</s>PAGE TWO INVESTIGATION BIRMINGHAM DETERMINED THAT TELEPHONE EXCHANGES IN NUMBERS MENTIONED ABOVE ARE LOCATED AS FOLLOWS; FIVE TWO FOUR AT COLLINSVILLE, ALABAMA; TWO EIGHT EIGHT AT MONTGOMERY, ALABAAMA; FOUR EIGHT TWO AT ODEN RIDGE, IN FALKVILLE, Ala. AREA; EIGHT NINE NINE AT ASHFORD, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALBAMA. MOBILE, IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANCE OF TELEPHONE NUMBER TWO EIGHTEIGHT - THREE NINE ZERO ZERO FOUR AAT MONTGOMERY, AND EIGHT NINEE NINE-THREE ZERO SIX ONE AT ASHFORD. BIRMINGHAM, WILL HANDLE COLLINVILLE AND FALKVILLLE LEADS TO DETERmine SUBSCRIBERS. KEEP IN MIND THE SAME EXCHANGES COULD BE REPEATED IN OTHER STATES AND ABOVÉ NUMBERE NOT NECESSARILY ALABAMA NUMBers. END WPK FBI WASH DC 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The documents contain fragmented records from the FBI's investigative files related to multiple cases, including inquiries into Edgar Franklin Johnston (a bombing suspect) and items recovered in Memphis, Tennessee. A file transfer for Donnle Leon Hardin is noted, with personnel records moved to St. Louis, Missouri, on June 22, 1965. The FBI sought information on Johnston's whereabouts around April 1, 1968, including inquiries at the National Broadcasting Company Studio in Washington, D.C., and a Baltimore investigation into his status as "armed and dangerous." A separate FD-39 document references Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) as a victim, detailing recovered items such as rifles, scopes, cartridges, and boxes with serial numbers (e.g., SN 494915). These items were found in Memphis, specifically near 424 South Main Street, and included a Remington Gamemaster Rifle (Model 760) and associated components. Laboratory requests for forensic analysis of the rifle, scope, cartridges, and a blanket (with soil and fiber composition details) are noted.  

Key People:  
- Edgar Franklin Johnston (bombing suspect)  
- Donnle Leon Hardin (individual with personnel file transfer)  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK, referenced as victim)  
- Inspector N. E. Zachary (recovered items in Memphis)  
- Special Agent O. V. Johnson (removed rifle components)  
- Special Agent R. G. Jensen (involved in item recovery)  

Key Locations:  
- National Broadcasting Company Studio, Washington, D.C.  
- 424 South Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee  
- St. Louis, Missouri (U.S. Army Personnel Services Support Center)  
- Baltimore, Maryland (investigation into Johnston)  

Key Events:  
- FBI inquiries into Edgar Franklin Johnston's whereabouts on April 1, 1968  
- Transfer of Donnle Leon Hardin's personnel file to St. Louis, MO, in 1965  
- Recovery of firearms and related items in Memphis, Tennessee, including a Remington Gamemaster Rifle (Model 760)  
- Laboratory requests for forensic analysis of recovered materials, including fingerprint examination, soil testing, and fiber composition determination  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- U.S. Army Personnel Services Support Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana  
- Memphis Field Office (FBI)  
- St. Louis, Missouri (FBI administrative center)

MLK Declassified Files

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