</s>NRO90 VA PLAIN 7106:25PM NITEL 08-06-76 SRS C 11.3/7 TO ALL SACS 100-1290 FROM DIRECTOR 62-3542 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'s. DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW; COST DATA REBUTEL JULY 29, 1976. IN ORDER THAT COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MATTER MAY BE COMPILED, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FURNISH THIS FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1. MANPOWER, THE NAME, GRADE AND SALARY STEP, AND HOURS SPENT, BOTH REGULAR AND OVERTIME, BY EACH EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED ON THIS MATTERN. 2. UNUSUAL COSTSTS: ANY UNSUAL OR OUT-OF-THE- ORDINARY COSTSS. THESE COSTSPS SHOULD BE ITEMIZED AND THE COST OF EACH ITEM SHOWN SEPARATELY. ALL REPORTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU, ATTENTION BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING SECTION, FINANCE AND PERSONNEL DIVISION. THE FIRST REPORT FOR THE PERIOD THROUGH AUGUST 31, 1976, AND FOR EACH MONTH THEREAFTER SHOULD REACH THE BUBUREAU BY THE FIFTH WORKDAY OF EACH MONTH. 44-378-311 ENDELF FBI PG CLR TKS Pierce Hotale) SEARCHED SERALIZED NDEXED to Hotele) A66 6 FILED FOL: PITTSGISHI SAC 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14178

Summary  
The documents consist of internal FBI administrative records related to cost data compilation for an unspecified matter involving Martin Luther King Jr., dated July 29, 1976. They request detailed manpower reports, including employee names, grades, salary steps, and hours worked (regular and overtime), as well as unusual costs incurred during the period August 1–31, 1976, in the Pittsburgh division. Submissions were to be sent to the Bureau’s Budget and Accounting Section by the fifth workday of each month. A separate entry details James Earl Ray, wanted by the FBI for conspiracy and interstate flight, with physical descriptions, criminal history (including murder convictions), and a federal warrant issued on November 11, 1977, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The documents also reference FBI file numbers and declassification under Executive Order 14178.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (subject of the cost data review)  
- James Earl Ray (wanted for conspiracy and interstate flight; listed with aliases including "Jim")  
- William F. Bridge, Joanne E. Pierce (employees in Pittsburgh division)  
- Paul Bridgeton, Eric Starno Galt, C. Herron, Harvey Lawyer, James McBride, James O'Connor, Raymond George Seydy, James Walton, James Walyon, John Wallard (individuals associated with Ray’s alleged conspiracy)  

Key Locations  
- Pittsburgh (FBI division involved in cost data reporting)  
- Knoxville, Tennessee (location of federal warrant issuance for James Earl Ray)  

Key Events  
- FBI requests for cost data compilation related to Martin Luther King Jr. case (July 29, 1976)  
- Submission deadlines for manpower and unusual costs reports (August 31, 1976; monthly thereafter)  
- Federal warrant issued on November 11, 1977, charging James Earl Ray with conspiracy  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Bureau of Investigation (referenced in file numbers and declassification markings)

MLK Declassified Files

44-pg-578_763522_02-04-part_6_of_6.pdf

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