</s>Woman: Before you start talking, your first name? Male: Bill Harris. Woman: What? Male: Bill Harris: Woman: Bill Harris is talking. Male: With the (inaudible) Woman: All right. Hold on just a minute. Bill, Bill, Would you shut up a minute .. Male: Right. Woman: This is Bill Harris here at the Hawaiian Hotel. He's sitting here across from me and we're doing a bit of talking and he's chuckling in the process, but he has something to say. He's a very, very intelligent person. Would you say up a minutes. He've read you out already. Male: I've read your out honey, and you're more better than I am. Woman: Would you hush a minute ... Male: Yeah. Woman: Now, here is an individual who's lived a great deal. I think (inaudiible) would you shut out a minute . I've seen his hand, I've washed his body, I've listened to him, Ive watched him. He've washed his person. I've listened in some ways, because of the extent of his intelligence. SARCHED INCRED JUN20-1974 SEMINATORICOPRATED TOUGHT FSHI-MEM-HIS-1 49-1983/Kub n. 857 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The text comprises two distinct sets of declassified government records: one detailing FBI internal communications, transcripts, and investigative reports related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and another focusing on Raymond Lewis Curtis, a criminal with extensive legal history. The MLK-related documents highlight allegations of conspiracy involving labor unions, the Teamsters Union, and James Earl Ray, while the Curtis records detail his criminal activities, prison sentences, and FBI investigations. Both sets of materials reflect historical records of ongoing speculation, unresolved controversies, and administrative documentation from the mid-20th century.  

Key People  
- **James Earl Ray**: Officially convicted for MLK's assassination in 1969; later claims suggest he may have been framed or coerced.  
- **Jerry Worth**: President of AFSCME (Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees), linked to Memphis sanitation workers' strikes.  
- **Bill Harris**: Alleged to have made unverified statements about involvement in MLK's assassination; his identity and role remain unclear.  
- **Shirley Gaines & David Gaines**: A couple who allegedly recorded a conversation with Bill Harris, later shared with the FBI.  
- **Raymond Lewis Curtis**: Criminal with multiple convictions for theft, burglary, bank robbery, and murder (life sentence).  

Key Locations  
- **Memphis, Tennessee**: Site of MLK's assassination on April 4, 1968; location of AFSCME labor union activities.  
- **Louisburg Airport, Georgia**: Where James Earl Ray was arrested on April 5, 1968.  
- **Missouri and Georgia prisons**: Sites of Curtis’s incarceration.  
- **Chicago, Illinois**: Center of Curtis’s criminal activities and alleged ties to organized crime networks.  

Key Events  
- **April 4, 1968**: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated while on the balcony of his Memphis motel.  
- **April 5, 1968**: James Earl Ray arrested at Louisburg Airport; claimed ignorance of MLK’s assassination.  
- **1969**: Ray convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison; later claims suggest possible framing.  
- **Mid-20th century**: Curtis engaged in bank robberies, thefts, and prison stints; FBI tracked his criminal activities.  

Key Organizations  
- **FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)**: Conducted investigations into MLK’s assassination, labor union allegations, and Raymond Lewis Curtis’s crimes.  
- **AFSCME (Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees)**: Labor union linked to Memphis sanitation workers’ strikes; named in conspiracy theories about MLK’s assassination.  
- **Teamsters Union**: Allegedly implicated in MLK’s assassination according to Bill Harris’s unverified claims.  

Additional Notes  
- The text includes FBI memos, transcripts of conversations (e.g., between Shirley Gaines and Bill Harris), and prison records.  
- Raymond Lewis Curtis’s case involves fragmented documentation, including potential errors in transcribing names (e.g., "Misauris Penitentiary" likely refers to Missouri).  
- Both sets of documents reflect ongoing debates about the official narrative of MLK’s assassination and the unresolved legal and historical controversies surrounding Curtis’s criminal history.

MLK Declassified Files

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