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Heleased under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

992 (44 USC 2107 Note]. Case#:NW

65994 Date: 11-02-2021

File #:

62-117290

SECTION 4

Serial Scope:

233,239, 240; 242 THRU 243X/, 245, 246, 250, 252

254X, 255, 257 THRU 257X2 257X31 1STNR25TX3-THRU 258

15T R 261 THRU 263, 266, 267, 269 THRU 271,

274 THRU 285

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TRANSMIT VIA:

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8X Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

• CLEAR

Date

10/5/77

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

(ATTN: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION)

(ATTN: SUPERVISOR J. T. ALDHIZER)

FRON: H/SAC, ST. IOUIS (62-5097) RUC

SUBJECT: -

HOUSE SELECT. COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

Re Bureau teletype, 8/18/77, and St. Louis airtel,

9/22/77-286

Enclosed for Bureau are two copies of serial

44-775-483.

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ENCLOSURE,

REC 414

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1977

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TRANSMIT VIA:

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XX Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

Priority

Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

[ TOP SECRET

• SECRET

CONFIDENTIAL

EFTO

CLEAR

Date

9/22/77

31.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

(ATTN:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT,

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION)

FROM: HISANSAC, ST. IOUIS (62-5097) (RUC)

SUBJECT: GOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE.

- ON ASSASSINATIONS

BÜDED:

9/23/77

218853

Re Bureau teletype, 8/18/77.

Enclosed under separate cover for Bureau are two

boxes each containing a set of documents prepared as out-:

lined in referenced teletype concerning St 44-775 entitled

"MURKIN"

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2- Congressional

Bureau

(2 via packages) a uing Wait

слих

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PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

0 Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

• CLEAR

Date _

9/30/77

TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI

ATTN:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT, SPECIAL

INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION

SAC,

BIRMINGHAM (66-2280) (RUC)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATION

ATT 17r

245852.0D

alous Con 6d 1-15-73

Re Birmingham airtel to Bureau dated 9/7/77,

and telephone conversation between J. T. ALDHIZER 'and

SA BENNIE F. BREWER on 9/29/77.

Enclosed for the Bureauare two (2) copies

each of Serials 1817 and 1941 of the Birmingham Morkin

File as requested by Supervisor ALDHIZER in referenced

telephone conversation.

UACB, this matter is considered RUC.

REC 14.

62-117290-287

Ari& 1977

/- Bureau (Encs

4)

ENCLOSURA

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1 - Birmingham

BFB: var

(3)

1 - Судне

We exche, maithin foster 8989

JA /ALP 10/5/77

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

TRANSMIT VIÀ:

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PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

Priority

Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

O SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

O CLEAR

Date - 9/23/77

TO:

DIRECIOR, FBI (62-117290)

(ATTN.:

SUPERVISOR JAY ALDHIZER)

FROM:

SAC, MIAMI (62-6603) (C)

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON. ASSASSINATIONS. i

BUDED:

Re Miami telephone conversation with/the Bureau

on 9/20/77; Miami airtel to the Bureau 8/31/77; Bureau teletype

to Miami dated 8/18/77.245

are two copies each of the following listed serials from

pies eat to une instructions lose herewith i

MIami Office file captioned, "MURKIN, CIVIL RIGHTS (44-1854)"

which are not contained in Bureau files:

Serials 297, 360 and 737.

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(1 - 157-2434)

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REC 10

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exposm 8988

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[ Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

• CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

O CLEAR

Date

9/22/77

1**

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

ATTN: JOHN ALDHIZER

FROM:

ADIC, LOS ANGELES (44-1574) (2) (P)

SUBJECT: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS:

248452

Leimachnic

Re Bureau telephone call to Los Angeles dated

9/9/77.

Enclosed for the Bureau are the following serials

concerning the MARTIN LUTHER KING investigation contained

in Los Angeles 44-1574:

Volume I

Volume II

Serials 2, 61, 85-87, 89

Serials 226-231

Volume IV

Volume V

Volume VI

Volume VII

Serial 551

Serial 707

Serials 1034, 1036

Serial 1288

- XEROX

OCT 121977 PS.

Volume VIII

Volume IX

Volume X

- Bureau (Enc.

=Los Angeles

RAS/ dw

(4)

Serials 1480, 1507, 1510

Serials 1652, 1754

Serials 1818, 1832, 1873, 1895

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LA 44-1574

It should be noted that serials 748 and 908,

Located in Volume V, are missing.

A review of this

volume failed to locate the missing two serials, anc

Los Angeles is unable to determine whether they are

misfiled or the

serials in Volume V were misnumbered.

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5D-36 (Rev. 7-27-76)

TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

• Facsimile

8] Airtel

FBI

naspace

PRECEDENCE:

CLASSIFICATION:

• Immediate

• TOP SECRET

• Priority

O SECRET

• Routine

• CONFIDENTIAL

EFTO

• CLEAR

Date

9/21/77

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

ATTN:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION

FROM:

SAC, ATLANTA (66-2242) (RUC)

CHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

"ON ASSASSINATIONS.

BUDED 9/23/77

cAste 611-17-16022

Re FBIHQ teletype to Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago,

Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, and St. Louis, 8/18/77.

Atlanta is furnishing FBIHQ, under separate cover,

two xerox copies each of 3250 Atlanta documents relative

to captioned matter.

Referenced Bureau teletype pointed out that the!"

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) which is

investigating the assassinations of JOHN F. KENNEDY and

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., had requested access to investigative

files of recipient

field offices concerning the Bureau's

investigation of the assassination of KING (code name MURKIN.).

FBIHQ instructed that recipient offices using

the criteria set forth on page 2 of referenced teletype,

furnish FBIHQ with two xerox copies of the MURKIN investigative

file.

Based on the above, Atlanta noted that it had

a main 44 file on MURKIN, namely 44-2386, consisting of

23 volumes (2495 serials), plus subfiles B (1 volume -

bulky exhibits), C (1 volume - xerox copies of Atlanta transmittal

- Atlanta tons T

rsom 8988

(4 boxes) =

3 - Atlanta

(66-2242)

10/4/77

(1 - 44-2386) (MURKIN)

(1 157-3091) (ASSASSINATION OF MLK)

EAS/ bw

1(9)

106-44-38861

pproved:

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(Number)

(Time)

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AT 66-2242

In addition, Atlanta had a racial matter case on the assassination

of MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., Atlanta file 157-3094 which

consisted of 3 volumes (266) serials and appears to have

been a repository of information regarding KING's assassination,

the KING funeral, etc., prior to the opening of the Atlanta

44 file on MURKIN.

Atlanta has reviewed all the above files and volumes

and two xerox copies of each serial in these files are being

sent to FBIHQ as requested by the Bureau:

Atlanta file 44-2386 on MURKIN consisting of 23

volumes and 7 subfiles:

VOLUME 1

Serials 44-2386 - 1B-1 through 6

1 through 47

47 (two different serials were

marked 47)

48 through 125

VOLUME. 2

VOLUME 3

VOLUME 4

VOLUME 5

VOLUME 6

Serials 44-2386-126 through 300

Serials 44-2386-301 through 500

Serials 44-2386-501 through 700

serials 44-2386 - 701 through 800

Serials 44-2386 - 801 and 802

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VOLUME 7

Serials 44-2386 - 803 through 827

there was no serial 828

as this was skipped.

- 829 through 898

- 899 and 900 are the same

serial - a wanted flyer for

JAMES EARL RAY

- 901 through 1000

VOLUME 8

Serials 44-2386 - 1001 through 1058

there was no serial 1059 but there

were two serials marked 1059A and 1059B

- 1060 through 1200

VOLUME 9

Serials 44-2386 - 1201 through 1262

there was no serial 1263 as this

number was skipped

- 1264 through 1400

VOLUME 10

VOLUME 11

Serials 44-2386 - 1401 through 1600

Serials 44-2386 - 1601 through 1730

- 1730 - there were two different

serials marked as serial 1730

- 1731 through 1800

VOLUME 12

Serials 44-2386 - 1801 through 1863

- 1863

- there were 2 different serials

both marked as serial 1863

- 1864 through 1875A

VOLUME 13

Serials 44-2386 - 1876 (large report - only 1 serial

in this volume)

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VOLUME 14

Serials 44-2386 - 1877 through 1901

- 1901 - there were 2 different serials

both marked as 1901

- 1902 through 1926

there was no serial 1927 as this

was skipped

- 1928 through 1939

VOLUME 15

Serials 44-2386 - 1940 through 1954

there was no serial

number was skipped

- 1956 through 1999

1955 as this

VOLUME 16

Serials 44-2386 - 2000 through 2025A

there was no serial 2025 as this number •

was skipped but there was a serial 2026A

- 2027, 2027A, 2028 and 20287

there was no serial 2029 as this

number was skipped but there was

a serial 2029A

- 2030, 20304

there was no serial.2031 as this

number was skipped, but there was

a serial 2031A

there was no serial 2032 as this

number was skipped, but there was

a serial 2032A

- 2033 through 2051

there was no serial 2052 as this

number was skipped

- 2053 through 2080

VOLUME 17

VOLUME 18

Serials 44-2386 - 2081 through 2113

Serials 44-2386 - 2113A through 2185

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VOLUME 19

VOLUME 20

VOLUME 21

Serials 44-2386 - 2186 through 2291

Serials 44-2386 - 2292 through 2335

Serials 44-2386 - 2336 through 2351

- 2351 - there were 2 different serials

that were both marked 2351

- 2352 through 2395

VOLUME 22

Serials 44-2386 - 2394 this serial was mistakenly marked

2394 and was different from

serial 2394 in volume 21

÷ 2395

this serial was another copy

of serial 2395 that was in volume 21

- 2396 through 2412

VOLUME 23

Serials 44-2386 - 2413 through 248.7

one serial which was not serialized

- 2488

one serial which was not serialized

- 2489, 2490

nor a a boat a gas hola

- 2492 through 2495

- form FD-479

VOLUME B (Bulky Exhibits)

Serials 44-2386 - 1B - 1 through 6

VOLUME C

(Xerox copies of Atlanta transmitted letters

to the FBI Lab, Identification Division, Etc.

Serials 44-2386 - C - there were 21 items not serialized

to this volume

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VOLUME D

(xerox copies of FBIHQ Lab letters)

Serials 44-2386-D - there were 69 items not serialized

to this volume

VOLUME E (Press Release File)

Serials 41-2386-B- to thieve in items not serialized

VOLUME SF-1

(MURKIN Cost Data File)

Serials 44-2386 - SF-1 - 1 through 7

VOLUME SF-2

(MURKIN Newspaper Clipping File)

Serials 44-2386 - SF-2 - 1 through 36

1A EXHIBITS - VOLUMES 1 - 4

Items 44-2386 - 14 - 15 tous vas

this was an NCIC list of motor

vehicles and license plates

stolen in Georgia - it was

too big to xerox

- 66 through 78

79 photograph not in the lA envelope

- 80

-

81 photograph not in lA envelope

82 through 119

- 120 polygraph chart- too large to xerox

- 121 through 124

BULKY EXHIBITS FOR 44-2386

Item 44-2386 - 1B - 1 this was a Delta Air Lines computer

printout of passengers aboard various Delta Air Line flights,

including DAL flight 932 from Memphis to Chicago, 4/27/68

and DAL flight 595 from Birmingham to Memphis, 4/27/68.

This was a voluminous, continuous run computer printout

that was too large to xerox.

Item 44-2386 - 1B - 2 these were items of physical

evidence, including bed linen, cigarette butts, maps, a

saw, newspapers, etc, and are

not being xeroxed.

Item 44-2386 - 1B - 3 this was a xerox copy of the

complete service record of AARON ISAAC LOFTON - these items

contain a notation "Information copy (extract) only, to

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AT 66-2242

be destroyed upon completion of action. Record copy on file

at USAIRR."

As a result, this item cannot be duplicated for another

agency.

Xeroxed copies are being sent to FBIHQ.

Item 44-2386 - 1B - 4, these are enlarged copies of

an Atlanta area map and a Los Angeles area map and are too

large to run off on the xerox machine. As a result they

are not being submitted to FBIHQ.

Item 44-2386 - 1B - 5 these were items furnished by

the Newark Office to Atlanta which included a large looseleaf

type book with instructions on locksmithing and a locksmith

kit. These items are not being xeroxed.

Item 44-2386 - 1B - 6 this is a copy of a looseleaf

ledger book of JIMMY D. GARNER, 107 14th Street, NE, Atlanta,

Georgia. Xerox copies

of this

are being sent to FBIHQ.

Atlanta file

157-3094 (Assassination of Dr. MARTIN LUTHER

KING JR - Racial Matter)

VOLUME 1

VOLUME 2

Serials 157-3094 - 1 through 100

Serials 157-3094 -101 through 205

-205 there were 2 different serials,

both marked as 205

-206 through 213

-213 there were 2 different serials,

both marked as 213

-214 through 218

VOLUME 3

Serials 157-3094 - 219 through 266

one serial that was not serialized

which should have been 267

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1A EXHIBITS FOR 157-3094

Items 157-3094 - 1A - 1,2,3

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FD-36 (Rev. 17-27-76)

TRANSMIT VIA:

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XX Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

•D Priority

- Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

• SECRET

O CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

O CLEAR

Date

9/13/77

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

(62-117290)

ATTN :

SA J. T. ALDHIZER,

Congressional Inquiry

Unit, Special Investigative Division

FROM:

SAC, NEW ORLEANS (66-2878)

ROUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

BUREAU DEADLINE: 9/23/77

- Bureau

(Encs.

- New Orleans

11,

66-2878)

(1,

66-2855)

CHA/kil

(5)

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GPO: 19770-225-539

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DATE

Re New Orleans letter to Bureau, 8/31/77, and

Bureau telcall from Bureau Supervisor J. I. ALDHIZER,

9/9/77.

Enclosed are two copies each of Serials NO 157-

10673, Sub 2 - 15, NO 157-10673 - 1213 and 1212, and four

pages

which list the 71 1-A exhibits from NO 157-10673.

The 1-A chronological listings are direct Xeroxes

of

the 1-A exhibit envelopes from both 1-A volumes. The

sureau can correlate the l-A serlals sent in referencec

letter compared with this enclosed listing by

deleting the

1-A exhibits listed in the referenced letter as thöse that

could not be Xeroxed.

Serial 364 from NO 157-10673 does not exist.

That

serial number was skipped in the serialization.

Similarly,

Serial 23 of Sub A of NO 157÷10673 is also skipped.

126-44-38861

CLOSUR PEC: 44

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(Rev. 7-27-76)

TRANSMIT VIA:

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Facsimile

Airtel

FBI

PRECEDENCE:

CLASSIFICATION:

• Immediate

O TOP SECRET

• Priority

O SECRET

I Routine

• CONFIDENTIAL

O CLEAR

Date

9/7/77

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

ATTN:

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNIT, SPECIAL

INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION

FROM:

SAC, BIRMINGHAM (66-2280) (RUC)

SUBJECT:

POUSE SELECT COMMIETEE

ON ASSASSINATION...

(Buded 9/23/77)

AT I 205887 y

DilalLelas

D'S

Magne

Re Bureau teletype to Atlanta, dated 8/18/71,

and télephonic conversation between SA BENNIE F. BREWER

and Supervisor J. T. ALDHIZER on 9/6/77.

at 1478

Enclosed under separate cover for the Bureau

are two (2) copies each of all serials, including lA's

and Bulky Exhibits from the Birmingham Division Murkin

File (BH 44-1740), conforming to the requirements set forth

These serials have been placed

in numerical sequence with the first page of all other

serials in the file so as to provide a chronological ac-

counting of all serials in the file

TEC 462-11÷29871

The following items were not copied due to the

nature of the items and the impracticality of doing so:(ol 2

• 1977

1. Exhibit 1A-69.

ST-126

2

(a) A magazine, approximately 8½ by 10 3/4",

entitled, Redfield '68, Scopes, Mounts, and

consisting of 31 printed pages

concerning various rifles, scopes and other

information of interest to sportsmen.

Bureau

2 - Package Copies

1 - Birmingham

BFB: var

(5)

1- Conglenacons

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ixpoor 8988

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BH 66-2280

(0)

A magazine, approximately 84 by 11":

entitled, Winchester - Western 1968 Sporting

Arms. and Ammunition, consisting of 47 printed

pages concerning rifles, shotguns, ammunition

and other information of interest to sportsmen.

2.

1A-121.

(a) A magazine with a red and yellow cover,.

97, printed pages concerning the subject matter

depicted by the title.

The above, described magazines have been reviewed and

found to be without notations of any kind.

An enclosed ED-302,

Serial 819, dated 4/12/68, and memorandum, Serial 2118,

dated 1/7/69, explain how

and why these magazines were

obtained.

that they were made from carbon copies, themselves not highly

legible:

It should be noted also that the following serials

are not included in the enclosed material:

VOLUME:

SERIAL:

I

1

2

5

16

19

29.

50

284

949

187.7

213.9

We do not have:

14-1817

?

17-1941

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BH 66-2280

Although the reason as to why the serial numbers

are missing is not determinable, it is felt that all could

be simply the result of mis-serializing.

This theory is

supported indirectly by the fact that some numbers have

been used more than once within this same file without

having been discovered until this review of the file.

The enclosed serials have been separated according

to the respective volumes from which they cáme: and

arranged

chronologically.

Serials 495 and 496 are copies of California

Identification Records for HARVEY EDWARD LOHMEYER and THERAL

BURNS LYMAN respectively.

These serials are actually enclosures

to Serial 497, an airtel to Memphis, 'however, they have

been xeroxed and enclosed to maintain continuity in chronology.

UACB, this matter is considered RUC.

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

FBI •

•TRANSMIT. VIA:

• Teletype

D Facsimile

XXXA irtel

PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

• Priority

→ Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

O SECRET

CONFIDENTIAL

EFTO

7 CLEAR

Date August 31,1977

TO:

Director, FBI

Attention - SA J. I. ALDHIZER, Congressional Inquiry

Unit, Special Investigative Division

FROM:

SAC, New Orleans (66-2878)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

BUREAU DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1977

355

Re Bureau teletype August 18, 19.77.

Enclosed under separate cover fox the Bureau are twol

Xerox copies each of 2,236 documents.

l'hese documents nepresent a chronological accounting

of every serial in the New Orleans MURKIN File, NO 157-10673

Those communications to or from FBIHQ and Memphis have only the

first page reproduced, unless substantive notations existed

elsewhere.

The original FD-302s in that case which consisted of

Sub File l, all of which are repeated by the indexed FD-302s

in Sub File 2 and in the New Orleans reports in this case, are

not being copied or enclosed.

The 1-A Exhibits which cannot be Xeroxed are set out

as follows:

S1:28 REGA 62-117290-2760

Bureau (1, Package) / - Congueral

New Orleans

Unit

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No to-2373

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To cloth strips with roundry tags bearing codes

Fotorraphs of antist's conception of unknowi

mabject purchacans rifls in Sicgingbai:

"And" Photographs of DARREL DESPER CALIM.

JAnil: Negatives of artist"s conception of unknown

snack Dy citresses 2n Memphis and Birringham.

Photographs of benspread in which gun was

21-22:" Negatines of ERIC &i GALT.

3Á-22:

Photograph of subject with eyes closed.

RA-27:

Color photographs of ROSADD BARDEN SIMPSON:

Pheregraphs of jANES DAXL RAX: 5/17/60.

Photographs oi wANtS LANG RAI: 313/66.

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Coior photograph of chadlEs steiy.

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Photograph of CHARLES JOSEPH STEIN, 1/21/01.

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

TRANSMIT VIA:

• Teletype

• Facsimile

EJ Airtel

FBI

SEDENCE:

Immediate

Priority

• Routine

CLASSIF in:

E TOP SECRET

• SECRET

O CONFIDENTIAL

DEFTO

• CLEAR

Date

9/22/77

ST

TO

: DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM : SAC, CHICAGO (62-7385) (C)

SU BJ ECT :

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

(BUDED 9/23/77)

IT 224588353

Du 3514s Samacpar

Re Bureau telcall to Chicago 9/20/77.

Enclosed for the Bureau are two copies of serial

494

from Chicago file 44-1114 (Bufile 44-38861).

Serial 494 is

serialized and blockstamped on the reverse side of the first

page of the two page serial.

A review of the main file failed to locate serial 631.

A review of the Sub H file failed to locate serial 24.

review of those respective files does not indicate any reason,

as serials charged out or skipped serialization, and a

search of the Chicago Office of the FBI failed to locate these

serials.

UACB, Chicago making no further attempts to locate

these serials as all logical avenues of explanation have been

searched.

REC 12.

42-12210-275

9 SEP DA 1977

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16 September 1977

67-117290

SUBJECT: Members of House Select Committee on Assassinations ASCA

Cleared by our Agency

AKERS, Jeremy Ray

*BERLOW

LISI MArJOrIE

BERNING, Elizabeth

*BLACKMER, S. Jonathan

XBLAKEY, G. Robert

XBOLAND, Colleen T:

BROWN, Claire L.

BURFORD, Judith Renee

ACONZELMAN, James K.

CROSS, William Horace

ADAY, Clarence Joseph

DOYLE, Kevin Sean

ECCLES, Franklin Leroy

REVANS ,

Edward M.

FACIER, Jettrey

ALLIS, Stephen J.

ARENTON,

Clifford A.

FLANAGAN; Thomas Mark, Jr.

KRONZI,

Gaeton J.

FORTUIN, Thomas Mark

GODFREY, Jane E..

GOLDSMITH, Michael

GONZALES, Albert

GRIMES, Mary susan

HAMILTON, Gerald I•

TIARDWAY,

Danny Lynn

CHESS, Jacqueline

HINDLE, LOUiS H.

KHOLT, Laura M.

AHOWARTH, Thomas

XHUTTON,

Elbert McKinley

4-32

XISRAEL, Maurice

#Please index all names abouc

File in 62-117290 HSLA

So Era A go on pail al the

above hage Topsfecret

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FIOHNSON, Gene Randolph

A JONES

Diana Nick

AKULKER, Elizabeth A.

A KLEIN, Kenneth D.

#PARKIN, Joyce Ann

LAWSON, Belford V.

*LEE, Sheila Jackson

*ALEHNER, Robert J.

VLOCKE, Ralph C.

XLOPEZ, Edwin Juan

#MARTIN, Rebecca W.

*MCPHERSON, Vivian L:

#MORIARTY, John C.,

Jr.

*MOSLEY, Barbara Louise

ORR, Patricia M.

10RR, Pheobe C.

SPALMER, Elizabeth Jane

XPONDER, Mary E. C.

XPURDY ,

Donald A., Jri

SELINGER, Mazabeth Kaye

'SELLECK,

SMITH, Johanna L.

ARIPLETT, WillIam Karrel

WILLS, Marion Helen

ELA ZELMAN, LeSlIe HeLen

(WOLF, Elizabeth A.

"WOLF, James L.

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September 24, 1977.

1 - Mr.

Monahan

1 - Mr.

Peelman

1

- Mr. Foster

1

- Mr. Aldhizer

1 - Legal Counsel

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

This will respond to the letter dated July 28, 1977,

to the Attorney General from U. S. Congressman Louis Stokes,

Chairman, HSCA.

Pursuant to your request, the Memphis Field Office

files relating to the assassination of dr. Martin Luther King,

JI, have been processed and are now available for review

The files of Atlanta, Birmingham,

New Orleans, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and St. Louis have

Subsequent to: their completion you will

be advised as to their availability for access.

MER: sas

• (9)

ORIGINAL AND ONE TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION,

AND ONE COPY TO OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

NOTE: See letter to Assistant Attorney General, Criminal

Division, dated 9/19/77, captioned, "House Select Committee on

Assassinations, U. S. House of Representatives (HSCA)."

puts

•Assoc. Dir. _

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv. _

Crim. Inv. -

Fin. & Persa

Ident. -

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ALL LAUSTRIED

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TwO

SE (44-371) CLEAR

PROPOSED WITNESS MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

(]) THE PERSON IS A QUALIFYING WITNESS IN A SPECIFIC

CASE IN PROCESS OR DURING OR AFTER A GRAND JURY PROCEEDING;

(2) EVIDENCE IN POSSESSION INDICATES THAT THE LIFE OF THE

WITNESS AND/OR THAT OF A MEMBER OF THE WITNESS FAMILY OR

HOUSEHOLD IS IN IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY AND (3) EVIDENCE

IN POSSESSION INDICATES IT WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE

FEDERAI, INTEREST FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT THE WITNESS

AND/OR A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER. THIS ORDER STATES

THAT REQUESTS FOR PROTECTION OF A WITNESS SHALL BE MADE

THROUGH THE U. S. ATTORNEY OR BY A DIVISION ATTORNEY

OF THE DEPARTMENT. ACCORDINGLY, YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT

LAMONICA IS ADVISED THAT IF HE DESIRES TO PURSUE THIS MATTER

UNDER THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM, HE SHOULD CONTACT THE

APPROPRIATE U. S. ATTORNEY AND/OR THE DEPARIMENT FOR THEIR

CONSIDERATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE IS A QUATIFYING WITNESS

AS SET FORTH ABOVE. YOU SHOULD ALSO ADVISE LAMONICA TO

NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE FEARS

HE HAS FOR HIS PERSONAL SAFETY AND THAT OF HIS FAMILY.

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2242 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINO, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON. U.C. 20515

July 28, 1977

HANL N06K

ANG

01 AN "T7

it ben :

The Honorable Griffin B. bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20430

Dear Mi. Attorney General:

Pursuant to our investigation into the assassination

of De. Martin Luther King, Jx., we hereby request the

foliowing: reports of Robert A. Murphy and Stanley

Pottinger, Assistant Attorneys General regarding the

• investigation into the murder of DI. Martin Luther King,

JI.

My understanding is that these reports are dated

March 31, 1976 and April 9, 1976.

Our Committee also requests that the Federal Bureau of

Investigation field office files relating to the murder of

DI. Martin Luther King, Jx. be made available to the Com-

mittee:

To initiate this program, I am herein requesting

that. the following field office files he made available to

•. us:

Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, LOS Angeles

and Miami

Best wishes and kind regards, I an

sincerel,

assigned: to

Louis Stokes, M.C.

Chairman

1414-76-663

PuI:ek

ENCLOSURE

62:1177%0

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Director, FBI

ENDERAI GOVERNIENT

HOUSE SELECT COMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

September 21, 1977

1 - Mr. Monahan

- Mr.

Peelman

- Mr. Foster

1 - Mr. Aldhizer

1 - Legal Counsel

Reference is made to the letter from U. s. Meu

Congressman Louis Stokes, Chairman, HSCA,.

dated July 28, 1977,

and received by this Bureau on August 4, 1977, requesting

that FBI field office files relating to the assassination of

Dr. Martin Iuther King, JI., be made available to the HSCA.

Enclosed are two copies of a memorandum which

responds to this HSCA request. It Is requested you furnish a

copy of the enclosed memorandum to the HSCA.

Enclosures : 2

1 - Office of Legislative Affairs (Enclosure)

MER: sas (9)

SEE NOTE PAGE TWO

Ther

ST-220

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

NOTE: By letter to the Attorney General dated 7/28/77, the

HSCA requested reports of Robert A. Murphy and Stanley

Pottinger,

investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., dated 3/31/76

and 4/9/76. The Committee also requested the field office files

of Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Los Angeles ano

Miami relating to the assassination of Dr. King. At a meeting

with HSCA officials on 8/16/77, Chicago and St. Louis field

office files were added to this request.

By letter dated 8/15/77, Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Special

Counsel to the Attorney General, responded to the request for

the above Department of Justice

reports, advising that copies

were made available to the HSCA.

By teletype dated 8/17/77, pertinent field offices were

aavised of the HsCA request, and were instructed to submit to

'BLHO two xeroxed copies of their MURKIN Investigative files:

BUDED 9/23/77. It was noted that a reproduction of Miami files

would not be necessary as they have previously been furnished

during a review of the king investigation by the Department

of Justice.

Sübsequent to the processing of the remaining field

office files consisting of approximately 150 volumes, the

committee will be advised as to their availability.

."

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pie.

LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHA

«DICHARD A PREYCH, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

WICTER E. PAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE DRANAWAITE BURKE, CALIF:

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD. CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLO E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT V. LOGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

T.S. House of Representatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

DEC 2 1977

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Attention: Mi. Robert I. Keuch

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division, Room 2113

• Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In connection with the investigation of the House Select

Committee on Assassinations into the death of Di. Martin Luther

King, Jr., it has been learned that the FBI interviewed and

investigated certain individuals in regards to a CB (Citizen's

Band) radio transmission that occurred on the evening of April

4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. 'It has come to our attention

that FBI headquarters MURKIN file 44-38861-5094 contains-mater-

ial relative to this broadcast. It is requested that this Com-

mittee be furnished with copies of all materials and/or files

including but not limited to the

December 10, 1977:

ST-10f Llowing items, on or befored

RE: 42 62-117290-11

1) Investigative report of the Memphis Police Department.

Investigative insert by SA Franklin I. Johnso DEC 16 1877

3) FD 302 of interview of Inspector N.E. Zachary.

prettits T

4) FD 302 of interview of W. Eugene Smith, 4/10/68.

5)

FD 302 of interview of Edward I. Montedonico, St.

7/15-19/68.

6)

ED 302 of interview of Edward I. Montedonico, Jr.

7/17/68.

TREAT

OR 158 DEE $9 1977.

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2 -

Additionally, it would be appreciated if a review of

the Memphis MURKIN file 44-1987, could also be conducted

for additional sources re: this request.

Your prompt attention to this matter will be greatly

appreciated.

very truly yours,.

sinobelabe

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director •

GRB : ghk

CC:

Danny 0. Coulson

returns

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TO

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

JULY

1973 EDITION

GSA FPMR (41 CFRI 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Associate Diregfr

FROM : Legal Counsell

SUBJECT HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

DATE: 9-13-77

Dep. AD Achi. -

Dep. AD Inv. _

Asst. Dir.:

Adma. Sor. —

Crim. Inv. =

Fin. & Pers.-

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PURPOSE:

This memorandum is to advise of procedures to verify

clearances for staff personnel of captioned Committee. 245852

DETAILS:

On 9/8/77, James Wolf, Staff Counsel, captioned Committee,

advised SA Danny 0. Coulson, Legal Liaison and Congressional

Affairs Unit, Legal Counsel Division, that he had determined

through Mr. Dan Codar, Security Officer, Central Intelligence

Agency (CIA) (351-5170), that the CIA has not entered the names

of staff personnel holding security clearances in the Agency's

computer.

Inquiries regarding those staff personnel who have

been cleared by the Agency should be directed to Mr. Codar

who has a list of those individuals so cleared.

By letter dated 9/7/77 (copy attached) to Attorney

General Griffin Bell, Chairman Louis Stokes advised that all

individuals who are cleared hold a clearance of "Top Secret"

•

RECOMMENDATION:

REC-76

+1: 110950-2101

That the Special Investigative Division contact Security

Officer Dan Codar, CIA, regarding clearances for those individuals

of captioned Committee who desire

access to classified material

Enclosure

pol

SEP 20 1977

1

Mr.

Adams - Enclosure The~

1. 11**..

Mr. Peelman - Enclosure

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Mr.. Foster - Enclosuré "":'*

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Coulson - Enclosure

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ENCLOSURE

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEI

WALTER E, FAUNTROY, D.C.

STEWA

YVONNE BRATHWAITE DURXE, CALIF..

CHARLES

CHRISTOPHER J.DODD. CONN.

HAROLD S

* HAROLO E. FRAG, TENN.

FLOYD'S. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT I. EDEAR, PA.

FUINE, OHIO

RINNEY, CONN.

F. NEOR.

PER, MICH.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

E.S. House of lepresentatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX Z

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

September 7, 1977

Asociate Duector jin hejal Crimiel

1/13/77

1r0.6

The Hon. Griffin B. 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

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

At the request of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation for a list of the level to which each

individual on our staff has been cleared for access

to classified documents, I am hereby notifying you

that each individual on the staff who has received

security clearance has been cleared to the TOP SECRET

level. Accordingly, all those individuals whose names

we have sent you as having received security clearance,

and any individuals whose names will appear on future

lists received by you, will have been cleared to the

TOP SECRET level.

I trust this information will satisfy the needs

of the F.B.I. to grant access to Committee staff members

to classified information.

incepty

louis stokes

'Chairman

LS: jwC

cc: Danny O. Coulson

62-117-290-217

ENCLOSURE

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9/7/77

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FROM :

SUBJECT:

: DIRECTOR, FBI

SAC, CHICAGO (62-7385) (C)

HOUSE SELICT COUMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS

(BUDED: 9/23/77)

255

Re Bureau teletype to Atlanta dated 8/17/77.

Transmitted herewith to the Bureau are two copies each

of serials and exhibits contained in Chicago file 44-1114

(Bufile 44-38861) which fall within the criteria for submission

as set forth in referenced Bureau teletype to Chicago.

The below listed items, all found in the Sub D

exhibits portion of Chicago file 44-1114, were items that

could not be reproduced:

Serial 21 - photos of JERRY RAY

Serial 22 - photos of JERRY RAY

Serial 23 - photos of JERRY RAY

Serial 37 - exhibit envelope containing two

photos of JAMES BARL RAY

Bureau

1 • Package

1 - Chicago

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Serial 39 - stand-up photos of JAMES

Serial 43 - photos of SAves

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CG 62-7385

Serial 45 - two photos of JAMES EARL RAY

Serial 51 - two photos of JAMES EARL RAY

Serial 52 - two photos of JERRY RAY

• Serial 53 - one cigarette filter

Serial 55 - photos of JAMES EARL RAY

Serial 58 - photos of JAMES EARL RAY

Serial 62 - envelope containing laundry marks on

shirt and bed linen for JAMES EARL RAY

while using the name GALT in the

Los Angeles

area

Serial 68 - one photographic negative of

JAMES EARL RAY

Serial 69 - one photo and negative of JAMES EARL RAY

Serial 84 - photos of JAMES EARL RAY

Serial 87 - tape recording of I.V. interview with

JERRY RAY

that serials 181, 182 and 183 were missing from the main file.

A review of the file itself does not indicate any reason, such as

serials charged out or skipped serialization, and a search of the

Chicago Office of the FBI failed to locate these serials.

Chicago making no further attempts to locate these serials as ail

logical avenues of explanation have been searched.

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TRANSMIT VIA:

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PRECEDENCE:

• Immediate

I Priority

• Routine

CLASSIFICATION:

• TOP SECRET

SECRET

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Date 8/31/77

Arsoc. Dir..

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Director's Sec'y

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-117290)

FROM:

SAC, MIAMI (62-6603)

(C)

SUBJECT:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON ASSASSINATIONS:

sither

BUREAU DEADLINE 9/23/77

265

airtel to the Bureau dated 8/3/76. 100-106670-4246

Le Bureau teletype to Miami dated 8/18/77: MiaT

the Bureau is being furnished herewith two xerox copies each

pursuant to instructions in referenced teletype late

of pages of serials with notations not previously forwarded

to the Bureau in the Miami office file captioned, " MURKIN,

Civil Rights (44-1854),"

LUTHER KING, JR., Racial Matters, file 157-2434 as indicated

As went as the assination of man

below:

For ease of identification the first page of the

appropriate serial is also included.

These are as Ionows co

ST-10562-117290 240160

Miami 44-1854 Volume 2, Serials 152 page 3, 175 page 2,

251 page 3, 264 page 2, 299 page 2, Volume 3, Serial 489 page 2

Volume 5, Serial 647 page 2.

SEP 43 1977

In addition, the following first pages

serrals

not previously sent to the Bureau by Miami Division are enclosed

for the Bureau which communications are in Bureau files:.

Miami 44-1854, Volume 6, Serials

774,

775,

776

787, 788, 789, 791 pages 1 and 2,

792,

803,

304, 813, 815,782,

786, add

Miami file 157-2434 serials 13, 14, 15, 16.

816.

100-44-38861

- ENCLOSURE

ureau

3

- Miami

лат 6803) 4-9198

(1-44-18547

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Also the following serials are enclosed in their

entirety inasmuch as they have not been previously furnished to

the Bureau and are not in the Bureau files:

Miami file 44-1854, Volume 6, Serial 777, 778, 779,

780, 781, 783, 784, 785, 790, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798,

801, 802, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812,

817, 818, 819, 820.

The total number of serials

are 58.

A review of the exhibits contained in the aforementioned

files did not disclose any notations.

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..

August 31,1977

TO:

Director, FBI

Attention - SA J. T. ALDHIZER, Congressional Inquiry

Unit, Special Investigative Division

FROM:

SAC, New Orleans (66-2878)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

BUREAU DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1977

Re Bureau teletype August 18, 1977.

Enclosed under separate cover for the Bureau are two

Xerox copies each of 2,236 documents.

These documents represent a chronological accounting

of every serial in the New Orleans MURKIN File, NO 157-10673.

Those communications to on from FBIHQ and Memphis have only the

first page reproduced, unless substantive notations existed

elsewhere.

The original FD-302s in that case which consisted of

Sub File l, all of which are repeated by the indexcû FD-302s

in Sub File 2 and in the New Orleans reports in this case, are

not being copied or enclosed.

The I-A Exhibits which cannot be Xeroxed are set out

as follows:

Bureau. (1, Package)

- New Orleans

(1, NO 66-2855)

(1, NO 66-2878)

11,

NO 157-10673)

CHA: mEab

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NO 06-2e79

CHA: No

Lini: Two cloth ctripe wick laundry tags bearing codes

025-6 and D28-5.

14-3:

Motographs of artiet's conception of unknoon

sabjaci purchasing vitie in Birminghani.

Tea: Pintegraghs of MARREY DEOER GATIN.

Megazives of antist's concepiion of unknoun

minioci by witnessee in Monchis and Birminghan.

24•25; Photographs of bedspread in hich gur vas

crapped.

11012:ü Negatives of ERIC Si GALT.

Photograph of subjeet with syes slosed.

14u2i: Color photographs of ROBALÜ BARDIM SIMPSON.

S2-30 a

Photographs. of JAMES EARI, RAY: 3/27/60.

Photographs of JANDS SARL RAY: 9/9/66.

34-32: Photogracha of

WALTER TERRY RIFE,

TA-35:

Standup phocographs of Ray, 3/28/55.

14~3111

Photographs di JANES EARL RAY, 1960.

RR-a5:

Photographs ci Continental Dance Studio Farty,

2À-36: Negatives of JAMES FARL RAY and WALTER TERRY

RIFE no dares).

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15-43:

12a146:

3A-57:

Photograch of ANtS BAll RAY, 1/4/66.

color photograph of CHARLES SIRIN.

Phocographs eE MYRAL: TOMASO,

notograph of CilARLeS STEllA.

Photograph of CHARLES NOSEPH STEIN, 3121/02.

3A-$2:

Photograph of JAMES Le OweNS:

Photograpis uf juLaS xico CublE.

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LOUIS STORES, OHIO CHAIRMAY

ICHARDION PREYER. N.C

SAMUEL L. DEL

SALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.

STEWART B. MC

на.

/EY, CONN.

YVONNE DRATHWAITE BURKE, CALF.

CHARLES THONE, NEUR.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONY.

HAROLO 5. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT MY. EOGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

FEDERAL CONERNLENS

Karens

::

Select Committee on Assassinations

i: :

OOIZN

U.E. Lause of Lepresentatiaes

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2 AUC 19 3 36 PM '77

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

DEPT UF JUSTICE

August 15, 1977

MAIL UNIT

Ms. Pat Wald

Assistant Attorney General

Office of Legislative Affairs

U. S. Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20535

Dear Ms.. Wald:

The purpose of this letter is to designate

Mr. Robert C. Morrison (Director of Security) as the

Classified Material Control Officer for the House Select

Committee on

Assassinations.

The Alternate Classified

Material Control Officer will be designated when security

clearance has been granted.

RECORDS:.

FILE

1cc-161

OF

R.C. MoRRISoN

Sincerely,

Івня

tokes

Chairman

LS/RCM/Icm

XEROX.

SEF %

1977

Reciuso fran

Robert Keach,,

DoS

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LET'S STOKES, OHIO, CHALITTAN

JOHARDSON PREYER, N.C

SAMUEL L. DEY

'ALTER E, JAUNTINY, D.C

STEWART B. MCN

EY, CONN.

TUELVE DRITAWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, 11

CHRISTOPHER 1. LOOD, CONN.

HAROLD S, SAYER, MICH.

MUSCLO E. FORD, TENN.

FLOTO J. FITHIAN, IND.

FOOZERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

58

Select Committee on Assassinations

M.S. House of Representatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

August 15, 1977

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United

States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20515

264

Dear Mr. Bell:

The purpose of this letter is to furnish you

with the names of Staff personnel on the House Select

Committee on Assassinations who have terminated their

employment with the Committee.

MORION, Cecelia T.

DOYLE, Kevin Sean

• Therefore, they no longer require access to

classified information.

RECORDS

pILE

161

/c -

EACHt

oF

• INDIVIDUAL

sincerely,

Chairman

(ai.

LS/WHC/whc

NOT RECORDED

21 AUG 30 1977

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEV

VALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C

STEWART D. MG

VONNE GRATHWYAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE,.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

CHAOLD ST SONER, MICH.

I com House

HAROLO E: FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

RODERT VY. EDGAR, PA.

/Select Committee on Assassinations

Ei.S. House of Representatites

(202) 225-4624

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

FEDERAL GOVERNHENT

August 4, 1977

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the

United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20515

MAUL 2o0g

DEPLOF JUSTICE

Dear Mr. Bell:

The purpose of this letter is to furnish a

list of Staff personnel of the House Select Committee

on Assassinations that have been granted security clear-

ances and access to classified material on a need-to-know

basis.

RECORDS:

Ice - 161 FILE

EACH

INDIVIDUAL

Anne P. Wilander

Alan

B. Hausman

Eileen

G. Copeland

Margaret C. Mason

John L. Stickler

Ida J. Ross

Cecelia T. Morton

Nancy P. Schultz

Caryl M. Emanuel

Gina I. Resnick

REC.76

Margo E. Jackson

67-117290

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Prompt notification will be made of other Staff

member's clearance status as it is received from appropriate

authority.

11 AUG 30 1977

Sincerery

Louis Stokes .

Chairman

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LOUIS STOKÉS, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHAROSOIN AYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEV

410

WALISER È. FAUNTROY, D.C!

STEWART B. ME

EY, CONN.

YVONNE DRATHIATE BURKE, CALIFO

CHARLES THONE, 'TEBR.

CHRISTOPHER J. LODD, CONM.

HAROLO S. SAWYER, MICH.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J, FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT V. EDGAR, PA.

House

Select. Committee on Assassinations

u.s. House of lepresentatives

(202) 225-4624

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

August 2, 1977

NOSO

H00J 7VH

SISTE SOCIO

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C. 20515

LLs Wy 62

Dear Mr. Bell:

The purpose of this letter is to furnish a

list of Staff personnel on the House Select Committee

on Assassinations that have been granted security clear-

ances and access to classified material on a need-to-know.

basis.

BERNING, Elizabeth L.

KLEIN, Kenneth D.

BLACKMER, S. Jonathan

LARKIN, Joyce 'Ann

BLAKEY, G. Robert

LAWSON,

Belford 'V.

i Jackson

RECORDS

BOLAND, Colleen T.

LEE; Sheila

BROWN, Claire

LEHNER, Robert J.

CONZELMAN, James K.

LOCKE, Ralph C.

DOYLE, Kevin Sean •

MARTIN, Rebecca W.

RDED COPYFILE

161 FILE

EVANS, Edward M.

McPHERSON, Vivian I.

1ce

OF EACH

INDIVIQUAL>

FACTER, Jeffrey

MORIARTY, John C., JI.

FALLIS, Stephen. J.

MORRISON, Robert C.

FENTON, Clifford A., Jr.

ORR, Patricia M..

FONZI,

Gaeton J.

ORR, Pheobe C..

GODFREY, Jane E.

PONDER, Mary E. C.

GRIMES, Mary Susan

HAMILTON, Gerald P.

HESS, Jacqueline

BUT DO 117290-2

RISINGER,

SMITH, Joha

HINDLE, Louis H.

STRICKLAND, Ann I.

HOLT,

Laura M.

TAYLOR, Ann Furnala NOT RECORDED

HOWARTH, Thomas

WOLF, Elizabeth A. 17 SEP I6 1977

RYA

KILKER,

Elizabeth A

WOLF, James I.

Prompt notification will be made of other Staff

member's clearance status as it is received trom appro-

priate authority.

n- Rohet Kench

RECEIUE08/10/20

rs. Robert keach,

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SEP . 23 1977

Sin,

AUG 10

Louis Stokes.

Chairman

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Assoc. Dir. —

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. =

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv. _

Crim. Inv. -

Fin. & Pers. =

Laboratory =

Legal Coun. =-i

Plan. & Insp.=

Rec. Mgnt. -

Spec. Inv. =.

Toch, Servs.=

Training-

Public Affs. Off._

Telephone Rm. a

Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Ir. Robert I. Keuch

Director, FBI

ENDERE CAVERNKENS

HOUSE SELECT COMILNICE ON

ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)

1 - Mr. Adams

1 - Mr. Fehl

1 - Mr. Peelman

June 9, 1977

1 - Mr. Lawn

1 - Mr. Aldhizer

1 - Legal Counsel (Attn:

Mr. Daly)

Mr - Laboratory DivisIOn (Attn:

Mr. Strain)

Ihis letter is to confirm Debarmental authorization,

Issued June 6, 1977, by Mr. Robert I. Keuch, Special Counsel to

the Attorney General, to make available to the ESCA, on a loan

basis, the FEI scale

model of the Memphis crime scene where

Nartin Luther King, JX., was assassinated,

Truch's

By letter to the Attorey General dated May 20, 1977 ge

Congressman Louis Stokes, Chairman, HSCA, requested the scale:

model be transported to the HSCA staff offices.

In this letter

Mr. Stokes assured secure custody and storage of the model.

Representatives of the Special Projects Section,

Laboratory Division of the FBI Nill package and transport

the

model to offices of the ASCA and will handle its return to FBI

Headquarters following use by the Committee.

Fix. Keuch has

advised he will coordinate dellvery with officials of the EsCA.

departinct,

1 - Assistant Attorney General

ATHED

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1. - Assistant Attorney General

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APPROVED:

Director

Adm. Serv. -

Fin, & Person

ildente

Dep. AD'

Bep. AD inte

pur

SCALE MODELED,

ADvisED

DELIVERED

SECURIty OFFICER,

OLD IDENT.

OFfICES,

ASCA

воє.

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Plan. &

Map.

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Assistart Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

NOTE: This scale model, presently in custody of the visual

Presentation Unit, Special Projects Section, consists of two

parts, a large scale model of the flop house from where Ray

fired

the shot and a smaller model of the entire block of

the crime scene.

Both parts were used extensively during the

trial of Ray.

Although introduced as evidence in the trial,

the District

lennessee, Left

Section Chief R. I. Strain, Special Projects Section,

advised that final authority

of the model by the HSCA

would rest with the Department of Justice. This authority was

provided verbally by Mr. Keuch on 6/6/77, to SA Aldhizer of

the Congressional Inquiry Unit. Personnel of the Special Projects

Unit prefer to deliver,

set. up

and retrieve the scale model in

order to provide careful handling.

Original blueprints from which

the model was constructed are retained in Bureau files.

Since there are no legal problems in loaning the model.

and Department authority has been obtained, HSCA cooperation

in this situation is warranted.

The HSCA has advised Mr. Keuch

that the model will be useful In interviewing its witnesses. In

request Of Mr. Stokes sald the model would be returned upon

the Department or after its use by the HSCA, whichever

comes first. HSCA staff offices are located in the old

Identification Division building.

This matter has been coordinated with sA strain,

Laboratory Division ana SA P. V: Daly, Legal Counsel Division.

Mr. Keuch has advised no letterhead memorandum to the HSCA is

necessary since he is coordinating delivery of the scale model.

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TO DIRECTOR (44-38861) PRIORITY

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MURKIN. 00: MEMPHIS.

RE SEATTLE TEL CALL TO BUREAU, JUNE 1, 1977.

AT APPROXIMATELY. 6:45 P.M., PDST, JUNE 1, 1977, SAC SEATTLE

RECEIVED CALL FROM INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS (X) KEITH

ERNEST LAMONICA (X). LAMONICA ADVISED HE IS NEWS DIRECTOR WITH

KYX RADIO, 1325 - 3RD AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGION, TEL.

682-2828. CAMONICA IDENTICAL WITH BUFILE 46-53387, CAPTIONED

KEITH ERNEST LAMONICA; DALE CURTIS TORNO, FAG, 00: SEAITLE.)

LAMONICA DESCRIBED PREVIOUS ASSOCIATION WITH BUREAU PERSONNEL

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WHILE ASSIGNED AS INVESTIGATIVE REFORIED WITH WMPS RADIO,

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, AND ALSO WHILE WORKING ON THE YABLONSKI

MURDER CASES IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. LAMONICA PRESENTLY

RESIDES 31022 - 48TH AVENUE SW, FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGION.

LAMONICA INDICATED HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON CAPTIONED CASE

AND ALTHOUGH HE DID NOI PREVIOUS, BELIEVE OF THE EXISTENCE OF

"RAOUL" THEORY AS POSED BY JAMES EARL RAY, HE NOW HAS DEVELOPED

INFORMATION INDICATING THAT RAOUL" IS ACTUALLY (X) RAOUL SANTIAGO

ESTEJO MARTINEZ (X), AND THAT WITH THE COOPERATION OF RAY'S

ATTORNEY, JACK KERSHAW, HE, LAMONICA, IS TO MEET WITH MARTINEZ

THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY (X) CLIFF ANDREWS (X), WHO SUPPOSEDLY

SERVED PRISON I IME WITH RAY.

LAMONICA FURTHER INDICATED THAI WHEN THIS INFORMATION BREAKS

IT WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY AND HE HAS ALREADY BEEN

CO NI ACTED BY THREE MAJOR NETWORKS AND LEAVES THURSDAY MORNING

TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER AT LANTANA, FLORIDA,

FROM WHERE HE WILL RETURN TO SEATTLE POSSIBLY ON FRIDAY. HE SAID

APPROXIMAIELY TWO WEEKENDS AGO HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY TWO INVESTI-

GATORS NAMES MORIARTY (PH), AND GILBERT FROM THE HOUSE SELECT

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COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS WHO INDICATED THEY WOULD BE SUBPOENAING

•LAMONICA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AT THE TIME OF THIS INTERVIEW

LAMONICA DID NOT HAVE THE AFOREMENTIONED INFORMATION ON RAOUL

MARTINEZ. MARTINEZ REPORTEDLY INDICATED HE WILL TESTIFY ABOUT

CAPTIONED CASE IF HE CAN BE GRANTED IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION.

LAMONICA'S PURPOSE IN CONTACTING SEATTLE FBI WAS TO

EXPRESS CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS IWO DAUGHTERS, DEBORAH

ANGELA AGE 7, AND DANA EDNA AGE 6, WHO RESIDE WITH HIS PARENTS

AT 4817W. RICHARDSON, PASCO, WASHINGTON, TEL. 547-7935.

REASON FOR HIS CONCERN IS THAT HE HAD HEARD INDIRECILY THAT A NEW

ORLEANS "HITMAN" RAFAEL MARTINEZ (NO RELATION IO RAOUL MARTINEZ>

WOULD CAUSE HIM OR HIS FAMILY A LOT OF TROUBLE IF THE STORY BREAKS.

HE SAID HIS NEW SOURCE TOLD HIM OF A CONFIDENTIAL MEMO

BELIEVED FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, PD OR SO TO NEW ORLEANS IN WHICH

MART INEZ WAS DESCRIBED AS A VERY

EXPERIENCED HITMAN.

LAMONICA ADVISED BY SAC OF THE WITNESS PROTECIION PRO-

GRAM AND THAT HE SHOULD PROBABLY NOTIFY INVESTIGATORS FOR SELECT

COMMITTEE OF HIS FEARS BUT TO CHECK WITH THIS OFFICE UPON

HIS RETURN THIS COMING FRIDAY.

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ABOVE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU FOR REFERRAL

-TO-DEPARTMENT. ALL OFFICES HOLD SPECIFIC LEADS IN ABEYANCE

PENDING INSTRUCTIONS FROM BUREAU

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TO

FROM

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

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-106

UGEN. REG. NO, 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

: Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

: Director,

(Attr: Bpbert I« Keuch)

•File Copy

DATE: 6/2/77

SUBJECT: ASSASSINAZICH OF KARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

House bet Committer

IN

MEAEELATIONE

Reférence is made to

my

(your file -

Pacjape/85

- memorandum dated_ 4/28/77

There is enclosed one copy of taxparteinesia agent a teletype

dated _ 6/2/77

- at seattle,

Washington

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.

C. • 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.

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

be conducted unless specifically requested by-the Department.

4/CK-3ASE1-

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

taken by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.

NOT RECORDED

120 JUN I3 1977

1 - Assistant Attorney General

SEE NOTE PAGE TWO .

CIvil Rights Division (Enclosure 1)

I - Office Of Professional Responsibility, USDJ

(Enclosure 1)

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Assistant Attorney General

Coininal Diviaion

(Attn:

Robort I Reuch)

NorEr Eurcau file 46-53387 reflects that Lamonica wao

subjoot of a Iraud Againat the Governnent case 17

1966. Lamonica allegedly was in posaesaion of a £153t-

claas radio telephone operator's licenso registered to

anothor individual ar reported by the Fedoral Corica

tions conslasion.

Jederal prosecution was declined.

Lamonica centions the Intermediary C11fS Andrews.

Although Insufficient Identifying date exists for the

Androus had been in contact with Ray's Astorner Robesi

Ivingaton and indicated his knowledge of, and involve

nent In, & conspiracy ro this natter.

District Attorney

In henphis and a Nemphid attorney, who had been

In contact with Andrews, belleved the revolations by

Androns vora a hoax porpetrated to anindle livingoton

of funds. Andrens was subsequently interviewed in

Conade by Departmental Attorneys of the 01r11 Rights

Division In tho presence of a Speolal Agent of the N3I

and he donted any knotledge of the king slaying.

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RECEIVES

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RESUCAL TO BIRMIMGHAN MAY 18Y 1O77, REQUESTING CONTACT

VITE PORRIS DAVIS ED TO DETERMINE IF HE CAN BE IDENTIPIED

TOINE HOUSE ASSASSINATION: COMMITTES (HAC) AS THE SOURCE OF

INFOPMATION REGARDING LIBERTO, ET AL,:

DAVIS WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR CONTACT MAY 13÷55, 1977-

SN

AT 31, 1977, HE ADVISED SA PATRICK, JE MOYNIHAN THAT ME GAR

SESIDENTIFIED TO THE HAG ASATHE SOURCE OF TRE: INFORMATION NE

FURNISHED SHE FURNISHED, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIO% GRATUITOUSLY

THE.IS DISENCHANTZO WITH. THE HAC AND -EELIEVES IT IS 100

POLITICAL.

HE HAS NOT TALKED TO THEM CAR. EDDIE EVANS TA

ABOUT THREE WEEKSE EVANS DESIRES DAVIS TO BE-IN TOUCH TELE-

PHONICALLY AT LEAST TVICE & WEEN BUT IS NEVER AVAILASLE WIEN

DAVIS | PUTS

MIMSELF QUT TO MAKE THESE CONTACIS.

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DAVIS DISAFPROVES OF ALL INE IV PUSLICITY. TAZ MAC RECEIVED

IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AND MEMPHIS, TIMESSER, PEM WEEKS

AGO, AND AGAIN BELIEVES THEY ARE "TOO POLITICAL.

THROUGH THE HAC, HE HAS MET MARK LANE- DAVIS

HAS NO

USE. FOR LATE AND ARGUED VITH HIM. ON THE OSCASION. WHEN THEY

— DAVIS HAS CONDUCIED INVESTIGATION HINSELF IN MEMPHIS,

•TENNESSES, RECENTLY. JANES EARL RAY LEFI BIRMINGSAM MARCH 30;0

1953; AND VENT DIRECILY IO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, OU MARCH 33, 1965,

NEMPHIS, AND DAVIS LINTERVIEWED MER APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS

AGO,

DAVIS DEVELOPED A "LIBERTO MAN" UHO SHODED DAVIS

ITHE

ABOVE ROOMING HOUSE i

DAVIS HAS NOT FURNISHED. IHIS INFORIATION

REGARDING THE DEATON ROOMINGHHOUSE TO HAC SINCE THSY HAVE

NOT BEEN ENRECENT CONTACT WETH KIM:

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OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

HAY 1962-*D11101

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

: Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

(Attn: Robert L. Keuch)

FROM : Director, FBI

* Copy.

DATE:

6/3/77

2415857

CETITIOD

SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

He'se SeLect committee oN AsSASSINAtIoNs

Reference is made to

_ memorandum dated

(your file -

There is enclosed one copy ofthereberrafanasial trent a telotype

dated

5/31/77

_at Birmingham, Alabama

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.

C. • 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. I This is submitted for your information and no further investigation will

be conducted unless specifically requested by the Department.

62-117290

taken by this Bureau unless the Department so directs.

1. E This covers the receipt of a complaint and no fartet action it B 8t/

NOT RECORDED

Enc. (1)

JUN 1 # 1977

1 - Assistant Attorney General

SEE NOTE PAGE THO

C1v1] Rights Division (Enclosure 1)

I - Office of Professional Responsibility, USDU

(Enclosure 1)

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

(Attn:

Robert I. Keuch)

NOTE: Ihe House Select Committee On Assassinations has

requested all Information previously furnished by Morris

Davis which is being handled by separate communication.

For your information, Norris Davis previously furnished

Information on a confidential basis and the previous

Information he provided was furnished to the Department

relating to the Liberto matter by my memoranda dated

Also for your Information regarding the

attached, previous investigation disclosed that James Earl

Ray was In Atlanta, Georgia, on 3/31/58 and on 4/1/68.

4/3/68 he registered at the Rebel Motor Hotel, 3466 Lamar

Avenue, Memphis, Tennessoe.

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert, DERKe OTERNMENT

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June 10, 1977

1 - Mr. Held

ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Huart

- Mr. Adams

- Mr. Fehl

- Mr. Peelman

- Mr. Lawn

- Mr. Mintz

1 - Mr. Cochran

- Xs you wtil recall, in March, 1977, U. S. Congressman

G. Snyder, Kentucky, publicly revealed that a former police

secreted.

One of these tapes reportedly was misplaced or stolen,

and the other was turned over to the flouse select committee on

Assassinations. (ESCA) :

newspaper accounts subseguently identified

the officer making this allegation as Clifton E: Baird. Fursuant

to the authority of the Attorney General, an attempt was made to

interview Baird concerning this allegation, however,

,Letused

to be interviewed and stated he would say it all to

the House

Committee."

Cli

Bairia

By my memorandum dated April 5y

1977, it was recon-

mended that in order to resolve this allegation, you reguest

the aSCA to furnish all information furnished by Mr. Baird,

including a copy o1 the alleged tape, and that you consider

-calling MI. Baird before a federal grand jury and request

this testinony concerning this allegation

On April 29, 1977, MI. James Chencwich, HSCA,

delivered to FBI Headquarters the alleged tape for repro-

duction by the FBI.

Reproduction of this tape was made by

› the fBI and the original tape was leturned to hir. Chenowich

sis request. (

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Enclosed is. a memorandum containing a transcript

Asoc. Dir.prepared from the tape made available by the. ISCA and an

Des AD cramination of this tape by our Technical Services Division.

Dep. AD in:. *

Ass:. Dir:

As reflected in this transcript, the only reference

Cm. in.to-Martin luther king, JI., appears in the first portion of

melthe tape (pages 2-5 of enclosed memorandum).

A male voice

intell. -identifies himself as Clifton Baird and makes

"introduction"

Lemon the tape by saying

"Today. is September 20, 1965, on

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Assistant Attorney Ceneral

Crininal Division

Attention: 11. Robort I. Keuch

September 18, Officer Blair (or Bair) (phonetic), riding hone

with me while his car was broke down made the offer to me said

he belonged to an organization that wanted lartin Luther Xing

killed.

the price he rontioned was $500,000 to anyone killing

this nah. I Icfused the offor and tonight I will attempt to

find out who made this offer.

Blair) wants a ride home tonight while his car is broken down.

This 1s Officcr Clifton baird. The next voice you will hcar

will be that of Arlic Blair (phonetic) and nyself."

A conversation then takes place on this tape roportealy

botween Baird and Arlie.

After sone idle chatter, Baild and

arlie,

in essence, say the fallowing regarding King:

Baird

"Talking cbout Martin luther King the other night, who

is it you know who wants him knocked off?' Arlic replies,

"Somebody"

... "a lot of then that want hin krocked off.*

baird agrecs and says there are only two organizations that

the "Cormunist Farty and the

would have that nuch nonoy,*.: he (King) can be had."

Ku Flus klan."

arlie says

Daird agrees and says "

a civil var, probably..:• "hen you do, you have to start

Baird says ''..I don't know, I

just don't want no part in it, do you?

I sure don't."

aIlie

says "the only way I yould opcrate is if the toney was right -

which I ain't even involved, not now and I don't intend tò

le ..."

It is noted that part of the examination by our

Technical Sorvices Division suggents that the "introduction".

(on this tape roportcaly nade by baird as set forth above) 'may

havo been inserted over the cxisting recording but a hore

definitive conclusion on this point cannot be reached without

developing and axamining the magnetic patterns on the aSCA tapc.

There is no further reference to Martin InthoI King

on this tape, lother than the infoimation on Pages 2-5 of the

enclosed renorandum summarized above) and no mention is made

of the FBI.

You were previously advised in my APril 5, 1977,

monorandun that the only reference in the files of the FBI tó

lix. Baird is that he was the cubject of a civil rights brutality

complaint in 1963.

The only referenco to an Arlie Ilair (or Pair)

in the files of FBI Leadquarters and our Iouisville Office is that

an Arlie Dlair, an officer of the souisville police department vas

the subjoct of a civil rights brutality complaint in 1957, Insuf-

ficient identifying data exists to know whother or not the Arlie

plair reportedly mentioned on this tape is identical with the

Arlie Blair who was the subject of this 1957 civil rights complaint.

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Assistant Attorney Goncral

Crininal Division

Attontion: Mr. Robert Is. Feuch

Inasmuch as no referenco is made to the FBI on this

tape, and since the lSCA has furnished no additional information

rogarding the Baird allegation, no furthor action is being talen

by the FEI concerning the reported Baird allogation.

Enclosure

1 - Assistant Attorncy General

Civil Rights Division (Enclosure)

1 - Offico of Professional Responsibility (EnclosuIc)

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Assistant Attorhey General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

NOTE: This furnishes the Department with a copy of a transcript

Of an alleged tape which reportedly was made by Baird to record

a meeting between FBI Agents and Louisville police officers in

an alleged plot to assassinate Martin Luther King, Jr., and

furnishes

the Department with an examination of this type by

our lechnical Services Division as set forth in a W. D. Campbell

to Mr. Cochran memorandum dated 6/7/77. This advises the

Department we are taking no further action since no mention was

made of the FBI on this tape.and since the HSCA has furnished

no additional information re the Baird allegation. Information

concerning references re Baird obtained from Bureau file 44-21236

and re Blair obtained from 44÷12387:

APPROVED!

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- Mr. Held

1 - Mr. Adams

1 - Mr. Fehl

June 10, 1977

1 - Mr. Peelman

1 - Mr. Lawn

1 - Mr. Mintz

ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 1 - Mr. Cochran

Set forth hereinafter is a transcript prepared

from a tape made available by the House Select Committee

On Assassinations and an examination of this tape by the

Technical Services Division of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation:

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The following is a transcript of a tape (which

was difficult to understand due to poor quality) made avail-

able by Mi. James Chenowich of the House Select Committee On

Assassinations on 4/29/77:

Side 1 of Tape

(Dotted lines denote words that are unintelligible.)

Baird - Today is September 20, 1965, on September 18,

Officer Blair (or Bair) (phonetic), riding home with me while

his car was

broke down

made the offer to me said he belonged

to an organization that wanted Martin Luther King killed.

•The

price he mentioned was $500,000 to anyone killing this man. I

refused the offer and tonight I will attempt to find out who

made this offer.

I will see if Officer Bair (or Blair) wants

a ride home tonight while his car is broken down. This is

Officer Clifton Baird. The next voice you will hear will be

that of Arlie Blair (phonetic) and myself.

Arlie - Well anyway me and him is gonna have to

have a little conversation---and I believe we can do it.

Baird - Down in the Carolina's?

Arlie - That's right.

Baird - When are you gonna get to see him? What

did he do to you?--

Arlie - The guy ain't done nothing to me yet.

I

just want to whip his ass.

Don't like his looks.

Think I

ought to take him up and kick him around.

Baird - Who is he?

Arlie - My nephew.

Baird - Your nephew? That's the one who's gonna

drive the truck with you, is it?

Arlie - I don't know if I did?

Baird - With him? You're talking about your nephew,

shit, you've been talking about us for three years.

a man, round nat to coho

Arlie - He's the only (scene obscene) I have met that's

a man, not because he's my nephew... he's the only son-of-

a-bitch I have met that is come out of the hills faster by God

than since the last well

• since I have been big enough to

know what. a, man is.---

Just like on a rain pole when that old

goddamn mule was marred.

You remember that shit real well.

I don't know what those obscene obscene) gonna do.

I know

them son-of-a-bitches is dogs.

That's right. I talked to

them; not to Bill but to Wood.--

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Baird - Do you know what universal is?---

Arlie - When you can run

'em like that, go down and

have all that has money.

Baird - Well, they didn't know a damn thing about

trucks when they started.

Rafold (phonetic) was suppose to

have been a truck driver before he had come to the police

department.

and that sort ut, I think all he ever drove was farm trucks

But I don't think Rafold (phonetic)

ever drove the real commercial trucks, I don't think he knew

anything about then.

Arlie - I wouldn't doubt it..

Baird - They just took his opinion, that's all it

was.—-- They worked about six months and that outfit took

them

for everything they could get out of them and when they

went broke, why they picked it up.

Arlie - That's another thing, if you are gonna

hold out, you gotta take more out than

you need.

You know

that?

Baird - Oh yeah.

Arlie - That's right. Yes sir.

See when you work

them lathes (phonetic), there is no proverb if best of all.

Every time I talk about it, I get a kick out of that. You

know someone

• told us about

that black whiskey. You know

what I mean?...

Baird - . . . running them trucks, you gotta know

something

about it, you know, you can't just go into it blind.

Arlie - It's the easy thing you got Cliff. You

gotta have the guts . . .

Baird - Arlie, not to change the subject. You know

we were talking

about Martin Luther King the other night.

Who

in the (obscene) is it you know who wants the son-of-a-bitch knocked

Arlie - Huh?

Baird - Talking about Martin Luther King the other

night, who is it you know who wants him knocked off?

Arlie - Somebody.

•Baird - Well, Arlie, here's the thing about it.

Arlie - A lot of them that want him knocked off.

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Baird - Oh yeah, there is a lot of people, yeah, I

agree with you.

Arlie -

Baird - But here is the thing about it, there is

only two organizations that would have that much money it

would be the Communist Party and the Ku Klux Klan and he

couldn't trust anyone of them.

Arlie - No.

Baird - So I am going to tell you. The best thing

you can do is to forget them.

(Noise of banging)

Baird - Backfires.

Arlie - I understand.

Baird - Because that son-of-a-bitch I am telling

you Martin Luther King is a big

son-of-a-bitch.

Arlie - Oh, he can be had.

Baird - He can be had, ya, that's right but when

you do; here's the thing

about it Arlie, when you do, you

have to start a civil war, probably.

Arlie - Right now that's about the best thing we

can have ...

a civil war.

'Bairâ - But here's the thing about it, its probably

coming it anyway.

agree

with you, it's probably coming.

But

that would start it I imagine.

Arlie - You know a funny thing Cliff.

Baird - But I tell you Arlie, I don't know, I just

don't want no part in it, do you? I sure don't.

Arlie - The only way I would operate is if the

money was right-which I ain't even involved, not now and I

don't intend to be.

The only

way I would be involved if I

went looking for it, and if I

went looking for it, of course

I went looking for it I would know uh----a number.

Baird - Well, I tell you Arlie, that Martin Luther

King is big and it will probably start a civil war.

I don't

know who it is that made this offer to you, but boy I tell

you, just forget it, because it is shit, it might start

something that 10 million people get killed : . : women,

kids, children, old ladies, old men, everybody else. But

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the bastards like you and I, it don't amount to much . .

I mean you know we're superficial, I mean we can be replaced;

we will be replaced so will everybody... I mean everybody

will be replaced sometime or another.

Arlie - The thing about it is I ain't gonna worry

about it.

At one time . .:. let me you know---.

Baird - No, I'm not either Arlie.

Arlie - I don't know what them is.

Baird - You know all I want. .

Arlie - No, I know what you're thinking about Cliff.

And I think he misimproved me the other day on the. My good

With what I said, if I can kill you

without question the good----oh anyone else would like to know.

Without being caught.

Baird - Well here is the thing about it.

Arlie - I could.

Baird - Arlie, Arlie, the only people that wanted

Martin Luther King knocked off is

two people.

Arlie - Right.

Baird - I mean with one half million dollars is the

Communist Party which they would do it just to start a bunch

of crap, you know, and Ku Klux Klan.. they would do it

just out of revenge.

Ah--you know, to get

even or to keep

colored people down.

But I am gonna tell you Arlie, I

don't exactly sympathize with colored people.

I think most

of them could do better if they tried.

90% of them could do

better but you know down south in Alabama and Mississippi,

colored people are accustomed to--.

They are not allowed

to walk on the damn street or anything else. They have no

voice in the Government and you know here is why Hitler didn't

like the colored people.

They took all the shit and they

didn't have backbone to fight back. That was his sole reason

for hating colored people.

Arlie - That's the thing I think we ought to get

together now on.

I even had the chance now we can make a

deep voice.

That is why not we don't want those colored

folks down in South Carolina.

Baird - That's it. That's right. Why don't they

move up north.

That's it, I would, wouldn't you?

Arlie - No---

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Baird - No, I tell you, this world can't stay much

longer like it is with the shit they got now. This world,

it's not for long.

You know the Bible's right, it's gonna

end in fire alright.

Arlie - You know the funny thing I like is that a

lot of people think I'm nuts but un I wonder why?----

Pity man that walks out on this earth. He can make a rock

about " or & million pounds of rock..

I am not going nowhere

I don't want it here in my living room.

But, I don't believe

man himself want to destroy this world. I don't really know

cliff.

Baird - I do Arlie, I believe man

is destroying

himself.

Arlie - I don't think so because I will tell you

why. Is there a

little meat in this place? He tells me

where to go.

----and someone said no one knows how we would .

look, the angels had said this.

No, no one else wants to

take your place. Man himself would

not destroy this earth.

You can forget

about that. Man has not enough sense.

Man

has made the h-bomb.

They can destroy about anything.

I

would tell you what I believe.

I don't think man himself will

blow this damn world up. I don't believe he can do it.

Baird - I don't know : . .

Arlie - If man himself wants to destroy the world,

the angels in heaven would ignore him. Wonder that man woul

want to destroy himself.

The Democratics come up with some

goddamn sharp place for a change.

Baird - Yes, that's it.

Arlie - huh?

Baird - That's it.

thing, you're right.

Irlie - If their choice is---and the whole dar

He's gonna help---he's gonna help

Baird - Oh yeah. But he's the main man.

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• Arlie - He's not cold, he's not cold -

Baird - He's going to be there tomorrow.

Arlie - No he ain't. I bet you a hundred and one he

ain't.

Baird - At least part of them.

Arlie - Maybe I ought to know, I ought to care myself,

if you want me to.

Baird - Well Arlie I don't know. I don't have the facts

to back me up.

But I'd say it's really - I don't have the facts

to back me up but I would say no use calling all the plays now

that's my opinion.

Arlie - He's, no it's -- I know what you're thinking

about.

He is calling the gas ghetto. Namely not a book and ah,

what can I say -, two or three other guys

have received

- he's the main powerman.

Sure don't believe he'd

do a thing like that.

I'm the old authority. I know what's

going on,

he can't fool me a bit, cause I know what's going on.

The idea

Is he's trying to get a common observer, we're all

working on the same pay, to get a common ----.

It all

depends on how we're

going to handle this thing that's the idea.

Do you know what I mean?

Baird - Yeah.

Arlie - Alright let's suppose that I'm the boy back here.

Good point there.

We got something here to discuss.

sets

---- hollering.

I said wait just a minute.

Everybody

Let's just

quiet down and quit fooling, around.

We'll take every man's opinion.

Now we'll work out something everybody is on the same team see.

But the idea you have to do Cliff you have to have a leader of

that group. I don't let any choice - what's wrong with that?

Baird - Well Ed Shoring (phonetic) is he's the one pulling

ühe thing together.

Arlie - Do you blame him for that?

•Baird - No I don't blame him a goddamned bit but he is

the main guy that

runs

this

county and

everything else.

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Arlie - They ain't nobody, he ain't running Marlo Cooke.

There ain't nobody.

Baird - Yes he does.

Arlie - Huh?

Baird - Yes he does.

Arlie - Uhuh.

Baird - Yeah, I think he does.

Arlie - The thing to do he don't run Marlo.

Baird - Yeah, he runs Marlo.

Arlie - Marlo is Jefferson County

Baird - Ed Shoring (phonetic) just got Marlo out of a

hell of a pinch, I don't know.

Arlie - What?

Baird - With the pinball machines.

Arlie - (Laughs) He just got me a

Baird - On shit, they is guilty Arlie.

Arlie - Huh?

Baird - They is guilty.

:

Arlie - Who?

Baird - Shit, they left that meeting In the Holiday Inn

with all those pinball

records and Ned Beckett

(phonetic) knows it,

and if they didn't go to Jefferson County they'd work on their ass

and don't think they wouldn't. And old Ed Shoring (phonetic) saved

their ass boy.

Arlie -No ----

..

Baird - If they ever got them out of Jefferson County

they would

have, they would have torn them up. You coula believe

they would have.

Arlie - No never could have hurt.

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Baird - Yes they could have too. If they ever got'em

out of this country, you'd

seen it.

Arlie -

--- 1s much more calm as, I thought very

calm myself.

•Baira - He made it all right - shit he's pretty square

shooter

Arlie - I hope he. is.

Baird - He's a politician but he's a pretty fair sort of

guy.

Arlie - He better quit talking like regular talk that

son-of-a-bitch

- some nice guy like Marlo Cooke -

Baird - Well Arlie - they were guilty. I mean hell

Arlie --

----

come out with that there, he waved

and jumped up and down I --— stand up and say you

bald faced

Ilar but hell I wouldn't jump around and wave with my voice getting

quiverly and act like a doggone woman just because cream and

sugar that's

all a woman's made with sugar candy. But he did

that

- did he caught all the fishes. Of course he had a lot of

shit on him. But he

Baird - But we didn't get him out of Jefferson County.

He would have worked on our ass and you better believe it.

Arlie - Well I'm just glad he didn't.

Baird - Of course they were all fixed here. I mean

shit, Republican judges trying the case, Republican prosecutors

prosecuting the case.

Arlie - That was made in 32 years, that was a mistake.

Baird - Yeah, he was up against, up a creek if he could

never get out of Jefferson County and he couldn't, there wasn't

a legal means.

Arlie -

--- knew the $130,000, he got.

Baird - Weil hell

- half the time we're

going to

do with these swimming pools.

Arlie

- I know that.

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Baird - All of them are guilty but Ed Beckett (rhonetic)

was right.

In my opinion he was right.

'Arlie - Why did he back off for.

Baird - He didn't back off they just beat him. They

beat him here.

Arlie - They beat him where?

Baird - Right down here, they beat him right down

here.

• Arlie - That's what he said.

Baird - In Jefferson County but they got him out here

in the country.

Those Democrats worked on him. You better believe

it.

Arlie - Another thing your damn thankful for, let's not

worry about. It's' like the coffee I had yesterday. Well, ah,

more milk -

NOW. -

Baird - Well did you take a wee wee Mr. Blair?

Arlie - Oh, well she had to go back in the house.

Baird - Did she really raise hell?

Arlie = No

she didn't.

Baird - She didn't say a word, didn't even

stir?

Arlie

She just. looked at me

real funny.

Baird - Told her we're setting out here in the driveway.

• getting drunker than hell?

Arlie - Shit. -

-- they are the ones that want to raise

hell with me, they can kiss my ass.

I could care less.

Baird - Yeah, I don't blame you Arlle, that's about the

way. I feel sometimes.

Arlie - Well who the hell suppose to control this goddamned

world, a man or a woman?

Baird - I don't know.

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Arlie - All. the time they holler ----

the next

thing they holler well man better go on - and keep his

country free.

Next thing they say well I think the women ought

¿o have their man's job and then it would be equal.

Baird - Yeah.

Arlie - Well. now if they want to have equalization of

the amount of taxes, I'm for it.

when they become 18 years old

they so in and register for the draft. You draft the women in

the service and you don't have no type of ---- of sexes in the

barracks or nothing. Each one of them go on in just like a man.

And

another thing is.

Baird - Lip off and go to the showers. and everything.

Just like that.. I'm for that Arlie. I think that's a good deal.

I think that's, that's the best idea anybody has ever come up with

yet. I love that.

Irlie - well what the hell, goddamn ain't there equalization.

If it's going to be equal goddamn, it's gotta be equal all the way

right?

Baird. - That's right.

Olle - And if you want to lay out in the mud when it's

40 below, ride ---

- - that low Ml ride along with them.

Baird - You know what I'd like to say, what I'd like to

see, last month was what's that lieutenant in the Second District

at the Ratler (phonetic), what's his name, Buckmore (phonetic)

le said the policeman's job was more dangerous than the combat

Infantry.

Now what does he know about the price of peaches in Russia.

Now I'm going to tell you because he's never been there.

And I've

heard some good stories about him.

I don't know. And it comes

pretty straight and ah, but ah, what does he know about the prices of

peaches in Russia? But I'm going to tell you one damn thing I jusi

spent 10 years in the police department and then one day on Awol.

I'm going to tell you this, because they shot our ass off, and 1

don't know whether there's any, that police department down there

couldn't be much worse and easier than Projan

(phonetic) -

was cause we'd

liked to have froze our ass off up there.

It was

35 below up in the tops of them damn mountains and I'm going to tell

you I don't know what that man knows what he's talking or not but

I'd llke to see that big fat son-of-a-bitch glide

in, have to dig

in, and where are we going to sleep tonight, where's our beds said

the men.

Why don't you die in over there in that big stove pile you

big fat

son-of-a-bitch.

Arlie - That's your ------

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• Baird - And then until the groups move back or come

forward or something. Old Bucky wrote that article a policeman's

job is more dangerous than a combat infantry. What does that

son-of-a-bitch know? Boy I'm going to tell you, he don't know

much if he wrote that stupid article like that.

I'm going to tell

you he don't.

Man I'm going to tell you when those damn motor

shells start

knocking dirt in your ears and them damn 50 calibers

start cracking over your head, they crack like a damn firecracker.

Man and I'm going to tell you he just don't know what in the hell

he's talking about. I'm going to tell you he don't.

You could

stay scared not for 30 minutes, not for 10 hours, but you could

stay scared for weeks. You stay scared for three, four, five weeks.

While you're on that

Now what the hell does that son-of-a-bitch know, he's never been

ie a he vas a en a senior.

damn mine. You're scared every damn minute.

anywhere, he's never seen anything, he's never done anything and

what the

hell does he know.

He's nothing but a big fat gob of shit.

I've heard some good stories about him and I tell you who this

-- is nobody but his daddy.

His daddy was a doctor and I

tell you get Lieutenant Kohl (phonetic) to tell you about him

sometime.

lie can tell you all about him.

Olie - I don't know, I never did care nothing for Kohl

either.

Like Kohl, I don't care about none of

them (obscene)

down there.

Baird - Well I'm going to tell you konl is alright.

He's different.

He don't give a damn about nobody but Kohl.

But

when he

tells you something he can usually speak your damn ass

off, he's usually true.

Kohl won't bother you unless you bother

him.

And that's just

I won't call you. You take care of your

a better son-of-a-bitch than that. Cause I figure that I can

take care of anything that happens out here, I don't need no help.

I'm usually soft and I do the best I can.

If I can't do the best

I can well piss on it, it's all gone, but I kind of admire old

Kont, but it you want

to know about Buckmore (phonetic) ask

Lieutenant Kohl, he'll tell you about him. I ain't even going to

tac) ask ng te

spread the rumor, but ah, it's all rumor.

Arlie -

_ most of us don't like at all. Of course

evel'yone of us has got

-r-

-..-.

Baira - walt, you know not changing the subject, but you

remember one time I asked you, was that two local policemen who

broke my door down out there, that screen door? Did you ever hear?

Arlie - Ah, oh yah, I don't know what you're talking

about Cliff, I never did get

in on that one. I just heard

and

that was all.

but

I could probably have got the answer, I don't know,

-- and it was --

___-- that killed it and that

was

it.

Baird

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Arlie - No, hell no it wasn't

No, what the

hell do you think I am.

Baird - But I got to win this. I can't solve this, two

police break my door down or kick it in.

Arlie - Who the hell they were looking for.

Baird - Well, I don't rightly know. But the slat was

broken.

Arlie -

want to goddamn

kick my (obscene) door in anytime you

- solve it.

Baird - I know Arlie, but Arlie here's the thing about

it, I'Il be there to tell you the next day, if I kicked you're

door down, I'd come and tell you about it.

I wouldn't wait for

somebody down the street come by and tell me ah, say, I think it's

two policemen, one in a white shirt and one in a blue shirt.

• Arlie - You ever talk to them?

Baird - No, I have an idea who it was, I don't know.

Arlie ---

---- Was it.

Goddamn, I mean you just

won't talk about it what the hell was that.

Baird - Well, I tell you it was a long story, but.

Arlie - Goddamn I can't help you if you ain't poing to

help me, shit.

I mean I ain't asking you to help me I mean I

said something I shouldn't, what the hell was he going in there for.

_- - oh shit, forget about it goddamn it just like I said I want

out of this damn city of Louisville - I want out of the

police

department, I want out of the whole (obscene) ----

I don't

want no son-of-a-bitch ever to come up to me and say -

I will get the (obscene) in his teeth.

Baird ÷ I don't blame you Arlie, I would too.

Arlie - And I've got three little kids in there. I'd

take a million dollars a piece

for and

•I don't want no son-of-a-bitch

(obscene) up.

Baird - That's right. Well Arlle here's the thing about

- and I think It's about to end.

but.

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" в по доі

• Arlie

-- I wish they'a get off my (obscene)

ass. Like that (obscene) little obscene) -----

Baird - Who Moore (phonetic)?

Arlie - I don't know what the

name was.

Baird - Yeah, It's Moore

Arlie

_ with everybody else and most men have

that they treat everybody like they're gentlemen.

And every man

or every woman if she's a female I feel like she's a lady, and

I ignore everything

I can and I back off.

But when some start

(obscene) on me there's going to be blood and it ain't going to be

blood blood because

that son-of-a-bitch will want to kill you.

Baird - He's allergic to his own blood ain't he. Arlie

here's the thing about it,.

you remember you made the statement

to me that one of them

couldn't help it, do you remember that.

Arlie -

__-- I remember you talking about

that and I know one night that you were well perturbed and you

were

well mad, and I don't blame you at all, and it was.talking

about who it might have been then and all that; but you

never.

would say

and I might have said some words that I meant

because I don't recall it, ever mentioning it. I might have.

Baird - Did you make the statement that one of them

couldn't help it?

Arlie - No, I don't remember making a

• statement like

that, because if I made a statement like that I'd admit of

naking that statement:

______- only one guy -_, that would've

been me

and I wouldn't do it.

Baird - Yeah.

Arlie - And you know goddamned good and well that I

wouldn't.

Baird - Yeah, I know you

Arlie - Like

I said, I might have been tanked up and

you might have been hot,

pressing and all that but that old

--.

get my wife and kids away from this

goddamned place and forget about this shit.

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Baird - Arlie there's no reason to do that, none

whatsoever, stay and fight these son-of-a-bitches till hell ireezes

na sten t

over, cause you don't have anything to worry about ano

nothing else.

Arlle - (Laughs): - I know I don't have nothing to worry

about. But goddamn -------.

Baird - Cause the job is going to get better in the

very néar future,

it's going to get damn sight better and you

better believe it. Like I told you Arlie one time you was

best triend I got whether you realize or not, vou're still the

best friend I got down there in that damn police department.

Well there's a couple more that probably equal you but.

Arlie - They don't mean much.

Baird. - Ah, you are the best friend I got. You

probably don't realize

it right now but you are.

So, ah, you stick

with It and ah, you'll make alright -

Side 2 of Tape

Unknown Voice -

seem a little bit redundant -

some of you

Baird - One,

two, three, four.

Testing one, two, three,

lour, testing one, two,

three, four, testing one, two,

three, four.

ones, two, three, four.

Arlie

them things awful hard to pull

Baird - Yeah, once in a

• while on a Sterling (phonetic)

they'll pull off and I guess you're able to do that anyway.

Arlie - Oh yeah.

Baird - The Sterling is the only one like it. Now you

know between Sterling and Melish High (phonetic) I can't tell any

difference.

Arlie - There ain't a hell of a lot of difference.

Baird - It tastes just exactly alike to me.

Arlie - I can tell a little bit, there 1s a little

difference but, ah, I'm going to tell ya too.

You know what the

difference 1s?

Baird - No.

Arlie - Water.

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Baird - Water?

Arlie - Yeah.

Baird - Yeah go ahead.

the

Arlie - I imagine

that if the truth was known they use

same formula.

Baird - But it tastes just exactly alike.

Oh, Blue

Ribbon, to me,

tastes

sweet.

Arlie - Yeah.

Baird - Does it taste sweet to you? I mean women like

that. In my opinion, béer to me, to be good, has got to have a bite

to it, you know.

Arlie - Taste of the hops.

Baird - Yeah.

Arlie - You know what's funny, when you're a kid growing

up you like stuff sweet.

The minute you get older you don't like

stuff sweet you want something bitter.

•You get up to a certain

age you start liking pepsis or cokes.

Which are, cokes reminds a

little on the sweet side.

Pepsi's got a little more of a tang to

it. But then you get to

the point you don't like them.

Now then

you want something that's got kind of a, more of a bitter taste.

Baird - Yeah, like, ah, when I was 21, 22 years old I

had to have a drink and I'd

it with coke or ginger ale or

seven up or something, you know something sweet. And now I want

my yellowstone in water.

Arlie - Yeah.

Baird - I don't want anything sweet. And when I was

a kid I used to drink coffee all the time.

I drank coffee ever

since I was knee high to a duck and I use to put about four, five

teaspoons full of the damn sugar in It.

Arlie - I didn't put sugar in my coffee.

Baird - But now I want just enough sugar in that coffee

to knock that bitter

taste, just maybe, bearly, well between a

half and three quarters of a teaspoon full of

sugar. Just a

little bit not much.

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Arlie -

•---

a lot of . but I always liked

coffee black, but, ah, my wile - usually drink one cup of

coffee every morning for breakfast that's all,

and actually

we don't drink nothing else

But I tell you used to

be up there at home working up there long, 10-12 hour days,

usually 12, you got tired,

oreaklast, set for live-thirty. We started work about six-thirty,

o thiry ange atented work

five-thirty we.used to

seven o'clock when we were suppose to be starting. The first

was that hot, strong coffee

Baird - You know if I was building me another house, you

remember houses like you use to build way back in the country

with oak boards. You'd run them damn things straight up and down,

you know vertical, and then put a slab right over the crack?

Arlie - Yeah.

Baird - I'd like to have one of them damn things with

an over hanging, maybe about two and a half feet, and a great big

rocking chair.

-- tight ---- you know that son-of-a-bitch

would be pretty you know.

Arlie - Yeah.

Baird - But it would cost you a fortune to get that

kind of lumber now you know it.

Arlie - Sure would. I was talking to a guy up there

home, he's still

•at

got à saw mill and a planer, in fact he's got a

----roof, but, ah, the only, the saw mill man I know up

there has got one because, I mean in town I mean there are lumber

companies now.

Baird - Yeah,

they've all got them there.

Arlie - Ah, but this guy I come around there, I was

wanting to buy some,

he built him a little house, of course this

guy made a cabin, heck of nice then, he had a boy that died back

while I was in the high school, heart trouble.

My closest

friend.

They were brothers, two brothers actually, they were so much older

than me and weren't around he wanted to put him in some nice oak

floor and he wanted to know for how much it would cost him for

what he'd need.

And figured out I don't know the - or how

big a house he had but --

___- about 52 or 53. He came over

and said,

well I can get $250 a thousand for the floor. He told

us he don't want pay

__----- for this.

It was just tire, what

you

call tire

sap, we used to

call lü, an inch and a quarter lumber

that we'd knock off the side of the log in getting down to a

square for a tire.

Why rather than cut it all off for a slab,

why I'd just

take off

_---the slab, the log was big enough

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to make the tire but there'd be

enough on the side, actually,

that you'd be wasting.

Then we'd cut off another board there and,

ah, but,

the thing is you've got two saws like that and

you set

them back and forth and you can run your board through

there and it knocks off the two strips on the side.

And that

tire, at that time ran about $50 a thousand and now I imagine it

runs

about $80. That's just rough lumber and that's -- but

if you've got a doggone --

- you'll take that damn stuff

and make yourseli some nace dogrone.

anything you want.

He told

those guys he don't want to pay no $250. So I tell you what 1'11

do -

- no way, he'd take

------ logs and he had

•--/

truck and he said if you bring the logs around to

my mill.

He said I'll cut it up for you and run it through. Tell

you what.

You want $20 a thousand for sawing it he said

pay for $I5. So

- $35 a thousand, of course, a man

brings his own lumber in the mill..

We figure well ----

right. there I'd figure it would take 140 X 300, get me about right

close to 500 pieces of lumber for the house. So you figure that

for a man of like up there most people no money anyhow, but $250

that's $125 which the old man just wouldn't had anyway.

Baird .- Yeah.'

Arlie - But he was able to bring it around there and for

about, well it would cost around $18, $20. It's hard to believe

that doggone

tongue groove flooring.

Do you know what, tongue

groove, I don't know what costs around here but I know what it

costs around at home. Tongue groove oak flooring cost you now.

Baird - No, I don't, "but it's expensive I know that.

Arlie - Last job I had is $350 a thousand.

Baird - $350 a thousand

Arlie - 35¢ a foot.

Baird - That's a lot of money. You know Arlie when I

was a boy we bought rough oak lumber $4 or $5 a hundred. I don't

know just exactly what it was.

Arlie - Well ---- I know back to about that Thursday

nicht at Bovie I can remember 1t selling "ha was $30 a thousand.

tire sap, rough

lumber so, we commonly call it tire sap.

That was

number one grade.

Baird - Yean, -

--__- $3 a hundred. You buy something

1ike that now it didn't cost you a fortune.

Where are you going to

get it?

You know Arlie here

a while back I was doing some work

around the house, and, ah, well it's been several years ago, but I

hit some fur two

by fours, then I sawed one off and I set (possibly

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-ore ts

dishes clanging, Baird says no not yet), one up in the corner of

the house there. Then I went back a couple of weeks later, oh

about a month later I guess, and picked the damn thing, up.

know that damn thing on the

end, a foot up from the ground, it

rotted completely and all that was left there was just a few little

splinters of those hard rings and that was all that was left of

that end.

Now you know when I was a boy we used to see those old

two by fours and you could take one out and throw it out in the

barnyard and that damn thing would lay there for years and it would

curl up and get hard as as a damn piece of steel but it wouldn't rot.

It would lay there and get just as black and just as hard as a, it's

- and all that stuff, it just ah.

•Arlie -

-- which I wanted to see if this brother-

in-law of mine, I told him I thought he was full of shit, but he's

all true force. Up in Last Tennessee, I don't'know, something is

supposed

to be around 70 or 80 miles

out of Kingsport.

supposed to be a boundary of white oak timber.

Four or five

couldn't get it..

I couldn't get that damn shit out of there. Suppose to be first

a group of. white oak timber.

Baird - How many acres is it?.

'Arlie - From what he says there is suppose to be somewhere

in the neighborhood of around 500 acres. That would be a hell

of a lot.

Baird -

- If you could get you some fencing and

fence the damn, put a fence around that and then get you some of

the old razorback hogs and turn them damn things loose and they'll

take care of your damn snakes.

Arlie - No, they say they won't.

Baird - They won't?

Arlie - They said not hogs. Now he said this my brother-

in-law said they was rougher in this area, in this place where we

took timber out of over near.

Baird - Well I mean water falls off the cliff you can two

or three more of you could take his place but a hog would eat a

snake and anything it can get.

Did you know that?

And it don't

make any difference a rattlesnake, copperhead, anything,

water-

moccasin, they'll eat any kind of

a snake they can get.

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Arlie - But they had a place over there along side old

West Virginia. I tell you if you can cut a damn tree down, maybe

halfway up the mountains sometimes closer to the top but when you

none, you

go to chop the son-of-a-bitch - down in the gourds, should do

it. You cut that son-of-a-bitch down he's gone

I mean

fone and

you have to watch ---

_---- because it there's anything for hin

to hit to split open, you don't want him to do that.

He usually

toss with --------- notch of one side and tosses around

the side of the hill at a certain angle and let it go.

And I've

seen them things cut them off and they go down them hills hollering.

I mean it was that damn steep by hell where you had to hang on

with both hands.

And let me tell you I was able to practically

walk up

that damn house out there at that time, and he says 1t's

rougher than that.

Baird - Well I was riding a bus through East Tennessee

one time and, ah, past this cornfield one time and I looked out and

I swear that

thing was on a slope just like that and you could

stand down in the lower row and get the corn off a row below you.

Arlie - Oh, yeah, I done that. (Laughs) But I just wanted

to say, well the funny thing trees are, of course, if there is an

opening on the ground, once the tree gets started it'll run the

coots a long time, the wrong way to get water in there and food

source in

order to get big.

But them white oaks, of course, if

they don't watch the stem what happens your lumber man, on, shit

just a minute, a long time ago they up and the law passed in fact

I think it's

on the books that only ----- they could use the

stays of one half.

cause it --

..

And that's what caused it.

But for a

white oak you couldn't make stays out of that shit if you wanted

to.

That's the crookedest damn bunch of shit I ever seen.

You

can take a white oak, ---- white oak and use ---------- at

the base

and then it'll run straight, it will look

real straight, nice

I don't know how it looks on

making stables, I've never made it on stables out side of grove

timber. None of them guys even tried. They sald you're wasting

your time and I wouldn't doubt it. But you can saw that shit up

& you're

and you can but it in a nice shady spot

where sun can hit it.

See

sun

will draw the boards like it will make them curl and you can

put weights on it and everything else and that damn shit will curl

up, twist up, snarl up.

Baird - Yeah.

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use one==.

• Arlie - You can make a two by four or two by six or

anything else you want to out of white oak, satin rope, boy I'll

tell you what you can do if you don't want

it in the yard where

the sun will hit, that's freshly cut today, and I'll bet you by

the day after tomorrow that thing will be bent at least three

foot.

Baird - Yeah.

Arlie - I don't want that to do that.

Baira - Well here's the thing about it Arlie, it's not as

old as the other. That's the trouble.

and the lightening and everything.. They get tough you know, and,

ah, you take something that grows

20 years and it'll get big but it's not as tough as that other.

123

see you take little trees

out there 150 years in the wind, and the rain, and the storms,

In 20 years, a tree that grows

Arlle - No, white oak might be at least 50 years old.

Baird - At least yeah.

Arlle - Cause the good thing on the white oak I'd say

1s not over I'd

say shit 50 years but it would be a lot more

than that,

real fast -

_- board.

Baird - They grow real slow, real big, real strong.

Arlie - Yeah, you take a pine or a poplar that grows

real fast and a len (phonetic) grows lot faster than a poplar.

Baird - A what?

Arlie - A len (phonetic).

Baird - What's that?

Arlie - It's a, actually it looks like a poplar, a form

of a poplar family I guess.

It's real soft.

We call them len

(phonetic) trees and the tree is a little different than a

poplar.

Most of their -- wood is darker.

Most poplars got a

yellow color to them, but they've got a, orange or kind of a bloody

like color to it.

Actually -- One guy up there bought a

bunch of those and sawed one down and I told him, it might make real

pretty --

_-- Mr. Blair.

He was damned suprised alright.

_ stacked up out there. About three weeks before he

went and hauled it off -----

He said that stuff is

already fallen apart.

You can just take your finger and pinch it

through.

Dad said well I told you. But you could take that len,

(phonetic) you could take a board, say about two by four, two by

six and cut you one about foot and a half, two foot long and you

could took one of them with your bare hand and broke it in hall.

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Baird - You know poplar is a real light but it is strong

and it'll last forever.

Arlie - Poplar makes good weatherboard, good ceiling

and good _a

lot of people use it for shooting on your --

Baird - Well poplar would be hard to find now anymore.

I imagine it would be harder to find.

Arlie - Yeah ----- there's one stand up at home, I guess

about 40 acres of it, and I don't know what become of it

Baird - You know we're talking about Eastern Kentucky.

What they ought to do is plant trees all over the eastern part

of the state.

You know take place of those coal mines.

Arlie -

Baird - You know what they do? They're

suppose to

reseed this stuff

and have been for years. They'll take a damn

airplane and they'll fly over those, what are they, ah, excavated

but cold you know, and they'll take a handfull of seed

and throw

it out

Arlie - They're as bad as those doggone drunk ------

- you know it.

There's no damn way your going to do it.

You're going to have to go out there and plant them son-of-a-bitches.

Damn, I set out about 5000 in one year up there.

But now they

should have been thinned out, my nephew went and thinned a bunch

of them out

--- up

there. I guess they were up around

20 to 20 some feet. But most

---_-__---- part of 1947

part of the 40's.

These southern pine seedlings, the little

rascals, are about this high.

What happened, I went around and

marked,

set them out in rows four foot wide, four foot apart, but

that's

too close.

What you do you set them

out and you let

: them

get up from 6 to 10 years old

wasn't around 6

years later. Ana you're suppose to go around and, of course, if they

all grow, naturally, I mean it would be, you would take out half of

them. You would take out every other one. In other words to

_ What the hell.

By god, you son-of-a-bitch, the next time

you come in drunk I'll whip your ass again. You've got to be real

quiet she's liable to come over here and want to whip my ass.

Move this damn junk out here.

Baird - I'm kind of tired tonight, for some reason

• I dian't do nothing, rode around all.

Arlie - How would like to have a big sandwich of some kina?

Baird - Oh I'm not even hungry.

Arlie - Corn beef ---- be sociable -

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Baird - I'm just not hungry.

Arlie - Ain't got nothing I want.

That one boy of mine,

the oldest of mine, got me kind of worried. Sick the last three

days: can't go to school. My wife

Baird - Sore throat?

Arlie - No he's running a fever.

some of the neighbors

say their kids been sick too. The doctor says there's a virus

going around. Hear this shit all the time virus, virus. That means

them damn son-of-a-bitches don't know what the hell it is causing

It.

Baird - That's right they don't know, don't have any idea.

They've got bacteria pretty well whipped. Virus might be two

or three different things you know.

boom pondi

What they call virus might be

a half a dozen different diseases you know. Well Mr. Blair I guess

Arlie - Head for the housy.

Baird - Head for the housy.

Arlie -

-- that and that

Baird' - That's all right.

Arlie --

-- step on his tail

There's a funny thing about them son-of-a-bitches.

Power is in

comparison to a crop job is lower.

Baird - Well it takes them a lot longer to

Arlie

get the momentum huh?

Baird - Yeah, to build up it's momentum. After It gets

up it's momentum it can go on faster.

Arlie - Oh shit

go faster.

Baird - But a crop for immediate speed and immediate

power he got it.

Shoot when he gets the motor started why he's

got full

power there.

Arlie -

_- won't prove like hell cats.

----; hell cats, during Second World War, It's amazing. Damn,

jets were too damn fast. What was you couldn't get those son-of-

a-bitches .down those doggone valleys.

And them doggone hell cats,

them son-of-a-bitches you could take those bastards down between

roof tops and everything else, damn.

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Baird - Those hell cats are very maneuverable. I imagine

top speed is only about

350.

Arlie -

-- 400.

I don't think It was on the first

one but about 300:

Fact is I believe it's 300 or listed at 320,

that's about absolutely top. But that's the different type engine

you got

there.

Baird - Yeah, probably got a more powerful engine now.

Arlie - But still it's maneuvability to be able to

slow down, to slow down about 90. Well hell 90 miles an hour.

..

Baird - I remember during the Korean War Dukes brought

out

this damn biplane at a top speed of probably 120 miles per hour.

Arlie - At the nost.

Baird - And hell we had those saber jets and see them damn.

biplane machine gun troops with that little biplane and those damn

saber jets all of them didn't fire under 500 miles an hour forward.

Arlie - They'd fire under 300.

Baird - It was tilted faster,, they slide a little biplane

up to about 300 miles an hour.

Arlie -

-___- watch the cockpit and they come in

on you like that and you turn around like that and say well

_-- you turn around and you switch, you start to head off like

a diagonally

and.as quick as he starts moving closer starts getting

in gun range of you

they --------out and he's right back the

opposite way. Well when you get back the opposite way you're

going say 60 or 70 miles an hour and he's doing about 200

miles an hour why hell. Where's he at, oh, he's going yonder.

Baird - He's gone up.

Arlie - That's what it 1s. Yeah, and that was something

else. I'd

just

as soon forget about it.

Baird - You have a rough night last night?

Arlie - It wouldn't have been so bad if, except setting

around waiting for my bed four nours.

That Davis and Stuart.

They

running down there to the shoot.

We're here

now

we

everybody died and they still ain't got theirs.

Anyway this one son-of-a-bitch act the right real smarty. That

son-of-a-bitch said there was a guy around

T

thought it kind of funny.

I seen the guy standing there -------.

Now where he got the (obscene) rifle, I didn't bother and wait and ask

my nephew. Duke, goddamn I don't know what's been wrong with him

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for the last couple weeks. I been drunk. I know what's wrong with

me, but he don't drink, so it can't be that.

I've been pulling

right by that son-of-a-bitch near that goddamned gate before he

stops.

I told him about that shit before.

I said you're going

to get us hurt one of these times like that

and shit. And Davis

and Stuart drove by and here came this loud mouth son-of-a-

bitch been carrying on over there.

So Davis walks up and takes his

rifle to this guy.

Well the ruy didn't offer no resistance or

nothing. Young guy I'd say somewhere in about 25's.

We found

out he was a county policeman which we didn't know that at the

Baird - Yeah, I heard something about that. I didn't

know what happened.

Arlie - Well, here's how this son-of-a-bitch up there was

going to whoop this guys ass.

They were shuffling back, stood back

by my desk and I grabbed the (obscene) by the shirt collar and then

reached and

grabbed him by the ass of the britches, that's exactly

where it's at, and headed for the car with him. Took him on

inside the car

and padded him down and I said your ass

----=---

So I put him in the car in Davidson (phonetic)

County, gonna take this guy and go talk to him

rifle is his or whether he took the rifle away

other punks or what I don't know but I done cot me a piece of

meat

-had no idea what you did. I'd say 35.

Baird - What did you lock up a county policeman or

Arlie - No.

• Baird - Another guy?

Arlie -

_ county policeman.

Now he's one

had rifle, county policeman had the rifle but boy he'd take me off

one

Their car was sitting right out there, the

parked car.

Which he told Davidson County he was driving by when

the shooting was going on, but he stopped and intervened.

crossing the main road, that's

another thing. Like I told Davis

that, I said

___-- better get himself get blood off or get (obscene

up 5000.

If you're off duty.

If you drive along and there's a

lot of hot lead flying around you better get your ass out of the

(obscene way and with the gun

- he's the one that

laid it there, cause he wouldn't have about that.

real highly.

Baird - Yeah, they sure as hell do.

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Arlie - And he was all shook up. I said forget about

It. Why would they want to take a bunch of ours. I said. who for,

well this one guy. I said where did you find out. He said well

ta sa to tare a d

you know where they found out, this guy that knew

him see.

I said

how do you know he's the one

that pushed him.

Well we just know. I

said you just know. I said you can't even tell me let alone to

over there in court and hold up your little right hand and swear

to the fact that this damn guy was up there doing the shooting

--- we didn't see no gaddamned shooting.

Baird - That's right you didn't see him.

Arlie - I said that's the things with these young kids.-

I could fabricate something and leave it go. Down there within a

time we can't call up

a---YOU -- yourself and do it.

The son-of-a-bitch he's still on the muscle when you get there you

get on the muscle ten times at home.

Baird - Yeah.

Arlie - But you pull up and leave that son-of-a-bitch

see the police car coming, look at you coming up,

and then if

there's any guilty partner they're gone. If it's anything very

serious the people that still

live will know who it is, right.

•Baird - Yeah.

Arlie - Therefore, if these people did their

action been taken who the hell would take the warrant.

But if they;

like that son-of-a-bitch over there was shooting at my --

come ------ his boy is involved in it see.

They'd shoot his ass.

I mean something else -----

But

that

- he claims he don't know who's doing the shooting,

and 1 recall real well when 1 was 13 years, no 14 years old a guy

was carrying a sun for my use and I started

carrying one for him.

I knew who he was, of course, my mother and dad never did know that.

But this punk, 53 years old, he's trying to come out and tell me

that his 15 year old boy, which is bigger than I am, he don't know

Now if one of my boys comes in and

tells me daddy someone out there tried to shoot me or did shoot at

him I want to know who did it and if they say I don't know the next

thing I'm going to do is to slap them back end quarter or someplace

and ask them again. Because I remember that old repeat with roing to

school, running in and going out here and around and dating and all

that, getting

involved

and that kind of shit.

lie's at least going

to know a few nicknames or something.

Baird - Yes, that's right.

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Arlie - If the bastard isn't strong enough he'll come

around, your house,

~ two eggs.

You'll know who he

is if you're 15 or 16 years old.

Baird - Yeah, that's right.

• Arlie - But you try tell some of these kids like Davis

and Kenneth, or

ah Stuart, Roger, oh, he's way out anyway. Well,

I sure appreciate it sir.

Baird - Good luck Mr. Blair, and we'll see you later.

Arlie - That damn thing here is about ready to fall

apart.

fall apart

Baird -

The following is an examination of this tape by

the Technical Services Division of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation:

Because the HSCA tape was provided for only a

brief period of time, only limited examination of the tape

could be conducted.

The following sets forth results of

examination of the

HSCA tape and technical analysis of the

copy of the tape produced at FBI Headquarters:

Physical inspection of the HSCA tape revealed it

to be standard 1/4-inch wide magnetic tape on a standard

5-inch diameter clear plastic reel. Into the plastic of the

reel was scratched "BFB 1 4-5-77."

The tape had the appearance

of standard 1/2 mil (1 mil = .001 inch) thickness. A measured

playback time of approximately 59.5 minutes at 3 3/4 inches per

second

supports the assumption that the tape is standard 1/2

mil thick.

The tape backing was polyester plastic and no

unusual visual characteristics or coloration of the oxide

were noted.

In summary, the reel of tape furnished appeared to

be commonly available standard tape and of a length within

the expected tolerances of tape manufacturers. This type

of tape would have been available in 1965.

Development of the magnetic patterns on the

beginning of the HSCA tape revealed that it was recorded .

in a 1/2-track configuration, that is, the recorded infor-

mation covers 1/2 the width of the tape.

This is a

standard tape recording configuration.

For the purposes of

convention, the recording of the pertinent conversation will

be referred to as "side l."

There is present on the tape a

second "side" (designated

as "side 2") which is a second

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track of recorded information. This information is recorded

backwards relative to side l, indicating the recorder used

was probably 1/2 track monaural.

This again is a standard

recorder configuration and recorders of this type would have

been common in or around 1965.

As indicated previously, the playback time of the

tape at standard 3 3/4 inches per

second speed was measured

to be approximately 59.5 minutes.

The recorded information

on side l and 2 is, however, of substantially shorter duration.

The recordings have the effect of continuously slowing down

causing the voices to drop in pitch and requiring constant

upward speed adjustment of the playback recorder to normalize

the speech.

The observed effect is however opposite to that

which normally occurs when batteries grow weak on battery-

operated recorders.

There might be other explanations for

this effect based upon mechanical considerations of the recorder

transport mechanism but exact cause cannot be determined with-

out specific knowledge of the type of recorder used.

Speed-

correction of the recording revealed that the side 1 recording

was approximately 34 minutes duration.

the conversation on

side I ran off the end of the tape.

The side 2 recording was

measured at approximately 34 1/2 minutes duration and the

conversation terminated prior to the end of the tape.

The following additional information is provided

concerning specific items of interest:

1) Nothing unusual about the physical characteristic.

i the Hsca tape to indicate the age of the recording was

observed.

Some oxide was missing from the very end of the

tape which usually indicates the tape has been used to a con-

siderable extent. It is entirely possible that the tape could

have been used to record a conversation in 1965.

2) There is no clear indication of whether the SCA

tape was an original or a copy. This kind of determination

is dependent upon availability of the recorder used to make

the recording as well as further detailed study of the HSCA

3) The acoustic characteristics of the recording

(reverberation, enhanced low frequency components to the

voices,

extraneous noises) indicate the recording could have

been made in an automobile or other vehicle. •If a remote

microphone was used, it would not be necessary that the

recorder

itself be in the passenger compartment.

At approxi-

mately 21 minutes 23 seconds into side 1, the recording

• indicates Blair to be returning to the vehicle. The sound

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of the vehicle door slamming shut behind him is audible.

Little

other vehicular traitic 1s evident on side .

At

5 minutes 4 seconds a passing vehicle is audible, at s

ninutes 55 seconds a sound similar to squealing tires is

present and at 6 minutes 35 seconds a seriès of distant

explosions is audible to which Baird comments "Backfires."

The side 2 recording was made in an environment

similar to side 1. On side 2 considerable more extraneous

noise is evident.

At 1 minute 3 seconds, 2 minutes 48 seconds

and at 5 minutes

13 seconds traffic is heard to pass.

25 minutes 36 seconds and again at 28 minutes, 44 seconds

jet aircraft are audible and quite pronounced, indicating

the véhicle is parked relatively close to an airport. It

should be kept in mind, however, that sides I and 2 are

independent recordings

and could have been made at substantially

different times.

There is, further, no technical indication of

which side, side l or side 2, was recorded first.

4) It is very likely that the "introduction" did

not occur in sequence with the remainder of the side 1

recording. for approximately 8 seconds prior to the "introduction"

the recorder was activated.

Although no voice is audible

there are audible tones present on the recording.

Frequency

measurement of these tones indicate the tape was running slower

than normal speed and

was continuously decreasing in speed

(discussed previously).

Beginning

8 seconds into the recording and con-

tinuing for another 50 seconds (the segment which includes

the"introduction") the tones suddenly shift upward in

frequency and the recording occurs at normal speed. Immediately

following the "introduction", 58 seconds into the recording,

the tones shift downward in frequency discontinuously to a

point comparable to the first 8 seconds of the recording.

The "introduction" begins with an apparent recorder start

transient, a recorder stop transient is evident at the end

of the introduction, but no similar start transient is apparent.

The above suggests that the "introduction" may have been inserted

over the existing recording but a more definitive conclusion on

this point cannot be reached without developing and examining

the magnetic patterns on the HSCA tape.

5-6) The recorder appears to have been activated

manually. Bumping and handling of the microphone is audible

prior to recorder turnoff during the conversations.

This

suggests that the remote switch which activates the recorder

may be incoxporated in the microphone housing. During the

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conversation on side l, the recorder was stopped and started

two occasions, at 14 minutes 40 seconds and again at 21

minutes 10 seconds.

These stops do not occur during the

pertinent conversations.

7) Indications are

that the tape was manually

turned over

to obtain recordings on both sides. No auto-

reverse markings or sensor tape was observed on the HSCA

tape and there is no time relationship between the respective

recordings on side l and 2 to indicate auto-reverse had occurred.

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•Y TO FORM NO. 10

EDITION

"EPMR 181 CFRI 101-11.6

UNITED STATES

G

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Memorandum

:

Mr. CochranJeem

gioc. Dir.

Jep.:AD Adm. 1

Dep. AM Inv.

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv..

Ext. Affairs

Fin. &"Pers.

Gen. Inv.

Ident. -

Intell.

Legal Coun.

Plon. & Insp

Spec. Iny

Training -

Telephone Rm.

Director's Sec'y —

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TO

DATE: 6/7/77

SUBJECT: MURKIN

1

Mr. Fehl

- Mr. Helterhoff

- Mr. Lawn

- Mr. Peelman

see 34227

- Mr. Cochran

1

- Mr. Campbell

1

- Mr. Killion

N° Reference memo J. S. Peelman to Mr. Fehl

May 4, 1977.

PURPOSE:

$988

To set forth results of examination of

a magnetic

tape furnished the Bureau by Mr. James Chenowich House

Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA).

SYNOPSIS:

6217290-25744

• technical evaluation of a Bureau produced

of a tape recording furnished by the HSCA in connection

with the Martin Luther King, Jr., assassination was conducted.

Analyzed, characteristics of the copy and inspection of the

HSCA tape indicate the tape and recording method are consistent

with those known to have been employed in 1965. It is possible

the tape could have been made at that time as alleged, however,

no specific indication of a recording date is apparent.

Other details of the examination are set forth.

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Memorandum W. D. Campbell to Mr. Cochran

RE:

MURKIN

DETAILS:

On 4/29/77 Mr. James Chenowich, HSCA furnished a

reel of magnetic tape for reproduction by the FBI. A direct

copy of this tape was made the same day in the presence of

Mr. Chenowich and SA John C. Lawn. Leader tape was attached

to both ends of the HSCA recording to ensure reproduction of

the entire tape. Upon completion of the reproduction, the

leader tape was removed and the tape was returned to Mr.

Chenowich in its original condition.

Because the HSCA tape was provided for only a

brief period of time, only limited examination of the tape

could be conducted.

The following sets forth results of

examination of the HSCA tape and technical analysis of the

copy of the tape produced at FBIHQ:

Physical inspection of the HSCA tape revealed it

to be standard 1/4-inch wide magnetic tape on a. standard 5-inch

diameter clear

plastic reel.

Into the plastic of the reel

was scratched "BFB 1 4-5-77." The tape had-the

appearance of standard 1/2 mil (1 mil = 001 inch) thickness.

A measured playback time of approximately 59.5 minutes at

3 3/4 inches per second supports the assumption that the

tape is standard 1/2 mil thick.

The tape backing was polyester

plastic and no unusual visual characteristics or coloration

of the oxide were noted.

In summary, the reel of tape furnished appeared to

be commonly available standard tape and of a length within

the expected tolerances of tape manufacturers. This type

of tape would have been available in 1965.

Development of the magnetic patterns on the

beginning of the HSCA tape revealed that it was recorded

in a 1/2-track configuration, that is, the recorded in-

formation covers 1/2 the width of the

tape.

This is a

standard tape recording configuration.

For the purposes

of convention, the recording of the pertinent conversation

will be referred to

as "side 1."

There is present on the

tape a second "side" (designated as "side 2") which is a

second track of recorded information.

This information

is

recorded backwards relative to side 1, indicating the

recorder used was probably 1/2 track monaural.

This again

is a standard recorder configuration and recorders of this

type would have been common in or around

1965.

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"ii:

Memorandum W. D. Campbell to Mr. Cochran

RE:

MURKIN

As indicated previously, the playback time of the

tape at standard 3: 3/4 inches per

second speed was measured

to be approximately 59.5 minutes.

The recorded information

on side 1 and 2 is, however, of substantially shorter duration.

The recordings have the effect of continuously slowing down

causing the voices to drop in pitch and requiring constant

upward speed adjustment of the playback recorder to normalize

the speech.

The observed effect is however opposite to

that which normally occurs when batteries grow weak on

battery-operated recorders.

There might be other explanations

for this effect based upon mechanical considerations of the

recorder transport mechanism but exact cause cannot be determined

without specific knowledge of the type of recorder used. Speed-

correction of the recording revealed that the side 1 recording

was approximately 34 minutes duration.

The conversation on side 1

ran off the end of the tape. The side 2 recording was measured

at approximately 35 1/2 minutes duration

and the conversation

terminated prior to the end of the tape.

The following additional information is provided

concerning specific items of interest.

1) Nothing unusual

about the physical characteristics

if the HSCA tape to indicate the age of the recording was

observed.

Some oxide was missing from the very end of the

tape which usually indicates

the tape has been used to a con-

siderable extent. It is entirely possible that the tape could

have been used to record a conversation in 1965.

2) There is no clear indication of whether the HSCA

tape was an original or a copy. This kind of determinatior

is dependent upon availability of the recorder used to make

the recording as well as further detailed study of the HSCA

tape.

3) The acoustic characteristics of the recording

(reverberation, enhanced low frequency components to the

voices,

extraneous noises) indicate the recording could have

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Memorandum W.D. Campbell to Mr. Cochran

PE: MURKIN

been made in an automobile or other vehicle. If a remote

microphone was used, it would not be necessary that the

recorder itself be in the passenger compartment: At approxi-

mately 21 minutes 23 seconds into side 1, the recording

indicates Blair to be returning to the vehicle.

The sound

of the vehicle door slamming shut behind him is audible.

Little other vehicular traffic is evident on side I.

5 minutes 4

: seconds a passing vehicle is audible, at

5 minutes. 55 seconds a sound similar to squealing tires

is present and at 6 minutes: 35 seconds a series of distant

explosions is audible to which Baird comments "Backfires."

The side 2 recording was made in an environment

similar to side 1. On side 2 considerably more extraneous

noise is evident..

At 1 minute 3 seconds, 2 minute. 48 seconds

and at 5. minutes 13 seconds traffic is heard to pass.

At

25 minutes. 36 seconds and

again

at 28 minutes, 44 seconds

jet aircraft are audible and quite pronounced, indicating

the vehicle is parked

relatively close to an airport. It

should be kept in mind, however, that sides 1 and 2 are inde-

pendent recordings and

could have been made at substantially

different times.

There is, further, no technica. indication

of which side, side l or side 2, was recorded first.

4) It is very likely that the "introduction" did

not occur in sequence with the remainder of the side 1

recording.

For approximately & seconds prior to the "introduction"

the recorder was activated.: Although no voice is audible

there are audible tones present on the recording. Frequency

measurement of these tones indicate the tape was running

slower than normal speed and was continuously decreasing in

speed (discussed previously).

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Memorandum W. D. Campbell to Mr. Cochran

RE: MURKIN

Beginning 8 seconds into the recording and con-

tinuing for another 50 seconds (the segment which includes

the "introduction".) the tones suddenly shift upward in

frequency and

the recording occurs at normal speed. Immediately

following the "introduction", 58 seconds into the recording,

the tones shift downward in frequency discontinuously to a

point comparable to the first 8 seconds of the recording.

The "introduction" begins with an apparent recorder start

transient, a recorder stop transient is evident at the end

of the introduction, but no similar start transient is

apparent. The above suggests that the "introduction" may

have been inserted over the existing recording but a more

definitive conclusion on this point cannot be reached without

developing and examining the magnetic patterns on the HSCA

tape.

5-6) The recorder appears to have been activated

manually. Bumping and handling of the microphone is audible

prior to recorder turnoff during the conversations. This

suggests that the remote switch which activates the recorder

may be incorporated in the microphone housing.

conversation on side 1, the recorder was stopped and started

on two occasions, at 14 minutes 40 seconds and again at 21

minutes 10 seconds. These stops do not occur during the

pertinent conversations:

7) Indications are that the tape was manually

turned over to obtain recordings on both sides. No auto-

reverse markings or sensor tape was observed on the HSCA

tape and there is no time relationship between the respective

recordings on side l

and 2 to indicate

auto-reverse had

occurred.

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FROM

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MYA FIME LOCORI

À FPMR 141 CFRI 101411.6

•UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

:

Mr. rehi

: J. S. Peelman

DATE:

6/2/77

• Assóc Dir.

Pep. AP Adm. =

Dep. AD Inv. _

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv. =

Crim. Inv.

Fin. & Perso

Ident. -

Intell. -

Laboratory -

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Plan. & Insp. -

SUBJECT: MURKIN

1 - Mr. Held

1

- Mr. Adams

1

- Mr. Fehl

1

1

- Mr. Peelman

- Mr. Lawn

- Mr. Boynton

1 - Mr. Mintz

Training—

Public Affs. 01f.

Trochoro Bey -

PURPOSE: -To-advise: of receipt of information from a Keith

Ernest Lamonica, a News Director of a Seattle radio

station, to the effect that a Raoul Santiago Estejo Martinez I

is the unidentified "Raoul" referred to by James Earl Ray.

Ray has claimed

that "Raoul" was

an international

-gun-runner and

he drove "Raoul" away from the crime scene wholly unaware of .

the killing of King.

62-117290-25743

SYNOPSIS: This case pertains to the assassination of Martin

Luther King on 4/4/68 in Memphis, Tennessee.

James Earl Ray pled

guilty to this murder and presently is

in local confinement. On 6/1/77, Keith Ernest Lamonica, a News

Director of

a Seattle radio station, advised SAC, Seattle,

that he now has developed information indicating that

• "Raoul"

is actually Raoul Santiago Estejo Martinez and that with the

cooperation of Ray's attorney, Lamonica is to meet with Martinez

through an intermediary, Cliff Andrews. Lamonica indicated

when

this information breaks, it will cause considerable

publicity; he has already been contacted by 3 major net-

works and leaves Thursday morning to be interviewed by the

"National Enquirer" in Florida.

He has been interviewed by

the House Select Committee on Assassinations HSCA) ; however,

he did not have the aforementioned information on "Raoul"

during this interview by the HSCA. Martinez reportedly

indicated he will testify if granted immunity.

Lamonica's

purpose in contacting FBI was to express concern for the

safety of his two daughters inasmuch as he heard indirectly

that a New Orleans "hit man" would cause him or his family alot

of trouble if the story breaks.

SAC advised Lamonica of the •

witness protection program and

that he should probably notify

HSCA of his fears.

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Memorandum to Mr.

RE:

MURKIN

Fehl

Our prior investigation never identified the

existence of a "Raoul."

A Task Force of the Office of

Professional Responsibility, U. S. Department of Justice;

recently reviewed our investigation of King and in examining

the allegations re "Raoul," it concluded that "the task

force views the exculpatory content of these varying and

patently self-serving tales to be unbelievable,"

and "we

concluded Ray was lying about the existence of

a 'Raoul'."

Lamonica refers to intermediary, Cliff Andrews,

and although insufficient identifying data exists, there

was one C. H. Andrews who in 19.74, indicated to Ray's attorney

that he had information concerning a conspiracy; however, a

District Attorney General in Memphis and another attorney felt

this was a hoax and upon interview, Andrews denied any knowledge

concerning the King slaying.

RECOMMENDATION:

By memorandum dated 4/28/77, we advised the

Department that in order to

avoid duplication

of investigative effort and the attendant problems between the

EBl and the iscA that could arise in the future, and until the

jurisdiction of this Bureau in these investigations (both the

King and Kennedy cases) is delineated by the Department, the

FBI will refer all allegations

relating to these investigations

to the Department for its consideration as to whether any

investigation is required of the FBI, or whether the Department

desires to furnish these allegations directly to the HSCA.

Accordingly, the Department will be advised of the information

furnished by Lamonica and no investigation will be instituted

uniess specifically requested by the Department.

DETAILS:

SEATTLE TELETYPE:

APPROVED!

Adm. Serve

Lagal Coura

Crim. Inve

Plan, & Inspe

Fin. & Perse

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By teletype dated 6/2/77; the Seattle

Division advised as follows: "At approximately

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Memorandum to Mr. Fehl

RE :

MURKIN

6:45 P.M., PDST, June 1, 1977, SAC Seattle received call

from individual identifying himself as Keith Ernest Lamonica.

Lamonica advised he is News Director with KYYX Radio, 1305 -

3Id Avenue, Seattle, Washington, lel. 682-2828.

Lamonica

identical with Bufile 46-53387, captioned Keith Ernest Lamonica;

Dare Curtis Torno, FAG, 00: seattle. Lamonica described

previous association with Bureau personnel while assigned as

Investigative reporter with WMPS RadiO, Memphis, Tennessee,

and also while working on the Yablonski murder cases in

Knoxville, Tennessee.

Lamonica presently resides 31022 -

48th Avenue SW, Federal Way, Washington.

Lamonica indicated he has been working on captioned

case and although he did not previously believe of the existence

of "Raoul" theory as posed by James Earl Ray, he now has developed

information indicating that "Raoul" is actually Raoul Santiago

Estejo Martinez and that with the cooperation of Ray's

Attorney, Jack Kershaw, he, Lamonica, is to meet with Martinez

through an intermediary, Cliff Andrews, who supposedly served

prison time with Ray.

Lamonica further indicated that when this information

breaks; it will cause considerable publicity and he has already

contacted by three major networks and

leaves Thursday

morning; to be interviewed by the "National Enquirer" at

Lantana, Florida,

from where he will return to Seattle possibly

on Friday.

He said approximately two weekends ago he was

interviewed by two investigators named Moriarty

(PH) , and Gilbert

from the House Select Committee on Assassinations who indicated

they would be subpoenaing Lamonica in the near future. At the

time of this interview lamonica did not have the aforementioned

information on Raoul Martinez. Martinez reportedly

indicated he will testify about captioned case if he can be

granted immunity from prosecution.

Lamonica's purpose in contacting Seattle FBI was to

express concern for the safety of his two daughters, Deborah

Angela, age. 7, and Dana Edna, age 6, who reside with his parents

at 4817 W. Richardson, Pasco, Washington, tel. 547-7935.

Reason for his concern

is that he had heard indirectly that a

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• .

Memorandum to Mr. Fehl

RE:

MURKIN

New Orleans "hit man," Rafael Martinez (no relation to

Raoul Martinez) would cause him or his family alot of trouble

if the story breaks.

He said his new source told him of a

confidential memo believed from Dallas, Texas, Police Department

or Sheriff's Office to New Orleans in which Martinez was

described as a very experienced hit man.

Lamonica advised by SAC of the witness protection.

program and that he should probably notify investigators for

Select Committee of his fears but to check with this office

upon his return this coming Friday.

Above furnished for information of Bureau for referral

to Department. All offices hold

specific leads in abeyance

pending instructions from Bureau.'"

BACKGROUND ON LAMONICA: Bufile 46-53387 reflects.that Lamonica

was the subject of a Fraud Against

the Government case in 1966. Lamonica allegedly was

in the

possession of a first-class radio telephone operator's license

registered to another individual as reported by the Federal

• Communications Commission. Federal prosecution was declined.

BACKGROUND ON "RAOUL.": Ray previously related to Author

William Bradford Huie that "Raoul" was

an international

gun-runner and he drove "Raoul" away from the crime

scene after the murder wholly unaware of the killing of king.

"Pacific News

Service" also préviously reported that Ray

received instructions from "Raoul" in Memphis. Our prior investigation

never identified the existence of a "Raoul."

A Task Force

of the Office of Professional Responsibility, U. S. Department of

Justice, recently reviewed our investigation of King and in

examining the "Raoul" allegations, concluded that "the task

force views the exculpatory content of these varying and

patently self-serving tales to be unbelievable," and "we

concluded Ray was

• lying about the existence of a 'Raoul'."

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Memorandut to Mr. Fehi

RE :

MURKIN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON CLIFF ANDREWS: Lamonica claims he is

to meet with Martinez

through an intermediary, Cliff Andrews. Although insufficient

identifying. data exists

for the purposes of identification, in

1974, one Clifford Holms Andrews had been in contact with

Ray's attorney, Robert Livingston, and indicated his knowledge of,

and involvement in, a conspiracy re this matter.

A District

Attorney General in Memphis and a Memphis attorney, who had been

in contact with Andrews, believed the revelations by Andrews

were a hoax perpetrated

to swindle Livingston of funds.

Andrews

was subsequently interviewed and denied any knowledge of the

King slaying.

RESULTS OF 'FBIHQ INDICES CHECK ON RAOUL SANTIAGO ESTEJO MARTINEZ

AND RAFAEL MARTINEZ - THE ALLEGED "HITMAN."

„Based on available identifying data, no pertinent information

was located in Bufiles concerning the above two individuals.

POLICY RE INVESTIGATING ADDITIONAI. ALLEGATIONS:

By memorandum dated 4/28/77, captioned "House

Select Committee on Assassinations," we advised the Department

that in order to avoid duplication of investigative effort and

the attendant problems between the FBI and the HSCA that

could arise in the future, and until the jurisdiction of this

Bureau in these investigations (both the King and Kennedy

cases) is delineated by the Department, the FBI will refer

all allegations relating to these investigations to the

Department for its consideration as to whether any investigation

is required of the FBI, or whether the Department desires to

furnish these allegations directly to the HSCA. Accordingly,

the information furnished by Lamonica will be furnished to the

Department and no investigation will be conducted unless

specifically requested by the Department. Our appropriate

field offices will be so advised.

is being advised to insure that Lamonica is cognizant of the

specific provisions of the witness protection program, and

to advise him to notify the appropriate local authorities

of the fears he has for his personal safety and that of his

family.

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RECEIVED CALL FROM INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS (X) KEITH

ERNEST LAMONICA (X). LAMONICA ADVISED HE IS NEWS DIRECTOR WITH

KYYX RADIO, 1325 - 3RD AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGION, TEL.

682-2828. CAMONICA IDENTICAL WITH BUFILE 46-53387, CAPTIONED

KEITH ERNESE LAMONICA; DALE CURTIS TORNO, MAG, DO: SEALILEO

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WHILE ASSIGNED AS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER WITH UMPS RADIO,

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, AND ALSO WHILE WORKING ON THE YABLONSKI

MURDER CASES IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. LAMONICA PRESENTLY

RESIDES 31022 - 48TH AVENUE SW, FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON.

LAMONICA INDICATED HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON CAPTIONED CASE

AND ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT PREVIOUS BELIEVE OF THE EXISTENCE OF

"RAOUL" THEORY AS POSED BY JAMES EARL RAY, HE NOW HAS DEVELOPED

INFORMATION INDICATING IHAT"RAOUL" IS ACIUALLY -(X) RAOUL SANTIAGO

ESTEJO MARTINEZ (X), AND THAT WITH THE COOPERATION OF RAY"S

ATTORNEY, JACK KERSHAW, HE, LAMONICA, IS TO MEET WITH MARTINEZ

THROUGK AN INTERMEDIARY (X) CLIFF ANDREWS (X)g. WHO SUPPOSEDLY

SERVED PRISON TIME WITH RAY.

LAMONICA FURTHER INDICATED THAT WHEN THIS INFORMATION BREAKS

IT WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY AND HE HAS ALREADY BEEN

CONTACTED BY THREE MAJOR NETWORKS AND LEAVES THURSDAY MORNING

TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" AT LANTANA, FLORIDA,

FROM WHERE HE WILL RETURN TO SEATTLE POSSIBLY ON FRIDAY. HE SAID

APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKENDS AGO HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY TWO INVESTI-

V GATORS NAMES MORIARIY (PH), AND GILBERT FROM THE HOUSE SELECT

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COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS WHO INDICATED THEY WOULD BE SUBPOENAING

LAMONICA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AT THE TIME OF THIS INTERVIEW

LAMONICA DID NOT HAVE THE AFOREMENTIONED. INFORMATION ON RAOUL

MARTINEZ. MARTINEZ REPORTEDLY INDICATED HE WILL TESTIFY ABOUT

CAPTIONED CASE IF HE CAN BE GRANTED IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION.

LAMONICA'S PURPOSE IN CONTACING SEATTLE FBI WAS TO

EXPRESS CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, DEBORAH

ANGELA AGE 7, AND DANA EDNA AGE 6, WHO RESIDE WITH HIS PARENIS

AT 4817W. RICHARDSON, PASCO, WASHINGION, TEL. 547-7935.

REASON. FOR HIS CONCERN IS THAT HE HAD HEARD INDIRECILY THAT A NEW

ORLEANS "HITMAN" RAFAEL MARTINEZ (NO RELATION TO RAOUL MARTINEZ>

WOLLD CAUSE HIM OR HIS FAMILY A LOT OF TROUBLE IF THE STORY BREAKS.

HE SAID HIS NEW SOURCE TOLD HIM OF A CONFIDENTIAL MEMO

BELIEVED FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, PD OR SO TO NEW ORLEANS IN WHICH

MART INEZ WAS DESCRIBED AS A VERY EXPERIENCED HITMAN.

LAMONICA ADVISED BY SAC OF THE WITNESS PROTECIION PRO-

GRAM AND THAT HE SHOULD PROBABLY NOTIFY INVESTIGATORS FOR SELECT

COMMITTEE OF HIS FEARS BUT TO CHECK WITH THIS OFFICE UPON

HIS RETURN THIS COMING FRIDAY.

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ABOVE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATION OF BUREAU FOR REFERRAL

TO DEPARIMENI. ALL OFFICES HOLD SPECIFIC LEADS IN ABEYANCE

PENDING INSTRUCI IONS FROM BUREAU

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Select CoMmitter oN ASSASSINAtiONS

REBUCAL TO BIRMINGHAM MAY 18, 1977, REQUESTING CONTACT

WITH FORMER BH 1079-PCI, TO DETERMINE IF HE CAN BE IDENIIFIED

TO THE HOUSE ASSASSINATION COMMITTEE (HAC) AS THE SOURCE OF

INFORMATION REGARDING LIBERTO, ET AL.

SOURCE WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR CONTACT MAY 18-3D, 1977. ON

MAY 31, 1977, HE ADVISED SA PATRICK J. MOYNIHAN THAT HE CAN

BE IDENTIFIED TO THE HAC AS THE SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION HE

FURNISHED: HE FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION GRATUITOUSLY:

HE IS DISENCHANTZD WITH THE HAC AND BELIEVES IT IS TOO

POLITICAL. HE HAS NOT TALKED TO THEM (MR. EDDIE EVANS) IN

ABOUT THREE WEEKS. EVANS DESIRES SOURCE TO BE IN TOUCH ELE

PHONICALLY AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK BUT IS NEVER AVAILABLE WHEN

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SOURCE DISAPPROVES OF ALL THE TV PUBLICITY THZ HAC RECEIVED

IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AND MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, A FEW WEEKS

AGO, AND AGAIN BELIEVES THEY ARE "TOO POLITICAL."

THROUGH THE HAC, HE HAS MET MARK LANE.

SOURCE HAS NO

USE FOR LANE AND ARGUED WITH HIM ON THE OCCASION WHEN THEY

MET .

SOURCE HAS CONDUCTED INVESTIGATION HIMSELF IN MEMPHIS,

TENNESSEE, RECENILY. JAMES EARL RAY LEFT BIRMINGHAM MARCH 30,0

1968, AND WENT DIRECTLY TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ON MARCH 3D, 1968.

HE STAYED AT MRS. DEAION*S RMINHOUSE ON PEABODY STREET IN

MEMPHIS, AND SOURCE INTERVIEWED HER APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS

AGO.

SOURCE DEVELOPED A "LIBERTO MAN" WHO SHOWED SOURCE THE

ABOVE ROOMING HOUSE. SOURCE HAS NOT FURNISHED THIS INFORMATION

REGARDING THE DEATON ROOMINGHHOUSE TO HAC SINCE THEY HAVE

NOT BEEN IN RECENT CONTACT WITH HIM.

INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THIS SOURCE IN THE FUTURE WILL

BE RECORDED AT BIRMINGHAM AND FORWARDED IF APPROPRIATE.

AIRMAIL COPPES BZING FURNISHED MEMPHIS AND NEW ORLEANS.

BT.

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ITED STATES GOVERNMENT

memorandum

RIK:mal

FEDERAT GOVERNHENT

SUBJECT:

TO:

-

RUK Robert I. Keuch, Special

Counsel to the Attorney General

Martin Luther King Assassination

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The attached information was provided to me in my

capacity as Special Counsel to the Attorney General. By

separate memorandum I am forwarding a copy of the enclosure

to the Civil Rights Division.

This information should, of course, be placed in the

material available to the House Select Comnittee on Assassina-

tions.

The direction of any further investigative efforts

would, of course, be the responsibility of the Civil Rights

Division.

Enclosure

, PROC

JUN 1

1977

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. 1977

Petite d

44-38861

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

(REV. 7-76)

GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

5010-112

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.=

MAY

1 1977*

Robert I. Keuch, Special

Counsel to the Attorney General

Martin Luther King Assassination

RIK:mal

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The attached information was provided to me in my

capacity as Special Counsel to the Attorney General. BY

separate memorandum I am forwarding a copy of the enclosure

to the Civil Rights Division.

This information should, of course, be placed in the

material available to the House Select Committee on Assassina-

tions. The direction of any further investigative efforts

would, of course, be the responsibility of the Civil Rights

Division.

Encls.

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iT LUNTED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Robert I. Keuch

TO

.:Deputy Special Counsel

to the Attorney General

Martin Luther King Assassination

FROM

Ronald. H. Hoevet

Trial Attorney

Tax Division

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

DATE: May 24, 1977

CRN : RHHoevet :pck

5-41-804

SUBJECT:Martin Luther King Assassination

On April 7, 1977, James Travis Buckley, J.B. Stoner

and

I met in the United States Attorney's office in Jackson,

Mississippi, to complete discovery and work out stipulations

in United States ⅚. James Travis Buckley, Criminal No. J76-

54 (N) .

• On May 14, 1977, Buckley,

an attorney, was convicted

• on five counts of failing to file income tax returns for

1970 through 1974 and three counts of tax evasion for 1970,

1973 and 1974.

During the conversation on April 7, 1977, J.B. Stoner

mentioned that he had recently received

his Federal Bureau

of Investigation file covering 1483 pages under the Freedom

of Information Act.

He stated that the file reveals that

the Federal Bureau of Investigation had bugged his auto

mobile and his telephone:

He mentioned that the F.B.I. had

treated him like Martin Luther King. Stoner. went on

to say

that in 1957 or 1958, he had been approached by the head of

an Alabama Klavern of the Klu Klux. Klan. Stoner said that

everyone knew that this man was an f.B.I. agent.

Stoner

said that this individual offered him $25,000 to hire a

rifleman to kill Martin Luther King. He remarked to me that

he did not mind the F.B.I. killing an individual like Martin

Luther King but he did resent their attempt and the attempt

of the House Committee to pin

the murder on a scapegoat,

James Earl Ray.

(J.B. Stoner had represented James Earl Ray

on his appeal).

J.B. Stoner is one of the leading white supremacists

and anti-Semites in the nation.

He is the president of the

National States' Rights Party and edits a recist newsletter,

Thunderbolt, in Marietta, Georgia.

Special Agent William

Jack Sykes of Jackson, Mississippi, was also present when

Stoner made these comments.

62-117 290-2574

47-38861-0297

ENCLOSURL

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ASSISTANT ATtORNEY GENERAL

• LEGISLATIVE'AFFAIRS

C2294

Appartment of Justire

Mashington, H.O. 20530

May 31, 1977

FEDERAL GOVERNMNE

Qouse

0x 618/77

спря відені)

Honorable Louis Stokes

Chairman

Select Committee on Assassinations

House of Representatives

Washington, D. C. 20515

Dear Mr. Chairman:

on behalf of the Attorney General, I would like to

acknowledge receipt of your letter of May 20, 1977

asking to borrow the FBI's mock-up of the scene of

DI..

Martin Luther King, JI.'s

slaying.

soon.

ne bose is be sandina you e noca detailer sevora,

Sincerely,

15/

Patricia M. Wald

Assistant Attorney General

ST 108

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C22.94

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J, FITHIAN, IND

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.D. House of Representatives

3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

May 20, 1977

DEPT. OF

JUSTICE

ROOM

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. • 20430

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

This letter is to request, on a loan basis, the

transportation to our staff offices of the physical

mock-up of the scene in Memphis where Dr. Martin Luther

King, JI. was assassinated. If this request is granted,

we assure you of the secure custody of this mock-up

in a secure area until such time as you request its

return or we no longer need it, whichever comes first.

Sincerely,

Louis Stokes, M.C.

Chairman

LS: RJL: ek

RECEIVED

MAY 3 1 1977

FEDERAL BU. OF INVI

10)

251|

62-117290

FEDERAL BU. OF INVE

DEPARTMENT OF

MAY 32 9.

O.R.U.M.

OFEICE CE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

AL HICE

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Select Committee on Assassinations

1.D. House of Representatines

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

BRING TI

CODE

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

20430

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TELETYPE

ROUTINE

CLEAR

:

8/17/77

1 - Mr. Held

FM DIRECTOR

1 - Mr. Adams

- Mr. Monahan

TO ATLANTA (ROUTINE)

- Mr. Peelman

- Mr. Foster

BIRMINGHAM (ROUTINE)

- Mr. Aldhizer

- Records Management Div.

CHICAGO (ROUTINE)

- Mr. Mintz (2 - Attn:

Mr. Daly)

LOS ANGELES (ROUTINE)

MIAMI (ROUTINE)

NEW ORLEANS (ROUTINE)

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BAphacpLe TELETYPE

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS; BUREAU DEADLINE

September 23, 1977

THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA) ,

WHICH IS INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATIONS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., HAS REQUESTED ACCESS TO INVESTI-

GATE FILES, OF THE ABOVE FIELD OFFICE TILES CONCERNING OUR

MURKIN INVESIIGATION (ASSASSINATION OF KING) •

• AT A MEETING WITH HSCA OFFICIALS ON AUGUST 16, 1977,

Assoc. Dir. =

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv. -

Crim. Inv. -

Fin. & Pers. —

tell. _

Laboratory.=

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Plan. & Insp. -

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Spec. Inv._

Tech. Servs.-

Training-

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• Telephono Rey.

Director's

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IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR HIS STAFF TO REVIEW ONLY THE

FIRST PAGE OF ANY FIELD OFFICE DOCUMENT WHICH WAS DIRECTED

TO OR RECEIVED FROM FBI HEADQUARTERS OR THE HEMPHIS FIELD

OFFICE (FBIHQ FILES HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND MEMPHIS FILES

ARE CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSED FOR THE HSCA). THIS FIRSI PAGE

WILL PROVIDE THE HSCA A CHRONOLOGICAL, ACCOUNTING OF ALI

SERIATS IN THE FILE: ALL SERIALS NOT DIRECTED TO OR

RECEIVED FROM FBIHQ OR MEMPHIS WOULD HAVE TO BE REVIEWED IN

THEIR ENTIRETY.

THE HSCA ALSO DESIRES TO SEE ALL NOTATIONS IN THESE

FILES UNLESS THE NOTATIONS ARE FOR INDEXING PURPOSES OR

GRAMMATICAL, CORRECTIONS. THEREFORE, IF A FIELD NOTATION

APPEARS IN OTHER THAN THE FIRST PAGE OF A SERIAL THAT

EXISTS IN THE FBIHQ OR MEMPHIS FILE, COPIES OF THAT PAGE

WILL HAVE TO BE REPRODUCED AND FORWARDED TO FBIHQ.

EACH RECIPIENT, EXCEPT MIAMI, USING THE ABOVE CRITERIA,

FURNISH FBIHQ TWO XEROX COPIES OF YOUR MURKIN INVESTIGATIVE FILE.

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PAGE THREE CLEAR

FILES SHOULD REACH FBIHQ BY SEPTEMBER 23, 1977. IF YOUR

FILE CONTAINS ANY EXHIBIT, PHOTOGRAPH OR DOCUENT WHICH CANNOT

BE REPRODUCED, SET FORTH A DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF THAT

ITEM IN THE COVER PAGES OF YOUR COMHUNICATION TRANSHITTING

THE FILES TO FBIHQ.

ALL COPIES SUBMITTED SHOULD BE CLEARLY LEGIBLE AND

SHOULD BE SENT REGISTERED MAIL, HARKED IO THE ATTENTION OF

THE CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY UNII, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION.

ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE RESOLVED BY CONTACIING SUPERVISOR

J. I. ALDHIZER, EXTENSION 3685.

SINCE MIAMI PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED A COPY OF ITS MURKIN

FILE DURING REVIEW OF THE KING CASE BY THE DEPARIMENT OF

JUSTICE TASK FORCE, IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO REPRODUCE

YOUR FILES IN LINE WITH THE ABOVE. HOWEVER, FILES SHOULD

BE REVIEWED FOR PAGES NOT PREVIOUSLY FORWARDED FBIHQ

WHICH MAY CONTAIN NOTATIONS. ADVISE FBIHQ RESULTS OF YOUR

REVIEW, FURNISHING TWO COPIES OF ANY PAGE CONTAINING NOTATION

AND CLEARLY IDENTIFYING SERIAL INVOLVED.

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PAGE FOUR CLEAR

NOTE: By teletype dated 8/10/77, captioned "Harold Weisberg

V. U. S. Department of Justice (USDC), D.C. (Civil Actior

No. 75-1996), Freedom of Information Act Matter, Bureau

FOI-PA purposes

however, did not require serialization accounting and the

field was instructed to include only documents not directed

to or received from FBIHQ and Memphis.

Recipients of this teletype have been contacted

telephonically in an effort to coordinate these two projects

involving the MURKIN files.

Offices in question were determined by the HSCA to

be key offices in the MURKIN investigation.

By letter

dated. 7/28/77, the HSCA requested field office files with

the exception

of chicago and St. Louis, which were added

at the conference on 8/16/77. Field office files involved

consist of approximately 150 sections and 12,500 serials.

At the meeting on 8/16/77, HSCA officials desired

that the Congressional Inquiry Unit (CIU) review all incoming

field office serials and check each against the FBIHQ and

Memphis files to insure that all communications were

actually received and filed. This request was rejected and

a compromise was reached whereby the CIU will check a small

random sampling of field serials to verify their

existence in either the FBIH@ or Memphis file.

Meeting on 8/16/77, at the HSCA office was attended

by Mr. Blakey and Robert Lehner of the HSCA; D. O. Coulson

of the Legal Counsel Division and J. T. Aldhizer of the CIU.

In adaition, this matter was coordinated on 8/17/77, with

Robert Keuch, Special Counsel to the Attorney General, who

is conducting liaison with the HSCA for the Department of

Justice.

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*LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAI

RICHARDSON PREYER, 'N'C.

SAMUEL

bEVINES, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, P.C.

STEWAR: B/MCKINNEY, CONN.

YVONNE BRÁTHWAITE 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.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinationg

E1.5, Iouse/f Hepresentatitues

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

June 8, 1977

5

Dear Mr. Kelley:

MANTRAT. MOYFANHENE

As you are aware, I have received a number of investigative

summaries on staff personnel of my Committee. These have been

extremely helpful. However, the information contained in four of

the summaries is of such a nature that I feel it prudent and proper

to review as much additional supporting data as might be readily

available in order to render a fair and balanced judgment in these

cases. In effect, the summaries do reflect somewhat noteworthy

comments by certain acquaintances, and it is quite important to

determine whether there is an offsetting information which would

serve to place the cases in better perspective from a security standpoint.

11259

In view of the above, I would be most appreciative if you would

furnish me, at your earliest convenience, with additional investigative

details on the following individuals:

Claire Louise Brown

Born: November.11, 1947, Atlanta, Ga.

Stephen James Fallis

Born: November 7, 1942, Oceanside, N. Y.

Jacqueline Hess

Born: June 20, 1951, Baltimore, Md.

Robert Karl Tanenbaum

Born: December 17, 1942, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Sincerely,

+1-1178-98-2544

61-12769

SONAHUNI COPY FILED

REC-105

ENCLOSURE

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JUL 217 1577

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Louis Stokes

Chairman

The Honorable Clarence M. Kelley

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations

J. Edgar Hoover Building

20535

SEP

W• 1

1977

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MODERAL GOVERNIENE

Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Director, FBI

July 15:, 1977

1 - Mr. Peelman

1 - Mr. Lawr

& - Mr. Mintz

Mr. Daly)

HOUSE SELECT COMMITIEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ESCA)

Reference is made to the letter from u.S. Nee

congressman Louis stokes, chairman, fstA, dated June 16, 191%,

which was received on dune 24, 1911 We are hereby responding

to the letter from U.S. Congressman Stokes which requested

access to all material in the possession of the FBI which

relates to James

Earl Ray's escapes and attempted escapes

from prisons.

to this HSCA request.

Enclosed are two copies of a memorandum which responds

It is requested you furnish a copy of

the enclosed memorandum to the HSCA.

Enclosures - 2

1 - Office of Legislative Affairs (Enclosure)

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1 - Mr. Peelman

1

- Mr. Lawn

2 - Mr. Mintz

(Attn:

Mr. Daly)

July 15, 1977

RE:

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

JUNE 16, 1977, REQUEST OF HSCA FOR ACCESS

TO ALI MATERIALS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE

FBI RELATING TO JAMES EARL, RAY'S ESCAPES

AND ATTEMPIED ESCAPES FROM PRISONS.

tnis will respond to the letter dated June 16, 1977,

to the Attorney General from U. S. Congressman Louis Stokes,

Chairman, HSCA.

A11 FBI Investigative results of James Earl Ray as a

fugitive, subsequent to his escape from the Missouri State

Penitentiary at veilerson City, Missouri, on April 23, 1967,

were consolidated into the FBI's civil rights assassination

file pertaining to Martin Iuther King, Jx., (44-38861,

abbreviated as the "MURKIN" file) which has already been

available for HSCA access.

All other references retrievable in FBI Headquarters'

files regarding Ray, including information concerning his

escape on June 10, 1977, from the Brushy Mountain State Prison,

Petros, Tennessee, have now been processed and are available

for FSCA access at FBIHQ.

The FBI has no topical index to the other alleged

escapes or attempted escapes mentioned by the ESCA, however,

a thorough revier by personnel of the HSCA of the MURKIN

file, as well as the additional references now processed on

Ray.

will permit the HSCA to retrieve any information contained

Assoe, Dir. =

therein which It considers pertinent to the alleged escape

Dep. AD AdMatters.

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*HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

• NOTE: By letter dated 6/16/77, (received 6/24/77) HSCA

requested access to all materials in the possession of the FBI

relating to James Earl Ray's escapes

and attempted escape's

from prisons.

Aside from information contained in the MURKIN file

and the file regarding Ray's most recent escape (Bufile 88-7.6222),

FBIHQ indices contain no specific information pertaining to

Ray's other alleged escapes or attempted escapes.. All FBIHQ

indices references to Ray under his true name were processed

for HSCA access, and a thorough review of these references and

the MURKIN file

by HSCA personnel will permit it to retrieve

any information it considers pertinent to the alleged escape

matters:

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Select Committee on Assassinations

Ulo. Houge of Representativas

3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDI

INNEXZ

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20515

June 16, 1977

NECEIVED

DEP

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Honorable Griffin Bell

...

Attorney General

JA 24. 1257

U.S. Department of Justice

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Washington, D.C.

20430

OLA

Dear Mr. Bell:

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Pursuant to our investigation of the assassination of

DI. Martin Luther King, JX., we would like to request access

to all materials in the possession of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation which relate to 'James Earl Ray's escapes and

attempted escapes from prisons.

Inis request includes, but should not be limited to,

any information the FBI may possess relating to:

- an attempted ascape on December 15, 1959, while

enroute from the: St. Louis City Jail to the

adjacent courthouse;

-attempted escapes from the Missouri State

Penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri, in

November, 1961, and on March 10, 1966;

an éscape from the Missouri State Penitentiary

on April 23, 1967;

attempted escapes from the Tennessee State Peniten-

tiary at Petros, Tennessee, on May 3, 1971, and •

on February 15, 1972;

- an escape from the Tennessee State Penitentiary

on June 10; 1977-

F2 OF LEGISLATNE EF

Committee, we would appreciate your response at the ::

as this on matter to got are re canno

earliest possible date.

(Eлic-2)

JET 234"

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With best wishes and kind regards, I am

Sincerely,

Louis Stokes, M.C.

Chairman

RL:LS..ek

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Fir. Robert L. Keuch

Director, FBI

MEDERAT GOVERNHENT

touse

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSIMATIONS

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESEMTATIVES (HSCA)

July 25, 1977

1 - Mr. Peelman

1 - Mr. Lawn

1 - Mr. Kelleher (Attn:

Mr. Kilty)

2 - Mr. Mintz

(Attn:

Mr. Daly)

253

Reference Is made to the letter from fir. Louis Stokes,

chairman, AscA, to the Attorney General dated June 2, 1977,

(received on June 24, 1977) which requested copies of the

the

material in possession of the FBI relating to the examinations

of firearms evidence in the Hartin Luther King, Jr., civil

rights assassination investigation.

Enclosed are two copies of a memorandum which responds

to this asce request along with copies of the requested materia

You should furnish a copy of this memorandum and the enclosed

material to the HSCA in order to respond to this HSCA requeste

Enclosures - 3

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1 - Mr. Peelman

1 - Mr. Lawn

1 - Mr. Kelleher (Attn:

Mr.

Kilty)

2 - Mr. Mintz (Attn:

Mr. Daly)

July 25, 1977

ATT INFOTTIC! CONTAINILI

HASIN IS UNGLANSNIED

DATE121 45S вкрасти .

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

RE:

JUNE 2, 1977, REQUEST DE HSCA FOR COPIES OF

MATERIAL IN POSSESSION OF THE FBI RELATING

TO EXAMINATIONS OF FIREARMS EVIDENCE.

This will respond to a letter dated Janese, 1977,

(received June 24, 1977) from Mr. Louis Stokes, Chairman,

HSCA,

to the Attorney General of the United States, whach requested

copies of material in possession of the FBI relating

examinations of the firearms evidence in the Martin' guther

KIng, Jr., cIvil rights assassination investigation.

As the HSCA has been previously advised, all

material concerning the firearms examinations relating to

this request is located in the main and bulky exhibit sections

of the Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights assassination

file (abbreviated as the "MURKIN" file) which have already

been available for HSCA access. A thorough review of the

main and bulky exhibit sections of the MURKIN file by HSCA

personnel will permit the HSCA to retrieve for access the

desired information regarding this request.

Enclosed are copies of the specific items requested

in the fiscA request dated dune 2, 1917. It is noted that the

ESCA request indicated that certain material could not be

readily copied, however, suitable copies of all of the

requested material have

been made and these copies should be

sufficient for the purposes of this HSCA request. It is noted

that rather than furnishing the original negatives as

Assoc Dir specifled in Item II., D. and E., photographic enlargements of

Dep. AD Anthese negatives are being furnished (see Item 1i., G.= 5. and

Asst. Dir.:

Dep. ADly these photographic enlargements should be sufficient for the

Adm. Sow._purposes of this fSch request.

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' HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

NOTE: This responds to a request from the HSCA which requested

copies of material relating to our firearms examination.

ISCA request indicated that certain material could not be

readily copied, however, suitable copies were made of all

requested material which

should be sufficient for the purposes

I the HscA request, and no original evidence is therefor€

being released.

This coordinated with Mr. J. W. Kilty,

Laboratory Division.

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Gelect Committee on Assassinations

M.S. House of Representatives

3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20515

June 2, 1977

JUR 13 10

47-14011

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

The Department of Justice

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TICE

washington, D. C. 20530

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

The Select Committee on Assassinations is assembling

a panel of firearms identification experts to evaluate and

test firearms evidence in the case of the assassination of

Dr. Martin Luther King, JX.

In this connection,. I am requesting that the Federal

Bureau of Investigation furnish to the Committee copies of

all memoranda, reports, documents and material in the posses-

sion of the FBI relating to its examinations of the firearms.

evidence in that case.

While the Committee already has access

to the requested material at the FBI Building, the staff needs

copies of the material to prepare for the Committee tests and

tö furnish to its panel of experts.

With respect to requested material which cannot be

readily copied, such as photographs, the Committee requests

that it receive temporary custody of such material while the

evaluation and testing is in progress by the Committee's panel

of experts.

Attached please find an inventory of materials in the

possession of the FBI, relating to the Bureau's examinations

of firearms evidence in the case of the assassination of Dr.

King.

The asterisks denote material which cannot be readily

copied.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

serely,

Robert, Zeuch

7-25-77

LOUIS STOKES

Chairman

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INVENTORY DE MATERIAIS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE EBI

RELATING TO ITS LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS

OF FIREARMS EVIDENCE

I. FBI Laboratory Report, dated 4/29/68, concerning

"MURKIN Firearms - Microscopic - Document - Engineering

- Fingerprint - Miscellaneous - Spectrographic"

(contained in 44-38861-5920, Bulky Folder #1,

Correspondence file #4)

A. 2 page typed report on spectrographic/NAA

findings;

B. I page handwritten laboratory worksheet;

C. 4 page list of evidence (Q1-Q68), "Delivered

Apxil 5, 1968 by SA Robert Fitzpatrick, Memphis

Office";

D. 3 pages of handwritten notes - results of

spectroscopy (different from

I-A, above);

E.. 2 pages from legal pad with handwritten notes

concerning NAA Of 04-08, 064.

II. Manila envelope marked "44-38861-1256" (contained

in 44-38861-1256 EBF) .

*

A.

2 - 8" x 10" black & white photographs of the

Q64

bullet (enlarged);

B.

3 white cardboard caras with bullet holes, in

clear plastic envelopes,

marked:

"Test #1 - Q2

"rest

$2

22

'25 yas"

25

yds"

"Iest

#3 - 02 25 yas"

c. .

3 pieces photographic-type paper, with bullet

holes, marked:

"TOp - 25 yas - FBI Range - Quantico"

"'COP

- 205'

- FBI Range - Quantico"

"rop

- 205' - FBI Range - Quantico"

(Note: II B & C, above, are presumably the

targets used in testing the accuracy of the

scope mounted on the 02 rifle.)

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D.

E.

F.

White envelope with extensive handwriting on

Exont, containing 2 negatives of microscopic

photographs, one labelled "Q3 KI PC-A5498BX";

White envelope marked "953 - Q179 44-38861 BX".

containing

5 negatives of microphotographs of

extractor, firing pin, and other macks left

on cartridge;

Legal-size manila folder marked "Neutron

Activation

Analysis PC-A5498 MURKIN", con-

taining:

1) photostatic copies of documents listed

under (I) B; C, &

. E, this memo;

2) I legal-size page with handwritten notes

concerning weights of samples of 04-08;

and 0,64, used in examinations;

3)

results of NAA fox 04-08, 064, and "standard"

lead

samples (handwritten notes on 8 pages

from legal pad, 24 photographic-type NAA read-

out cards;

G.

Clear plastic envelope containing:

1) photostatic copy of document listed undex

(I) c, this memo;

2) carbon copy of FBI Laboratory Report con~

cerning Firearms - Toolmarks - Hair - Fiber

- Soil - Document - and Miscellancous

examinations (this is a carbon copy of

pertinent sections of a 4/17/68 Lab Report,

44-38861-1256);

3)

3 FBI Airtels, dated 4/4/68, #1 (2 pages),

#2 (4 pages), $3 (2 pages.) ;

SAC Mamphis to

Director, Atin: Lab; transmitting to Lab via

SA Fitzpatrick firearms and other evidence .

recoveted in Memphis and listed in (I) @;

original of list of evidence

"Delivered

April 5, 1968 by SA Fitzpatrick, Memphis

Office"

, as in (I.) C;

5)

14

pages. ruled letter-size paper with hand-

written notes regarding microscopic laboratory

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examination of the l2 rifle, the binoculars,

the 04-212 cartridges, and the l3 cartriage

case (several

sketches of Q3 showing locations

of marks); with 7 microscopic, split-screen

photographs of extractor, firing pin, and other

marks on l3, compared with those produced

(presumably on a test cartridge) by the e2

rifle (these prints

seem to be identical with

the negatives listed under (II) E, this memo) ;

III.. FBI Memorandum, dated 5/14/68 (contained in FBI

serial 44-38861-5920 Bulky tolder "1, Correspondence

Eile #4), concerning the FBI's test firing of the

I2 rifle to determine the accuracy of the tele-

scopic sight).

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Assistant Attorney General DERAL SOVERNUENT

Criminal Division

Attention:

Mr. Robert I. Keuch

Director, FBI

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

June 9, 1977

1 - Mr. Peelman

i

2

- Mr. Lawn

- Mr. Mintz

(Attn: Mr. Daly)

nel

Enclosed is a copy of a memorandum from Stephen J.

Fallis, Deputy Chief Counsel, ISCA, dated May 13, 1977,

relating to a request for information in possession of the

FBI concerning Morris Davis, Frank Liberto, Vincent Liberto,

Anthony Liberto (listed on enclosed HSCA memorandum as

"Alberto" Liberto; however, belleved should be Anthony

Liberto), Salvatore Ilberto, John Mc Ferren, Otis Humphrey

Moore, and Louis Lomax.

Enclosed are two copies of a memorandum which

• responds to this ascA request.

You may desire to furnish

a copy of this enclosed memorandum to the HSCA in making

your response concerning this request.

Enclosures (3)

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- Mr. Peelman

1

- Mr. Lawn

2 - Mr. Mintz

(Attn: Mr. Daly)

June 9, 1977

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (ASCA)

RE:

MAY 13, 1977 REQUEST OF HSCA FOR INFORMATION

IN POSSESSION OF THE FBI PERLAINING TO HORRIS

DAVIS, FRANK LIBERTO, VINCENT LIBERTO, ANTHONY

LIBERTO,

, SALVATORE LIBERTO, JOHN HE FERREN,

OTIS HUMPHREY MOORE, AND LOUIS LOMAX

This will respond to a May 13, 1977 letter to

the Federal Bureau of Investigation from Stephen J. Fallis,

Deputy Chief Counsel, HSCA, relating to Information in

possession of the FBI concerning Morris Davis, Frank

Liberto, Vincent Iberto, Anthony Liberto (lIsted on the

May 13, 1977 HSCA memorandum as "Alberto" Liberto, however,

belleved should be Anthony Liberto), Salvatore Liberto,

John He ferren, Otis Humphrey Moore, and Louis Lomax.

Morris Davis previously furnished

information

to the FBI concerning the assassination öf Martin Luther

King, Ji., on a confidential basis and this information

1s contained in the FBI's civil rights assassination file

pertaining to King (44-38861, abbreviated as the "MURKIN"

file) which has already been

available for HSCA access with

the name of lir. Morris protected as the source of this infor

mation.

Based upon this May 13, 1911 request, lix. Morris was

contacted and on May 31, 197%, he advised that he now can be

Identified to the HSCA as the

source of the information.

Accordingly, the name of Mr. Morris has now been included

as the source of the information he furnished which is con

tained In the MURKIN file and Is avallable for ESCA access.

Assoc. Dire—

All references to the other individuals listed

Dep. AD Adh. _

above contained in the MURKIN file have already been avail~

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

able for HSCA access..

A thorough review of this file by

. •Adm. Serv. -

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Crim. Inv.

Fin. & Pors. _

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF RÉPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

In addition, based upon a review of FBI Read-

Indices, all

to there listad individuals in the tea or Br headquarters

has been processed and is now available for HiSlA access at

FBI Headquarters.

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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

NOTE: By memorandum dated 3/9/77,

the HSCA requested

information in possession of the FBI pertaining to the

listed individuals.

Insufficient identifying data was

provided and by memorandum dated 5/13/77, the HSCA fur-

nished available identifying data pertaining to this

request.

The HSCA requested Information pertaining to Morris

Davis who is a former potential criminal informant of the

Birmingham office and who has furnished some information

re MURKIN to the Birmingham office wherein he requested his

Identity be protected.

This information pertains to the

involvement of Frank Liberto, et al. In 1968 we conducted

an extensive investigation concerning Liberto who was employed

at a produce company where a conversation was allegedly over-

heard concerning a threat aginst King prior to his assassination.

All investigation conducted concerning the Liberto matter was

disseminated to the Department and no additional investigation

was requested. Davis subsequently was in contact with the

HSCA direct concerning his information. On 5/31/77 as set

forth in a Birmingham teletype, dated 5/31/77, Davis advised

his name could now be provided to the HSCA as the source of

the information he furnished which is contained in the MURKIN

file.

This responds to this HSCA request advising that

pertinent information is available in the MURKIN file and

in addition, all other pertinent references to the listed

individuals have been processed (making appropriate excisions,

etc.,) and are now available for HSCA access.

The HSCA

initially requested information on Anthony Liberto and

apparently this name was incorrectly transposed by the

HSCA as "Alberto" Liberto in the 5/13/77 request when

the name actually should be Anthony. All responses to

HSCA access are made through Mr. Keuch of the Department

who was appointed by the Attorney General to be Special

Counsel for the Department

in matters re the HSCA.

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LOUIS STORES, OHIO, CHAIRIIAN

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Select Committee on Assa

El.D. House of Giepresentatives

9312 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20515

MEMORANDUM

TO:

Danny U. Coulson, Special Agent

•Federal Bureau of Investigation

FROM:

DATE:

RE:

Select Committee on Assassinations

May 13, 1977

March 9, 1977 Letter of Requests Addressed to

Attorney

General Griffin B. Bell

With respect to request 3-e of the March 9, 1977.

letter, I am forwarding to you additional information rela-

tive to a number of the names listed, which will be of

assistance to the Bureau in identifying those individuals.

1ORRISARAVIS - alviewed by FBI agents of the

Bixminghan office in December of 1976.

Tern.

FRANK LIBERTO - Owner and operator of a wholesale

produce market in Memphis, Tennessee. Interviewed

by FBI agents on April:, 22, 1968.

VINCENIALIBERTO, ALBERTONIBERTO, SALVATORE

BERTO -

Interviewed April 23, 1968 by FBI agents.

JOHN

MO FERREN - A Sonmerville, Tennessee business-

man.

Interviewed by FBI agents

in Memphis, Tennes-*

see on April 11, 1968.

OTIS HUMPHREY, MOORE -- Ex-Army serviceman. Inter-

viewed by FBi agents in Puerto Rico.

VISAS

LOUIS, LOMAX - Journalist for North American Newspaper

Alliance.

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TO THEIR DENIAL OF A REQUEST IN MARCH, 1977 BY THE HOUSE SELECT

COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALL RCMP RECORDS IN

CAPTIONED MATTER, A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED AI CANADIAN EMBASSY,

WASHINGTON, D.C., CONCERNING THE REFUSAL. AFTER' SEVERAL DIS-

CUSSIONS WITH THEIR CANADIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARIMENT, THE

RCMP STATED THEY WOULD CONSIDER ANSWERING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF

DRAFTED BY THE COMMITTEE.

ROMP, OITAWA, ADVISED THAI A LIST OF QUESTIONS HAS BEEN

RECEIVED IN WASHINGION, D.C., AND FROM A CURSORY STUDY THEY

BELIEVE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE IS IN POSSESSION OF MANY ORIGINAL

DOCUMENTS FURNISHED BY RCMP DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. A DETAILED

STUDY WILL BE UNDERTAKEN AS SOON AS THE DOCUMENIS, ARRIVE,

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CAPTIONED

MATTER WAS IN FACT A CRIMINAL MATTER AS CONTRASTED TO

SEC URITY

INVESTIGAT IONS AND MOST OF THESE DOCUMENTS WOULD HAVE

BEEN DISSEMINATED AT THE TIME TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN TENNESSEE.

RCMP WILL MOST PROBABLY REQUEST FBIHQ TO TRACE THE DISSEMINA-

TION OF REPORIS AFTER THEIR STUY IS COMPLETED.

ABOVE INFORMATION IS FOR FBIHQ ONLY AND

A SPECIFIC PROMISE OF

CONF IDENT IAL ITY WAS GIVEN.

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1 - Mr. Adams

1 - Mr. Fehl

1 - Mr. Peelman

May 16, 1977

1 - Mr. Lawn

1 - Mr. Aldhizer

- Legal Counsel Div.

1 - Records Management

Div. (Att: R. C.

Dennis)

Honorable John Melcher

AL GOVERNHENT

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Meicher.

This is to acknowledge receipt of your com-

munication dated May 2, 1977, in which you requested

that results of the FBI's investigation of Martin Luther

King, JI., be made public.

For your information, any decision which

involves the release to the general public of FBI inves-

tigative results in the King investigation, would rest

with the Attorney General.

You may, therefore, wish to

correspond directly with the Attorney General concerning

your request.

There are, however, a number of ways in which

results of our king investigation are publicly available.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, individual requesters

may sgain access to some aspects of our King investigation.

As you are aware, in its final public report, the Senate

Select Committee

To Study Governmental Operations With

Respect Io Intelligence Activities discussed in detail our

The assassination of King is currently

ander reese the fouse select Committee On Assassinations,

which no doubt in the future will release to the public a

report of its findings.

Force, which recently conducted

Lastly, a vepartment of Justice lask

an extensive review of our

King investigation, issued a publicly releasable report.

Copies of thisdocument, stock number 027-000-00487-3, can

be obtained by request through The Superintendent of upcuments;

Assoc. Dir. - U. S. Government Printing Office;

Dep. AD Acm. =

Washington,

Dep. AD Inv. -

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Honorable John Melcher

NOTE :

In April, 1977, Senator Melcher wrote, enclosing

an article from

"The Review of the News", a publication

printed in Belmont, Massachusetts.

This

article supported

the FBI's investigation of King and criticized the Senate

Intelligence Committee for refusing to release the FBI

file on King and his electronic surveillance results.

Melcher did not request a reply, but stated that allegations

not be kept secret.

In response to this letter, we outlined the

basis for our investigation of King.

We stated allegations

of Communist connections have been investigated, with results

furnished appropriate agencies of the Government. Regarding

Melcher's reference to surveillance records, we referred him

to a recent court decision which ordered all

tapes and

documents obtained from our electronic surveillance of King

to be sent to the National Archives and not to be made public

This decision was

rendered in two civil suits filed against the FBI by a former

assistant to King and the Southern Christian Leadership

Conference, which King headed until his death.

In his second letter, Melcher states he is not

requesting actual electronic tapes or other material gathered

during our surveillance of King and his associates.

He asked

that results of our King investigation be made public.

This matter was coordinated with SA R. C. Dennis,

Freedom of Information - Privacy Acts Branch.

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JOHN SELCHER

¿MONTANA,

United States Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

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May 2, 1977

FEDERAL GOVERNENT

The Honorable Clarence M. Kelley

Director

The Federal Bureau of Investigation

U. S. Department of Justice.

Washington, D. C.

20535

Dear Mr. Kelley:

Thank you for your April

26 response to my. letter

about allegations against the late Reverend Martin LU-

I have not requested the actual electronic tapes

or other material gathered during the Federal Bureau of

Investigation's surveillance of Dr. King and his asso-

I am asking that the FBI's analyses of the

investigations, which you say "have been made available

to the Department of Justice and other interested agencies

of the Government" be made public.

1977

I look forward to hearing from you again on the

availability of the investigation results you mentioned

in your letter.

Thank you.

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Assistant Attorney General

Office of Legislative Affairs

Director, FBI

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (HSCA)

1 - Mr. Moore

1 - Mr. Ingram

April 11, 1977

1 - Mr. Peelman

- Mr. Lawn

-

Mr. Cochran

2 - MI.

Mintz (Att:

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Reference is made to your letter dated Maroh

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shich enclosed a letter from U. S. Congressman loul Stole e

shairman, Select Committee On Assassinations, U. S

Representatives, dated March 21, 1977.

The letter front. s.

Congressman Stokes requests access to material in FBI Files

concerning (1) a "CB" broadcast, and (2) FBI laboratory

examinations.

Enclosed are two copies of a memorandum which responds

to this HSCA request.

You may desire to furnish a copy of

this enclosed memorandum to the HSCA in making your response

concerning this request.

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1 - Mr. ( Lawn

1 - Mr. Cochran

-- SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS 2 - Mr. Mintz (Att:

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES(HISCA)

Mr. Daly)

MARCH 21, 1977, REQUEST OF HSCA FOR ACCESS. TO

MATERIAL IN FBI FILES CONCERNING (1) A "CB"

BROADCAST, AND (2) FBI LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS

This will respönd to a March 21, 1977s letter to

the Attorney General from U.S. Congressman Louis stokes,.

following are responses to the specific material requésted:

(1) The FBI contacted the Federal Communieations

Commission (FCC) and it interposes no objection to HSCA

access to the "One box 18" x 12" x I2"wlwhich contains 16 FCC

available for

Martin Luther King, Jr:, abbreviated as the "MURKIN" file.

Regarding the HSCA request for access "to any and

all additional FBI reports and other materials which resulted

from its investigation of this matter," serial 44-38861-5094

contains certain investigativé results into the CB radio

matter and contains an enclosure which is a l6-page report

of the Memphis, Tennessee, Police Department concerning this

matter:

The FBI has contacted the Memphis Police Department

andsit interposes no objection to HSCA access to this police

Assoc. Dir.

report. Accordingly, serial 44-38861-5094, Including the

Dep. AD Adm. _

-Memphis police report, is avallable for HSCA access at FBI

Dap. AD Inv.

Headquarters. It is further noted that the FBI maintains no

Asst. Dir.:

Adm. Serv.-

topical lades and, therefore, 1s unable to readily retrieve

-all references to

previous investigation conducted concerning

Fin. & Pors. the CB allegation. It is noted, however, that all previous

Ident. -

Investigation concerning the CB radio allegation would be

Inspection -

—in the « "MURKIN" fIle.-As you are aware, this Iale has been

_avallable for HSCA access at FBI Headquarters and a thorough

Laborator — review of this file by HSCA personnel will permit the HSCA to

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SELECT COMMITILE ON ASSASSINATIONS

(2) With respect to material requested under this

Item, it should be noted that spectrographic and neutron activation

analyses in this case were conducted on the bullets and not

on the firearms and cartridge casings. All results regarding

examination of those bullets and firearng are contained in main

and bulky exhibit sections of the MURKIll file which has been

made available for ISCA acooss at FBI. Hcadquarters.

Specif-

100115, results of the firearms examination, including labora-

tory notes, are located in 44-38861-1256.

spectrographic and

neutron activation analydes are available in 44-38861-5920

(Bulky Exhibit Folder I, Correspondence File Fumber 4).

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

NOTE: The HSCA has requested access to material in FBI

files concerning an alleged CB broadcast and "false chase"

which immediately followed the assassination of King.

requested information in our files which was obtained from

the FCC. On 3/30/77, Mr. Robert E. Lee, a FCC Commissioner,

this specific material. HSCA has requested access to all

other materials which resulted from this CB investigation

and a Memphis police report was located which contained

investigative results concerning the cB allegation.

4/1/77, the Memphis Division advised that Acting Chief

John Holt, Memphis Police Department, interposed no objection

for HSCA access to this police report.

Information in response

to HSCA regarding laboratory examinations was coordinated with

J.W. Kilty, Scientific and Technical Services Division.

To be delivered by Office of Congressional Affairs.

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Select Committee on Assassinations

ErS. House of Representame wann

3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

March 21, 19.77

• RECEIVED

MAR 2 2 1977

O.L.A.

The Honorable Griffin B. Bell

Attorney General of the United States

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20430

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

Pursuant to our investigation of the assassination

of Dr. Martin Luther King, JI., we would like to request

access to certain materials in the possession of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

56S2F

Specifically, we are interested in reviewing all

reports, worksheets, notes, memoranda, and other documents

and materials in the possession of the FBI which relate

to the following areas:

1) An alleged

'CB' broadcast and "false chase"

which immediately followed the assassination

of Dr. King.

The FBI's "MURKIN" headquarters

file,

serial 44-38861-6002X, makes reference

aside, our that o

to "One box 18" X''12" "X 12"'

which contains 16

FCC computer print out books listing all indi-

viduals

in Tennessee who had registered CB

radios. "

We would appreciate access to this

material, as well as to any and all additional

'BI reports and other materials which yesulted

=rom its investigation of this matter..=/ 890-

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2)

Spectrographic and neutron activation analyses

performed on the firearms, bullets, and cart

ridge casings in this investigation.

The FBI'S

"MURKIN" headquarters file, serial 44-38861-6008,

makes reference to a "Laboratory worksheet con-

taining notes concerning the firearms examination".,

"Laboratory report, worksheet, and notes

containing the results of spectrographic and

) neutron activation examination."

We would appre-

¡ ¡ciate access to these materials, as well as any

9? additional information on this subject.

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In each of these areas, we are requesting access to

pertinent materials outside the FBI "MURKIN" headquarters

files, as well as cites to pertinent serials within that

file.

Because this is a matter of immediate interest to

the Committee, we would appreciate your response on these

matters as soon as possible.

With best wishes and kind regards, I am

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March 22, 1977

Honorable Louis Stokes

Chairman

Select Committee on Assassinations

House of Representatives

Washington, D. C. 20515

Dear Mr. Chairman:

On behalf of the Attorney General, I would like to

acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 21, 1977

concerning the investigation of the assassination of

DI. Martin Luther King, JX.

We will be sending you a more detailed response dealing

with

the issues raised in your letter in the near future.

Sincerely,

Patricia M. Wald

Assistant Attorney General

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert L. Keuch

Director, FBI

July 21, 1977

FEDERAL GOVER BUL

TALL INECTITTO CONCATIED

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (ESCA)

MAILES

1977

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Reference is made to my letter to you dated June 6, 1977, in

the above caption which discussed a report prepared by former Assistant

Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger, Civil Rights Division, pertaining

to the Department's review of FBI files in the investigation or Martin Luther

King, Jr.; and a memorandum of Robert A. Murphy, former Chief,

Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, Which was an enclosure to the

Pottinger report. Our letter pointed out certain inaccuracies in the

Murphy memorandum.

During a conference on July 14, 1977, between representatives

ot this Bureau and MI. Robert L. Keuch of your olfice it was indicated

py Mr. Neuch that in furnishing the Murphy memorandum to the fisca,

it was intended that the Department would advise the ESCA of the

inaccuracies in the Murphy memorandum as claimed by us. There was

raised with Mir. Keuch the matter of two additional inaccuracies lone in

the Murphy memorardum, one in the Pottinger report) and Mr. Keuch

Ladvised that if we submitted in writing our claim of these two additional

naccuracies, he would entertain the suggestion of furnishing that

information to the HSCA:

The two inaccuracies and facts as known to us relating to them

are as follows:

IHAEZLICVIINE

t, ragear 1, page 34, of the Murphy memoranati contains a

statement, "Electronis surveillance of the Convention was-widespread..."

(Democratic Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey,

Assoc. Dir. -

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manner and context in which this statement appears!very strongly imply

Dep. AD Inv. that there was an electronic surveillance (by the FBI) on the floor or

Asst. Dir.:

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elsewhere in the Auditorium whereife Sonvention took place. We know

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Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division

Attention: Mr. Robert I. Leuch

the FBI did have two electronic surveillances in effect in Atlantic City

during the period of the Convention. One was a telephone surveillance

on an individual at a hotel. The other was a microphone surveillance at

a storefront jointly occupied by two organizations. We believe that the

implication of an FBI eloctronic surveillance at the Convention site is

of such serious significance that the facts in this matter should be brought

to the attention of the FISCA in any furnishing to it of the Murphy memorandur.

Pago 9 of the Pottinger report contains a statement, "The files

reflect that the Bureau's action, especially in mailing of the tape,..."

(this refers to a mailing of a tape to the ling household in Atlanta, Georgia).

From all records available at the FBI.there appears to bo no doubt that a

tape was mailed to the ling family. There is no record in our files, nor

has any indivicual come forward with any intormation, to indicate that the

mailing of the tape was an oificial iBl action. father, the indication is

that the mailing of the tage was by an individual who was then an Assistant

Director of the FBI but with no indication it was with the approval of any

higher authority, inchding the late Director, J. Edgar Hoover. We have

previously indicated this position to the Senate Select Committee on

Intelligence Activities (Church Committee) and to the Department. It is

believed that our position relating to the mailing of the tape should ba

made known to the ESCA in the event it is furnished the Pottinger report.

1 ~ Mr. Michael E. Shaheen

Counsol, Office of Professional Responsibility

Department of Justice

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NOTE: Representing the Bureau at meeting with Keuch, 7/14/77, were

Supervisors J. T. Aldhizer, D: Ryan, M. J. Steinbeck, and S. F. Phillips.

S. F. Phillips to Mr. Adams memorandum, 7/15/77, recommended this

communication to the Department, and Mr. Adams, on 1/ 19/77, orally

advised Phillips of agreement with submission of same with request that

this letter be personally approved by Mr. Adams.

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to the Assistant Attorney

General, Criminal Division, Attention: Mr. Robert I. Keuch,

the Bureau discussed a report prepared by former Assistant

Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger, Civil Rights Division,

pertaining to the Department's review of our files in the

King investigation;

and a memorandum of Robert A, Murphy,

Former Chief, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, which

was an enclosure to the Pottinger report.

Our letter

primarily addressed the matter of excisions necessary as the

HSCA had requested access to these documents. However, there

was additionally pointed out in our letter certain inaccuracies

in the Murphy memorandum.

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On 7-14-77 I, along with Supervisors J. T. Aldhizer,

D. Ryan, and M. J. Steinbeck, met with Mr. Keuch in

his office

to discuss the matter of necessary excisions, classification

problems, etc., relating to the Murphy memorandum prior to the

Department's furnishing of it to the HSCA.

of this meeting, I raised with Mr. Keuch

inaccuracies in

the Murphy memorandum which our letter dated

no the the Asce the matter, tor

At the conclusion

6-6-77 detailed.

He advised that in furnishing the Murphy

memorandum to the HSCA he intended to include a recitation of

the inaccuracies as claimed by us. I then raised with him

the matter of two additional inacsuracies (one in

the Murphy

memorandum, one in the Pottinger lepeft) and asked if they

could be included in his recitation to the HSCA. He said

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The two inaccuracies which i address in this memorandun

are, In my estimation, of such substantial substance as to impact

also be brought to the HSCA's attention. They are: a Jul! 'i'll

1 Paragraph 1, Page 34, of the Murphy memorandum

contains a statement,

"Electronic: surveillance of the

Convention was widespread..." (Democratic Convention, Atlantic City,

N. J.)

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-Memorandum to Mr.

Adams

Re: House Select Committee On Assassinations (HSCA)

OBSERVATIONS:

The manner and context in which this statement appears

very strongly implies, indeed some might justifiably claim it

actually says that there was an electronic surveillance (by the

FBI) on the floor or elsewhere in the Auditorium where the

Convention took place.

We know of no such electronic surveillance

by us or anyone else that I am familiar with. True, we had

such surveillances at two other Atlantic City sites

at the time --

one in a hotel and one in a storefront.

It seems to me that

there is a vast difference in terms of impact, any abuse of

power, etc,between such coverage at the Convention site as

opposed to elsewhere in the city. We have been subject to

considerable criticism relating to motivation behind past

acts, some justified, some not so.

Surely we should not be

placed in the position of being vulnerable to completely

unjustifiable criticism which we will surely be if the quoted

statement is furnished to the HSCA without attention being

drawn to its inaccuracies.

(2) Page 9 of the Pottinger report contains a

statement, "The files reflect that the Bureau's action,

especially the mailing of the tape,..."

OBSERVATIONS:

The Bureau has consistently taken the position,

in writing and orally, with the Church Committee and the

Department that the mailing of the tape was not an official

FBI action, or with the approval of Director Hoover.

Our position has been that the mailing of the tape was the

singular action of a Bureau official with no known sanction

and with the unwitting aid of other fBi employees.

It seems

to me that if we have made this claim to others before, we

need to again make it in the context of this report which

is to be disseminated to the HSCA.

In the strongest terms, and with the FBI as the prime

consideration, it is urged that these inaccuracies be brought

to Mr. Keuch's attention in writing.

RECOMMENDATION:

If you agree, the Congressional Inquiry Unit, Special

Investigative Division, will prepare the appropriate correspondence

to the Department

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TED STATES GOVERNMENT

memorandume

DATE:

REPLY TO

ATTNOF: OPR '

June 2, 1977

SUBJECT: Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force Report

TO:

S

1

Clarence M. Kelley, Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Attn: Congressional Inquiry Unit

Special Investigative Division

This will confirm the telephone conversation at

3:30 p.M., this date between S.A. Jay Aldhizer, Congressional

Inquiry Unit, and Joseph F. Gross, JI., of my staff concerning.

Appendix C to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force Report.

It is my understanding that your review and classification

of Appendix C is complete.

But the appendix contains material

relating to sensitive sources which the Bureau would want to

review for excision if the appendix is ever disseminated to

interested parties such as the House Select. Committee on

Assassinations.

33 JUN:

Mr. Gross has also advised me that during the time in

which this additional review may be necessary the Bureau

has agreed to retain custody of the appendix. After this

10 1977

period the appendix is to be returned to this Office.

Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated.

Muld & Shaki,

RETAINEO

Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., Counsel

Office of Professional Responsibility

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FD-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)

FBI

Date:

8/31.76

Transmit the following in

AIRTEL

(Type in plaintext or code)

Via

(Precedence)

TO:

DIRECTOR,

FBI (44-38861)

ATTENTION: DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR INGRAM

INTELLIGENCE DIVISION

FROM:

SUBJECT:

SAC, MIAMI (44-1854) (RUC)

MURKIN

CIVIL RIGHTS

Re Bureau teletype to all SACs dated 7/30/76, and

captioned MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Pursuant to instructions contained in retel, the

Bureau is being furnished herewith one xerox copy each of each

RICHES Contine as the Assassination of a VEN LUTE

KING, JR., Racial Matters file (157-2434), as indicated below:

44-1854 Volume I

Serial 1

- 149

II,

150 - 299

III

300 - 499

500 - 617

618 - 760

IL VI

1157-2434 Volume I

"

=761 = 773

Serials 1 - 72

In aadition,

a review of the exhibits contained

in the MURKIN file disclosed the following IA exhibits:

. 1

2- Bureau (Enc.

27) (RM)

(1-100-106670)

2-Miami

(1-100-15079)

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(4)

RECEIVED 8/24 IN

Approved:

Sent

Special Agent in, Charge

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IA

1

Thermoseal tapes from Prather's Laundry,

Naples,

Fla., 07 4/10/68..

•. (Sent to Bureau 4/16/68).

2

Garber Co. Shipping slip #52360 (enclosed).

3

4.

5.

Artist conception photos of GALT.

Photos.of T-shirt and shorts bearing laundry marks.

Anonymous letter received

by Indianapolis Office

(enclosed).

6

Xerox copies of "foreign trade vessels entering

Miami" 4/4 - 10/68. (enclösed)

7

Xerox copies of list re foreign commerce vessels

departing Miami 4/4 - 10/68 (enclosed).

8

Xerox copies of list of arriving pleasure craft

at Miami, 4/4 - 9/68 (inclosed).

9

Mimeograph copy of foreign destination flights

(enclosed).

10 .

Photo of JAMEs EArI Ray.

11

Photo of JAMES EARL RAY

12

Photo of WALTER. T. RIFE

13

14

15

Photos of WALTER R. RIFE and JAMES RARI, RAY

Photo of JAMES EARL RAY

Eight yellow laundry marking tapes, code 20 R-3

(sent to Lab, 4/23/68.)

16

counter check of Liggetts Drug Store handled by mar

who resembles JAMES EARL RAY (enclosed).

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18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

• Wanted Flyer (JAMES EARL RAY) (Enclosed).

•Photo of JAMES EARL RAY.

Photos of JAMES EARL RAY in Mexico.

Photos of JAMES EARL, RAY in Mexico.

Rental agreement between Craits, Lta. and

MICHEL SI. PIERRE (enclosed).

Rental agreement between Crafts, Lta. and

MICHEL ST. PIERRE (enclosed).

• Credit card invoices of MICHEL ST. PIERRE

on Gulf Credit Card #555,047 067 (enclosed).

Interview 10g, JAMES HARVEY WHITE (enclosed).

Unexecuted Warning and Waiver form for

JAMES HARVEY WHITE (enclosed).

Photos of JAMES

EARL RAY.

Photos of JAMES EARL RAY.

Notes of phone conversation between DONALD

CARPENTER and HAZEL V. PEACOCK, 4/4/68. (enclosed)•-

Photos of laundry markings on bed linen for

JAMES EARL RAY in the Los Angeles area.

Photos of laundry markings on bed linen for

JAMES EARL RAY in the Los Angeles area.

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IA 31

32

33

34

• 35

36

37

38

39

• '40

47

Application for Florida Drivers License (blank)

(enclosed).

Photo of JAMES EARL RAY (with beard).

Photo of JAMES EARL RAY.

Photos of JAMES EARL RAY.

Photos of JAMES EARL RAY in sunglasses.

Photo of JAMES EARL, RAY.

copy of letter to shelby County Sheriff,

Memphis (enclosed).

Signed statement of DONALD LEE MIICHELL (enclosed).

Waiver of rights form (DONALD LEE MITCHELL)

(enclosed) .

Palm prints of KATHRYN HOBSON (enclosed).

Fingerprints of KATHRYN HOBSON (enclosed).

Total of 20 Enclosures.

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