</s>OFFICIAL FORM NO. 18 USA STATE GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES GOVERNORMENT Memorandum Memorandum TO : : : : ASAC (157-1873) DATE: 11/14/68 FROM : ASAC J. T. SYLVESTER, JR. SUBJECT: MURKIN "Look Magazine" article dated 11/26/68 by SUBJECT: MURRIN WILLIAM BRADFORD HUITE. RE: RAOUL "Look Montreal, RAOUIL, after eight meetings with RAY, offered him living expenses, a good and or ultimately travel papers him living experiences, would return or on the United travel papers from Birmingham and the United States, establish himself in Birmingham and are "available" and the article stated how Ray accepted this offer made by and the Article stated howRAY accepted this Offer made by 8/21/21 on the date, according to Ray, and again repeated the telephone number where Ray could contact RAOUl at New Orleans, in the article it stated. In the article It stated, on his way to Mexico, RAY mailed in the deposit keys to his bank in Birmingham, as "It was sure I would never never meet with RAOUI again.RAY again said in reference to me meeting with RAOLI in Mexico and "RAOUL said "Ok, but for me to let let me know where I was by calling New Orleans, telephone number from time to time by would write me to the General Delivery to Los Angels." Mexico and went to Los Angeles for the last November allegedly RAY left Mexico and wanted to lose Angeles to "almost immediately I received and sent to New Orleans for the first time in instruction! I that "RAOLL" command to come to New Orleans for the instruction." certain bar in New Orleans are a certain time on 12/17/1. He said he only wanted a conference that I would be going back said he was in the STEN and I took turns turns one of the following back day and night." 159/06/25-11/97 ready to leave. RAOULL just wanted a report on what I was "Three hours after I got to New Orlando I was been doing. He said that there were one more money, a job on, and I had it in doing, he said there were no one more job do, so we'd do for sure, he'd give me complete travel pass. <loc_188><loc_841>for sure. He'd give the complete travel plan. <loc_188><loc_842>SEARCHURGED TO JTS.I.S.ep <loc_188><loc_869>NOVI-1968 <loc_811><loc_688><loc_812>(1)

Summary  
The document contains a series of government records related to an investigation involving James Earl Ray and his alleged activities connected to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. It references a "Look Magazine" article from November 26, 1968, which describes interactions between Ray and an individual named RAOUL (possibly RAUL). The text details offers made by RAOUL to Ray, including financial support, travel papers, and instructions for meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, and New Orleans. It notes that Ray registered at the Flamingo Motel in Selma, Alabama, on March 22, 1963, under the alias Eric S. Gault. The document also includes FBI records from November 1968, referencing guest registration cards from the Granada Hotel in Birmingham for August 2, 1968, and inquiries into the identity of John J. Rayns (possibly a misspelling or variant of James Earl Ray). Fingerprint comparisons and latent print analysis are mentioned as part of the investigation.  

Key People  
- James Earl Ray (alleged assassin of MLK)  
- RAOUL/RAUL (individual with whom Ray interacted, possibly an alias or associate)  
- John J. Rayns (possibly a variant name for James Earl Ray; referenced in hotel records)  
- ADRIEN M. KOONE (hotel staff member who identified Ray’s registration details)  

Key Locations  
- Birmingham, Alabama (RAOUL’s alleged base and meeting location)  
- Selma, Alabama (Flamingo Motel where Ray registered as Eric S. Gault)  
- New Orleans, Louisiana (meeting location for Ray and RAOUL)  
- Granada Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama (hotel with guest registration records reviewed by FBI)  

Key Events  
- Ray’s alleged meeting with RAOUL in Birmingham and New Orleans in 1968  
- Ray’s registration at the Flamingo Motel in Selma, Alabama, on March 22, 1963  
- FBI investigation into hotel records for John J. Rayns (possibly James Earl Ray) at Granada Hotel, Birmingham, August 2, 1968  
- Fingerprint and latent print analysis conducted by the FBI as part of the investigation  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- United States Department of Justice (via FBI records)  
- Granada Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama (hotel with registration records reviewed)

MLK Declassified Files

157-no-10673_hs1-852666771_126-05-part_3_of_3.pdf

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