</s>104-1007-104146 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 RETURN TO CIA Backdrop Use Only Do Not Reproduce INOS: YEC. DNO CLASSIFIED MESSAGE TOTAL COPIES ROUTING AND/D/O LASSIFY TO FILE NO. -REP.F.RE.P.FILE NO. TRE.RID. FILE. NO. BAMCH SECRET REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROBIBITED REPRODUCED BY: SOUTHGROUND AND/O. STED: STED. REPROPUCTION OF THS COPY PROTIBITED NOTIFICATION TO CITES 4 2 4 4 ADV. COPY 4 4 CITIO 4 ADV, COPY. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/20 RID COPY 6-5 SECRET 29183/2 APR 68 CITE (BANGKOK) 9342 PRIORITY DIRECTOR INFO (MANILA) ACTION'S0 00056 RYBAT VOMUSE SECUR REF: DIRECTOR 93162 1. AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE ADVISES THAT MAJ. BERNARD F. REHKOFP, USAF ASSIGNED TO MACTHAI, HAS BEEN IN TOUCH ASKING ASSISTANCE IN CONTACTING AN LNERGO OFFICIAL. REHKOPP CLAIMS THAT HIS DAUGHTER RITA, WHO FORMERLY 12/30/05/57 12/31/05-5/57 REHOKOPP CLIMS that HIS DAUGHTEN RITa, WHO FORMELY WORKED IN BANGKOPF FOR LAW FIRM AND IS NOW BASED IN Babila SOP NEW ORLEANS WITH DELTA AIRLINES, HAS TELEPHONED HIM FROM. NEW ORLANS APPROX EIGHT TIMES IN LAST SEVERAL NIGHTS. SHE HAN H35 New ORLEAS IS IN THE HANDS OF LNERGY, SHE CLAIMTS OF LERGY. SHE CLAINS THAT SHE STATES SHE IS IN IN THE Hands OF LENERGY, SHE, CLAIMNS THAT SHE <loc_80><loc_652>KNEW JAMES EARL RAY AND SAYS SHE KNOWS HE WENT TO LONDON. SHE FURTHER CLAIMES THAT LNERGA IS PAYING FOR HER PHONE CALLS,

Summary:  
This document contains a classified message dated April 1968, referencing Maj. Bernard F. Rehkopp, USAF, assigned to MACTHAI, who has been in contact with LNERGO (likely an agency or organization) seeking assistance in locating an official. Rehkopp claims his daughter Rita, previously employed by a law firm in Bangkok and now based in New Orleans with Delta Airlines, has called him from New Orleans approximately eight times in recent nights. Rita alleges she is in the hands of LENERGY (possibly a typo for LNERGA), which is paying for her phone calls. She claims to know James Earl Ray, the alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., and asserts he went to London. The message notes that LNERGO is reasonably sure Ray will comply with their demands at least temporarily but seeks assurances his daughter is safe.  

Key People:  
- Maj. Bernard F. Rehkopp (USAF)  
- Rita Rehkopp (daughter of Rehkopp)  
- James Earl Ray (alleged assassin of MLK Jr.)  
- LNERGO/LENERGA (agency or organization involved in the investigation)  

Key Locations:  
- Bangkok (where Rita previously worked)  
- New Orleans (Rita's current location)  
- Manila (location of the recipient’s office)  

Key Events:  
- Rita Rehkopp’s claims about being held by LNERGY and her knowledge of James Earl Ray’s movements  
- LNERGO’s involvement in monitoring Ray and ensuring Rita’s safety  
- Communication between Rehkopp, LNERGO, and other agencies regarding the situation  

Key Organizations:  
- U.S. Air Force Intelligence (provided advisory on Rehkopp’s case)  
- LNERGO/LENERGA (agency handling the investigation into James Earl Ray)

MLK Declassified Files

00549460_cable_104-10071-10416.pdf

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