</s>PG TWO FOR INFO SAN ANTONIO, KANSAS CITY HAS INFORMATION THAT ONE WILLIAM THOMAS JACOBS CLAIMS HE WAS APPROACHED BY UNKNOWN PARTY FEB. FITTEN, SIXTYFIVE. AND ASKED TO KILL PRESIDENT AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. SAN ANTONIO CHECK AT STATE HOSPITAL, AUSTIN. FOR BACKGROUND AND DETERMINE IF POSSIBLE RECEIVING TREATMENT. KANSAS CITY CONSIDER CHECKING WITH TRUCK DRIVERS UNION IN ATTEMPT TO DETERmine EMPLOYMENT. IF ABOVE LEADS NEGATIVE. CHECKING BUREAU SOURCE BUREAU REQUESTED TO CONSIDER AM COPY TO MEMPHIS. END WPX FBI WASH DC X K.C. - P.H.m. A-A-4H. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The documents detail FBI investigations into potential threats against Martin Luther King Jr. and U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965-1968. William Thomas Jacobs, a former inmate with mental health issues, is noted to have claimed he was approached by an unknown party in February 1965 to assassinate both targets. The FBI requested checks on his background, including his history of mental observation at Austin State Hospital and employment as a truck driver. Records from the Texas Department of Corrections indicate Jacobs was released in 1966 after serving time for mental health-related offenses.  

Separate investigations focused on tracking telephone calls made by an individual referred to as "Ray" traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans. The FBI sought information on toll calls made from public coin phones in Texas and Florida, including locations such as Marfa, Marathon, San Antonio, Houston, and Tampa. Calls from Yuma, Arizona, to Louisiana were deemed untraceable due to lack of record-keeping by telephone companies.  

The documents also reference inquiries into "look-alikes" for James Earl Ray, including Charles Ray Johnson, with no confirmed sightings in Texas or Tampa. Additional notes include administrative updates on FBI operations, personnel logs, and requests for physical records from telephone companies.  

Key People:  
- William Thomas Jacobs (mental health history, alleged assassination plot)  
- James Earl Ray (suspected assassin of MLK, referenced in phone call investigations)  
- Charles Ray Johnson (look-alike inquiry)  
- Jim Sparks (contacted regarding Charles Ray Johnson sightings)  
- Harry Hudson (Southern Bell Telephone Company official)  
- Jack Graham (Mountain States Telephone Company security officer)  

Key Locations:  
- Texas (Huntsville, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Marfa, Marathon, Baytown, Sanderson)  
- Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge)  
- Arizona (Yuma)  
- Florida (Dade City)  

Key Events:  
- FBI checks on William Thomas Jacobs' background and mental health history  
- Investigation into telephone calls made by "Ray" from Texas to New Orleans  
- Attempts to trace collect calls from Yuma, Arizona, to Louisiana  
- Inquiries into James Earl Ray's identity and sightings of look-alikes  
- Administrative updates on FBI operations and personnel logs  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Southern Bell Telephone Company  
- Mountain States Telephone Company  
- Texas Department of Corrections  
- Heart of America Shows (mentioned in context of Charles Ray Johnson inquiry)

MLK Declassified Files

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