</s>104-10136-104040-F 2018 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992. HOUTING, RECOROS ACT OF1992. (0.50) When Fill in) F. Kennedy ASSASSANATION RECORDING ACT OF 1993. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED YANCE COPY SLOTED INDEX: YES NO 4 4 ATI-ISSUED CLASSIFY OF FILE NO. 4 2.2040 MIDENCE 2.2. RIBBAO FILF TO FILE NO FILF RID TO RET. TO BRANCHO DESTROY SIG. SEEM BY : TION SEURRY PER RIBBAN FILF ROID TO INFO: /DESTROV SIG. CESDO C/CIT D/SECURY D/SCCU.4 DCT/D/DICED/DIP/POS/RE ALIP CSCO C/T D/SCU. 4 SECRET 08194862 JUN 68 CITE LONDON 5661 IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR 8J8:27352 REF: DIRECTOR 66658 1. WE INFORMALLY AWARE AS OF LATE 6 JUNE FBI REP'S LEAVE LOCAL POSTPOND AS FBI HAD LEAD RAY MIGHT BE IN EUROPE, POSSIBLE! ENGLAND. 2. FOLLOWING INFO, AMPLIFYING PRESS RELEASE ISSUED WASHINGTON AROUND 1615 HOURS (LONDON TIMED) BY ATTORNEY GENERAL CLARK, INFORMALLY PASSED STATION BY LONDON FBT'S REPS, 2000 HOURS GENERAL CLANK, INFORMAILY RAY, TRAVELLING UNDER NAME, RAMON, GEORGE SNEYD WITH CANADIAN PASSPORTS ARRIED LONDON FROM TORONTO 7 MAY. CASHED RETURN AIR TICKET (TO TORONTC) FOR LONDON LISBON TICKet. LEFT LONDON FOR LISSON FOR LISSON ON FBI MAY C15 HOUNS LATER) A JUNE SCOTLAND YARD ISSUEED ALL PORTS ALERT FOR FBI SUGGESTION. 6 JUNE. FBI LEARNED OF FORGOING MOVEMENTS FROM SCOTLANO YARD BUT AS OF EARLY 8 JUNE LOCAL FBI BELIEVED SNEYED SNYD IN LISBOON; FBI SENI SENT 2 REPS THERE: SNEYD RE-ENTERED U. K. UNNOTICED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. AT 1115 <loc_869><loc_734><loc_111><loc_729>JUNE HOURS (CLONDON TIMES) 8 MAY SNEYO NOTICED by BRITISH SPECIAL BRANCH

Summary:  
The document details FBI and British authorities' efforts to track James Earl Ray's movements following his alleged involvement in Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. It notes that on 7 May, Ray arrived in London under the name Ramon George Sneyd with Canadian passports. He cashed a return ticket to Toronto and departed for Lisbon on 15 June. The FBI requested an alert from Scotland Yard for all ports regarding Ray's movements. On 6 June, the FBI learned of Ray's travel plans from Scotland Yard but believed he was in Lisbon by early 8 June. Two FBI agents were sent to Lisbon. Ray re-entered the UK unnoticed by local authorities on 11:15 hours (London time) on 8 June. Scotland Yard arrested Ray on 8 May, though the FBI was unaware of this at the time.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (accused in MLK Jr.'s assassination)  
- Ramon George Sneyd (name used by Ray during travel)  
- Attorney General Clark (issued press release regarding Ray's movements)  
- Scotland Yard (British law enforcement involved in tracking Ray)  
- FBI agents (sent to Lisbon and UK to monitor Ray)  

Key Locations:  
- London, United Kingdom  
- Toronto, Canada  
- Lisbon, Portugal  
- Washington, D.C. (FBI headquarters)  

Key Events:  
- James Earl Ray's arrival in London under false identity on 7 May 1968  
- Ray's departure for Lisbon on 15 June 1968 and subsequent re-entry to the UK on 8 June 1968  
- FBI request for Scotland Yard to issue port alerts for Ray's movements  
- Scotland Yard's arrest of Ray on 8 May 1968, undisclosed to the FBI at the time  
- FBI agents dispatched to Lisbon and UK to monitor Ray's activities  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Scotland Yard (British Metropolitan Police Service)  
- United States Department of Justice (via Attorney General Clark)

MLK Declassified Files

00549071_cite_cable_on_rays_travel_104-10136-10430.pdf

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