</s>NO 66-2878 CHA:mwB 1A-1: Two cloth strips with laundry tags bearing codes 02B-6 and D2B-66. 1A:3: Photographs of artist's conception of unknown subject purchasing rifle in Birmingham. 1A=6: Photographics of DARREL DEXTER GATIN. 1A+12: Negatives of artist' conception of Unknown subject by witnesses in Memphis and Birmingham. 1A =- 15: Photographies of bedspread in which gun was wrapped. 1A -22: Negotiatives of ERIC S. GALT. 1A~23: Photograph of subject with eyes closed. 1A -- 23: Photographings of subject of RONALD BARDIN SIMPSON. 1A :- 30: Color photographs of JAMES EARL RAY, 3/17/60. 1A->30: Photographographs of JANES EARL RAY, 3 /17/66. 2A-31: Photographos of JAMES EARLY RAY. 9/8/66 .. 1A--32: Photographas of WALTER TERRY RIFE. 1A --- 32: Photographss of WALKER TERRY RIFE. 1A-$33: Standup photographs of Ray, 2/28/55. 1A ---- 34: Photographgraphs of James EARL Ray, 1960. 1A--- 35: Photographscs of Continental Dance Studio Party. 1A-"35: Negotives of CONTINENTAL DANCE STUDIO PARTY. RIFE (no dates). 1A–35: Negative of JAMS EARLRAY, 1/4/66: 1A-, 35: Negatives of JAME'S EARL ray, 1A/4/.66. 1A-+43: Photographof JAMES EARL RAAY, 1a/4./66. 1A-'45: Color photograph of CHARLES STEIN. 1A-(45: Photograph as of MYRAL TOMASO. 1A'-46: Photograph's of MYRAL TOMASo. 1A<46: Photography of CHARLES STEIN, 7/21/61. 1A# 57: Photograph a of CHARLS JOSEPH STEIN ,. 1A.A-62: Photographa of JARLES L. OWENS. 1A .- 62: Photograph s of JULES RICO KIMBLE. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document details Mark Lane’s 1978 televised interview on WVUE-TV in New Orleans, where he alleged FBI misconduct in the investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Lane claimed the FBI suppressed evidence, including Grace Walden’s testimony, a witness who asserted she saw someone other than James Earl Ray at the scene. He accused the FBI of surveilling MLK 24/7, dismantling surveillance hours before his murder, and possibly conspiring in his death. Lane also referenced the House Select Committee on Assassinations’ findings and alleged CIA ties to Lee Harvey Oswald. The text includes correspondence between the Metropolitan Crime Commission and the FBI Director William H. Webster regarding these claims, with attachments of Lane’s interview transcript.  

Key People  
- Mark Lane (author, civil rights activist)  
- James Earl Ray (convicted assassin of MLK)  
- Grace Walden (alleged witness to the assassination)  
- J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)  
- William H. Webster (FBI Director)  
- Dick Gregory (comedian and co-author of *Code Name Zorro*)  

Key Locations  
- Memphis, Tennessee (sites of surveillance, Grace Walden’s hospitalization)  
- New Orleans, Louisiana (location of the interview and Metropolitan Crime Commission)  
- Oslo, Norway (where MLK received the Nobel Peace Prize)  

Key Events  
- FBI surveillance of MLK 24/7 during his final years  
- Alleged dismantling of electronic surveillance hours before MLK’s assassination  
- Grace Walden’s alleged coercion into a psychiatric hospital in Bolivar, Tennessee  
- Claims that the FBI suppressed witness testimony and evidence  
- Lane’s allegations of CIA involvement with Lee Harvey Oswald  
- Correspondence between the Metropolitan Crime Commission and the FBI regarding these claims  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Metropolitan Crime Commission (New Orleans)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

MLK Declassified Files

157-no-10673_hs1-852666771_127-02-part_4_of_4.pdf

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