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Summary  
The documents consist of FBI administrative records detailing budgetary and manpower cost data related to the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) case investigation across multiple field offices during August 1976. Entries include personnel hours allocated to the case, regular and overtime work logs, and notes on unusual costs such as xeroxing expenses. Administrative reports reference prior Bureau teletypes, document classification protocols, redaction markers for sensitive information, and submissions to the FBI Director’s Budget and Accounting Section. No investigative findings or conclusions about the MLK assassination are included in these records.  

Key People  
- **Martin Luther King Jr.** (subject of investigation)  
- Special Agents: Richard T. Hradsky, John N. Morgan, Joseph T. Boston, Boyd R. L. Keenan, Guy Hill Cox Jr., Thomas J. O’Donnell Jr., John F. Cocharne, Joseph T. O’Leary, Arlo J. Quill, William Rogers Jr., Carla Kay Abraham, Gerald D. Morr, Richard H. Bloeser, Junn Palmer, J. Peter Chase, Linda D. Bloomer, W. Regi Mullins (Grade 10, Step 1–2), Peggy W. Overstreet (Grade 5, Step 6–7), Dale Degan (Grade 6, Step 2), Relta Swanson (Grade 4, Step 5–7), SA Garrett M. Davis, Thomas L. West, Jane K. Wilda  
- Clerks: Deborah Sue Jones, Louis M. Reigel III, Larry H. Baker, Prince Earl Ross, K. K. Berkstresser, Murriel Berkresser, Belindia Williams, Steve Passanandu, IRA Thomas Yow, Sheila T. Pushkar, IRA Tromas You, Edith Tebeau, Jacquie Martin, Katherine Barry  
- Administrative personnel: Norma D. McCorkle (GS-5-10), Susan D. McCorkle (GS-4-2), Stephen L. Hayes (GS-3-1), Michael H. Roberts (GS-5-5), Randy F. Jones (Grade 3, Step 1), David A. Hammond (Grade 12, Step 5), Omar R. Jensen (Grade 13, Step 9), Belvia A. Bonnafon (Grade 4, Step 2), Carter L. Hicks Jr. (Grade 5, Step 3), James W. Sutherland Jr. (Grade 5, Step 3), Stanley B. Walterers (Grade 6, Step 4)  

Key Locations  
- **Field Offices**: Salt Lake City, Norfolk, Birmingham, St. Louis, Tampa, Mobile, Miami, Jackson, Richmond, Omaha, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Washington Field Office, Sacramento, Seattle, Washington, Honolulu, Hawaii, Buffalo, New York, Louisville, Kentucky, San Diego, California, Springfield, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, Detroit, Michigan, Memphis, Tennessee, Savannah, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, Houston, Texas, Anchorage, Alaska, Phoenix, Arizona, Knoxville, Tennessee (HSSAC), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Alexandria, Virginia, Albany, New York, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri  
- **Mexico City** (Special Agent in Charge)  
- **Oklahoma City** (Special Agent in Charge)  

Key Events  
- **Budgetary reporting**: Submission of cost data and manpower hours for the MLK case by FBI field offices to the FBI Director’s Budget and Accounting Section during August 1976.  
- **Manpower allocation**: Tracking of regular and overtime hours spent by agents and clerks on the investigation, including entries noting xeroxing costs (e.g., 885 pages at $0.03 per page in Minneapolis SAC).  
- **Document transmission**: References to prior Bureau teletypes from August 18, 1976, and March 8, 1976, and the transmission of case file enclosures (serials 1–357 and IA-1–IA-29) by Mexico City FBI office.  
- **Redaction markers**: Notes on SSNs and other sensitive data marked for redaction ([SSN REDACTED]) but not fully resolved in the text.  

Key Organizations  
- **Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)**: Central authority overseeing budgetary reporting, administrative tracking, and investigative coordination.  
- **Special Agent in Charge (SAC) divisions**: Regional FBI offices submitting cost data (e.g., Memphis, Savannah, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Mexico City).  
- **Budget and Accounting Section, Finance and Personnel Division**: Receiving and processing cost reports for administrative review.  
- **FBI Field Offices**: Specific locations where manpower was allocated to the investigation.  
- **Foreign Liaison Unit (Mexico City)**: Handling transmission of case file enclosures.  
- **U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)**: Mentioned in reference to document identifiers and release under Executive Order 14176.

MLK Declassified Files

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