</s>WFO 44-703 PAGE TWO ABOUT HIS ONE-HALF TOM, BLACK AND WHITE CHEVROLET PICK-UP TRUCK IN STORAGE FROM OCTOBER FOURTEM, SIXTEVEN. TRUCK REMOVED MARCH TWENTIENTSVEN, LAST AND RETURNED TO STORAGE MARCH TWENTYTIGHT, LAST, AGAIN REMOVD FROM STORAGE APRIL EIGHT, LAST. LAST. AREA CONTACT LISTED AS JOHN RICHMOND, TELPHONE THREE FOUR SEVEN - THREE FOURS FOUR FOUR. TWO MEN, NAMES NOT KNOWN, CAME TO COLONIAL STORAGE LOT ON APRIL FOUR, FIVE OR SIX, LAST and REMOVEO PAINTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, ALSO TOCK TRUCK TO GARAGE FOR TUNE UP. THIY WERE DRIVING BEIGE COLORED, MALF TON TRUCK WITH RACKS FOR LADDERS AND VIRGINIA LICENSE TAGS, ONE MALE, WHOSE FATHER MAY OWN TRUCK IN STORAGE, DESCRIBED AS WHITE, TENTIVENTIVE TO THIRTY YEARS, FIVEC FENT EIGHT INCHES, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTITIVE POUNDS TO ONE HUNDED AND EIGHTYTIVE POUNDS, RUDDY COMPLEXION, BLOND HAIR, STOCKY BUILD. OTHER DESCIBED AS WHITE, THIRTE, THERTY TO THIRTYTHREE YEARS, SIZ FENT ONE INCH, ONE HUNDRED NINTY POUNDA, BOTH BAD SOUTHERN ACCENTS. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The declassified government documents referenced pertain primarily to investigations involving James Earl Ray, a suspect in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. These records include FBI notes on Ray’s alleged connections to organized crime, his movements (e.g., travel on American Airlines flights), and associations with individuals such as Mac Richards. The documents also reference the Warren Commission report and speculative theories about the JFK assassination, though no official conclusions are presented. Additional content includes unrelated investigations into bombings in Maryland involving Franklin Johnson and Edgar Franklin Johnston, as well as fragmented entries about informants, financial records, and surveillance activities. The text contains outdated formatting, typos, and unclear references (e.g., "JULEP Court"), with some entries appearing incomplete or garbled. A placeholder note at the end ("2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176") suggests potential errors or fictional elements. No direct information about Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination is present in these records.  

Key People  
- **James Earl Ray**: Central figure in JFK assassination investigations, linked to Naples, Florida, and alleged associations with organized crime.  
- **Mac Richards**: Identified as a friend of Ray in Naples, Florida.  
- **Eric Starvo Galt**: Investigated as an alias or associate but found to have no ties to MLK’s assassination.  
- **Walter Flower Williams** and **Charles D. Crosier**: Informants contacted but provided no actionable information on racial unrest or MLK-related activities.  

Key Locations  
- **Naples, Florida**: Tied to James Earl Ray’s alleged activities.  
- **Maryland**: Including Rockville, Montgomery County, and Prince George’s County (police department records).  
- **Texas**: Fort Bliss, linked to military personnel investigated for potential connections.  

Key Events  
- **Fingerprint Comparisons**: Efforts to match Ray’s fingerprints with undetected latent cases from April 1967 onward.  
- **Phone Call Investigations**: Tracking calls related to MLK’s assassination, including a call from OZAMA BOVIA in New Orleans to Los Angeles numbers.  
- **Military Personnel Checks**: Investigation into individuals like Private Paul E. Reid on American Airlines flights.  
- **Financial Institution Checks**: Negative results from inquiries at banks and directories for Eric Starvo Galt and other aliases.  

Key Organizations  
- **FBI Baltimore Field Office (44-669)**: Coordinated investigations, including fingerprint comparisons and informant contacts.  
- **Prince George’s County Police Department**: Provided undetected latent case files for comparison with Ray.  
- **National Banks of Maryland**: Checked as part of financial institution inquiries (e.g., First National Bank, Central National Bank).  

Notes  
- Documents reference ongoing efforts to verify identities and connections but lack direct evidence linking suspects to MLK’s assassination.  
- No actionable information was found regarding Eric Starvo Galt or other aliases in relation to MLK’s case.  
- Informants were monitored for updates on racial unrest and MLK-related activities but provided no new data.  
- SSNs are not explicitly mentioned in the text.

MLK Declassified Files

44-ba-669_729218_1-02-part_4_of_8.pdf

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