</s>FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) FBI Date: 5-28-68 Transmit the following in PLAINTEXT (Type in plantest or code) TELETYPE (Priority) Vid: URGENT TO DIRECTOR, MEMPHIS AND KANSAS PROM ST. LOUIS (UIL-775) MURKIN - SUMMARY RE JOHN LARRY RA. REINFIERVIEWED. CONTINUES TO DENY CONTACT WITH SUBJECT OR KNOWLEDGE OF WHERABEROUSE. SINCE MSP ESCAPE. HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY BROTHER JERRY JERRIY SINICE LATTERS RETURN TO CHICAGO. PRESSURE OF PRESS IN QUIRITIES SUBSIDED. BELIEVES SUBJECT PROBABLY OUT OF COUNTRY OR DEAD AS YOUOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OTHERWISE. ASSOCIATE CLARENCE HAYNES IS IN LOCAL DRAYAGE BUSINESS WHICH EXPLAINST ABILITY TO LOCATE DURING DURNG DALIGHT HOURS. HANDS WIPE MANNEL RUB IN HOSPITAL DUE TO HEART DIFFICULT. FULL. INTERVIEW WITH JOHN NOT POSSIBLE. DUE to ARRIVAL DIPP DIPCULT. . FULL. INTVIEW WITH NOTE REGENTLY DEVELOPED PCI NAMI RAZZAZZI RE EMPLOYED AS GRAPEWINE BARNAM. RE JERKY RAYNES AND CAROL PERPER. SOURCES AND SPOT CHECKS RE- VEALO NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY. RE PELLOW PRISONER RICHARD RENO. RENQ. RE PELLOW PRISONED REN0, RENOS, WHO WAS FORMERLY SL ONE TWO ZERO NINE DASH G PRIOR TO IMPRISONMENT, INTERVIEWED IN REPTH TODAY BY ORIGINAL HAN DLING SA. KNEW RAY CASUALTY OCTOBER END PAGE ONE 44-175-799 WA 1017 Approved: Special Agent in Charge Sent ME1017 Per KC 1007 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The documents detail FBI investigations into individuals linked to potential threats or connections to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. On May 28, 1968, an FBI report notes John Larry Ray denying contact with a subject (possibly James Earl Ray) and stating he has not been contacted by Jerry Jerriy since letters returned to Chicago. The report mentions Clarence Haynes in the drayage business, possible escape from prison, and health issues. It also references interviews with individuals like RAY, who was described as reserved, non-narcotic user, and possibly connected to a bread truck escape involving guard Burkhardt.  

On May 6, 1969, an anonymous caller informed the FBI that James Earl Ray would be at Chase Park Plaza Hotel, but agents observed no matches during surveillance. A separate entry notes an unidentified individual wearing an Eastern Airlines uniform at St. Louis Airport on April 10, 1968, described as Eric Starvo Galt, with details from Eastern Airlines personnel confirming no match. Another document references Clifford Scott, a white male from Fort Smith, Arkansas, described as a veteran with anti-Negro sentiments, possibly linked to Dr. King's assassination due to his alleged "job" involving targeting people.  

Key People  
- James Earl Ray (suspected assassin of MLK)  
- John Larry Ray (denied contact with subject)  
- Clarence Haynes (drayage business associate)  
- Jerry Jerriy (individual contacting Ray)  
- Robert Kimmel (Eastern Airlines Dining Service Agent)  
- Clifford Scott (described as potential suspect with anti-Negro views)  

Key Locations  
- Chase Park Plaza Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri)  
- St. Louis Airport (Missouri)  
- Fort Smith, Arkansas (Scott's origin)  

Key Events  
- FBI surveillance at Chase Park Plaza Hotel in 1968  
- Eastern Airlines uniform sighting at St. Louis Airport in April 1968  
- Interview with Clifford Scott regarding potential ties to Dr. King's assassination  
- Investigation into James Earl Ray's movements and possible escape from prison  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Eastern Airlines (involved in uniform identification)

MLK Declassified Files

44-sl-775_742351_05-02-part_6_of_6.pdf

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