</s>5/1/68 TELENTIPE - TELEPHONE TO: SAC, EL PASO FROM: SAC. DALLAS (44-2649) (P) MURKIN. CO-EMPHIS. RE NEW YORK TELENTPE TO BALTIMORE, ETC ., APRIL THIRTY, LAST. TELLEPHOME NUMBERS NINE ONE FIVE - FIVE SIX EIGHT - TOUR NINE SVEN FIVE, FOR MR. LAW, AND NINE OME FIVE- FIVE FIVE 6IX SIX SIGHT, ONE ONE FOUR SIX, FOR (THU) RED, ARE IN AREA SERVICED BY MOUNTAIN STATES TELEFHONE COMPANY, EL PASSO. EL PASo HANDLE. EL PASONO ADVISED TELPHONICALLY; CONFIRMATORY COPY FURNISHED. ABR MAIL COPY TO MEMPHIS, - P- Above information telephoneically furnished to Bally Devales, El Paso, 5/1(66), 5/2(16), at 12/1 (15/15/17, by Jat Sake Dallas. 3-Dallas 3-11 Paso (AM) (CONTINEMATORY) 15-7/186-176 Memphis (AM)-44-1987) F7J:no SEARCHED AT, INCXED SERIALIZED, FILLED (4) MAY 2 1968 FBI-EL P/ASO 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document contains telecommunication records and investigative reports from the FBI’s El Paso and Dallas offices dated May 1, 1968, and December 1967, focusing on surveillance and tracing phone calls linked to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination investigation. It details efforts by the FBI to analyze long-distance call logs, including those from the St. Francis Hotel in Los Angeles on January 9, 1968, and coordination with local law enforcement agencies such as the Midland Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety for fingerprint verification. The text references telephone numbers associated with locations in Texas (El Paso, Midland, Van Horn, Las Cruces) and New Mexico, as well as administrative details about data processing under Executive Order 14176. A subject identified as "RAY" is tracked via vehicle movements involving Las Cruces and El Paso, with potential connections to American Airlines flights between Los Angeles and New Orleans. Redacted or unclear information includes potential social security numbers noted as "[SSN REDACTED]."  

Key People  
- Murkin (FBI agent)  
- LOMAX (suspect or informant)  
- RAY (subject under surveillance, linked to vehicle movements)  
- STEIN (associated with RAY in travel records)  
- Sylvia Ledford (assistant manager at Del Camino Motel, El Paso)  
- Eugene Roy Dearmen (Midland resident contacted for phone call verification)  
- PVT. Paul I. Reid (military personnel interviewed by FBI)  
- SAS REID and FOLTZ (special agents involved in telephone surveys)  

Key Locations  
- El Paso, Texas  
- Midland, Texas  
- Van Horn, Texas  
- Las Cruces, New Mexico  
- San Antonio, Texas  
- Los Angeles, California  
- Phoenix, Arizona (data processing center)  
- Interstate 10 (Texas, including Marfa, Alpine, Ft. Davis, Sanderson, Pecos, Ft. Stockton, Odesa)  
- American Airlines traffic office at Ft. Bliss, Texas  
- Baltimore, Maryland  

Key Events  
- Investigation into long-distance calls from the St. Francis Hotel, Los Angeles, on January 9, 1968.  
- Coordination with Mountain States Telephone Company to trace call records for December 15–17, 1967.  
- Verification of fingerprint files at Midland Police Department and other agencies.  
- Surveillance of telephone booths and payphones along Interstate 10 in Texas.  
- Tracking of "RAY" via American Airlines flights and coin-operated telephone calls.  
- FBI interview of PVT. Paul I. Reid regarding potential connections to the subject.  
- Documentation of call records from multiple locations with timestamps.  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Mountain States Telephone Company  
- Texas Department of Public Safety  
- Midland Police Department  
- United States Army Corps of Engineers (USAC)  
- Aberdeen Proving Grounds  
- Los Angeles Police Department (implied through references to St. Francis Hotel)

MLK Declassified Files

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