WEISBERG FOIA REQUEST:SEVEN DOS CABLES/KING ASSASSINATION
Agency: CIA
Originator: STAT
Document date: 1/1/68
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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SUBJ: PESENCE OF JAMES EARL RAY IN PORTUGAL

PASS USIA

PARIS FOR LEGAL ATTACHE

DESPITE EXTENSIVE PUBLICITY IN INIERNATIONAL PRESS

OF PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL FOR SOME DAYS IN MAY OF MLLEGED

KILLER OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.

THERE HAS STILL BEEN

NO MENTION IN LOCAL PRESS OF IHIS FACTO

20. NONETMELESS BY LAST WEEKEND INTERNATIONAL PRESS

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AND HAD BEEN JOINED BY FAIRLY LARGE GROUP OF REPS FROM

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRESS, MAGAZINES AND TV SEAKING

DETAILS. INITALLY THESE REPORTERS WERE

BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTY TRACING RAY SNEYD'S ACTIVITIES

DURING HIS STAY AND INABILITY TO FIND ANY SOURCES O

HARD INFO. EVENTUAILY REFORTERS DUG OU! NAME OF LOCAL

HOTEL WHERE RAY,

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WIDER NAME OF SNEYD, HAD BEEN STA'ING

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TO PROVIDE ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOCAL COLOR..

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NOTES CONNECTED WITH 1908 PORTUGAL/US EXTRADITION

TREATY WHICH APPEARS TO FORECLOSE EXTRADITION

TO

US OF PERSON CHARGED WITH CAPITAL CRIME. WE UNDER-

STAND REPORTERS MAY BE BUILDING ON THIS LIMITATION

A SCENARIO BY WHICH AMERICAN AUTHORITJES,

POSSIBLY

INCLUDING EMBASSY, WERE AWARE OF RAY/SNEYD'S PRESENCE

HERE BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE OF EXTRADITION

TREATY PROVISO, INSTEAD WAITING UNTIL HE WAS SOME-

PLACE WHERE SUCH RESTRICTION DID NOT EXIST. ALTHOUGH

EMBOFFS IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DENIED THEY MAD ANY KNOW

LEDGE DURING DATES RAY/SNEYD WAS REPORIEDLY IN PORTUGAL

OF HIS PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL, AND MADE NO COMMENT AFTER

LEARNING OF FACTS FROM FBI REP. WE ARE NOT SURE THESE

DENIALS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN LIGHT OF "ANGLE" RE-

PORTERS HAVE DISCOVERED•

• 4. OTHER ANGLE WAS THAT RAY/SNEYD CAME HERE TO INVESTI

GATE POSSIBILITY OF ENLISTING AS MERCENARY GIVEN ALLEGED

REPUTATION OF LISBON AS CENTER FOR MERCENARY RECRUIT

MENT. WE DO NOT RPT NOT KNOW WHAT RAY/SNEYD MAY HAVE

DONE ALONG THESE LINES NOR DO WE KNOW WHAT REPORTERS

MAY HAVE FILED IN THIS CONNECTION• FONMINISTRY OFFICIAL

TOLD EMBOFF THAT CIRCULATION OF THIS PARTICULAR RUMOR

IN INTERNATIONAL PRESS WAS ONE REASON WHY GOP HAD

• WITHHELD ANY STATEMENT OF FACTS TO PRESS UNTIL

JUNE 12. HE ADDED GOP HAD ALSO WISHED TO GIVE

APPROPRIATE AGENCIES ADEQUATE TIME TO CHECK AVAIL-

ABLE FACTS.

5: FONMINISTRY INFO DIRECTOR CALLED IN LOCAL AND

INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPS JUNE 12. REPORTERS WERE

GIVEN BRIEF FACTUAL ACCOUNT, INCLUDING DATES WHEN

RAY/SNEYD HAD BEEN HERE, ISSUANCE SECOND CANADIAN

PASSPORT BY CANADIAN EMBASSY LISBON, THAT PIDE HAD

BEEN COOPERATING WITH FBI WHICH HAD

SENT REP TO

LISBON TO CHECK INTO RAY/SNEYD'S STAY HERE, THAT

GOP HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HIS STAY HERE AT THAT TIME,

AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES

HERE AS FAR AS AUTHORITIES COULD DETERMINE.

PORIUGUESE REPORTERS APPARENTLY STILL PREVENTED BY

CENSORSHIP FROM PUBLISHING ANY MENTION OF RAY/SNEYD'S

PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL. GP-40 -

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KILLER OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, THERE HAS STILL BEEN

NO MENTION IN LOCAL PRESS OF THIS FACT,

2. NONETHELESS BY LAST WEEKEND INTERNATIONAL PRESS

REPORTERS HERE HAD WIND OF PORTUGUESE ANGLE OF STORY

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NOTES CONNECTED WITH I908 PORTUGAL/US EXIRADITION

TREATY WHICH APPEARS TO FORECLOSE EXTRADITION TO

US OF PERSON CHARGED WITH CAPITAL CRIME. WE UNDER.

STAND REPORTERS MAY BE BUILDING ON THIS LIMITATION

A SCENARIO BY WHICH AMERICAN AUTHORITIES, POSSIBLY

INCLUDING EMBASSY, WERE AWARE OF RAY/SNEYD'S PRESENCE

HERE BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE OF EXTRADITION

TREATY PROVISO, INSTEAD WAITING UNTIL HE WAS SOME

PLACE WHERE SUCH RESTRICTION DID NOT EXIST. ALTHOUGH

EMBOFFS IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DENIED THEY HAD ANY KNOW-

LEDGE DURING DATES RAY/SNEYD WAS REPORIEDLY IN PORTUGAL

OF HIS PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL, AND MADE NO COMMENT AFTER

LEARNING OF FACTS FROM FBI REP, WE ARE NOT SURE THESE

DENIALS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN LIGHT OF "ANGLE" RE-

PORTERS HAVE DISCOVERED.

• 4. OTHER ANGLE WAS THAT RAY/SNEYD CAME HERE TO INVESTI

GATE POSSIBILITY OF ENLISTING AS MERCENARY GIVEN ALLEGED

REPUTATION OF LISBON AS CENTER FOR MERCENARY RECRUIT-

MENT. WE DO NOT RPT NOT KNOW WHAT RAY/SNEYD MAY HAVE

DONE ALONG THESE LINES NOR DO WE KNOW WHAT REPORTERS

MAY HAVE FILED IN THIS CONNECTION. FONMINISIRY OFFICIAL

TOLD EMBOFF THAT CIRCULATION OF THIS PARIICULAR RUMOR

IN INTERNATIONAL PRESS WAS ONE REASON WHY GOP HAD

• WITHHELD ANY STATEMENT OF FACTS TO PRESS UNTIL

JUNE 12. HE ADDED GOP HAD ALSO WISHED TO GIVE

APPROPRIATE AGENCIES ADEQUATE TIME TO CHECK AVAIL-

ABLE FACTS.

5• FONMINISTRY INFO DIRECTOR CALLED IN LOCAL AND

INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPS JUNE 120 REPORTERS WERE

GIVEN BRIEF FACTUAL ACCOUNT, INCLUDING DATES WHEN

RAY/SNEYD HAD BEEN HERE, ISSUANCE SECOND CANADIAN

PASSPORT BY CANADIAN EMBASSY LISBON, THAT PIDE HAD

BEEN COOPERATING WITH FBI WHICH HAD

SENT REP TO

LISBON TO CHECK INTO RAY/SNEYD'S STAY HERE, THAT

GOP HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HIS STAY HERE AT THAT TIME,

AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES

HERE AS FAR AS AUTHORITIES COULD DETERMINE.

PORTUGUESE REPORTERS APPARENTLY STILL PREVENTED BY

CENSORSHIP FROM PUBLISHING ANY MENTION OF RAY/SNEYD'S

PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL. GP-40

WELLMAN

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THE MAGISTRATE OF BOW STREET COURT MR. FRANK MILTON CONVENED

COURT TUESDAY JUNE 18 AT 10:30 AM. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC

PROSECUTION ADVISED THE COURT AT THE OPENING OF THE HEARING

THAT HE HAD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT AS EXTRADITION CHARGES

AGAINST SNEYD WERE PENDING THEY TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER THE

ENGLISH. CHARGES AND THEREFORE REQUESTED THAT SNEYD BE REMANDED

IN CUSTODY FOR THE MAXIMUM PERIOD UNTIL THE EXTRADITION HEARING

WAS CONCLUDED. THE COURT AGREED. THE MAGISIRATE FORMALLY REMANDED

SNEYD ALIAS RAY IN CUSTODY FOR THE MAXIMUM PERIOD. THE MAGISTRATE

STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXTRADITON HEARING. CONCLUDED

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND PREFERABLY WITHIN THE PERIOD THAT RAY

IS REMANDED IN CUSTODY ON THE ENGLISH CHARGES. THE MAGISTRATE

SUGGESTED THE DATE OF THURSDAY, JUNE 27, FOM THE HEARING. BOTH

NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR THE U.S.,

THE HEARING

ROGER FRISBYTO BE HELD ON THE 27TH OF LUNE..

AGREED TO THIS DATE AND THE MAGISIRATE SO ORDERED

NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR THE U.SO,

THEN FORMALLY READ THE

CHARGES QUOTE JAMES EARL RAY, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE DEFENDANT,

SUSPECTED AND ACCUSED OF THE

COMMISSION OF THE CRIME OF MURDER

TO WIT ON 4 APRIL 1968 IN SHELBY COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSRE,

DID UNLAWFULLY, FELONIOUSLY, WILLFULLY,

DELIBERATELY,

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE USA®

RAY, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE DEFENDANT,

CONVICTED OF COMMISSION

•OF THE CRIME OF ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE

TO WIT ON FEBRUARY 19, 1960

WAS SENTENCED FOR THE CRIME OF ROBBERY FIRST DEGREE BY MEANS

OF A DANGEROUS AND DEADLY WEAPON WITHIN THE JURSIDICTION OF

THE USA UNQUOTE

ROGER FRISBY, DEFENSE COUNSEL, WISHED TO MAKE A STATEMENT WHICH

TRo

SNEYD ASKED HIM TO MAKE.

FRISBY REFERRED TO THE JUNE 10

LONDON TIMES HEADLINES WHICH STATED QUOTE U.S. JUSTICE

DEPARIMENT CHIEF INTERVIEWS KING CASE MAN UNQUOTE FRISBY CONTINUED

THAT MR. SNEYD STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INTERVIEWED BY MR. VINSON

NOR ANY OTHER U.S, OFFICIAL. FRISBY ADVISED THAT COUNSEL WAS

AUTHORIZED TO STATE BY CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS BUTLER

METROPOLITAN POLICE -THAT AT NO TIME WAS MR. SNEYD INTERVIEWED

BY MR. VINSON OR ANY OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIAL. MR. NAW, COUNSEL

FOR U.S, CONFIRMED THIS STATEMENI. HEARING ADJOURNED UNTIL

JUNE 27°

IN DISCUSSION WITH MAW PRIOR TO THE HEARING, HE ADVISED EMBASSY

OFFICIAL WHO ALSO PRESENT AT HEARING THAT DEFENSE COUNSEL STATED

OFF THE RECORD REPEAT OFF THE RECORD THAT HIS ONLY ARGUMENT IN

THIS CASE IS ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS A POLITICAL EXTRADITION.

MAW ALSO ADVISED THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL CASE

WOULD BE COMPLETED ON 27TH.

IN ADDITION,

TWO WARRANTS FOR ARREST WERE ISSUED BY THE COURT ON

JUNE 13. COPIES WILL BE FURNISHED DEPT. SOONEST. BRUCE

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THE MAGISTRATE OF BOW STREET COURT MR. FRANK MILTON CONVENED

COURT TUESDAY JUNE 18 AT 10:3D AM.

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC

PROSECUTION ADVISED

• THE COURT AT THE OPENING OF THE HEARING

THAT HE HAD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT AS EXTRADITION CHARGES

AGAINST SNEYD WERE PENDING THEY TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER THE

ENGLISH CHARGES AND THEREFORE REQUESTED THAT SNEYD BE REMANDED

IN CUSTODY FOR THE MAXIMUM PERIOD UNTIL THE EXIRADITION HEARING

WAS CONCLUDED. THE COURT AGREED. THE MAGISTRATE FORMALLY REMANDED

SNEYD ALIAS RAY IN CUSTODY FOR

THE MAXIMUM PERIOD. THE MAGISTRATE

STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXTRADITON HEARING CONCLUDED

AS SOON

AS POSSIBLE AND PREFERABLY WITHIN THE PERIOD THAT RAY

IS REMANDED IN CUSTODY ON THE ENGLISH CHARGES. THE MAGISTRATE

SUGGESTED THE DATE OF THURSDAY, JUNE 27, FOR THE HEARING. BOTH

NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR

AVD DEFENSE COUNSEL,

ROGER FRISBY, AGREED TO THIS DATE AND

THE UL SO THE MAGISIRATE SO ORDERED.

THE HEARING

TO BE MELD ON THE 27TM OF JUNE.

NIGEL GRAHAM MAW, COUNSEL FOR THE U.S., THEN FORMALLY READ THE

CHARGES QUOTE JAMES EARL RAY, HEREINAFTER CALLED THE DEFENDANT,

SUSPECTED AND ACCUSED OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME OF MURDER,

TO WIT ON 4 APRIL 1968 IN SHELBY COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSRE,

DID UNLAWFULLY, FELONIOUSLY, WILLFULLY,

DELIBERATELY,

PREMEDITATELY AND OF HIS MALICE

MUR OF

OCUMENT AS REFERRED TO

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE USA.

CONVICTED OF COMMISSION

WAS SENTENCED FOR THE CRIME OF ROBBERY FIRST DEGREE BY MEANS

OF A DANGEROUS AND DEADLY WEAPON WITHIN THE JURSIDICTION OF

THE USA UNQUOTE

ROGER FRISBY, DEFENSE COUNSEL, WISHED TO MAKE A STATEMENT WHICH

MR. SNEYD ASKED HIM TO MAKE.

FRISBY REFERRED TO THE JUNE 10

LONDON TIMES HEADLINES WHICH STATED QUOTE U.S. JUSTICE

DEPARIMENI CHIEF INTERVIEWS KING CASE MAN UNQUOTE PRISBY CONTINUED

THAT MRO SNYD STAIED THAL HE WAS NOT INIERVIEWED BY MAR VINSON

NOR ANY OTHER U.S,

AUTHORIZED TO STATE BY CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS BUTLER

METROPOLITAN POLICE-THAT AT NO TIME WAS MR. SNEYD INTERVIEWED

BY MR. VINSON OR ANY OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIAL. MR. NAW, COUNSEL

FOR U.S, CONFIRMED THIS STATEMENT. HEARING ADJOURNED UNTIL

JUNE 27°

IN DISCUSSION WITH MAW PRIOR TO THE HEARING, ME ADVISED EMBASSY

OFFICIAL WHO ALSO PRESENT AT HEARING. THAT DEFENSE COUNSEL STATED

OFF THE RECORD REPEAT OFF THE RECORD THAT HIS ONLY ARGUMENT IN

THIS CASE IS ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS A POLITICAL EXTRADITION.

MAW ALSO ADVISED THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL CASE

WOULD BE COMPLETED ON 27TH.

IN ADDITION, TWO WARRANIS FOR ARREST WERE ISSUED BY THE COURT ON

JUNE 13. COPIES WILL BE FURNISHED DEPT. SOONEST. BRUCE

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

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