The document contains telegraphic communications from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) dated April 26, 1968, regarding James Earl Ray's status as a suspect in connection with the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. It notes that Raymond Dowen of Seaside, California, was re-interviewed and exhibited photographs, including one allegedly showing James Earl Ray not close to a person he knew in Wichita, Kansas, and Hominy, Oklahoma. The text references discontinue directives for Kansas City and Oklahoma City investigations, with Ray described as armed and dangerous. The document includes redacted social security numbers and placeholder text for sensitive information.  

Key People: James Earl Ray, Raymond Dowen, Paul Alvin Lail, Jr., Neil Abbey, Donald Dean Rigger, Harold Schaeffer  
Key Locations: Kansas City, Memphis, Oklahoma City, San Francisco, Seaside, California, Wichita, Kansas, Hominy, Oklahoma, Missouri State Penitentiary  
Key Events: Re-interviewing of Raymond Dowen, exhibition of photographs related to James Earl Ray, discontinue directives for investigations in Kansas City and Oklahoma City, designation of James Earl Ray as armed and dangerous, incarceration of James Earl Ray at Missouri State Penitentiary, associations with drug networks and prison operations  
Key Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Missouri State Penitentiary

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