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Summary  
The documents detail FBI investigations into potential assassination plots targeting Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) and other civil rights leaders in April 1968. Communications from April 6–10, 1968, outline surveillance efforts, including tracking suspects like Walter R. Jennings (also referred to as Mike Freeman), Lynden Cleveland (arrested in Joplin, Missouri), and Harvey Lowmeyer (linked to a rifle used in the assassination). The FBI coordinated with multiple agencies to verify suspect backgrounds, movements, and connections to Memphis, Tennessee, where MLK was assassinated on April 4. Investigations also focused on Minutemen conspiracies involving bombings, hideouts in Arkansas and Montana, and financial transactions tied to printing equipment movements. Laundry tags recovered from the assassination scene were analyzed for links to a thermo-seal machine in Syracuse, New York, with efforts to trace regional laundries and associated individuals.  

Key People  
- **Vincent De Palma**: Provided details about Minutemen plans, including hideouts and assassination targets.  
- **Robert De Pugh**: Fugitive linked to conspiracy plots against MLK; described as bald with gray hair.  
- **Walter Payson**: Fugitive associate of De Pugh; identified as "Mike Freeman" in some reports.  
- **Lynden Cleveland**: Arrested in Joplin, Missouri, on April 9, 1968; identified as a suspect based on witness accounts.  
- **Harvey Lowmeyer**: Suspected rifle purchaser linked to the assassination weapon.  
- **Walter R. Jennings** (also referred to as Mike Freeman): Suspect linked to printing equipment movements and potential involvement in the plot.  
- **Eric Starvo Galt**: Suspect with an Alabama driver’s license; connected to bombing suspects.  
- **Larry Russell Jaussi** and **Bill Anderson**: Associated with a white delivery truck with out-of-state license plates.  
- **Rev. Billy Max Wullner**: Identified Lynn Ray Cleveland in Baxter Springs, Kansas.  
- **Alvin A. Davis**: Midwest factory representative for thermo-seal machine company.  

Key Locations  
- **Memphis, Tennessee**: Scene of MLK’s assassination on April 4, 1968.  
- **New Haven, Connecticut**: FBI office targeted for bombing in Minutemen plots.  
- **Fayetteville, Arkansas**: Site of a Minutemen hideout described as a farm.  
- **National Forest in Montana**: Alleged location of another Minutemen hideout with concealed access routes.  
- **Salt Lake City, Utah**: Linked to Walter Payson’s activities under the alias "Bill Erickson."  
- **Springfield, Missouri**: Financial transactions traced via Western Union from this location to Memphis.  
- **Syracuse, New York**: Location of a thermo-seal machine used to manufacture laundry tags found at the assassination scene.  
- **Baxter Springs, Kansas**: Site where Rev. Billy Max Wullner identified Lynn Ray Cleveland.  

Key Events  
- **April 4, 1968**: Assassination of MLK in Memphis, Tennessee; rifle used traced to Harvey Lowmeyer.  
- **April 8–9, 1968**: FBI telegrams outline surveillance of Minutemen conspiracies, including plans to bomb the FBI office in New Haven and assassinate civil rights leaders.  
- **April 9, 1968**: Arrest of Lynden Cleveland in Joplin, Missouri; investigation into his movements and financial transactions.  
- **April 6–10, 1968**: FBI directives to trace laundry tags from the assassination scene linked to a thermo-seal machine in Syracuse, New York, and contact regional laundries for analysis.  
- **Surveillance of De Pugh and Payson**: Efforts to locate fugitives and verify hideout locations described by Vincent De Palma.  
- **Tracking of delivery truck**: White vehicle with out-of-state plates associated with printing equipment movements and suspects like Larry Russell Jaussi and Bill Anderson.  

Key Organizations  
- **Minutemen**: Alleged group planning assassinations of civil rights leaders and bombings to incite chaos.  
- **Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)**: Conducted surveillance, interviews, interagency coordination, and analysis of evidence including laundry tags.  
- **Thermo Seal Marking Machine Company** (Syracuse, New York): Manufacturer of thermo-seal machine linked to laundry tags found at the assassination scene.  
- **Local law enforcement agencies**: Including Memphis Police Department, Kansas City, Missouri; Salt Lake City, Utah; and others involved in tracking suspects and verifying movements.

MLK Declassified Files

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