIL

If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminaled outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably

paraphrased in urder to proteci the Bureau's splesenic systems

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FD-280 (Hov. 6-2.8-58)

DECODED COPY

Radio

SECRET

Teletypa

PAGE TWO

STANLEY LEVISON AND HARRY WACHTEL! ATTENDED SCLC EXECUTIVE -

STAFF MEETING HELD IN ATLANTA APRIL FIVE LAST AND REMAINED AT

SCLC THROUGHOUT APRIL, SIX AND SEVEN LAST. LEVISON AND WACHTEL

HAVE PARTICIPATED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SCIC EXECUTIVE BOARD EMBERS

AND EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBERS, I' PRECISE NATURE OF THESE DISCUSEIONS

NOT KNOWN TO SOURCE.

CORRETTA KING.

WIDOW

OF

MARTIN LUMER KING, IR.; RALPH D.

ABERNATHY; ANDREW

J.

YOUNG/,

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SCLC; AND

5m 01

HOSEA WILLIAMS,

DIRECTOR OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND POLITICAL EDUCATION

SCLC, CONTEMPLATED DEPARTING ATLANTA SEVEN AM APRIL FIGHI INSTANT

VIA CHARTERED PLANE EN ROUTE MEMPHIS, TINN., WHERE MRS. KING AND

ABERNATHY WILL LEAD MARCH OF STRIKING SANITATION WORKERS.

AS OF THE NIGHT OF APRIL SEVEN LAST MAJORITY OF SCIC EXECUTIVE

STAFF MAMBERS FELT IF PRESIDENT JOHNSON APPEARS AT KING'S FUNERAL

THIS WILL MERELY BE "POLITICKING" ON THE PRESIDENT'S PART AND SCLE

INTENDS TO GIVEI HIM A "BACK SEAT". ($ L

A SECOND CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFOR

MATION IN THE PAST ADVISED IN APRIL SIXTYFOUR THAT LEVISON

MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY AS OF JULY SIXTYTHRU.

(5)5510 .

A THIRD CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABIL

INFORMATION IN THE PAST ADVISED IN MARCH FORTYROUR THE NAME HARI

WACHTEL WAS ON A LIST OF NAMES MAINTAINED AT MCACQUARTERS C TXU

¡ the intelligence contained in the above message is lo be disseminated outside the Rurecu, it is suggested that it be suir.bo

paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic systems,

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FD-280 (Rev. 8-28-58)

DECODED

COPY

RST

Teletype

adio

PAGE THREE

KINGS COUNTY COMMUNIST PARTY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

RE ATLANTA TELE PHONE CALLS TO BUREAU AND MEMPHIS APRIL EIGHT

INSTANT.

informanto

FIRST SOURCE IS AT ONE THREE EIGHT SEVEN-R. SECOND SOURCE

THIRD SOURCE ISA

IS

2 1

ABOVE INFORMATION FROM AT ONE THREE EIGHT SEVEN • R CONFIDENTIAL.

INFORMATION PERTAINING TO MEMPHIS FURNISHED BUREAU AND MEMPHIS

IN RE TELEPHONE CALLS, INFORMATION RE SCLC REACTION TO PRESIDENT

ATTENDING TUNERAL FURNISHED BUREAU IN RE TELEPHONE CALLS. JU

AT ONE THREE EIGHT SEVEN - R FURNISHED INFORMATION REFERRED

TO AT TWELVE: ZERO FIVE AM APRIL EIGHT INSTANT. CASU

NO LHM SUBMITTED. .

RM COPIES SENT NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

DGB

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TO

FROM:

TIONAL FORMi NO, 10

'AY IREZ EDITION

SA FPHR (41 CFR) 101-11.9

: UNITED STATES

VERNMENT

" Memorandum

SAC (157-166)

SA WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE

DATE:

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCIC)

RH

5/21/68

SUBJECT:

ITEM

4

On 4/11/68 DX. CHARLES I DINKINS, President,

Owen College, Memphis,

and Liaison Source, orally

advised SA LAWRENCE aS fOllows:

DINKINS went to Atlanta, Ga., to the 4/9/68

funeral of DI. MARTIN LUTHER KING, Ji.

he said JOhn BurruLL sMITH, Black Organizing

Project (BOP) leader, is still in school; that he is

an irresponsible loud-mouth, who is trying to legally

but unethically extort money from CoMs (Community on the

which was formed to

guise of being able to prevent racial violence in Memphis

if his group is given suificient money.

SMITH and his group are trying to "con" the

National Business League, headed by LEONARD SMALL, into

linancing them in a project to manufacture tikis

or amulets,

the African symbols which black power sympathizers wear around

their necks. SMALL will not

"go fox this."

Both DINKINS and Rev. BEN HOOKS of the Middle

Bapust Church and a15o gadge in shelby county criminal Court

with DINKINS*

•157-166

].

= 170-82 (BEN HOOKS)

157-166-263

- 170-114 (Dr.

CHAPLES I. DINKINS)

- 157-276 (Liaison With Groups Sponsoring Integration)

- 157-1067 (BOP)

- -68

I. - 157-957 (JOHN B. SMITH)

Whi:gnh

(67)

MAY # 1.909

FBI W200

2/13\84

Sprmacpike

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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M5 157-166

DINKINS has knOwn REY. JAMES L. BEVIL Since the

ister was a theological student at the Anetican Baptist

Theological School in Nashville.

BaUst 1s ARZgnatiC; talks

peacetus one moment and radical and violent the next.

who he said is on loan

He knOws BEY tO SCLO fron the

ANDREW. YOUNG/of the SCLC staf®

Board of Home

Missions, United Church of Christ.

DINKINS does not anticipate that SCLC will have

any lasting effect on lemphis,

although it will have an

emotional impact for some time due to the fact that KiNG

was killed in Memphis.

+----71117

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SELC Official Picked:

For Delia Ministry

NEW

YORK, N.Y.

-The | citizenship

education,

welfare,1

Rev.

Young At- and relief, and caucation.

Tanta, Ga., erecutive vice pres-

The staff team of 32 di-

ident oi the Southern Christian rected by Owen Brooks,

as-

Leadership Conference,

has sociate

director, with offices

been named chairman

of the in Greenville, Miss.

Delia Nounch At churches.

Besides

support from ma-

Delta Ministes

nounced

an- jor denominations in the United

iu States,

the

Yew York Bity an

Delta

Ministry

at Delta has received numerous grants

Ministry

he a d quarters

in from

overseas

churches,

in-

Greenville, Miss.

1; cluding

recent

from

Mr.

Young,

jeft the

grants

: Dutch and Danish ctrutches as

staff of the

National Couniel a memorial to Dr. King.

in 1961 to work for Dr. Martin

I Luther King, Jr., will preside

over the

35-member commis-

• sion which governs the Delta

Ministry program, primarily in

15 counties of the Mississippi

Della

a rea.

He

succeeds

Valley

Forge,

executive of

American

Baptist Home Mission Sociely.

The incoming Delta Ministry

chairman

served as associate

executive director of the NCC

Department

of

Youth

Work

from 1957-61. He was formerly

pastor of the Bethany Congre-

• gational

Christian

Church in

Thomasville, Ga.,

and Ever-

green Congregational Christian

Church of Beechton, Ga.

He attended Dillard and How-

ard Universities, graduating in

1951, and received the B.D.

degree from Hartford Seminary

Foundation in 1955. He was al

participant

Austrian

Work Camp sponsored by the

Brethren Volunteer

Service in

1953 and was a faculty mem-

ber of United

Christian Youth

Movement training conferenc-

Cs.

As SCLE executive vice pres-

ident,

Mr. Young is the chief

administrator of a major civil

and human

rights organiza-

Lion structured under a loose

federation

of nationwide af-

filiates

that

adhere

to the

moral imperatives of a philos-

phy

of

nonviolence

deeply

rooted in the thinking of Jesus,

Henry Thoreau and

Mahatma

Gardhi. He was a close

and

influential aide to SCLC's presi-

dent, the late Rev. Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr.

The Delta: Ministry was es.

tablished in 1964 by the NCC

as a long term project for

relief and commanity develop-

ment and recruciliation.

Its major curreat projects i-

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Radio

URCENT

28 Telatyre

TO DIRECTOR, CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND LEKPILS

NEW YORK VIA WASHINGTON

FROM ATLANTA

ASSASSINATION OF NARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BM. COMINFIL

SCIC, IS - C.

AT ONE THREE EICHT,

SEVEN - R ADVISED

APRIL FIVE TEST

MEETING OF SCIC EXECUTIVE STAFF AELD

KATE AFTRENOON LIVI

FIVE

IN ATLANTA

HADRY BELAFONTRL STANLEY LEVISON, AUD

HARRY

RACHTER ATTENDED NGETING BUT TOOK-NO ACTIVE

PAN'T,

MELTING ESSENTIALLY CONSISTED O

LECTURES BY RALOND.

ABERNATHY

AND ANDREV 3. YOUNG, EXECUTIVE VP, SCIC. CUST

CE LECTURES THAT LEERNATITY WILL ASSUME SCIC LEADERSHI." AID

KING'S NON-VIOLENT PHILOSOPILES WILL BE FOLLOWED. UNCILTONE

AMONG STAFF HEMBERS SUGGESTS DEVELOPMENT

OF & "POWER STY.UGGLE"

BETWEEN ABERNATHY AND

JÉSSIE JACKSON DE CHICAGO, WHICH VILL

BE AT JACKSON'S INSIGATION.

JARES BEVEL AND JAVES ORANGS, COITEMPLATE RETURNING :O

HISMPHIS AFRIL SIX TO KAKE PLANS FON HARCH OF ENEMIS SAJITAFION

WORKESS DIRIL EIGHT NEXT,

Simaanke

2\13186

DID

(.)

0.65

notes 4

If the intelligence contained in the above messuge is i) be disserinued outside the Burean, it is succeer l that it be sairly

paraphraseil in order to protect the Rureuu's cryptographic systems.

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SCIC EXECUTIVE STAFF AND EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL MEET

APRIL SIX TO FORMALLY RATIFY SUCCESSION DE ABERNATHY.

CHAIR CON ENRAS

END .

Ij the intelligence contained in the above message is to be :::seminüted outside the Bureau, it is sugersied cut it be suitoe?

paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographe: "ale ns.

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075.

DEPARTMENT CA JUSTIC

FACE CUISAU CORRE MOSTIEN

1 CE

7/6/78

UNCLAS EF TO

IMMEDIATE

FM DIRECTOR FBI £62-117290}

TO LEGAL ATTACHE MEXICO CITY IMMEDIATE I

BT

UNCLAS EFTO

OHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS ENSE GUI

RE: BUTEL TO MEXICO CITY, JUNE 21. 1978-

AS SET FORTH IN REFERENCED BUTEL, LEGAL ATTACHE, MEXICO

CITY WAS ADVISED THAT HSCA REQUESTED SPECIAL AGENT JOHN J.

FOARDE, JR., BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW. ON SEPTEMBER IT.

11781 GERALD HAMILTON, STAFF MEMBER. HSCA, ADVISED THAT

COMMITTEE NOW INTERESTED IN INTERVIEW OF SPECIAL AGENT FOÁRDE

AT WASHINGTON, D. C. DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18-22. 2978- AT

HIS CONVENIENCE.

SPECIAL AGENT FOARDE IS REQUESTED TO SUTEL FBI HEAD-

QUARTERS, ATTENTION: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT ECIUS, RECORDS!

MANAGEMENT DIVISION, AND ADVISE DATE HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR

INTERVIEW BY HSÇA STAFF AT WASHINGTON. D. C. CIU SHOULD BE

13/02/80

1 - MR. CREGAR

ATTN:

LIAISON DESK

I - MR. MINTZ

ATTN: MR. HELLER

I - MR. BAILEY

- MR. RYAN

L. - MR. FOSTER

1 9/6/78

1 898874

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EEPAPIMENT OF JUSTICE

FROCEAL DUPEAU COINVESTIGATION

COMMUNICANON MESSNOR FORMI

2

CONTEN 2122 AGai

PAGE TWO DE HQ 0075 UNCLAS E_F T_0.

TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED OF ANY CONFLICT THAT SPECIAL AGENT FOARDE!

MAY HAVE WITH PROPOSED DATES OF INTERVIEW.

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=.*=

Teletype

To: Legal Attache Mexico City

Em:

Director, FBI (62-117290)

NOTE: HSCA, by letter dated 6/5/78, had previously requested

Sepecial Agent Foarde be made available for interview.

Special Agent Foarde has been cleared from his

employment agreement (see Legal Counsel to Assistant Director,

Administrative Services Division memorandum, 6/22/78).

On 9/1/78

Desk, Division Five, was advised or ASCAls Cequest tataison

Special Agent Foarde be made available for interview during

week of 9/18-22/1978.

smirAcunt Callahan advised that

Special Agent Foarde is not scheduled to make any trips to

FBI Headquarters in the immediate future.

... •

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FD-36, (ReV, 7-27-T8)

TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

• Facsimile

* Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate.

• Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

I CONFIDENTIAL

I CLEAR

Date

8/14/78

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM:

SAC, ATLANTA (66-2242)

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE.

ON ASSASSINATIONS

ReButel call to Atlanta 8/11/78.

Enclosed for the Bureau are serials 921 through 955.

These serials cover the period from

• 3/1/68 to 6/1/68.

It is noted serial 306 was located between serials

937 and 938, however, it falls within the period of

3/1/68

to 6/1/68.

2/24,00

Дратасрке

i'i

ENCLOSURES

i2/- Bureau (Enc. 35)

- Atlanta

RRP /1d

(3)

EX-137

REC-ZE

11-119

1139

SEP 12 1971

6

Approved SEr

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FD-4 (Rev. 3-1*73)

To: < Director

SA RICHARD C. BUSCHING

Att.:

ROOM' 8988

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Date

Title

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

a memorandum

DATE: 8/29/78

REPLY TO

ATTN'OFS AC

JACKSONVILLE (175-00)

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS

(HSCA)

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

(ATTN :

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION)

-

ij..

Enclosed for the Bureau are two copies of a letter

from AUBREY J.IDEAL, P.O. Box 556,

32233L telephone number 901-246-666-ant Blast iT,

Florida,

and received by the Jacksonville, office on August 21, 1978.

Also enclosed for the Bureau are two copies of an handwritten

letter dated January 22, 1967, postmarked January 23, 1967,

at Montgomery, Alabama, and '

nished as an enclosure to Mr. DEAL's letter.

It is noted

that Mr. DEAL designated carbon copies of his letter for

attorneys HARRY MESHAW, F. LEE BAILEY, as well as Mr. LOUIS

STOKES of the HSCA and

newspaper.

the Florida Times Union, a Jacksonville

Mr. DEAL originally furnished this information/

telephonically to SC RANDY P. BELYEW of the Jacksonville

office on 8/17/78.

On 8/22/18, MrS. DEAL teLephonicalLy advised sA

JUDSON L. RIGBY that

her former husband was RALPH H. FOSTER

who now resides at 919 42nd Street South, Birmingham, Alabama.

She could furnish no further information concerning the letter,

had no idea where her husband had obtained the letter,

stated he had brought it home years ago and she had only

recently found it among' other papers.

FOSTER has since been fired for some reason from

the Aabama Highway Patrol.

TRI" 4059426

REC-79

21-137

sir HICE

67

112210-1140

T& Dila 1.

4) ENCLOSURE:

5

SEP 1 1978

- Bureau (Enc.

- Jacksonville

JhR/ gsh

(3)

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? ₽ 1978

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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

(REV. 7-76)

GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

5010-112

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AUBREY J. DEAL P.O. BOX 556 ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA 32233 (PHONE 904-246-6654)

August 17, 1978

Mr. Belleau

Federal Bureau of Investigation

P.0. Box 8928

Jacksonville, Florida 32211

Dear Mr. Belleau:

our conversation this evening,! am sending you a copy of the

letter i believe to be an authentic letter

from James Earl Ray to Site Oil

Company, 3150 Birmingham Highway, Montgomery, Alabama.

My wife was married to a former Alabama State Trooper. How he came by this

letter, I do not know.

Neither does my wife.

If the signature is authenticated it could be of some interest to your

organization.

Sincerely,

Aubrey J. Deal

AJD/mrd

cc: Harry Meshaw, Attorney

F. Lee Bailey, Attorney

Mr. Louis Stokes, House Assassination Committee

Florida Times Union

Enc.

18510175

Alilsis

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AUBREY

1,. DEAL P.O. BOX 556

ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA 32233

(PHONE 904-246-6664)

August 17, 1978

Mr. Belleau

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Р.0. Box 8928

Jacksonville, Florida 32211

Dear Mr. Belleau:

As per our conversation this evening, I am sending you a copy of the

letter I believe to be an authentic letter from James Earl Ray to Site Oil

Company, 3150 Birmingham Highway, Montgomery, Alabama.

My wife was married to a former Alabama State Trooper. How he came by this

letter,

I do not know.

Neither does my wife.

If the signature is authenticated it could be of some interest to your

orgánization.

Sincerely,

Aubrey J. Deal

AJD/mrd

CC:

Harry Meshaw, Attorney

F. Lee Bailey, Attorney

1r. Louis Stokes, House Assassination Committee

=lorida Times Unior

Enc.

2/1180

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