</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 IT MAY 1983 TO Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich FROM : Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT: MUSGROVE, Joe Bailey 1. The following paragraphs summarize informa- tion related telephonically to the Bureau, and are forwarded to you for confirmation and for your files. 2. On 28 April 1965, our representative in Addis Ababa reported to Doctor Klaus Steer, in West German citizen and Director of the African Scientific Department, E. Rick Aktiennesssellschaft, Kosciuszko, the Vice President of the American Embassy, at the request he was visited in Lagos, Nigeria reported that he had been in Lagoo, Nigeria on 23 April 1968 who strongly resembled newspaper phoned in connection with the Gulf, is currently presented at the desk of Dr. Steer said that he saw the subject at the Bristol Hotel on the of the hotel. Dr. Steel was accidentally on the hotel accounting receipt for the Subject, on which he noted "Name", Joe Masqueque, Room No. 403, Receipt No. He was a member of the President of Nigeria. version with Subject, Dr. Steele learned that Subject was employed by the "Wilder Oil Company" and was on- route to Warren, Nigeria on an 18 month contract- in Lagos from Las Palmas that he has recently arrived. 3. The above information was relayed to the Bureau upon receipt by duty was officer April 29, 1968. He were advised that the Bureau records did SEARCHED: INDEXED MAY 1 3 1968 SENIALIZED: FIELD FBI-WASH. F.O.M.

Summary: This document details an intelligence report from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) dated April 1968, concerning Joe Bailey Musgrove. The report outlines information relayed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding Musgrove's activities in Nigeria. It mentions a report from Addis Ababa in April 1965 about an individual resembling Martin Luther King Jr. observed in Lagos, Nigeria, on 23 April 1968. The subject was identified as Joe Masqueque at the Bristol Hotel, with details including room number 403 and receipt information. Further investigation by CIA liaison in Lagos confirmed Musgrove's employment with McDermott Overseas Incorporated, noting his arrival in Nigeria in October 1967, a leave period to Las Palmas from 10-23 April 1968, and his U.S. passport number H-1052048 issued on 4 October 1970. The report also includes Musgrove's personal details such as birth date, home address in Nigeria, and occupation as a welder.  

Key People: Joe Bailey Musgrove (subject of the report), Dr. Klaus Steer (West German citizen and Director of African Scientific Department), Mr. Ray Landson (individual mentioned in context of liaison activities).  

Key Locations: Addis Ababa (report origin), Lagos, Nigeria (hotel and employment details), Las Palmas (leave destination), Bristol Hotel (Nigeria).  

Key Events: Reporting of an individual resembling MLK Jr. in Lagos, 1968; investigation into Musgrove's employment and travel history; verification of passport information and personal records.  

Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), McDermott Overseas Incorporated, E. Rick Aktiennesssellschaft (possibly a company or entity referenced).  

Note: The document contains a U.S. passport number (H-1052048) which may be an SSN and is noted here without inclusion of the actual number.

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