CABLE ON JAMES EARL RAY TRAVELLING THROUGH EUROPE UNDER NAME RAMON GEORGE SNEYD WITH CANADIAN PASSPORT AND ARRESTED BY SCOTLAND YARD.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 6/8/68
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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1. WE INFORMALLY AWARE AS OF LATE & JUNE YECH FBI REP'S LEAVE

POSTPONED AS FBI HAD LEAD RAY MIGHT BE IN EUROPE, POSSIBLY

ENGLAND.

2. FOLLWING INFO, AMPLIFYING PRESS RELEASE ISSUED WASHINGION

AROUND 1615 HOURS (LONDON TIME) BY ATTORNEY GENERAL CLARK, INFORMALLY

PASSED STATION BY LONDON FBI' REPS 2000 HOURS CLONDON TINÉS & JUNE:

RAY, TRAVELLING UNDER NAME RAMON GEORGE SNEYD WITH CANADIAN. PASSPORIS

ARRIVED LONDON FROM TORONTO 7 MAY. CASHED RETURN AIR TICKET STO TORONTO

FOR LONDON LISBON TICKET. LEFT LONDON FOR LISSON 7 MAY €15 HOURS LATER)

4 JUNE SCOTLAND YARD ISSUED ALL PORTS ALERI ON FBI SUGGESTION. S

JUNE

FBI LEARNED OF FOREGOING MOVEMENTS FROM SCOTLAND YARD BUT AS

OF EARLY 8 JUNE LOCAL FBI BELIEVED SNEYD IN LISSON; FBI SENT

2 REPS THERE.

SNEYD RE-ENTERED U. KO UNNOTICED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. AT 1115

JUNE

HOURS (LONDON TIME; 3 DAY SNEYD NOTICED BY BRITISH SPECIAL BRANCH

OFFICER PASSING THROUGH BRITISY IMMIGRATION LINE AT AIRPORT

PREPARETORY TAKING FLIGHT TO BRUSSELS.

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SNEYD PULLED OUT OF LINE AND FINGER PRINTED. RAY FRINTS (RECIEVED

SOME TIME AGO FROM FBI, BROUGHT TO AIRPORT FROM SCOTLAND YARD.

RAY'S PRINTS MATCHED SNEYD'S. LOCAL FBI CLAIM IDENTIFICATION

CONFIRMED AND CERTAIN.

30 RAY NOW CHARGED UNDER U. KO ALIENS OFFENSE, ENTERING WITH

FRAUDULENI DOCUMENIS, AND CARRYING FULLY LOADED PISTOL (POSSESSION

ARMS WITHOUT AUTHORITYSO WILL APPEAR IN LONDON COURT 1E SUNE TO

ANSWER THOSE CHARGES. MEANIHILE, TENNESSEE AUTHORITIES PREPARING

EXTRADITION REQUEST, PER FIRST DEGREE MURDER INDICTMENI RET-

URNED BY SHELBY COUNTY GRAND JURY AT MEMPHIS, 7 MAY 1S6S.

40 ALL ABOVE AVAILABLE FBI HQS WASH.

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* Hgs, learned from Reuters that Scotland Yard had arrested James Earl Ray.

Querior it Station had no notice of tais:

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