</s>F31 MEMPHIS X F31 NEW YORK 310PM URGENT 4-3-63 JLW TO DIRECTOR ATLANTASAVANNAH AND MEMPHIIS FROM NEW YORK 44-1609 2P (NDED MURKIN'S CIVIL RIGHTS/00 - MEMPHISS ROBERT HAYNES, TWO ZERO SEVEN FIVE FIRST AVE ., APARTMENT SIXTEEN &, NEW YORK CITY, ADVISED THIS DATE AS FOLLOWS. ON APRIL FIVE LAST, HAYNESS FLEW DELTA, FLIGHT NUMBER EIGHT ONE SEVEN, FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TO AVANNAHAM, GEORGEIA, GEORDIA, ARRIVING AT SVANNAHY AT TWO TEN P.M. TO AVANCUIPIED SEAT NUMBER FOUR THREE, NEXT TO THE LEFT HAND WINDOW-DURING THIS FLIGHT. THE AISLE SEAT NEXT TO HAYNES WAS OCCUPIED BY A MAN HAYNEES DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS AND WHOM HE STATES WATCHES UNUSUS DESCRIPTION AND ARTIST'S CONCEPTION PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS. AGE. WHITE, SEX, SIX, MALE, AGE TWENTY EIGHT - THIRTY TWO YEARS, WEIGHT APPROKIMATELY ONE HUNDRED SIXTY POUNDS, SKIN - PALE (CLIKE UNDERAKERS), NOSE HOOKED (LIKE DICK TRACY) HAIR, THIN ON SIDES, THICK ON TOP, LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE A FALLS! 44-1077-199 END PAGE ONE SEARCHED, INDEXED, LOO a My SEARCH/HILLY-FRIDED, H.H. A.T.S.A.R.S ., H-1-1.0.1.2.2-2.4.1-4.2 FEB. 1-2-4-1,2-3.4-5.4 FEB 1-3,4-4,5-6-7-8-9-10-11-9.4 Feather 4-4 Deck Reamy 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The documents detail FBI investigations into potential threats against civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., during 1963–1968. Robert Haynes of New York reported encountering an individual resembling a suspect linked to MLK’s assassination during a flight from Atlanta to Savannah. The suspect was described as white, aged 28–32, wearing a black trench coat and half-turtle neck shirt, and conversing with a blond-haired passenger. Subsequent reports mention No Rez (possibly a misspelling of "No REE"), associated with the KKK in Savannah, Georgia, who allegedly made racist threats during racial disturbances. No Rez’s wife relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, and he was employed by a local loan company. The FBI sought his location through credit checks, criminal records, and connections to Beta Sigma Psi, a social sorority. Katherine Limpuso of Kalamazoo, Michigan, encountered a man resembling the suspect during a roadblock in Virginia, describing him as a police chief with specific physical features. Investigations also targeted Vincent De Palma’s claims about a farm in Arkansas linked to fugitives and Courtland Fouts in Texas, suspected of Klan ties. The FBI requested checks on Klan members, hate groups, and individuals with violent histories across multiple jurisdictions. A separate document from April 1968 describes laundry tape found in a suitcase associated with MLK’s assassination, manufactured by Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc., and analyzed for its code system used in laundries across the U.S.  

Key People  
- Robert Haynes (New York): Reported encountering the suspect during a flight.  
- No Rez/REE (Savannah, Georgia): Allegedly KKK member with racist threats; moved to Memphis.  
- Katherine Limpuso (Kalamazoo, Michigan): Witnessed a man resembling the suspect in Virginia.  
- Vincent De Palma: Provided information about a farm in Arkansas linked to fugitives.  
- Courtland Fouts (Texas): Suspected KKK member with ties to hate groups.  
- Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc. (manufacturer of laundry tape linked to MLK’s assassination)  
- Bureau of Investigation (agency conducting inquiries into laundry tape and suspects)  

Key Locations  
- Atlanta, Savannah, Memphis, Georgia; New York City; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Virginia; Fayetteville, North Carolina; Arkansas; Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; Florence, Mississippi.  
- Memphis, Tennessee (linked to MLK’s assassination case).  
- Syracuse, N.Y. (Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc. manufacturing location).  

Key Events  
- Robert Haynes’ flight encounter with the suspect in 1963.  
- No Rez’s alleged Klan activities and threats in Savannah (1964–1965).  
- Katherine Limpuso’s roadblock incident in Virginia (1963).  
- FBI investigations into Vincent De Palma’s farm claims and Courtland Fouts’ KKK ties.  
- Analysis of laundry tape found in a suitcase associated with MLK’s assassination, including its manufacturing details and code system.  
- Bureau of Investigation’s directive to locate machines using the specific laundry tape type.  

Key Organizations  
- Ku Klux Klan (KKK)  
- Beta Sigma Psi (social sorority in Savannah)  
- Delta Airlines (flight details)  
- FBI (Memphis, New York, Birmingham, etc.)  
- Textile Marking Machine Co., Inc.  
- Bureau of Investigation (likely FBI)

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