</s>SL1: 44-775 PREVIOUS THREATS TO DR. KING 320 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The documents consist of multiple FBI FD-302 forms dated April 24, 1968, detailing investigations into a guest named James Ray at the Congress Airport Inn in St. Louis, Missouri. Staff members, including Terris Ann (TRACER), Harvey Mink, and Naomi Hawkins, reported observations of a white male guest registered under the name James Ray during late 1967 and April 18, 1968. The guest was described as wearing a white shirt, light-colored sport coat, dark trousers, and having short-cut dark hair. A green car with Missouri license plates was noted parked outside Room #114 on April 19, 1968, but it was later found missing. TRACER claimed the guest resembled James Earl Ray (FBI #405-942-G), who was under federal investigation at the time. The documents also reference unrelated inquiries into Charley Roberts, a suspect allegedly planning to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr., though no direct connection to the assassination is established in these records.  

Key People:  
- James Ray (registered guest at Congress Airport Inn)  
- Terris Ann (TRACER, motel clerk)  
- Harvey Mink (night auditor at Congress Airport Inn)  
- Naomi Hawkins (housekeeper at Congress Airport Inn)  
- Charley Roberts (alleged suspect in separate inquiry)  

Key Locations:  
- Congress Airport Inn, 3433 North Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri  
- St. Louis County, Missouri  
- Sikeston, Missouri  
- Memphis, Tennessee  

Key Events:  
- Registration of James Ray at Congress Airport Inn (late 1967 and April 18, 1968)  
- Observation of a green car parked outside Room #114 on April 19, 1968  
- Comparison of guest descriptions to FBI records of James Earl Ray  
- Inquiry into Charley Roberts, alleged plan to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr.  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Allstate Insurance Company (St. Louis, Missouri)  
- Firestone Tire Company (Memphis, Tennessee)

MLK Declassified Files

44-cg-1114_738662_05-02-part_4_of_5.pdf

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