</s>FD-302-Rev. 4:1546) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date: 11/15/68 ROBERT LEE SAUNDERS / Private, United States Army, Serial No. US 67 164 627, advised to be in military custody while being transported to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, following his appreciation at Cleveland, Mississippi, following him as an experienced to Special AUNDRS Mississippippin, the following information to Special aUNDORS LARRY S. SYLVESTER, who was identified himself as a Agent P. S. SAVLESTON, who is identified himself during this P.S. SANDERS, was named to Colonel DALE HALLION. Provost Marshal, Ft. McClellan, Alabama. SANDERS advised that he went AWOL from P.T. Campbell. Kentucky, around March 29, 1969, and then traveled to Kentucky, Kentucky, and around May 29, 1968, with period of approximately two days and then obtained a ride from Cleveland, Ohio, to Memphis, Tennessee, with a private party called to Memphis. Tennessee, who drove a an individual SAUNDER to Memphis in Tennessee. state that he was broke when he arrived in Memphis, tunessee. He was in Memphis in Memphis. and had a total of 1408 Deal was flown to Nashville. there at one night he was walking down an alley to return there one night and four walking down to Memphis when he was observed four Negro standing near the alley just head to him. SADERS stated that he stopped right when he was not allowed to stand near the will try to head him. His SAUNDRERS stood he overheard these individuals arguing. One SAUNDS stated that that he met me the one to get him. One individual said he should be the one to "get him." One of the individuals who SAUNDERSON described as a large Negro male said me SAUNDRES described as an extremely wearing a thin beard which encompassed his entire face, stated something to be a large negro male, approximately to get KING." Also, this effect that he should be the one get the gun. SAUNDER'S described the others with the big man as follows: SAUNDS described the others described with the large man as 11/13/68 11/14/68 Anniston, Alabama File: 44-1987-Wab-N-850 File: BH 44-1740 by SA LARRY K. SIVLESTERS. Date dicloted: 11/13/.68 <loc_590><loc_863>This document contains neither recommendations nor conjunction of the FBI is the FBI and is found to your agency. Hand in contenent ore to be distributed outside your nor nor nor cong 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The text comprises two distinct sets of declassified government records. The first set includes FBI internal documents from November 1968 detailing an investigation into James Earl Ray’s alleged involvement in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) on April 4, 1968. These documents reference Ray’s use of aliases such as Eric Galt, John L. Rayburn, and Raul; his travel movements in Canada, the U.S., and possibly Mexico; passport applications; hotel registrations (e.g., Country Motel in Ottawa); and interagency collaboration with Canadian authorities like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Passport Office. Some sections are redacted or fragmented, suggesting incomplete records or censorship. The second set pertains to a USAF Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) proceeding from May 1963 to June 1986, involving military personnel evaluations, disability claims, and administrative procedures. It includes references to individuals like COL Stephen Nattick, COL G. Hannah, William Payton Cann, and locations such as Randolph AFB, Texas; St. George’s Hill, Surrey; and Charleston, California. Redacted social security numbers (SSNs) are noted but not included in the summary. The documents appear unrelated to MLK’s assassination investigation, though both reflect bureaucratic processes and surveillance activities.  

Key People:  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (assassination context)  
- James Earl Ray (accused in 1968 assassination)  
- COL Stephen Nattick (President of PEB)  
- COL G. Hannah (Medical Member)  
- William Payton Cann (former USAF officer, referenced in unclear context)  
- "Golf" (Sandy Ray, possibly a code name or alias)  
- Dr. Kamaloo (fragmented reference, likely unrelated to MLK)  

Key Locations:  
- Dallas, Texas (linked to MLK’s assassination)  
- Texas School Depository (mentioned in investigation context)  
- Randolph AFB, Texas  
- St. George’s Hill, Surrey, England  
- Charleston, California  
- Virginia Water, Surrey, England (Holloway Sanitanium)  

Key Events:  
- Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968)  
- FBI surveillance and reports on James Earl Ray (1963–1968)  
- USAF Physical Evaluation Board proceedings (May 1963–June 1986)  
- Medical evaluations, disability claims, and administrative procedures for military personnel  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- United States Army Medical Corps  
- National Medical Center  
- USAF Physical Evaluation Board  
- Department of the Air Force  
- Office of the Air Attache (Embassy of the United States, London)

MLK Declassified Files

44-me-1987_hs1-852611265_86-04-part_2_of_4.pdf

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