</s>(REV. 4:12:40) FEDERAL BUREAU FIELD OFFICE FILE of FOIPA PROCESSED INVESTIGATION ENTIRE FILEREVIEWED Bureau File Numbr. FOR HISTORICI Vintage Number: DO NOT DESTROY. HISTORICA VAJUE. DECLASSIFICATION NATIONAL ARCHIVES See Also No. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN CLASSIFIED DATE: See nes 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document contains a mix of FBI field office records, administrative forms, and unrelated materials. It references an investigation into the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., including a suspect named John Willard who was checked into a flophouse at 422 South Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 7, 1968. The file includes an envelope postmarked April 7, 1968, addressed to Mrs. Bessie Brewer in Memphis, containing a letter and materials related to religious tracts published by Berean Gospel Distributors, Inc., including a tract titled "GOD'S SIMPLE PLAN OF SALVATION." It also mentions an artist's sketch of the assassin circulated in Mexico and references to other FBI files (e.g., File No. 44-1987-14-63, 44-1987-1A-67) involving individuals like Marvin Raymond Dervical, David Dewitt Freer, and Claude Chester McLaren, Jr., with details about their birth dates and addresses in Texas. The document includes a waiver of rights form signed by Richard W. Kintt on April 10, 1967, and administrative records related to FBI case management.  

Key People:  
- John Willard (suspect in MLK assassination investigation)  
- Mrs. Bessie Brewer (recipient of correspondence)  
- Marvin Raymond Dervical  
- David Dewitt Freer  
- Claude Chester McLaren, Jr.  
- Richard W. Kintt (individual who waived rights)  

Key Locations:  
- Memphis, Tennessee (flophouse at 422 South Main Street)  
- Niagara Falls, New York (envelope postmark)  
- Des Moines, Iowa (envelope postmark)  
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Berean Gospel Distributors, Inc.)  
- Texas (birthplace of Claude Chester McLaren, Jr.)  

Key Events:  
- Investigation into the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., including a manhunt for the suspect John Willard  
- Circulation of an artist's sketch of the assassin in Mexico  
- Distribution of religious tracts by Berean Gospel Distributors, Inc.  
- FBI administrative records and case management activities (e.g., File No. 44-1987-1A-67)  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Berean Gospel Distributors, Inc.  
- U.S. Department of Justice (via declassification under Executive Order 14176)

MLK Declassified Files

44-me-1987_hs1-852611265_66-05-part_1_of_4.pdf

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