Wheeling, IlJ.

:Lnois

4-1-11-I Chicago

Sub G-26! .

Finally, in November, 1968

James Rayhadbeen
motor vehicle

it becme clear that

Illinois
25, 1967 James

in touchwithhishrotherJeny.
showed that on August

records

Ray using

the name of John L. Ra1m5!t.ransfen'ed his 1962

Plyrrouth to Jerry HO 44-38861-5413! . '1?-.is wasduringthe

period when James Ray was making his way from Canada to
Binoinghan, Alabama. It has cuitinued to be a mystery

as towhyRaywe.nttoAlabama,

howhe traveledthere,

and

wh=.~.reheobtainedtheseveralthousan<ido11arshehadwha&#39;1.
he arrived.

mm, at least one family

member, Jerry,

had lied

tothe1= BIandhadbeccmesubjecttofedera1crimina1c}"arges for aiding a fugitive. fa<:tsbytheBureau. He was never confronted with these Inthetaskforoe i.nterviewofJerry to the Bureau and

Ray, he zxnfinned the__fact that

he had lied

had seen his brother Jamescn several occ:asions._f/ Jerry

denied1mcw:i.nganythinqaboutJanes&#39; travelsorhis of funds lntervieu of Jerry Ray, December 20, 1976, source App. B!.

However, the task force found the credibility

of Jerry&#39;s

1/

&#39;IhetaskforceattarptedtotalktoJamsandJohnRay
butanintervieawasrefusedinbothinstanoes.

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denials to be suspect. and critical

In light of

this low cre-Jibilirj allowed the statute

passage of time which has

of limitationsto rm, e concluded that theI- BI abandoned

a. significant opportunity to obtain answers frcm family

members cmcerning some ofthe inportant questions about

James Earl Ray which still remain.

D. Qritical

Evaluation Of The Assassination Investigation

re ects, there files ckzveloped was a wealth of by the FBI unrder dig up some additional

As this report information in the

investigation. We

have beam able to

data. Q-zly a small part

of any of this information

has

been made a atter of any official

it was embodied in the stipulation agreed

record. Sane of
to by James Earl

Ray and judicially aclmowledged in open

a stated reservation as to agreeing to

court by him with

the wording indicating

i
o i

a Lad: of a conspiracy!.
efforts to get a nae trial.

$c:ne emerged
A quantity

in Ray s
of the

pcst cor:viction
"unofficial" was

evidentiary data

and a great deal

of mis-information

gleanedthe by news media and by trrofessional writers. 1:

is understandable therefore that many suspicims have been

t Z

.3

generated and, because of Justice Department rules against

disclosures of
First, the

raw investigative
task force

files, have

gone unmswered.
that the investi-

has concluded

gation by the FBI to ascertain md capture the uurderer of

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Dr. Phi&#39;t:.&#39;..n hither ltlng, Jr. , wast1-oroughly. nonestly

and mccessfully con-hated. We submit that the fnirute

details ecupactedin this report amplysupport this eonclusion.

At the very cutset of the investigaticm telegrams went to all eld offices of the Bureau instructing the

Special Agentsin Chargeto take personal supervision of

the investigation, to check out all leads in 24 hours, and

noting that they wouldbe held personally responsible.

HQ lalv-38861-153! . The files we reviewed show that this me Bureau sought

directive was oonscientiously followed. first to identify

and locate the murderer using the obvious

leads. They checked out aliases, tracked the trees

mder the Gait alias, and used the knom fingerprints

left
from

them.:r:dm:weaponend the contents oftheblue leit

zipperbag Ibis

on South Main Street to eliminate suspects.

backtracking ended in Atlanta.

At this point the Bureau

initiated a checkof the crime site fingerprints against the white male "wmted fugitive" print file. This produced

the alzmst "instant" discovery that the wanted man, Galt,

was Jenes Earl

Ray, an escapeefrom Missouri State Prison.

In fact the "instant" discoverywas a tedious hand search

started in a file of sane 20.000 prints. mt it took only

twohourstoma1<eamatchis

saidbythe ureauexpertsto

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:1

be largely

sheer luck;

it could

have taken chys. We

accept the explanation that the fingerprint nor-ml next resort after
exhausted. V

tench was a

normal lead procedures were

_ Seccnd,

the task foroe views the evidence pointing

Barlliay as themanwhopurchased shot to be force to conclusive.

totheguilt oJames

the murder gm and who fired

as

the fatal the task

It was possible for

create a well

documented history of James Earl Ray frcm the moment of

his escape to his captureland, in using the investigation

reports in the FBI files and to corroborate and fill in essential details in his letters to with Ray&#39;s own statements author William admissions! From this

Bradford I-Iuie.

chronology, frcm the laboratory proof, and rm: Ray&#39;s

judicial adztlssions it was concluded that he was the assassin pro-

and that he acted alone. We

E

saw no credible evidence

bative of were together

the possibility at the

that Ray and any co-oonspirator u assassination. the trigger Ray&#39;s are so

scene of

assertions that

someoneelse pulled and so varied

patently self-serving

as to be wholly unbeliev-

able. &#39;Ihey become, in fact, a part guilt by self-refutation.

of the evidence of his

lhird, we found
versions! had
F 5

that conspiracy leads _1__i_1Ee_ Ray&#39;s

run down by the I- Bl even

been conscientiously

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though theyhad nopossible relationto Ray&#39;s stories

or to the knownfacts. The results were negative.

Heourxinoevidenceoanyoouplieityr 92d1ep
A *5 92I- HGII

sterile by

supervening events.

By hindsizht the task

force believes Jerry and JohnRay could effectively interrogated further to

have been learn their knowledge,

i:|:&#39; any, ofJames Earl Pay&#39;s plans, his finances and whether
they helped him afterKing&#39;s death.
Finally, headquarter&#39;s reluctance to Division and the Attorney

the task force observed instances of FBI provide the Civil Rights General with timely reports tn For example, press report

the course of the mrrder investigation.

early L1 the Lm:-=-_stigati.r.e1 in e reaetion. to e

of Attorney General Clark&#39;s_ex-pectation of makinga progress

report to the nation, FBI Director Hoover wrote: "We are

not going to

ueke any progress reports" _ l-Q 1:4-38861-1061!. a significant degree of

The Bureau files reflect

disdain for the supervisoryresponsibilities of the Attorney

General and the operating Divisions of the Department. For

example,the Attorney General authorized the institution of

prosecutive acticn
Q

against the suspect "Galt"

Birmingham
con.sul-

t further

cnd Wxauld lose control The Bureau scenario

of the

situation" G-I2-44-38861-l555!. then advising the Attorney

called for

General "that circumstanceshave required the action taken"

We submit that in

this sensitive

case the Departmental

officials in

Washington should have been consulted.

the extradition stage of the

As another exanple, at

case, marked discourtesy was exhibited to the Attorney

General and to Assistant Attorney a telephone discussion with complained of being "kept General Fred Vinson. In the Attorney in the dark", an General who Assistant to

the Director accused the Attorrrey General of falsifications

and "hung up the phone". Again, when Assistant Attorney

Division, nnreover,

should have sufficient control

of the

Bureau : investigations

to insure that the legal necessities

of pleading and proof are mt.

Infaimess tothe ureauithas tobeobserved

l92&#39;l4&#39;u-:11-&#39;Inn f92&#39;F 9-n n W. ZL W&#39;l-1&4: aw mi T92|:|r92nv+r|-unrnr h mi &#39;fr92l:&#39;|ci&#39; &#39;3"- a o U

these perogatives.
in the

We donot think

it effectively

did so

King murder case.

III. I1-E.

S"t.G. RIT&#39;i DN&#39;F..S&#39;1&#39;IGk&#39;i&#39;IUN -

A. 1- BI Surveillance And I-lara_ssme:nt Of Dr. King -

1. Ini_ tiation of ffefctruical 3i.ff_V i1:1. 1&#39;1C_:"7 a

EEPE AJ=1"i5i
h weer to rer~.tr~.-street the gtions taken by

mariners of the FBI toward Dr. King. the task force

scrutinized the basis for the initiation by the Bureau

of any action with respect to Dr. King. wring the revie:

it was revealed Issistmt Director
2 3

that on May 22. 1961,

Hr. Alex Rosen, then Division

of the General Investigative

Division 6!, advised Director Hoover in an information memorandun, per his request on Dr. King and four other
individuals in connection with the "Freedom Riders,"

that "King has not been investigated by the

&#39; r1arIJ&#39;

frun Scatterday to Boson,Hay 22,

19e1, App. A, Ex.

7!.

F v .&#39;3&#39;

Dr. King had only beamgleaned from sporadic reports. and this particular report to the Director was provided by Division 6 which had responsibility for civil rights
matters.

In the beginningof 1962, the FBI started mad

rapidly continued to gravitate toward Dr. King. ne

sequmceof events has already been reported in sane

detail by the Senate Select Cunnittee as well as in the

Robert Plzrphy Report which you received in March, 1976.

Kmnedysuggested consideration of technical surveillance on King md the SCH! l-Q 1 !-1.06670-3631!. Previously,
the bulk of
technical

FBI intelligence
sun-eill.a-.ce of me

on Dr. King was securedby

of his edvisors end free

informants close tohis associates. However, when Attorney

General Kermedywas confronted shortly thereafter with the Director&#39;s request for such surveillances, he reconsidered

his suggestion and denied therequest HQ 100-106670-165,

171!. Attorney General Kennedyas well as several other

Department officials were sincerely concerned with King&#39;s

association with alleged ccxmzunist members since proposed

civil rights legislationweeC1151 veryvulnerable to the

-_a-- ---.-_ J_:92-._--8..-. 5L J-3..--5-J-._ .Bl-5 W :-[E JILLJ-UlLLLl&#39;l$ I-[E U-I-IEUL-LUII U: ~1LLLIB

civil riglts movement.Yet, an affirmative programto

gather intelligence with King as the subject was still

consideredill-advised.
events within the circles of

However,a significant turn of

the FBI hierarchy would soon

reverse the Attorney General&#39;s decision, and without his

knowledge the FBI would also launch an illegal counterintelligence the civil program directed to discredit and neutralize

rights leader. irector i-ioov-er s demeanortoward W. Kinghas been

well publicized and is slmerized below. Certainly, as

the task force determined, this played a vital role in

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FBI affairs,

as did

tne Director&#39;s attitude toward

the

Oommnist Party.
N ||n|92|92_ ll :-L=92-|

Ch August 23, 1963, then Assistant

C. Sullivan,

pursuant to the Director&#39;s request, presented influence by

a seventy-page analysis of exploitation md the Oommnist Party onthe

American Negropopulation since

report and Mr. Sullivan&#39;s

1919 HQ 100-3-116-253K!. This

writiag about oounnism and the American bbgro, we had better

&#39;

1-ansnber this and profit by the

30, 1963. App. A,
-

lesson it should teach us. &#39; Hem

fron Sullivan to Belmont, August &#39;

Ex. 8!.

Even more irrportantly. Mr. Sullivan also said in response to the action that he now believed was

&#39;
_

necessitated in determining ocommist influence in the

civil rights nnvesnent:
"&#39;1 here.fore, it my be unrealistic
to limit ourselves as we have hem

doing to legalistic

stand up in testimony in court or before Congressional ocmnittees that the Coummist Party, USA, does wield

ly oonclusiveevidence that would

proof or definite-

substantial influence over Negroes

which one day could heccmedecisive." iri.-41.} Ihe FBI hierarchy had no written ccm&#39;m?.nt:s on this memorandumeither supporting or negating the Assistant Director : proposed line of action. lhen, in September, 1963, Mt. Sullivan recumamded

"increased oovetage of ocnmmist in uenceon the Negro"

Ohm frun Baurgardner to Sullivan, September 16, 1963,
App. A, Ex. 9!. The Director refused and ocmnented:

I can&#39;t understand how you can so agilely switch your think-

_ ing and evaluation. Just 8 few

weeks ago you oontended that the
Dammist influmce in the racial
and infinmovement was ineffective

itesimal.

This - notw1thstandi.ng

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of specuiiic instances
the field downlwith more
age in spite of
mam depreciating
in racial movement. I

your recent
don&#39;t intmd

C? influmce

towaste time andtnneyuntilyou can make up your minds what the situation really is" idem!

&#39;I_ _i_.L.|___ __. .. ___._ ___ 1.- _92__ J~l&#39;lUI}lI1E&#39;lClIlgq1BCUVBI lIHIIClCD CUBE-XVE

_1_____ n__11.|._i DIILLJ-VII

request, Director hem misled

Hoover also stated, "I memos which of the

have certainly

by previous

clearly showed The We are wasting

cmnunist paietzation attached i.s

racial movement. all that.

contradictory of

manpower and money investigating CP effect in racial

mvanent if the attached is correct" Mam for the Director

frcxn Tolscm, Septarber 18,

1963, App. A, Ex.

10!.

By now the Dcmestic Intelligence Division was

feeling full weight of the Director&#39;s dissatisfaction

with their work product: Mr. Sullivan again replied on

Septeiber 25, 1963, in a hmble manner that Divisirm 5

had failed

in its

:I.nterpretation of otmmnist infiltratim

MamrcmSu1livant.oBe1nnnt, Assistant Director oppor-

in theNegrom:rvement

Septacber 25, 1963, App. A, ER. 11!. The asked the Director&#39;s forgiveness and

requested the

that cmmmist

infiltraticn "has

not reached

the point

of control or dtn:d.natiq1." Ihe Director curtly ooumented

that "Certainly this isnot truewithrespectto the

King comection" idem!. One could now foresee that Dr. King would be closely watched by I- BI personnel.

In October, l963, theDirector forwarded a request

to the Attorney General for technical surveillance of

W. |<.i&#39;.ng&#39;a resic |T1ce BT15 the Su.~""office in lie;

This time the FBI received authorization

1.

&#39;

for technical

surveillance and

it was

instituted almost

immediately.

In addition. the FBI had prepareda new analysis cn

ocmmanist involvement in the Negro movement Comunism

and the Negro

Movement, October16, 1963, App. A, Ex. l2!

written by Assistant

A cover memrandun of this analysis

to the Director
A. Tolson reads:

A.H. Belurmt to Associate Director Clyde

li-1e attached aha1ysi.s of Cc:T: 1 :1.f1i5T1 and the Negro l*bve:nent is highly acplosive. It can be regarded as a personal attack on Martin Iuther There is no doubt it will have a heavy impact on the Attorney

General and anyone else to

dissenrinate it .

whom we

. . &#39; &#39;1is EID 1 &I&#39;92dLIIl

may startle

particularly

the Attorney

association with King, and the act that we are disseminating this out-

in View

of his past

General,

To the latter part, the Director wrote, "Weamt do duty." Hr. Belmnt further said:
"Nevertheless, the memarandzmis 1

oz: -

pg.-.ve_r@ it Qanmnist influence in the Negrounvenent..."

The Director issued his feeling to this position and

added, "I amglad that you recognize at Last that there

exists such influence."

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2. Predicate? for the Sec92zityl .1j:yes_tigatim_

1 I

Ina security

mvestigatim 01:

a II

_.l! I;

uf. nai&#39;1:1n Liiuler lung,

92.l _;_.I_ I4_L___

II.I__

Jr., and the Southern Christian Izadership Conference sctc! 2-as preigted
influence of

on the beliei that

were

under the
States of America King relied

the Gcmn.1nistParty, ihited this belief

CPUSA!. The basis for

was that Dr.

upononeparticuJ.aradvisorwhowastabbedbyt11eFBIasa ra:n1d.ng Ooummist Party member

This characterization

HQ 100-392452-133!.
of the adviser was provided by

sources the Bureau ccnsidered reliable. &#39;1he task force was

privy to this characterization both our file review
and our September 2, 1976, conference with representatives sf the Bureau&#39;s mtelligeng I.!ivi._sioni For seszgity purposes the sources were not fully task force. identified to the

Therefore, the veracity of

the sources and the

characterization are remaining questicns.

The advisor&#39;s relationship to King and the S618

is amply evidenced

in the files and

the task force

concludes that he was a mosttrusted adviser. &#39;Ihe les

are repiete with instances of his comseiing King and his organizatim m matters pertaining to organiraticn,

-121.

finance, political

strategy and

speech writing.

Sane

examplesfollow: &#39;11:: eziso-.-: organiza, in raising society

&#39; F. !.ng&#39;s e pa, .f=.a92.c! organization

-Q 100-106670-47, 48!. Ruiz

undtheSCIwerei.n1argeneasure financedbyooncerts

arranged by this person

HQ 100-106670-30!. He also

1a1tcounse1tol<ingandtheSCLCa1thetaxoonsequences of charitable gifts. strategy, he suggested King take a

Q1 political

public statement

calling for the

appointment of a black

to tbe

Suprem Court cm~1oo-106510-32, 33!. This person

offer from a nude
Kennedy against approaching Attorney General

advised against accept:i.nga tmvie

director and on behalf

of a labor leader

H1 100-106670-21!. In each

instance his

advice was. accepted. before the AFL-CIO National Convention

King : speech

in December, 1961 waswritten by 131!. He also prepared

this advisor

2 IQ 100-39245

King&#39;s 1962 May speechbefore the

lhited Packing House Workers Convention HQ 100-106670-119! In 1965 he prepared respcmsesto press questions to Dr. King frcm a Ins mgeles radio station directed regarding

the los Angelesracial riots and

regarding the Vietnam War.

from the "NewYork &#39;1 imes"

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Hm relationship between King and his advison

as indicated, 1, clearto thetask force. Fhat 1; not

ciear is whether this relationship oughtto have hem
ocnsidecred either PLEA directed. a possible national security threat or y have We conclude that justification

existed for but its

the opening of King&#39;s security investigation was unwarranted.

protracted continuation

Oar conclusion that the investigat.itn&#39;s opening

tray have been justifiedis primarily based on uamranda,

summarized below, written during the first six unnths of

19a2.&#39; is pointed 1: out that in October, 1962 the Bureau

ordered the CCMINFI1. SCLC investigation I-Q the Director wrote the 100-438794-9! In January md told him that Attorney General

one of King&#39;s advisers was a Ctxmlmist.

At t.hi_.s time he hlsp pointed

out that the

advisor wrote

article critical

of the administration&#39;s handling of

civil rights.
lhrtin Luther another advisor

me article I-as ostensibly written by

King but in feet the t_r92.~e Q -._1111..&#39;llJ ! 1-.I=_.e " c1uracterizedbytheFBIas cranking

member of the Camunist Party I-Q 100-106670-30, 31!. In May the Attorney General learned that the CPUSA
ccnsidered King and the SCU3 its most important work because

the KennedyAdninistration was politically dependent King -Q 100-106670-58!.

upcn

lastly, in
aware that

June, 1962the Attorney General became

had recommended

King&#39;s alleged Columnist adviser

&#39;meBuxeauprovideduswithnodocunentationthattheSCI.Cu1derDr.I ingw.sanythix1,gothertl&#39;nna
legitiamte organization
Elli.

devoted to

the civil

rights mve-

&#39;0

in theNegro rrovenent. King countered by acmsirg the

Director Of lhetting racists and right wingezrs H1 100-73
1.16-1291!. DuringNovenber of1964, the Director told a group of
most mtorious liar in

reporters that King

was the

the ex:-1.ntry." A week later, Director

Hoover referred to "SEJQJB1 degenerates in pressure groups"

in e speech at Loyola Q; King end

with Director

University -Q 162-7827-16! . hi.-9 immediate staff requested a meeting

&#39;1he

Hoover to clear up the misunderstanding.

meeting held wason IJece::ber~1, Hoover 1964. claimed that

"he had taken the ball away rcm King at the beginning,"

eaqslaining the Bureau : function and aamg most

talldng. Ch the other

of the

hand. King apologized for remarks

attributed to him and pmsiga the work of the mm. Thus.

an measy truce
607.! However, the controversy flared again when a ietter

was momentarily reached. G-I2 100-106670663

was circulated by the Southern

SCEZF! which referred to

Qaristian I-Jducational Fund

of Dr. King by the

the criticism

Director md urged
or =.-r&#39;..re the Praidexv: memo frcm Sullivm to

the recipients of the letter to write

rst o iee; Ln e

Belmont on December 16, 1964, Sullivan

81181526:

-135 /

makes it mandatorythat we take every prudentstep thatwecantaketoeaerge "wwletely vizctcriocsly in this w..f.1.ict, _ to the realities of the situation." uq 100-106610-921.! We believe tzhepersistent ccntroversy between Dr.
we should not take any ine fective halfway measures, nor blind ourselves or

"L1 vies

of this

citation, realisn

King and Director

determination to
his leadership

Hoover was a mjor factor in the Bureau&#39;s

discredit Dr.
role in the civil

King and

ultimately destroy

rights movement.

4. Tecl-mfical Su:vei_11ance_
Out review of FBI files and interviews with Bureau

personnel substantially confirms with a few additions the ndings which have already been reported by Mr. Mirphy

and theSenate Select Ccmurittee on Intelligence with respect

to the electronic surveillance
We fcund that some

of Dr. King and his associates.

were

microphone surveillances

installed in
which have not
Q

New YorkCity against Dr. King and his

thus far been reported.

associates

These installatims

wereas follows :D
Hotel rig 4/2-3/65 symbol! 1/21-24/as no

a/3-3/es symbol! ?ni:o1!

12/1o-11/es syniaol!

--

e u 1

Sheraton emu; my 100-meshes Sub~F:L1es 7-a!

New York Hilton NY

10/25-27/65 synbvl!

100-1.36585 Sub Files 1.1-12!

1 -&#39;

if

All of these installations withtheecception of

the placenentat rmkrericana Hotel m Jenn-=y;&#39; 1966

appear tohavebee-.nu&#39;|producti&#39;ve eitherbeom.:seDr. King did not reside at the hotel as plannedor the recordirgs madedid not pick up any sig-di- icantinformaticn. The installation by the NewYork Field Office
ttm Imericana Hotel

at

on January 21, to 24, 1966, caused FBI hierarchy and is

someconsternation within the illustrative of how the

Bureau apparatus could. cmrare

occasion, continue to function even contrary to the wishes

of the Director. The installation was made at the Americana

on January21, 1966,
in New York.

pursuant to the request of SAC Rooney

Director William Sullivem authorized

Assistant

the coverage. Bureaufiles indicate that Associate

Director Clvde

Tolson, upon being informed of the coverage

rather perturbed fashion to Tolsonadvised the

wmote&#39;back on the sameday in,a

have the microphone renoved"at once."

Director that "no one here" approved the coverage and that

he had again instructed Sullivan to have no microphone

installations without the Director&#39;s approval. Hoover

confirmed &#39;1 o1son&#39;s directive.

-IQ 100-l06670 222>X! .

No symbol number ever attached to this coverage

as wasthe standard practice. This-was apparently dueto
the strong disapprovalvoiced by Headquarters. Yet, despite

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Hoover : orders,

the coverage was maintained and a good

deal of intelligence on
obtained and

King&#39;s personal activities was

i

transcribed. These

activities are

re ected

in a six

page menorandun. K1 100-106670-4048.!

Irrespective of the level of Burau approval installa-

which nas required for

electronic surveillmce

tions during
conclusions of behind this

the Ring years, our review reinforced

the Smate Select Ooumittee that the

the
purposes Several

intelligence gathering

became twisted.

instances of Bureau correspondenceare instructive.

Section

Chief Bamgardnerin recommending coverage ofKing in

Honolulu urged an exposure of King&#39;s "moral weakness"

so that he could be "for the securityof

pletely discredited"

the nation, cemMemo Baurrgardner

HQ 100-106670 Jme File,

to Sullivan, January 28, 1961+!. In a similar memo from

Sullivan to Belmont reocrrmending coverage in Milwaukee at expressed purpose was to gather which King might be engaging HQ 100the Schroeder Hotel, the information on similar to

"entertairrnent" in

that "uncovered

at the Willard Hotel"

106670 JuneFile, Phno Sullivan to Belnnnt, January 17, 1964! . Director Hoover, upon being informed of the results
of the surveillance, ordered that they all be inmediately

transcribed despite

DeIoach&#39;s reccnmendation that the tranHQ 100-106670-1024!. As each of the_

scribing be done later

-129_ J

file reviews

has sham, portions of

sumeries of die

transcripts were widely disseminated mung

officials. These disseminations included 1 rather

comprehensive six volune transmittal

by the Bureau in

June, 1968. Ibis wasat the

information concerning

apparent request of the

including the instructions

President through Special Counsel la:-ry Tenple for all

Dr. King,

md approval of formerAttomey Gmeral Kennedy regarding

the electronic William Sullivan, su:|:&#39;veillance King of Mam R. W. Snith to June 2, 1968, referring to memo Deloach

to Tolsan, May 21+, 1963, setting forth the President&#39;s

mquest!. Included with the transcripts were several

summaries, previously disseminated, andseveral hundred

pages of Bureau cczmunicaticns to the White House frcm &#39;111e it

1962 to 1968 regarding King and his associates. purpose of the Waite House request was not was the ticn on most carplete the electronic accumulation of surveillance of

stated, but

transmitted informaKing which we me task House request

encountered during force noted

our reviewof of the

Bureau files. alleged White

the timing

and subsequenttransmittal particularly

in light

of

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Director Hoover&#39;s ccmmnication to the White lbuse on &#39; March 26, 1968 included in the
advised that

transmittal! which

Robert Kmnedy had attempted to contact

Dr. King before amounting his candidacy for the

o &#39;1- residency 100-106670-32 &#39;1-TQ .

The task force reviewed oi the transcripts in

selected portions well as

of all selected

King rile as

portions of were obtained.

set forth

several tapes

from which the transcripts of the tapes reviewed is

An inventory
below: i

*>
2! Atlanta Tape syrrbol! one reel! &#39;
3! Qarposite l ape__l2_/l5/64 _ __

=== "~&#39;e
we reviewed

Essentially,

the tapes by listening

to the

beginning, middle, the corresponding transcriptions

and end of each nape and compared it to transcript. Ihey were basically accurate transcripts

in the

sense that what was in the

was also on the tapes. However,

some material on the tapes

ms net pg on
that portion it was

e !;_re_nsc_ripteeppaereztly became either

recording was garbled or unclear or &#39;

of the

considered unicportant.

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Out review of the otmposite tape, the Atlanta tape and the a,gmts&#39;handwri_tte1 notes included in the boxwith the from tI~.e&#39;!~H&#39;.l1ard gave an Hotel
of where the B|.n&#39;ez1&#39;s interest &#39;_ &#39;

additional indication

lay with respect to Dr. King. The ccmposite tape contained

"highligxts" of tin fteen reels of tape frcm the Willard Hotel end appeared toconsist of little u-ore than episodes
of Privat conversations and activities which the Bureau

chose to extract frcm

the original

recordings. The

Atlantatapewasobtainedfromthetelephonetaponthe
conversations. Tnese
Fa ca-g-up.-.12.. 1-nee-|-dine Inn-cg

King residence and consisted osevetal of M . 1u.ng -"&#39;s

included conversations
11-is um-scma&#39;l Q-:1- &#39;-._-. life and -i_ i__

of Dr.

King

had ___._ ___ nothine _e__.

tn do with his political or rights

handwritten notes 1-cm theoriginal Willard
n | i

activities. The
tapes contained

notations as to what point in the

activity or

tape a particular PE -Ismal

conversation took place.

5. _mINI&#39;EI.J?ROZ&#39;I. Illegal gpe lctifzities

me t_ask iotce has an extensive program

within the

FBI during the years 1964 to 1968 to discredit

Dr. King. Pursuant to a Bureau meeting on December 23, 1963

program of dissaninating was heavily fraught with tions of King,

derogatory information,

which

the Bureau&#39;s own characterizaorgmiratiais

civil rights those already

to various indivichals and

vis-a-vis the

who were in critical positions leader. Our

review has essentially confined

performed by the Civil Rights

Committee and we, therefore, which they have already additional proposed

Division and the Senate Select

do not dwell on did find, Dr. King, those areas

codi ed. We

&#39;r I&#39;92ai&#39;v some of

activities against

which were approved by the Director.

They are instructive

not onlyinrevealing willing to carry its

the extent towhichthehureauwas efforts but of the also in showing the this

atu-nsphereanong same
program against

rank and file which

King created.

In November, l96l_+_, the hxreau discovered that

Dr. King was desirous of meeting with high British officials

while in

England during liing s planned trip to

Baungardner recommendeda briefing

Eur:ope.
for the

Section thief

purpose of informing
purported coununist

British officials
affiliations and

ccncerning King&#39;s
private life

lD_ 100-106670-522, 523!. Within

three days the briefings

had been completed HQ 100-106670-S25, 534, 535!.

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he particular dissenination, the omtents of which ms mt revealed in the les, was apparently initiated
Ch January 22.

and carried out personally by the Director.

1965, the SACin Atlanta advised Mr. Sullivan that, pursuant to their electronic surveillance,
~|_______92 ._1___ u.|__ 1__.s _1___ _ _

the Bureau

______._-|__ ___1 ___1_.r___1

tl1atHooverhadhadau2etin,gwithaparticularAt1anta official while in Washingtal attewding the Ina:uguratia1.

According to King, when this official returnedto

Atlanta he contacted Dr.

senior md passed m a
Sullivan :

"gooddeal" of information. According to

mam to Belmont, Dr.Ring, Jr. was

106670-768!. me files

upset HQ 100-

did not reveal any formal proposal

forumbriefing but Section Chief Bamtgardner later speculated

that the Atlanta official was Qmief of Police Jenk:Lns

since the Director had net with him am Januaxy 18, 1965
HQ 100-106670-780!. &#39;Il1e files do not indicate whether

the Director suggested that

the infonnation be passed on

to Dr.King&#39;s father. &#39;

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In cmnecticn with the

efforts to declare a national
Dr. King

post-assassimticn &#39;
holiday in umory
has outlined

of

the Senate Select Cunnittee

in its
-n.

report the attempts by the Bureau

by briefing

to prevent

such a declaration

various members of

Congress m King&#39;s background H2 100-l06670-3586!.

We discovered that the

on Ring to the

Bureau alsosent a nnnograph

Attorney General

President md the

in 1969 for this same ptrtpose an 100-10667041559!.

The Bu-.reau&#39;s efforts to discredit Dr. King&#39;s

nnvamnt also included attempts to dattnge the

reputation of King&#39;s family and friends. &#39;Ihe Bureau

looked very closely atCoretta King although a

security irwestigatlcn was never opmed. Ibis

included scrutinizing

her travels

in an attempt
her.

to uncover possible facts

arbarrassing to

These atteirpts

also included a plan,

proposed

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by Assistant to the Director Deloach and

by Hoover to leak information to the press that Coretta

King andRalph Abernathy were deliberately plotting to

keeptheassassinationinthenensbyclaimingaeonspiracy

edstedinordertolceepmonetazycontz-3.buti.onsflow:l:g
for their benefit HQ M-38861-5654!.

Ralph Abernathy and AndrewYoung also became Bureau targets. Shortly

instructed to

after the

assassination the field was

possible "im:oral

report any

information on

activities" of
serial, Atlanta

King : two associates I-Q 62-108052-Unreeorded

to Director, April 29, 1968!. Presunably

there were CDDIIELPRO typepurposes behind this request. The Atlanta the initiative and proposed additional Field Office in attazpting to demonstrate

imagination dananded by Headquarters measures against Ralph Abernathy. lhe

Bureau learned that after

my have

Dr. King&#39;s death, Rev. Abernathy

voiced sane concern over possible assassination his own life. The Atlanta office proposed that

attarpts on

the Bareau begin notifying only informing the police!

order to

Abernathy directly of all

instead of

threats against him in

HQ 62-108052-Unrecorded activity

confuse and worry him to Director,

serial, Atlanta

March 28, 1969!. This

was not approved by Headquarters.

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Bureau files attenpted to to deal help the

indicate

that the

FBI may have also in its efforts In a mm

executive branch

with Abernathy

after King&#39;s death.

to Associate a telephcne Agnew in which

Director Iolsen, conversation with Mr. Agnew expressed

Director He-:.92ve&#39; relet former Vice President

concern over the

"inflarrnetory" statements

which Abernathy had made.

frcm Hoover of

&#39;l11e Vice President was seeking information which could be useful in destroying

the credibility

Rev. Abernathy. Hoover agreed to therequest I-Q 100l06670 Uru:eoorded serial, Hoover to Tolson, May 18, 1970!

We did not find what information,if shy, was forwarded

n I-1-92 uu nu.

The agents began

to retrieve

informaticn about of photo-

Dr. King during these entries through the use graphs. field office

In one instance a supervisor in the appropriate requested authority to conduct an entry

for the expresspzpose of

Dr. King.

obtaining mfor::==..tim a1&#39;..=:ut

&#39;Ihe proposed entry was approved at Headan Inspector

quarters pursuant to a telephone call by

and was later conducted.
-u

Ch four

subsequentoccasions the Bureau

again

conducted entries and obtained information concerning

KingandtheSCU&#39;J. Chonesuchoccasionaspecimmof King&#39;s handwritingwas obtained. The purpose of

gathering thispiece of intelligence was notrevealed.

an the the Bureauwas

field office advised of

meme indicate the entries ineach

that case.

We also raise the

issue of

these illegal

entries

because aside fran being violative of

rights the relationship. entries ran the risk

Fourth Amendment
a privileged

of invading

We note in passing that the FBI continued to enploy an informant in the SCLCdespite the fact that
the informant conceded toagents that the informant had

92

July 24, 1950 and Deoenber l5, 1953, designating

the Federal Bureau and related of Investigation to take

The FBI shall:} carry out the Presidential directive of Septerrber 6, 1939, as reaffirmed by Presidential directives of January 8, 1943,

charge of investigative work in matters relating to espionage, sabotage, subversive activities,

matters 8 CTR 0.85 d!! .

Giventhischarterandthehisboryoftheeoretines overpowering influence of the views of the late Director

J. Edgar Hoover on his subordinates Attorneys General, it was e that

and cn suooesive a security

investigaticn should be initiated into the possible

influence of the Ccrrmunist Party, U.S.A., an Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr. moof King&#39;s close advisor.s, at the

outset ofthe security netter, were reported to be
Ccxmunist Partymenbexsbysouroes Bureau. &#39;The security relieduponbythe

investigaticn cnntinued

for almost

six yearsuntil Dr. m&#39;= death. It verified, in our

view, that one alleged Cclmumist was very a influential

adviser to Dr. King hence and the Southern Christin

leadership Conference! cn the and

King&#39;s leadership of the black civil

tactics of
rights movement of

the early and mid-sixties.

Another had no such weight

altlrJughheseenedtoheofusetoKing- Butthis very lengthy investigative concentration cn King and cn

-140-

92

the principal adviser established, in our opinion, &#39;

that he did not "sell" Dr. King any course of coriduct

orofadvocacywhichcanbe

identifiedas

cunmnistor

"Party line". King, himself never varied publicly or

privately from his ccnndtmant to non violence and did notadvocatetheovertI&#39;crowoft192egoverrrnentoftl&#39;92e lhited States by violence or subversion. To t1~e contrary,

he advocated anend to
chisement of minority groups

the discrimination anddisenfranwhich the Constitution We dorrestic security

sms-veQl_g1ee

and

thecou:rtsdenouncedintermsasstrcnga.shis. concluded that Dr. King was no

And the

threat to

lIu:ea1..;&#39;s QQLLLIII.-121.1 intense

and investigation of he had disassociated

the advisor clearly himself

developed that

from the Ccmmnist Party

in 1963 becausehe felt it

the civil security
Gilt.

failed adequately to
mus the linch-pin of

serve
the

rights

movement.

investigation of

Dr. King had pulled himself

We think

the security

investigation

which included

both physical and technical surveillance, should have been

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&#39;L_-.I--I -.I__-m -...__ 1st,.-..-j I-IE5-L5 U1. W d-L was Led-ITIICU

3 ... -Ll

mat it was intensified

and augmented by a COINlE1.PRD type

campaign against Dr. King was unwarranted; the COINIELPRO

type &#39;=e=1Paisn. mrewen We

in violation of 1s u.s.c.

l1..t_r_e%

md W1? Probably
felonious.

241 and 2&2!, i.e.

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The cmtinnng
LL ._1__ CUBE CITE

security i.mresciga:ion_

reflects also

192LL4._ __-_ n______&#39;| __l ..|__ JUZCDIRBY UEH-EIHL SI]. UTE

responsibility for

internal security tters failed

badly

in what; should have been firm supervision of internal security activities.

the I- BI :

--an

_,i

IV. RCC1~4~ .ENDATIC1 lS

A. gs

To &#39;Ihe_M.rr1eriInvestigaticg92
The task force does not fmlt the teclnical

ccmpetence. the of investigation conducted the into

death of
calls for

Dr. King.
action by

We found no new evidence which

State or Federal Authorities.

Our concern has developed over administrative ooncomitants of the detection tactics.
the development 1. The progress of such sensitive cases as the King murder investigation and of legally
are properly

sufficient evidence
the ultimate

to sustain prosecution
the Division

responsibility of

of the Inpartment having supervisicm of the kind of criminal prosecution involved. The Division head should

delineate what progress reports he wishes. The Bureau should not be permitted to manipulate its submission of reports to of its serve its purposes, such as the protection . efforts, or the prevention of the

public relation

responsible Division

of the Department from causing the

Bureautopursuea 1ineofiru;|J5ryuhicht11eBurea1.1d
not approve. the officers me Attorney General and his Assistants to the electorate ami are they, most accountable

92

2. As a corollary of our espousalof tighter

Departmenta1.1thorityovertheFBl, werecoummdthatthe

Bureau public : relations activities and press relations

be controlled by the Attorney General Office : of Public Information. Clear directives to prevent the development of personality cults
and officials be cleared
3.

aroundparticular BureauDirectors
drawn._ Bureau press releases should Information.

should be

through the Office of Public

&#39;I.&#39;ne task force

recommendsthat in sensitive

cases no criminal action be

~

instituted by

the E.1rea;u without

the closest coordinaticn and ccnsultation with the supervising Divisim of the Departlmrxt. This supervision by the Depart-

ment should

be as tight

as the control andconsultation the

Bureau had with its Field Offices as exhibited in our review of the assassination imrestigaticn. 4. 1: was obserired that almost no blacks were in

theFBIspecial agent&#39;s coros m the1960&#39;s and ncne m

the Bureau&#39;s hierarchy. This xmdoubtedly had the effect of limiting not only the outlook and understanding of the

problemsof race relations, but also oust have hindered the ability of investigators to ccnnunicatefully with blacks By way of illustration

during the nurder investigation.

hadthere been black

agentsin the Phsphis Field Office

pe_rticipet@g fvgly in the investigationof Dr. Kings

mrder, it is unlikely that the interviews with

-14!

at least

three black

members of the Pezphis Police and Fire

Department wouldhave been overlooked. It

is also vary

probable we black citizeri "lead" input would have been

greater. -.

B- =&#39;-_I<> lllE5H1&#39;iH 1&#39;e$5ise=_i@ The task force was charged to address itself

particularly to

the question of whetlur the nature of the

relationship between the Bureau and tr. King called for criminal prosecution, appropriate action. disciplinary proceedings, On responses follow. or other

1.

Because the five year statute of limitations

erisdral prosecution

long since rm we ea-root for-rd

of any Bureau personnel, past or preserat, responsiblefor

the possible criminal harrassmimt of Dr. King. 8 U.S.C.

3282!. No evidence of scontimaing conspiracy was found.

_ 2.
the security
of the
are also

me responsibility for initiating and prolonging

imrestigation rested on the deceased Director
liaatmants, some of whom Bureau and his immediate
deceased and

the reminder

of when are retired.

They are beyond the reach of disciplinary action.

The few

Bureaupersome1whohadanythingtodowiththeKingsecurity

investigation and who are still in

make command decisions and

active service, did not

orders. We do not

merely followed

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think they are the subjects

technical electronic
the then Attorney dealt with

of any disciplinary

action. Some of the activities conducted, such es_the

surveillance, had the approval of .
Courts had not adequately executive branch General. The

what authority

rested in the

remaining subordinate agentswould seem

to be inappropriate in
very late date.
-@._.-&#39;I an --__-

to the task force

these circumstances and at this

1-in--

Senate Select Otumittee

on Intelligence

is on appro-

priate agency of the legislative arm to oversee the performance ofthe Bureau. Both the Office of Pro-

fessicnal Responsihility and the Senate Select Ccnmittee

should be expressly designated in their respective

mahling regulations

and resolutions to be a place to

which Bureau subordinates may complain, confidentially and with impunity, of orders which they believe to

threatenviolation a of the civilrights md liberties

of citizens
5. It

and inhabitarzts of the lhited States.

seans to us that the unauthorized malicious

dissemination of

investigative

data from

FBI files misdemeanor

should USC

be more than the presently prescribed

552a i! !!.

A felony

penalty should be added.

Pare~.t1&#39;~.etic.a.l1y, s1&#39;92.o~.1lc! itnoted h-.ez&#39;e tin-=_t it

should be made clear that it is improper but not criminal!

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directly with 6. The the White House. mm: ici e i: euIrrl 1u ""
n

_m:thcnritytoengageinO31I~1&#39;I2PRJtypeact.ivi which

involve af a ve

imitive

Chamber cisicns with respect to citizens

or inhabitants

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242}. 1%

1-n1ie92_Ig_>1;_he mg; guide-

1ineswhid1t}&#39;epresentAttomeyGa1era1hasestab1ished
...rn the 1 Bl&#39; d_1;I@st.ir; eecurit.Y investigatimw

effectively preclude these activities. Those guidelines l!__Q_1&#39;gg92_Ig_.I;, to us to permit ggpear cnly strictly 169*!-

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I.

A. fracture of right mandible

i. Luccration of vertebral
right

Distant

gunshot wound to body and face

artery,

jugular vein one subclavian

D.
E,

C.

artery,

Lacoration of spinal cord lower cervical, upper thoracic ! Intrapulmonary honatone, apex right upper lobo
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Fracture of spine T-1,

ubneaesal

C-7!

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hemorrhage, larynx

szcor-zomr szezas:

1. Z.

Remote scars
Pleural ?eneus

adhesion: out-ewne

3. 4. 5; 6.

Arteriosclcrosis,

Fatty change liver,

moderate

moderate
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one week

at 2731

N. Sheffield: 1959 Chrysler:

land:

Chicago Chicago
$13.61

74

5413

1962 Plymouth: East St.

19 S4372

$200.00

Bourgarde Motel:
Canon
60

Dorian,
$209.50

$17.28
19 4692
.Notre .54QGB Dawe 5 f Date

17

2192

$7S hD:!hmtIE l
treet,

4/30/67

Suit at English Scotch Woolen Cbnpany; Fbntzeai

74 2068 $75.06 Book ordered Itnmreal 5402
74

6/ 5 /67
7/14/6?

ficnafutura. $9.00

Books in Inglewood, Cal.i.f.:

19

Oofresponcence course at
Incksnithing Institute
No-I Jersey: mntreal

7/17/6&#39;7
$17.50

in

2192
0-

21 6

Grey Rocks Inn from 7/30

to 8/5:
5400 2324 628

Canada

$195.15
$1.00

Etummula for venting glass

pm.-:1.a_. by =-e moneyorder to

8.2. Formula: Montreal Granada Hotel: Biz.minghI192

21

:1 21

7/21/57
$4.50 $22.50

2324 2324 2324

Roomanclboardforoneweek

7/24f67

1956 White Ford >1.-.=-ans:$1-995- Bim xzghm

$22.50 Room and board: Bi::n.i..&#39;1ql&#39;m

7/28/67

Section
21 21 9

Serial
2324 2324 1135

Item

haunt

than and boax : Biminghan

Roan and hoard; Binningham

$22.50 $22.50
Date

camera equipment, Superior $337-24

Bulk Fi1n92CO.; Birminghmn

10 55

2118 1422

Roomonly:
.38 Caliber,
Chief

Birmingham
Liberty

$17.50 $65.00

9/16/67
9/ 24/ 67

Revolver San Francisco -

9/2a/51
I

75

5496

Hotel

10/10:
75 5496

Acapulco

$6.00

9/20/61

Pancho Villa
Guadalajara

10/15:

$3.20

10/1./61
$3.20

75

5496

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Vhllarta

10/11/67
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69

5150

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10/16/67 10/19/61

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5150

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668

559

$43.20

11/13/67
52
4143

Rent at 1535 N. Serrano;

52 4143

$127.50 11/19/$7
$10-00 $25.00

Utilities Serrano:

at 1535 N. ms Angeles with Dr. Hark

52

4143

Appointment

11/20/57
11/27/67

Ereenan: Beverly Hills

52 4143

AppOi.nUna&#39;92t with Dr. Mark

Freenan

$25.00 11/30/51 $25.00 12/4/61

52

4143 4143

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fteemanl . Dance lessens at

Mark
National

52

$29.00

Dance Studio; Loo

Angeles $25.00

12/5/67

Appointxre.-1t.with Freeman

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-Serial

Item Anton:

Sate

S2 4143 S2 4143

Appointment with
Dance lessons

keen-an
&#39;

$25.00

12/ll/61 12/12/67

$29. 00
$100.00

s _
22 2:25 52 14 5399

, 745
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12/15/01

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Freenan

$25.00

Provincial Rbtel -12/171.2/19; New Orleans

Dancelessons

. $24.00

6&#39; 145
22 2325 22 2325

12/1 12/
12/2l/6 J/B/8 1/12/as

$354.00
$15.00

Locksmithing Institute:
nos Angeles
International School of

22 2325

$20.00

Bartendingz Ics
22 2325 International

Angeles
School of $105.00

Bartending; Los
. 22 232$

Angeles
F $35.00

Rent

at St.

Francis Hotel

1/2&0 1/21/I

ms Angeles
12 1500

Free Press of Ios Izx m xhing Institute

Angeles

$4.25 $7.50

&#39;22 2:25
12 1500

1/29/1 C.M. Hedgpeth, mail fo:wan:!ing service

Rent at st.
Putura _ 1500 Books

$3.00
1/31/ $85.00 $6.44 2/21./
$9.98

6 660

Francis Hotel

2/1./6

12 1500
12

Tiffany Enterprises Iocksmithinq Institute Locksnith Ledger lccksmithing Institute

Rwrweek
Atlanta

&#39;2
2/26/1

1; 2325

$7.50 &#39;$5.25
$15.00
:

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1; 1420
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1033 530

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in Atlanta

anya

Rexall Drugstore: Whitehaven,

Tenn.

3/29/as I
1/70/AB qr, u-4; ww

4454

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$10. 00

T4454

Bi.no:u1a.rs; Memphis _
Rent/week at 962 Dmdas Sta
Dora-mo

$1. 83

3/21/68 4/ 3/ 68

$8.50

Round trip airplane ticket:

Toronto

4/ 4/ 63
$41.55 $9. 00

4/4/68
4/16/68

$345.00

5/2/EB

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Wirmetka, Illinois Hay 7 May 14 May 21 May 28
June 4 June 11
June 18

$ 57.69

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. .

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READING BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bishop, Jim. Frank, Gerald.

Sons, New York, 1911.

The Days of Magtin

Lqther King;

Jr. G.P. & Company,

Putnam : New York,

An American
and Scott,

Death. Doubleday
Stetter, Russell.

197 20 &#39;

Roch, Paul,

Peter, and

The Asssssinetions,

Dallas and Beyond. Random House, 19T6.

Huie, William Bradford. gg Rev York, 1963. McMillan, George. Slew;thg;preeger, Delecorte Assassin. Little Press, Brown B Co.,

1916. 1

The Making of en

Seigentheler, John.

Hashville, 1971.

A Search

for Justice.

Aurore Publ.,

-161

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Eartin_T.uther Ling, Jr,_

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&#39;m Reverend

*~*"

who led bus boycott in Montgomery Aiabama and sit-in demonstra-

Martin Luther Kin", Jr., prominent integrationist

AdvancementCo1ored~Peo of and 1e ongress of Racial Equa1ity._i53_

tions, has been associated with ational Association the for

_ by cited Genci&#39;a1 I_92_ttorney ofboycot bus .;

&#39; 375
. _ . meetings or Progressive Party cited by Subcommittee ena o t c_

has not inves.t_jga;c_e_; been /

-35 &#39;v &#39; &#39; 1 Qarty Bureau ilcs /&#39; i=eveai__. hing anaed Socia ist Workers attecdcn
s ..

Judiciary Committee!; and was honorary chairman df Young Socialist

League campaign on behalf of victims of ragist terror.

&#39; &#39;King in 190 mentioned s as potential victim of assassin ntion plot and 1g_1?aZ_gttpnd2d_C0mmnnit Party training"iChppl_

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giving blood when he_ was in a hosgital following assault. King in 1960 indicate his sup ort for omnittee to SecureJustice_for MortonSobell cited 92]by ouse Committee Un-American on in The natien Activities HCUA! commu as front! and in 1961 wrote article which celled
for integration of FBI to help speed integration. King attended 1 meetings with integration leaders in Montgomery, Alabama, 5~21-6
.. In -

.un$ess we go out and makeuse of it. King

Southern Christian Leadershig Conference to further negro vo reeistration! and advised T e Civil Rights 1aw...is meaningless
Davis, Jr., Communist Party official; for
thanked Benjamin

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._ Memorandum
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Reference is

made to.the Communists and _ et

enclosed material&#39;on not influenced nl es.having only an

which the

.Director has received when

his cohorts

written: "This Castro took

were not

memo reminds me vividly over Cuba: You contended one can&#39;t ignore the

of those then that

I Castro and
Time

by Communists.

"clone proved

you&#39;wronz.Ifor

memos re King,
infinitesimal

fffect on the efforts to exploit the American Negro the by Commun Q The Director is correct. We were completely wrong about elieving the evidence was not sufficient to determine some years ngo
knvestigating and writing_nbout communism and the American Negro, we
dad hetter
that Fidel Castro was not n cohmuhist
-&#39;

or under

communist influence.
:

On

remember this and profit by the lesson it should tesch us. "
.

_2 I

.dum rightly

questioned by

do think that much of the difficulty relating to the memo

the Director is to be found centered in the

izb this particular context, evenuuhen know we does it exist such as in

&#39; he case of the obvious influence of

word "influence," ;6?Ei iiition has,

We do not have, and no any yardstick which can

Government agency accurately measure

or private "influence"

over Martin Luther King and King E&#39;Ihfluence 6ver&#39;3th?rFEET }ie:ders.&#39; Personally, Ibelieve in the light of King&#39;s powerful
demqgogic speech
Negro lenders

yesterday he

stands head

and shoulders not done so

over all

other the

;Hegroes. We
I

,eeJ._=.!nnaer.ous_1Le.z9._*?!_Fh in this K==ti2n_;ro.n.sne_s 1&#39;e ;Qf;communismL_the hggrQ_nnH_ni9nnlmecuritv. ,=1

must mark him

put together

when it

now, if

we have

comes to

influencing great

before, as

masses of

Iv &#39; &#39; On determining membership Negroes of the in Communist Fnrty,

i e are-not confronted with the some problem.&#39; He do have here accurate
Of course, must not our standards ignore. The old are yardsticks for but do not qualify establishing membership. as members. These we

wary exacting. This means there are many hegroes who are fe1lewtravellers, sympathizers or who aid the Party, knowingly or unknowingly,

icommunist hangs " Therefore,

pommunist prin

lple

still holds:

we have been poing legnlisticeproof to or definitely conclusive &#39;-I-. ,., rm! 350/ ,EnC1OS92I.?G i --&#39; "&#39; &#39; --_ _ U
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it may

"Communism must be,built with

be unrealistic-to

limit ourso v=S

non-

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.NEGRO 100-3-75
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QUESTION

CR8 WOHLG Stlnq an up _l:E_b_k.I._lI1l..llli _1..u_:ui.ig92. u92::.ul c :CL" uz commitiegs that the Communist Party, USA, does wield substantial
4.L_t __-_1.a _.n._..A .._ 4- 4. --51....-..1- -.-. -.0 -._ Lat -

Influence over

Negroes which_one

day could

become decisive.

-The memorandum which the Director penetratively questioned, _iwhile showing in the details communist the onimpact Negroes, did suffer from such limitations. -These limitations we will make every
effort to Division lift in is giving the future. to communist
this.

The great amount of attention this activities directed toward the Negro C
&#39;

should enable

us

to do

communist question takes up as e whole the time -during the past few weeks four meh have been so
{1} specialized instructions are regularly given

_ For

example, here

at the

Seat of Government,

of one supervisor and occupied. Additionally

the field en communist

the Negro -

infiltration of the Negro; ! monographs have been written on the . subject and widely disseminated; ! regularly disseminated are menorand: and reports; Z! August 21, 1963, we devoted the entire Current Intcl1i~

gence Analysis
1963, 49

copies

to the

of this-Analysis

communist plans
material on

were disseminated
the issue

for the

Negro March

to 44 agencies
to Agents

of August

23,
of

the Governmenth

In-Service; and ! an SAC Letter is under preparation in this Division now giving the field the benefit of what we learned from the Negro March on Hashington and issuing instructions for increased coverage of

! much

is given

at

I -,_ As memorandum the out, "this Nation pointed involved is a.

egl9i;atiQn_g_the Negroes_by_communist propagandists." Nineteen millior Negroes constitute tEe&#39;Eeatest singlericial target of the Communist Party, USA. ihis is a sombre reality we must never lose sight of. We _Iill do everything possihlelin the trou51ed*?uture*to develop for the

communist influence on the Negro._ form of {acial_;eYQlytipn

and the time hgs neve;_been_o"rightufor

io! communistorganizations andofficials over

Negroes. W
-"
Ihet the

jParty, plus

,Director all

the more complex and difficult to

available

facts relating

to Negro membership in the cOm$HniST

ascertain influence

_ &#39; ~ &#39;
that the

the leaders and masses of

not measure up to
analysis.

.Ie

regret greatly
Director has a right

memorandum did
from our

to expect

IBCOHHENDATION:

2 re:

the information

of the

Director.

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, inilgengg_9n the Negro. Thehistoryor the Communist Party, U31"

examIE&#39;6T 3 Ub:nunist activity as Party leaders early put into

} motion efforts to accrue gains tor the CPUSA from the Mar W ~
The presence at the March oi around 200 Party Hall, to many rank-and-tile
target
All unrest indications

i This memorandum geconnendswincrengg "e [l&#39;C&#39;l-T153 is_ren with !_c.-te itsatte-mts !, to _e>:n&#39;!oit iniluence and recruitthe 1&#39;-:~_;r&#39;<T. me iziie i{*92vEs r}1;t<>i{, :3 -l&#39;z -&#39;62
documented information concerning the Party&#39;s influence on a principal March leader, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., is but an example.

several national functionaries headed byQPUSA GeneralSecretary Gus

ncnbers, is clear indication
that the

members, ranging tron

,

oi the Party&#3
the to

favorite

the Rezro! today.

are March was not the credit for itself

"end of relating

line" and that the Party will

and in every possible

step up its eIorts"&#39;HS&#39; exphit racial

way elain

any "gains" achieved by the Segre. A clear-cut indication oi the Party&#39;s designs is revealed in its plans to hold a highly secretive leadership meeting in November, 1963, which will deal prinnrdly_witn

Ipepple and thus

"harnstorning" trip

the Negro situation. This neeting isto bepreceded by ai us Hail? through key areas 0! the country to neet Party
I betterprepare hisselr tor the November;peeting _ - " K

lprOpOSBd SAC Letter attached!. The iield isbeing instructed to intensity our coverageof eonsunist influence on the Nero 5 giving
.

The entire tield is being alerted to this siuatio a Yin

coverage oi thosecommunist fronts through whichthe Party channels I

members and dunesshe_s=Ja;: in activzttes en_hehilt of the Fart?
in the Negro field. its influence and to inzenstfy its investi ations of the many Party

tallest consideration to the use of all possible investiga ive techniques. In addition, lhe field in beinaIIold to intensify

its

imaginative and n:3

}u!thvr,

disrupt the Part!":

1n111cc1;.,,92 1&#39;1 _f.&#39;;:-&#39;1--ll ; :1-&#39;:-I|j2292"92l .-&#39;:u&#39; {U 29292.t0!!!|1|I, to nggtgalize

"*92"vl*921 In he utilised through our

iv are =tressing"the urgent need for

or

Counter_

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prompthandling9! all Iaeets or than cantor to insure timely diSSCm1 nation to the DP=K = *" f&#39;4"92v;sted-agoncios-in-also being

ac".:vit|.t-:; in the :.-3;;-0 [11d_ Necessity for

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details of

regular basis
letters due activities in

offices participating

their plans

are being

in the

for intensification, required to

plans to field .

Counterintelligence Program

Also, those

include in

their next

on a

16

monthly

10-15-63 their the Negro

neutralize or

disrupt Party

RECOZBJEHDATION:
the field
t.

.&#39;
full implementation
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-If

desired results may be achieved. Also attached for __necessary Manual changes. ._;_ =._ _ l~ &#39;--_,__ u-_ __ ..____-I- __ --n __. .~q_

as above

approved, attached SAC Letter go forwardapprising

and urging so that

approval are &#39;- - _

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Re: c0::.:nm1s1&#39; PARTY, use
Jars:-zzm. SECURITY -

To: Ir.A. H. Belmont _ &#39;September Date: 1963! 25, &#39; K ,_; r. R--9|

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and_to the
p .On

Reference is made to the enclosed memorandum dated 9/16/63

attached proposed
returning from

SAC Letter.
a few days leave Ihave been advised
manner in with the

_
of
which I

92 nemoranda on t ethose same subject matter. This situation is very disturbing to of us in the Domestic Intelligence Division
responsible for this area of work, and we certainly want to do

we prepared

the Director&#39;s

a Brief

continued dissatisfaction

on the above-captioned matter

and subsequent

&#

not be stubborn about admitting any mistakes we have made or he stiff necked and unhending concerning our analysis of this matter. The Director indicated he would not approve our last SAC Letter until there was e clarification and e meeting of minds relative to

everything to correct_our possible shortcomings. absolu

_ .

. &

the question
their leaders.

or the
In

extent of
this memorandum

communist influence
I will seriously

over Negroes
and sincerely

and on

try to clarify ofiicial office this discussion

1- &#39;- -

a most regretable situation. memorandum but rather on need not be made a matter
"

It is plain bond of official

prepared not believing that record-

Common&#39;AErecment:
which was in both
- Negroes
spent enormous

T &#39;

memorandum and the detailed brief attached: for l! the past 44 years the Communist Party, US ha
and to make communists
sums of money and

3- &#39;*&#39; First, I am sure

the cover

we all are in agreement.on the following

out of
ceaseless efforts

then; !

the 19

to influence

million

Negroes in

&#39; adviser are right

and the

I K1"8-

target of

the Communist new in

tine has

the country

today constitute

&#39; _& ! this nation

_w,&#39; _ _does

Pnrty, USA;

! Negro

the greatest

have as an extreme ?
a form.of
exploitation of of our

lender Martin

single racial

imPT=n*
we
the

Luther

engaged in
so right for

social-revolution

&#39; the American Negro In addition to the

- could

F Negroes by communist propngnndists; and

in the future make

never been

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dab .

of specific examples of communist Ealicies. Dzoqram -and-activiti . 92 L. " 4.

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to the serious detriment above, the material furnished

prodigious stridcs&#39;ind great successes

1-Jthe Communist

Party

national securit! contained many

wit!
pngi

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Mr.

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conanmzsr saarr,
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COLIHUNIST 1rn"mn:::.&#39;-: IN nacm.

to which we can all agree.

showing communist involvement in Negro racialmatters in this nation,

relative

ssenco of_the Situationa &#39; presented what facts there are in our files
The essence of the situation seems to be this:

and I know that the Director certainly would not want us to do other than this. -The position taken at the time the Brie; was written was that, while there is communist influence being exerted on Negroes

in the Brief

in question

We

,and Negro leaders,

dominationax Thishistoricallf&#39;has&#39;hEEH of the thc"p6sition Bureau

7"-1 7 $IE this mat-er in light of file reviews going back ten to twenty _h

it,has_not_reacheo

the point_gf_eentrglmer

"1- tJ&#39;92-u_lC tu-ii-Qt .&#39;1.iva&#39;.

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Memorandum tor

Ur. Belmont

RB: CORMUHIST PARTY, USA

NEGRO QUESTION COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN RACIAL MATTERS

&#39; _

Interpretation: .
for they

like stones tossed in

,

_
as contrasted

l As

ll

to the same stones put in the torn oi a sound edifice. It is obvious to which s new that we did_not put the proper interpretation we gavezto the uirector* *Iwfii
the facts

are somewhat

we know, facts by themselves are not toomeaningful,

a heap

I upo j

;!Finiuther King:

_,

&#39; "Communist

Io have been aware oi the communist influence tor nearly two years on Martin Luther King, Jr., head or the Southern Christin Leadership Conference, and in the comprehensive memorandum entitled

Party, USA,

Negro Question,"

dated S/23/63

we set _

out

information to country have

tbat&#39;Hartin Luther Kine. Jr..

_stated, we are in communist influence and that King is In addition,

the efiect had subversive

that a number connections in

complete agreement with the is being exerted on Martin the_strongest oi the Negro
memorandum, we and effective

ha: been

dealing with

of Negro leaders in their backarounds

this and

&#39; _ Asprevious
Director that Luther King, Jr., leaders. As we have
Luther King to in the country.

stated before in a be the most dangerous

regard Martin Negro leader

we know
Party

the Party
plans to

is directing
intensity its

a najor
efforts to

effort toward

_ strengthening
I

its position

among the Negroes the purpose of gaining

inasmuch as

we have
exploit

information the

the racial situation for the Negroes.

influence among &#39;&#39; """

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Br.

Belmont

BB:

COMMUNIST PARTY, USA

NEGRO QUESTION

&#39; COHHUNIST INFLUENCE IN RACIAL HATTERS &#39;

.*" I-e1=1=5";1==>e theeE1919

the enclosed SAC Letter,
should he sent to the field We need to renew our efforts

*
which was returned to us by the Director,
offices. My first reason is this: and keep the pressure on agg_leare

I would like to set North here briefly whyI think that

1..=_9_=.t<>ne _un.tute_s1_iu.1e.1a<.=_19P_v==:r .."!! 1.. all ..f=<=t= ..92f1h1.l1 an st ia_jhis matter. Some of thes"?acts may not yet have been
nearthed b 3ur field offices, and will not he unless we follow up this matter evermore closely with them. My second
why I think the SAC Letter should he sent is related reason

to the present changing situation inthe&#39;Conmunist Party relations area. During the past two weeks in particular

- Negro there

Washington on August 28 communist officials

possible
they

have been sharp stepped-up activities on the part of communist officials to infiltrate and to dominate Negro developments in this country. Further, they are meeting with successes. This should be no surprise to us because since the Negro march on

to exploit

the very troubled

the end of Negroes

racial

have been doing all

situation. As on their part to

said

weeks ago, and influence

the Negro march would be the

beginning of
penetrate

evermore systematic force acting

activities
and Negro

new in full

upon this

intention

leaders.

or theirs

They are

expressed

weeks ago. The field should he alerted to this fact and given instructions to investigate exhaustively new communist - Negro activities. The SAC Letter in question will he a great help toward this end, and it should result in our developing important relating to the current changes and pertinent activities n tactc
I

going on during the past few weeks in this

entire

field.

uh1ect of
e

peep Concern
. II _

Director

Division. wear_Qisturbed by_thi_~ought to_he. I vant hi;

4

isasubject of gggg_deep_eoncern tous in the Domestic Intelliaence

.
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I

ay I repeat expected of

that our failure us in the area of

to measure up to what the communist - Negro relation

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Memorandum forMr. Belmont

RE: connnnxsr PARTY, usa.
NEGRO QUE3TION
COHHUNIST INFLUEKCE

to know

that we

will do over Negro

everything that

is huuanly their organizations.

possible to

develop all
and influence
0

facts nationwide

relative to
leaders and

the conzunist

penetration

RECOHHENDATIONSt

IS T te at
the enclosed

Director reconsider
SAC Letter to the iield.

giving approval
O

ior sending

Party to exploit the racial sitdation, if the Director approves we will prepare a concise document setting iorth clearly those nttempts these Iacts forth, succinctly and clearly, the render cannot help but he impressed with the seriousness oi tho coenunist activities.
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oiticials will

! In

order that

be aware

other agencies
oi the

&#39;;
and preninent
or the

determined eiiorts

government

Communist

to penetrate

influence, and

control the

Negro novenant.

By setting

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ihighly explosive. can be Luthe regarded/s_ apersonal attack on ItMartin ywing.

limpact on the Attorney General and anyone else to whom we disseminate it. It is
labeled it will TOP SECRET. However, even such a add fuel to
in the seems to and should cards as a high classiiication today_to a leak, already be

=&#39;The attached analysis of ,- ""-Communism and the Negro Movementis

&#39

a matter which may

political

be no bar this leak out

issue during the forthcoming

Presidential

campaign.
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The zeaoiandum

We may well be charged, however, with expressing opinions and conclusions,&#39;parti-. cularly with reference to some oi the

informationirom reliable sources.

makes good_reading

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" qt%his memorandum ma;L::%tle&# _;;

- -__ General, particularly in view fQhis past "_

statements about King. mi% J-v e-vvv

King, this

-.__

He may resent this.

memorandumis a
Q.

association with are disseminating

powerful

Nevertheless,:the

and the outside

fact that we the Department.

warninggggaiggj responsibility ndicated

_ by

&#39; inthe&#39;httache memorandum! -,J j._

AFB c
in &#39;

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Communist~influ;;g ingthei cgro

We:niIT&#39;be carrying out our isseminating it to the people

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Hr. James Earl my

BoatOitioe Box

Bruuahy lb-mtain Penite.ntJ.a.ry

Petros, .&#39;.Da::nass-as 37845 mar Hr. Ray: .

States c::-outeda task farm for t."r-.purpose of revievdng the FBI : invaatigation or the ansa.ssLnati.an of Dr. !&#39;a.rt.i.n Iuth-:11: King, Jr. iimetasktoroeiarawintlmepmocezsofviradia-agxzgw its :l.nqu.i.ry before Iubnitting a final. report to the Attorney Genaral. Howevarg, we feel that our irquiry will
mt be cu.-plate unless wa give you an opqrrz-tmity to

Inlhyof

1976theAttcr:&#39;a:yGa.~.e:a1oth2Un..tai

state

your pen-tisipattm, mrdar of Dr. King.

Mnm mly,

or lack of
we herwy

pzu-thzipattm,

in I-he

JamesH. Lesar. Esquire, your conscnt to an interview by mesrbers of the task force. If you should agree 1:: talk to us, our tire achad~.:1c__roc_rui.rv:s us to arrange for the
|I

re-quest, through your attonae,-,

1nterv:Lew to
to

take place not later

than December 31, 197:3.

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Plume let us km: irazndintely whether you desire

be intandewed.

Sixwoeroly,

W
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SJI.
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H. Leaar

Attorney
lash.
O

at Law Street,

I231 tourth
D.C.

Indictment

no. 166h5.

Shelby
Dear Jim:

county,

Tennossee. 963!

In respectto your letter sayingthat a Justicedepartnent attorney, Hr.

Janes F. Inlker, would like to interview ne concerning the shove indict-

aent, I

agree with your advice opposing the interview. It

would appear

that this Iould only he in the interest of the J.D. andtheir hook Iriting
collahorstors,e.5., Geroli Frank, George Mc illion, et nl. If they had ranted to interview the defendant, under oath, Justice had anple opportunity in the 197k H.C. hearing in henphis, Tennessee, through
their surrogate,

t.

Henry Hails;
at only

and I understand
the hearing. should

no representative

tron

Justice
At the

appeared as n witness
present I believe the

body I

testify

before

is

n Jury.

I understand you to any Justice hearings to Justice L suits. Therefore I&#39;ll clthoe

has not rand any of the trs. include justice speaks to the ELK Jr. or their
publishing

of prior
letter with setter

in the cc copy of this

n copy of n Complaint that I doubt it

attached_Ex-A,

associates

till

ho interested

in the Conplnint contents. Sincerely: Jenes e. Rey #65h77

P.O. BOX--73

cc: Jones F. nlker, Esq. J.D.L////// Patron, Tenn. 5?3h

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citizenahip and the amount in recovery-

Plaintiff, actingpro lo, 1| a citizen of

the State of

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titth, sixth,

and tourteenth,

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the Untied itatoe conatitution; I|.S.C. tle Z8iI53! a!, aa here-in-i

interest and coato, the nun oi ton thouaend dollars. _ 4--

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atter noteno.1; oppearot the latter in controversy exceedo, encluaioe or .r Coi Juriodiction founded on the eaiatance of a queation if-icing under particuier otatute:
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GDIERAL BACKGROUND! Q 0

On April Iqth I968,Rev. MartinLuther ling Jrt, Iao ahot . -d kil1ed;io,

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|!oIphio Tenneoooe; in Hay I968 the plaintitt orao indicted by the Shelby
count; grand jury cr. indictnent no.
allegedly through entered a

16655! tor
coercion guilty plea

oaid ahooting;
by hie to laid cr.

on March

I I

10th 1969-Plaintitt, Iorenan 8|

attorney, Percy indictment; on

the prooocution,

Tehruar; Znd
-

1971; the 11.5. Eh into the

circuit

court of of oaid plea,

appoala ordered Ba; It

an evident-

iarp hearing

circunatonceo

Rose 91 I- Zd 285

$4.6, 1971;: on Feb:-an:-1 Z7?-111975 otter hearing laid otidontiary

I"1

proooodingo
Hcilao, pro-

the L8.

Diotrict court

tor the

I.D. of

Tonnooooo, Boa.

Robert H.

liding ruled
o 92I 3 n I o 0% I

againot plaintiff,

Ra; 1&#39;. Bone, 0-71-I66; on Ma; 10th IS?6

the

17.8. 6thcircuit court of appoalauphold Judge !!cRao&#39;o in rulin; laid ovidentiar; hearing. Plaintiff, mess Roy It c. an, loco, O-75- I795. ouoo &#39; ~ -&#39; -

nezinmte, mann|c.; omnuz xcumzm; I. an-mt ants; nuam anrrsonn H1112; BEZRDLD FRANK; DEER! ll. HGRAI; 3.12131 PH-LICCIOTII, and allogolt _

2. an
J

ohile awaiting u-1-1&#39;1 etoronezrtionod the =1-. indictment the plaincopied don tron recollection intonation which ioad to
&#39;- "
&#39; , e ,0 . -

titt

he had gained in his piaintiff ieing charged

-

196? under

aoaociationo, aoaociationa
nu indictnontt
> a

J. at

a brie!

aunaary of oeid re=co11ectiono and their

ouhaoquent diopoei-

tion by piaintitt are ea toilooee

. ~ -mo&#39; 1I

&#39; .p
I K

a! during one pe.-_cd of plai:tiZ&#39;I continesent in 19c. he wrote down

on a. none; receipt issued forth tron the Sheritrs county, Tennessee,Jail intornation which plaintiff
Q

oitice of the Qzelby believed bad a direct

bearing onsaidcr. indictnent. See,is--A.

.

&#39; _.

b! the inforsation consisted telephone o!

nosbers were written do

&#39;.&#39; s F

nunbersI. one aaae ad_dreaa; all

In backaards,-including theaddress. ._
next to the word "Sister", the

c! the tao telepbona nunberawere listed

first being listed in,

New Orleans, Louisiana; the second being

,

in, Baton

Rouge, Louisiana.

d! the address is listed e! the telephone tn plaintit s

0 Q

under the nane, Vera C.

Staples.

nusber listed attorney,

under the Baton Rouge address was turniehed plaintiff in

Percy Foreaan, who was representing

said cr.

i_nd.1.ctnent.

1 the address was not investigated

until

plaintitt

was incarcerated

upoa

planing to said indiotsent; a conpendius or the post and investigation would indicate: the into:-nation cited
. .

.abowe was given

to a St. Louis, Mise-

onri,labor leader, and interned it pertained to theELK Jr. case, who apparently in turn furnished said information to a llsehville, Tennessee, es-

lttornay to investigate; said lttorne; had sources i.n&#39;tbe State or Louisiana

Llsostigote
listed . e . the llew a aideaet

mo setter
resident listed

end thereatter

said Attorney

reported

the Baton Rouge

number Orleans

wasunderthe influence ot the leaastern union; and

nusber resident disturbed was asong other things an agent of torthconing, because ot Dr. King&#39;s reported

organization

betore his death, public support ct the Palestine

the address it
-s

Arab cause.

Heserencea to

&#39; any was unclear.!

g! the plaintitt

had cone.by said naae 5 address shortly before crossing tron Tijuana, lesion, into the United States; Florida;

1967 theborder in llovesbar

- -v e

the sane was Rudolph E:-sin Roses, 1.180 I.&#39;l.. River Drive, Riasi,

otherreterence Isa nade to s L211:a check through the Itiani directoryin

11970 igdicted so Roren

._ ff,

ltiooouri;

thoroattor

on attornoy

in Ohlahona city,

Ohlahona,

no

turniohocl

tho ilooonnaao and a oo it ho could {ind any intonation

in, loo Orloana, and into:-zoo tho ouhgoct night havo n or.

to tho nnhjoct
rocord; tho itt-

ornofroportoo hack that tho ouhjoct&#39;o lnot nano noot 1i.ko17_oan, Rooohaon
and that ho had. a cr. conviction in Ion Orlonno, Louiaiona, o. nrcotico
Q -

todoral court tor grocuroul

tho,

violation;

thnronttor

a Ionnonooo Iiconood lttorno;

nnotho:

tho tr.

ot noii

conviction;

nuhooqnontlg

chock ona nndo through

lliani, tolophono diroctory whichdid 13-: a "Randy Ilooonoon" hut nith on

niirona dincronnncv-&#39; i _ &#39; -_ 92

ho that plaintiff

intondod tho ahovoihtorgotion for oxcluaivo uoo, nttor

o jar; trial undo: onid. or. indictnont---rnthor conooquonco o

n through invootiiation, in than 0! connorcialzing

in tho conlnuiicntionn

ihduatry--nan! in

oithholdpartothorootIron piaiauz a =1-.4==.r..,., who ooro ohnonhocl -.

dotondnnt Ionturoo: tot! nooolint! lttorno; I i11Lia.n Brnttord Arthur Iuio in conaorciil puhlinhing tho Hanan ax-., oho inaociiotoiy upon ontoring

Unit contractod oith lotondnnt,_I921io andZnd.!_ LttornoyPorcyIoronnn, oho ohilo

not ontorinr into Iitorar;
nonthn ottcc titt

contracts with 5r. Euio until

tho ouit, Hr. Ihronaa

January 1969,. too

plain-

l&#39;orona.n&#39;a onto:-in;

did not qnoation

ahoot onid information l orona:n&#39;n! ndaittod Fohruary Iith 1969,

or othor trial nttor Iuio,

napoctn ot tho cr.

indictnont--bocnuao Iohruar; litorary Foronan nith to invootigoto I963."

of hio
n 920 92

grogoration Po:-cg Ibronan plaintiff

nothoda-until. had ontorod into lttorhoy

5.. in hat I &#39;5

8

contracto

dotondant,

furninhod

tho ahovo nontionod,

Baton Iougo,

phono nunhor and aakod his

in concoction with tho IL! Jr. honicido. hhortly thoroattor "rt For-ona.n1
--

topliod

in otfoct

that

it

thoro noro

to ho any tolophono

nunhoro roforoi

toifin court ho Fox-onnn!.oou1d turninh-.thon through contacto in intorntato

gaohlihg--Hr.
! I --. ,-

Io:-onan nontionod oquontli, nfior

n, Hr.

Hoyor

Lannky, iii Foi-of

no hio oourco. r-oinn had in ouioroi

*M
-

tho iuroioctitioi

Q...

plaihtitt

into ontorin; n ploa to oaid indictnont, tho plaintiti on

March

coanissioner, Harry
the property
-

Avery. encent
order.

for a thin

line circling
&#39; .

sons writings

aeened in

ii Tha

tprior

to i aintiffis the late

transfer

to the

eforeaentioned ieniieitiarf, Hon. mtord Ellington,

Coudsaioner Avery,

Governor of tenneasse,

and Governor EL1.ington&#39;s ndninistrative assistant, Hr.~Ii1:1ienL. Barry,

had decided and
ell, 11.8.

5_:3_n_=;i__sl_1:g__rLi_t_1_.g_g Avery testimony see, in, Rn; vs.

11.13. Tn. C-iv. Action no. 5590, 19?O!P1aintiff&#39;n

Runatreat-

Die. Ct.

aent upon entering neid penitentie.rJ&#39;,io, arbitrary lodging of Plaintiff

nolitary confinenont innodiatelj upon hie entering prison.
92

in

.6. an
the trial

thereafter on
court

Hatch 13, 19$! Ihan

trial under said

ylaintiff connenced
indictnont, Connisaioner

petitioning
Aver:

for a new

attenptad to jporauada Plaintiff against

4

cooking a trial
ho Ionld

under said indictment

hover he releasted

and after

failing

that inforned
e,

Plaintiff that

fron eolitary uconfinensnt shiie he lverh wan corrections conninaioner.

9- hat in the succeeding years until the present Plaintiff ha: been arbi-

trsrily locked
years, during anns of the
U 1

in solitary
vhich tine hnrnhnant of the

confinonent/segregation for
their hae been several

spgroxinntely five
prinonora hoca who burned then-

auicides by too !

confinenont including

sci- te enth=
_"

2-en, LY- !=
;. &#39; .

92

IO. &#39;l hat aftar the

sforenentioned plea

by Plaintiff

the trial

Judge, Hon.

Preston Battle,
on laid

departed fron

enphia, Tennessee,
of Tenneaase,

for a vacation
Hon. mford

and while

vacation the

then Govornor

Ellington,

upon learning

of Plaintiff&#39;s Stnte ofticiaia

effort to

receive to located if the

a Jury Judge Battle

trial under

said in-

dictnent, dispatched 5- the next Appellate

to offer hin deny Plaintiff a

Judgnhip vacancy

Judge would

trial

under the

petition refer_ed to in paragraph-5 above. uztn 1969 in.the_ prison eepegntiol nu11a1n; &#39; &#39;-_&#39;._I_ Te-_&#39;,192-&#39;#
fedsrai bureau _of investsgation office. he cooperation of Plaintiff

1!-. mt

on or about March

Plaintiff vas confronted through ame_e it _a&#39;p_e&#39;cis1 agent, Robert Jensen .__
of the llolghin, Tonnescse, thnet of &#39;1&#39;. Jenaen&#39;a convereation Isl seeking

in furthsreing the HI investigation of

refined the
e

I&#39;e indictnent. Ihoa Plaintiff

said Plaintiff could
or Iorde
1 I J

cooperation ofterfllr. Jansenup&#39;on departing thereafter: -133-

expect rieinufr

Brothers John I. Jorry nay! to loin nu.-. in prilon,

to that effect,

&#39; e

Ca! 3la:.ntitI&#39;e brother, Jerry lay, that he had to reeign hie Job in

eae intinidated to the the Chicago, lllinoia, area;

&#39;

extent lub-

eeqoently after
hie tor

torcing hie tron hie Job the !&#39;BI_atteapted Irene to _

other brother,
hie car in the

nuneroue criaee.

h! plaintit e
while driving

John Ray, eae arreeted

St. Louie, ier-I-:1, area

by police robbery. Tried

"

and euheequentw alleged actually

1: charged
and convicted

by the
Iith e

I&#39;ll tor aiding and

defendant ehoa

abetting

a bank

tho goeernnent

robbed eaid
yearn; upon

hank, John
appeal the

eaa given

I8 yeare and the alleged robber

reeereed hy

IO
the

alleged rohhei-&#39;e conviction eae

Bth L8. eearnh I

I e 8 i 92|.

circuit court eeinure one

of appeal: need againet

hecauee the fr-uita of hia; however, the Bth

an illegal; circuit ruled

the? the truite o!_the

taken tron hin; upon

i.llego.1 nan:-ch one not ground tor reversing

re-trial the alleged robber the robbery eae acquited; laba

John lay ! caee hecaeue the alleged efidence stolen none!! eae not
eeqnently another defendant in eaa charged nnd entered

plea tor
by the
O

three 1
government.

Ieare which

eae later
-n .

reduced to

eighteen eonthe

1 .

I2. That

in. Jone

I959 Plaintiff

tiled a

civil action

in thellnited

Staten

2.

Dietrict court tor the ml!. of Tenneaeee eeeking to void contracte heteeen
plaintiff, the aforementioned 1m-1:; Foreman, and defendant, Huie. In att-

I: E

eapting to have eaidcivil action

ing the refilling by Plaintiff in J. Hooker Attorney the late, John

Complaint!, dininaed,thue nacoeeitat

the i.D. of nu, or the &#39;1&#39;enneeaee, detendante the Davidson count; Tenneeeee

&#39;|&#39; bar, illegally =2 intornatihn, Iron

,. I-.

procured Plaintii t&#39;e entire prieon the atorenentioned

record, including

donicle

correctione conniecioner,

Harry Avery,

5 .92 e.e 92

? P

92

oloroaontionod Pore;

Foranan I.

dofoadaat 3u.1.0,

would not

havo to

uhdorgo

11.10 tootiaany, g3.I_g3_=g3:_L__g3_. Judgotho accccpliahod this 1030.1 :0.n0uQ: by ruling tho

P1ainti1."0 ouhpoona

powora qoro linitod to arbitrary actiono

0 100 silo -&#39;

todiuo oi lhat Judgo lloto bolow

llonphio, ronnoaooo. Hcnao tux-thor projuiicial t

Ir inaction tho Unitod

olfoctivoly diliniahod

tho Plairzt-it&#39;0 right undo:

Statoo Supronocourt and-ato for a roll and qquitabio ovidoatiary touring: .! tho
tho prooo I03
u

court ruiod
urging tho

in ottoct
Stato to

at tho

oclicitation of

tho

8tat0&#39;0 Attcrnoy, dotondant Bailo-_-who

had cocplainad

to tho

court that Haintiff-that ho p1ai.utcul;0-

uh cortain

quoationo or oiiogod information

Gonorai Kaila
irt! ilrovido

couii inqu.&#39;i.r0
laid

of i oiatiffiz

Pore; u-ooan

ccncorning otho;-o
~.

poroono 0.1105061;

Dlo undo:

laid tr.

iniictaont. Ihoroottor,

althoo Plaiqtitt

did rotor

to

intonation doicribod
-

atcvo ao toing gin:

to Hr. Foreman by Plaintitr, and dotondont, Hailo,

within tho
Or, -Iudjo

continoo 0! tho
Hcilao quootioaod

abovo court ruling, noithor

Piointitt 1.9 tho nattor.

Judgo Ia!
I

Hcliao in ccncort with dotandant; Poliicciotti,

tron Plaintit o to tho at tho
-

hao conH. I-ooa.r rolovant h

Iiotontly-dospito potitiono
-

counool, Jaaoo or appoolo

- dociinod

to forward.

ll.8- 6th transcript in

circuit court

I
-

. I

nocouary pcrtiono

laid ovidoatiary

hearing: uncir-

ically, tho
.,n-

dotinitivo portions

ct laid tranacript ovidonoing, Pore; For-0:an,

in tho tr. nattor contri-

- liio invntotinn,
- in ;
;

roruaod to ottor 1110 toatiucuy in oaid ovidoatiary hoardolotoricuo inaction

and thuo through thoir

hutod oahotaatially

to tho 6th circuit

docioioh against

Plaintiff thoroin.

{A c!
now, tilod

KI

Judgo
attor

hing 0 principai .r 5&#39;

15. at oaptad to
oarioo ct

1|:-icr to niolood
iottoro

1%.

16. lhat
92

their have

been ;ublicized

allegations that,

Judge Hciae,

is_

aore concernedwith the political effects

lee. See, 22--C.

O

&#39; "

of his decisions than the

. &#39;

&#39

I2. Ihat

the clerk

of the

court defendant,

Pellicciotti, therein

laid

eeidentiary hearing was conducted acted in concert&#39;Ii&#39;t-h, Ziclee, Judge

in declining
11$-b above,

to prepare and forward tr. naterial,

to the 0,8. sixth circuit thus

described in paragraph

contributing substantially

to the sixth circuit

0

denying Plaintiff

relief under said evidentinry

hearing. 2
18- int defendant, Eaile, who was

- .-w
_e I .

92 &#39;
aforelibel-

the State&#39;s chief couneel in the nowin private practice, has

aentioned ewidentiary

hearing, but is

ed_ Plaintiffby aiding I1 abetting defendant, Hcliillian, i.n Bic!-til1ian&#39;

preparing ll authoring theaforenentiones artilce for defendant, 1&#39;11-ll.
I e ,e a I , ,ea v .-.

I9. hat

defendant, c illian,

inforned Plaintiff&#39;s brother, Jerry Rag,

of :1 ;

H8Mil. Lian&#39;s! rolationahig nan defendant, Bails. ;.,

-P--.@.

20. that I975

at the Tennessee State

defendant, Paile, appeared with defendant, Hc!-lillian,

penitentiary-ilaahville Branch-wherein Mc illian

requested warden,
Plaintiff and

Jones I.

Rose, a personal
to an

friend ofiaile,
interview by,

to contact
I-lc illian.

aak if

he would conaent

Ierden iose did forward said interview request to Plaintiff &#39;#..

building wherein Plaintiff was housedwhile asst. criticised att. gen. court decisions for the

which Plaintiff

declined and, thereafter, Haile _|| lichillian viewed the solitary confinenent _

i."
. -:

.,8

Zt. That

defendant, Hails, tines publicly

State of unfavorable

fennto hin

F es-see seweral in a
e I

sunner Iuggeating

he wae atteupting diaaiaied fron

to intinidate

Judges, acts by the

for att-

which he
ye e
Q

aubeequently was

the a.G.&#39;s office

orney General for the

State of Tennessie. " I975, issue of PINE nagazine !--D!

Revisited", defendant,

22- That in the January 26,

the title
Ir &#39; 1 &#39;0 be

under
King"

of " .l&#39;he ling Assassination

Hc illinn,

anthored a aalicious
and alleged laid article
. a Q

article subtitled
to-be

"1&#39;a gonna ll

that nigger

&#

said nbtitle is littered

a statenent

aade by Plaintiff. fabricationa, and while of a

with deliberate

hollywoodish character they are delivered with malice

-JI. III Q &#39;

intent, begining 435&

I

92

&#39;1-In I963 and I968; ttartiz dofiantly

Lutnor

King

no

on

W alnoat thoir

oworyday, ri;hto...Ra;

talking

about how Hack. poo;lo woro

going

to got

watchad it all avidly on tho coll-hlock

if-lingo rooaria
ooao on tho tuba-

&#39;1"l_&#39;at Joff City.

poroonally. Martin Ho

H_o roactod ao
whoa Kin;

woro diroctod
I o hogan to

at hia call his

hoilod

&#39;I.ucifor&#39; King and Martin

I-uthor

cool.

It

got II

that tho var;

aight of

King would galvanizo

4 1! article=

| au 92

tho facto aro

Jofforoon throud:
o

that thoir woro

ontiro
and, that oith City;

no W aoLo_ in tho collhlocko or, collo,

oojoura in tho lliaaouri
dofondant Hiaoouri I-!cl4iJ_1.1.anio corroctiona

during ?la.intiff"a

Stato ponitontiary
cognizant of officialo thio

at,
fact

cooworoationo

whoa ho hao

cootactod
Z3.

for information

ouoorouo tinao.
fabricationo

Soo, EX-j.
with aalicioua intont in

mat ooworal

o&#39;aE.u.=r doliborato

oaid articlo aro:

_.

92

_-_ &#39;

l
o O 1-

ofton . prioon Atlantic

a! "Ray and hio folloo convict Raymond! Cortio would oot_around, a fora of narcotic. 9- I8. high on opood..." Spood hoinf
.

tJ

"On April

Z14, 1967, dity, ho not

juot

ona dag artor Hc illian,

Ra! oacopod from Jack and Jarry diocuoaing in tho ourdor of

tho

at Jofforoon Hotel..."

hia -Brothara

hica;o&#39;o

II

allagodly,

oaro

3a_.rtin Luthor King.

9. 18-

I !
w

c! um llcH.1.l.lian allogod &#39;i>:.-inurzva Brothoro, John 1. am-1 Ray,

had, froa conwaroationa with Plaintiff,
.-

knowladgo

boforo

tho

fact of

tho

IIIIJ Jr.

aurdor.

Pl . I8 I1 23. Fisooori donartnont of corroctiooo conaiaoionor

21 That tho Stato of

Hciiillian lo a fraud l_!r. Goo:-go II. Coop,allogoa in offoctvthat dofondant

win coanoction with l!cH.illia.n&#39;a aforoncntionod

allogationo

concorning

Plain-

.-"&#39; ->

tiff&#39;o conduct whilo in laid llioconri 25. mat tho Hiaooori

ponitontiaz-7.
Hcr llian

saa, xx-1&#39;.
princigall; rolioo on

1|:-iaonor dofondaot

to Ilhotantiato

his allogationo,

allogationo that

Plaintiff

not only

Qlotod tho aurdor of o

wi o _ QQQ= at__ wv--I

KL! Jr. ht wooaln _anarcotic addict, narcotic

ll1-a&#39;Ia&#39;la:l -wv -

sea thereafter

lisited
.

in his prison

association
e .

to his oen type.

26. that shortly after

indictnent defendant

Plaintiff&#39;s arast
I-lcliillian stated &#39; s at a

in 1968 to
ness

sneer for said cr.

that since he

conference _.Q

llcllilliani
I

hnes Plaintiff

sas guilty of

the isdictasnt charge he McMillthusit follows a fortiori

of other novelist to s&#39;nb-

inn! sould not have to investigate the case.

that iiciiillion has relied on the tori: product

stantiate aiceable portions of his allegations in said H143 artccle.

Z7. That defendant Hcllillian
,

has posted Plaintiff

. .

numerous letters,

first

threatening, thencaioling, in seeking interviews for use in saidarticle

and his alleged forthcoming book re Plaintiff.

ZB7 Thatdefendant TIRE ssgasine has vested financial! interest in

publishing
Je -1 Q 92 &#39;92 e G I In

said nrtilce

by Hc.HiJ.lisn--thus

in promoting

}!cMil1inn&#39;s forth-

toning book re Plaintiffis s

E.
v -1 . .

in that llc!-1il1ia.n&#39;s publisher, Little

>_ -" ,

Brown,
-

subeidary of

1&#39;11-L inc. -J

..

&#39; _
.

That defsndst TIME deceived their

own agent Richard C. Ioodbury! in

their iicego, iliinois,office intothinking iii eoulno anobjective

story re th_e natter. See,
r

EX-F.
-

a .1. &#39;_ the

JO. _&#39;Ihst defendant E-IE

United States sixth

III consciously endeavoring to in uence

of appeals in, Ray v. Rose,

Circuit court

no. 73-

15103 which
as J 92&#39;1 J in nee tie trial shots

just

a :l&#39;eI days subsequent to said article

Qse cr. slit to Iletcr _1ns ohsger

heard aggunsnts
Pluntif! n

!- Lt: != said

to oz-oer

under

lndictaenh

1-

1
I-

J1.

Dist

TIME inc.

has a history of by publishing,

conspiring tinely,

to mbtert sslicions

the judicial articles prior

and political

processes

to judicial decisions or election of

public ofticials._

f&#39;

32 at because defendant, 1&#39;D!.._&#39; i ,.he.s&#39;sade a fresh investigation Tp.I ?

C I I

said article! being perlotlsd

that

into the "case"-their

initial

investigation is 1968--rm:
is tales

evidently is copizant

by &#39;1&#39;.Lse inc. LIFE IIQIJ-ll!

portion of said article

Ir
I

a substantial

L aalicious.

13.

at substantial portions of saidsrtilce byHcH.i1lian seresupplied

by defendants, Frank i Iiuie-Defenf-ant, luis, published

to Kr. llcfillian

s novel re Plaintiff
.

in I970 titled

"Re Slee the Dresser"; defemhant, -1881

J &#39;?

35.

That

tho

falao

allogatinno England,

in

oaid

article:

"that

Plaintiff

committee

a holdup

in London,

and that

Goorgo C. iallace

would pa;-don

jlaintiffp pp.
I7 oofennant

17 ll 23&#39;:-oopectivoly, oore anppliod ta defendant :1cMi1J.ien

nuie ao ovidonnod. ny eutenenza nane nirocuy to nunuxx

by tho above nenticnec! Porn; Poznan quoatingHuie to P1aintiffl alien;

with oral I. written doclaratiano by Defendat, Euie. Soe, -2:1 &#39;1.---.t. a
_ . 1 .I-

35.

at

Ilofondant

Huio in hio

ongoing

media campaign

against

Plaintiff

libolod Plaintiff
ainut

in a

CBS- N intorrior

hustodoby, DanRathor, on or
92 .

iamua.-1 2, i9&#39;76, by foioeiy

a.i1e;i.n3 in eifoct that

nintiii

had

mu.-daredEmitJr. and, ranted a

loan conpany in London, hgland.

36. not tho talea allogationl in refoi-once to Adolph Eitlor

articloi
iiloncod

p. 23 said.
fornor

I&#39;ll anpplied
by otatonontl

to defendant&#39;.Hc! J.J. by lan Defendant,

nod-a iiroctly to plaintiff
o

Fr.-..-2:, an or-

by Plaintiff !
.

itturnoy .3
32.

rho

Ill intorviooed ezteneiooly I

Hnie hao a oaid, Iith

opdorendant, P1-anii Honori: Iliii

of the;Ghottnnooga Tonno ooooxbar. &#39;

1.
biota:-1, Got . Wallace.
. . 5

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for coanez-ciai

&#39;
zeeaone,
_

_
at

that defondent

contontiouonooo

&#39;

$8. That dofendant Prankhao a hiotoz-1 of dofendin; Zinnia: evenI-nan

it includee nnrder, eg, ooo P1-anlr.&#39;o novol, puhliahor in 196}, titlod

"HE DEED", and if allogaticno

court

in count 2-f abovo aro oubltantiatoi

into ail! er. indictment

in

proceoding I42. I1-e.nk&#39;o int:-union

adwoato in

ao I.

Government

road-111 oxplicahlo.

J9. hot an articlo in tho BILALIAII IBIS puhlilhod March 12, I975 page I5
92.

*-jllulltinato
-

paragraph,
o

roportod
-

XII Jr.

Iao lhifting

hie political

alli-

m=e&#39;e..:&#39;m-. Kin; Iao mxzmg hie political allinncoo andum. ngnu o

app:-each. to npport thio 1-ieo oboe:-were point to Dr. inure viooe on Dr. Kin; the Viot rrao oar and hie growing oupport of tho labor novooent. oao aloe chain; under the infineneo
_.__J B i OII"&#39; -I

o -a t.

of the Teaching of tho Honnrablo

I Q _

releivea by the Court ae a defendant in eaid Iuit i;

taleel: alleging
tornal I transitory.
I

Ilee,
e

I21-8. p. I! a_proceee dericiencyg {Irh~anlr.&#39;a effect infaleei;

he I Doubleday Coapa.Iu!&#39;e atliliation vac
.&#39; _ .

alleged that

&#39;01-. the record That Iill contira that not one of the P]-a:l.nt1!!&#39;I aoculerl
in the of lav comnnication indnetr; but on the contrary, have ever ottered live they have utilized nuneroue teatinoru in rueee to a court avoid

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1
5.

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pr-oceie and the iuhpoena

vhile the

rice

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Iuditn the

publicity, appellate

courte are

reluctant to

teeerae becauae it eoold bring doe-na heap or criticiaa

of 1ae...to ma a Judge or a group of Judgee with enought

tron

the public tho are not taniliar with the rule and regulation courage Iouid on experience, be unez;;ected".See, E1-I.

52. that the detendante, TIRE inc.,George Mo!- llian, I: lent; Haiie,
Ii.&#39;L1. I.el Brattord Huie, and
ea ionoeez

Gerold Frank
;"

ere guilty
-

of the

violation

" ta!

or libeling

plaintiff in

laid rm:

article with

nalicioa intent.

kl. That the detendante, TIES inc., George Hc iliian, I. Henry Haile, are guilty or the violation as rolioeez
II oi acting in collusion, by the nature 0! eaid article and

.
1t&#39;e

publiehing date, to influence the ILS. 6th circuit court or appeal-e in, Ia; Y. Qoae, Ho.7}-1543, ndveraely to herein Piaintizt, thua obatr-noting

inane. andyiuauag pla. .ntiI!"l =1.-11 righte.

I . _ t &#39;

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lib-That defendant,Hc}2i11ia.n,ie in addition guilty or the violation

v

ll_IO1lOI&#39;lt _
: a!
aateriai thue

"&#39; - "&#39; tron de!endantl,

or ralaity or eaid diarogard tor the truth

of receving I: publishing nalicioue narerial

a reckleee
compounding Hc:4iJ.1ian&#39;e libel-

luie In hank, Iith

v -3 a 1 b I 92

92-. That deiendant, Huie, in

in addition

guilty of

the violation

an tollone:

" _a!of libeling eitn aaiicioua intent by Ialeely

loan conpany
.

charging on a
&#39; .

. !

I e

CB5-&#39;1"! special dated JanuaryZ, I976, and hosted by Dan Rather,that *"1aintin had in ettect aurdered, Rev.Martin Luther King Jr., and, rotted a
in, London,
_

England.
_

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92v that defendant, Keile, is guilty oi theadditional violation-faI"o11cn:a:

I! oi violating P1ai:Lti&#39;e civil rights. with nalicious intent

laid article,
H it

by ai ng 8| abetting detendant, Ho illian, in hie lIEoiJ.&#39;1.1nn&#39;l! punl

_e

throu turniahing

Hc iilianr information tron the tilee of

he Bane! nae aeat. Ltt. Gen.

the hnneeaee

Attorney GeneraJ.&#39;e ottice 1-mile

ID otluring direct knoeiedge reeuiting tron hietenure in the

Ienneeeee 1.0. otiice and hie aaeociatioa eitn the atoreneutioned, Percy Iorenan 81 Iinian L. Barry, ot the tm ulneee ot allegation nade in count-3

lerein abo:e, thua violating Plaintif e civil

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right :-

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1,7. nu: defeudente, JudgeHcliaea Brenda?el1icciotti, the civil rights violation as follows: &#39; _

are guilty of _

a! of deliberately vithholding relevnnt portions of Plaintiff&#39;s

transcript fro: anappellate court,refered to in count-15 b above, and

thus contributedlubetnntially to that court--11.5.6th circuit court of
appeals-sustaining
L 4

Judge HcRae&#39;e earlier

I &#39;

ruling therein

egcinat Plaintiff.
&#39;

8. that defendant, Judge HcRae, is is additionguilt; of the civil

violation as follove:
92 s

right&#

_
92

of a! refusing to act onta notion to take perpetuating testinony from defendant, Huie, in the aforencntioned evidentiary hearing, refered
-Q

to in

count-1%

c above.

9. ihet the Plaintiff

ie entitled

to exemplary danagea because defendants should be taught that the culpabil-

excluding Judge KcRae & Pellicciotti,

U Q I r

it;

of defendants in cr. indictnenta

to be decided

were intended under the United States

than through fraudulent

constitution

in courts of lav rather

misrepresentations in the connercial connunicutions industry;

ten defendants that legal requirenente precede political

and the othe:

considerations

or binsnessagainst a particular litigant.

92 I 92 _

_ _
.

_
herein the Plaintiff

5. 4-.
r-

That as a result

of the defendants

actions

cited

has not only been ligeled

responsibility

in a naligant
litigants

fashion but thoea tho have the

rights have by their

.;.
n .92 e U - an r 3.

of upholding

constitutional

&#39;1
e I _.

collusive

acts indirectly

contributed

to and encouraged the libel.

"

IHEREFORE, Plaintiff

demandsjudgment fro: defendants, ex-

ftluding Judge Hc ae, nunitive damages of Five hundred thousand dollars

respectively. -&#39; &#39;

D
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3-=8;E. Ray
In l nee.-._l new-waves-tee

Iashville,

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FOR WAIVEROf TRIAL RID REQU":.S&#39;I FOR

ACCBPTANCEor PLEA or GUILT! -

* I all proceedings cgsinst as should he hed in the namewhich I hereby declare_ to he ry

Thatly true 0-1.1.1 neneis U true none. _ ~

M1155 531 &#39;3,

and I assert that

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W IEIZIITIIII I-I1 HI Ell-ISI ll

In

Ia in this cause.
I

looted and retained by ne,lvho vas appointc r.

and Hugh Stanton, __ - ,
stand

I&#39;ll

t_ atzmxxeg-post, torepresent ic Defcn er,

beforebeing celled upon to plead,
and believe and feel
each case listed

. -.92_____ __ | ITIO VIE II

I have received a eoyy of the indictnent

the accusation nade against are in this

and I have read and discussed it with any attorney, hereby waive the rornal ! _-I &#39; a I a

that I

underI

ease and in

herein.

reading or the indictnent. the facts and surrounding circuastanees as known

I have told ny attorney

;- to he concerning the matters ncntioned in the indietnents, and believe and feel that

~
-

Iy attorney is f92 _ Ly inforned as to all such nettcrs. My attorney has inforned no It to the nature and cause of each accusation against Ia, and as to any and all _ possible defenses I night have in this cause.

IQ attorney

has advised no as to the punishncnt provided

bylav for the

offenses charged and e.-ahroccd in the indictment against ne. My attorney has further advised that punishmentwhich the lav provides for the crina with which I an char;ed in the indictment is as follows: &#39; _

B L Q &#39; -

Q_j=;;h_h;_;1;;;;g;u;jgg_Q; cqgjjnenent inthe State_genitentiary fori _

&#39; _tim9
and if

W91: 1"="*Y P ! YE" i_e

will he:

accepted by the Court and Jury say sentence on a ylea of guilty

1

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PI!1!=n$!*1 5&#39;1! Y "i"F Y "1"Y*?"e99!-

Guilty the Constitution guarantees andthis Courtwill grovide ne the right to a speedy

plead lot Guilty" to any offense charged against ne, and that if I choose to plead "Hot

It hashsen&#39;fulJ.y explained to laeandI understand that I

nay, if I so choose,

l tance of counsel in my defense at 1 .

P II

andpublic trial by Jury; the right to see andhear all witnesses -againstno; the right to use the powerendprocessof the Court to coapell the productionof any evidence, lmluding the attendance of any witness, in myfavor; and the right to have the assisall stages of the proceedings.

&#39; 1 3&#39;-1- .31 -,-&#39;;_s&#39;:&#39;.J.&#39;,&#39;-a.92ga&#39;|&#39;a of theaction I antaking, I dohereby in open Court request theCourt to

p&#39;as_s-urs of anykind or promises of gain or favor fron any sourcewhatsoever, andhein3

_:n the exercise of anyovn free viJ.. |. and choice and without iny threat: or

-.&#39; _;#",_ f h may or couldhave toaNotion for e lieutrial, and/2 an appeal. " . a

accept q glee of guilty to the charges outlinedherein. I herehy vaiveanyright I

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HE CRIEGIAL CJ&#39;-ZR? OF Z221-BYCGLWFI, l&#39;5;&#39;il&#39;38Si".!

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ITNIE e Q! 0? ERR?-l&#39;~SE

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11:1: eeuee eene onfor hearing before theIonoretleH,

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Crlninel Court of Shelby County, teeneesee, on the petition

Weoi the
of the

arm.-.m., e was egg; RAY,7 - . forYei&#39;92 or 1-1-1 tr: er gm end

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hereto end in-zorporeted by reference

herein;

upon etetenente n.ede in

open Courtby the defendant herein;hie ettorneysof record;/the Assistant

I r J.

the District

Attorney General

Attorneystenerelrepresentingthe Stete or Tennessee; endfrom questioning

tr tie Court of detendent end hie counsel in
IT AIWEARIIIS N TEE 6635"! after

open Court; end

eerehal eonelderetinn that the &#39;

defendant herein hes been full; trial

edvieed end underetende hie right

to e

by jury on the |:e:-its of the indictment egeinst him, end that the

defendent herein doee notelectto have e jurydeternine hieguiltor

lnnoeence under e plea oi the indictment, 1 ! Nlfnitl MID: of lot Guilty; end hen vnived the torn]. reading "

A PI=?J.BI $0 THE CCIIRI thet the defendant intelligent-17

end nnderetendingly waives hisrightto e trial end of hison free will

end -

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$..s T. U-r
JUDGE JUDGE

"James Earl Ray,

stand."

Have your lawyers explained

you understand
"Yes"

all your

rights to

you and do

then?" "

DEFENDhYT

JUDGE

"Do you know that you have a right to

charge of Murder in the First

a trial by jury on the

you, the punish

Degree against

lent for proof is cision of

Murder in the First Degree ranging from on the State of Tennessee to prove you doubt and to a noral the Jury oust be

Death by guilty bethe deand

Electrocution to any tine over twenty

yond e reasonable
punishment? F

years? The burden of

certainty and

unanimous both&#39;as to guilt

In the event of

a jury verdict against

a Motion for a

you, you would

addressed to

ti DIt

have the

right

to file

New Trial

I.

the trial

judge? In

the event of an adverse ruling

for a New Trial, you would have

against
the right

you on your Motion

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I 92.

to successive appeals to the TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals and the Supreme Court of tition for &#39;"tes "You are entering a plea of Guilty to Murder in the First Tennessee and to file a pereview by the Supreme Court of the United States?

Do you understand that you haveall these rights?"

DEFENDAET

t.

JUDGE

Vo

Dire I

of

Defendant

on waiver

and order

_ Iy
to
the

your plea of guilty

Motion for
Court

you are also waiving your rights

NewTrial;
! Petition

SuccessiveAppeals to &#39;
for Review by the Supreme 1

Tennessee

of Criminal Appeals and the Supreme

Court of Tennessee;
Court of the United

States. &#39;

by your plea

of guilty

you are also abandoning and

waiving your objections

and Petitions in which

and exceptions to all

the Court has heretofore

the Hotions
ruled atainst

you in whole or in
l.
Q -D 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. D PENDANT 8. 9. 10. "Yes" DEFENDANT Notion "AD IAva! JaIa rawIn Motion Motion *D to for to

part,

amongthen being:
&#39;

withdraw plea and quash indictment

en-Ila.-at LCQ QllZl"92I E _ Q92I I L92I$lI@

renovelights andcameras from jail___

private
to
D

consultation
defendant

with
to

attorney
depositions

Petition

authorize

take

Motion Motion Motion

to permit to permit

conference photographs

with Huie

to designate court

reporters

Notion to stipulate
Suggestion

testimony

of proper nane" i
years in

"Has anything besides this sentence of ninety-nine

the penitentiary been promised to you to get you to plead

guilty?
DEFENDANT llnull "Has used "so" na_; nae _yuu _1--4a__ yacnuang

Has anything else been premised you by anyone?"

any pressure of any kind, by anyonein any way been

on you to get you to plead guilty?"

this
such

iurder in the First

DEFENDANT

vofr Dire
JUDGE

Pl 0

of Defendant

on Waiver

and Order

?Is this

Plea of Guilty

to urdei

In the

First

Degree with

lgreed punishment of ninety-nine

&#39; tentilry,freely, eoluntarily
entered by
DEFENDANT JQQGE

years in the State-Penland understandingly lad: and

you?"

IIY s|Q -

Is this

Plea cf

Guilty

en your

pert the

free :c:

cf yen:

free will,

made with
.

your full

knowledge and understanding

of its
EFE A T JUDGE ?? fesi;

meaning and consequences?" I

be seated.

"You may

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