</s>PAGE TWO, KC 44-760, UNCLAS EF10 INTERVIEWING AGENTS THAT HE HAD SHOT AND KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. AMONG OTHER INFORMATION WICH WILSON FINISHED TO THE INFERVIEWING agents, WILSOON ADVISED THAT DURING THE PERIOD IN THE PERIDIO IN WHICH HE SHOT and KILLED KING HE RESIDED AT 13125 MERRICK AVENUE, GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI, AND THAT HE WAS AT THAT TIME IN THE AIR FORCE RESERVES, RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB, EMPLOYED AS A CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOVEE. WILSON ALSO STATED THAT AS THE TIME OF KING'S DEATH. HE HAD OWNED A RED AND WHITE WHITE BONANZA AIRPLANE, REGISTRY NIJER 34L, AND A CESSINA 310 TWIN-ENGINE BLUE AND WHITE AIRCRAFT. WILson PROVIDED THE IDENTITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL FROM WHOM HE HADE PURCHASED ONE OF THESE PLANES, THE BONANAZA, AS BEING (FUNU) FISHER. INVESTIGATION AT KANSAS CITY DIVISION REGARDING THESE PERIENENT BITS OF INFORMATION FURNISHED BY WILSON HAS YIELDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: IN REVIEW OF THE 1969 COLE'S DIRECTORY, KANSANS CITY, DICLOSED THAT WILSNOW WAS SUBSCRIBER TO PHONE NUMBER SOI-6526 AT 13125 HERRICK AVEENUE. GRADVIEW, MISSOURI. 44 775-1291 2023 RELEASE UNDEREO. 14178

Summary:  
The documents detail an FBI interview with Robert E. Hart (inmate number 23747) conducted on November 28, 1978, at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma City. Hart, serving a two-year sentence for firearm possession in St. Louis, stated he was approached by James Earl Ray, who sought to deliver a note to Jerry Ray (owner of a bar on Broadway). The bar was closed at the time, and Hart noted Ray’s comment about "the black son-of-a-bitch won't be [seen] on white pages." Hart claimed he did not know Ray had assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. until Ray’s arrest in England. Hart expressed intent to cooperate with authorities post-release but requested assurance against prosecution by Missouri state authorities. The documents also reference a letter from WyndeLL Spivey, received by the FBI on July 25, 1979, relating to MLK’s assassination, and administrative details about document dissemination and handling.  

Key People:  
- Robert E. Hart (inmate number 23747)  
- James Earl Ray  
- Jerry Ray  
- WyndeLL Spivey  
- George R. Zeigler (Special Agent)  
- Marion H. Ebert (Special Counsel)  
- J. D. Kilgore (Director of National Personnel Records Center)  

Key Locations:  
- Federal Correctional Institution, Oklahoma City  
- St. Louis, Missouri  
- Broadway (location of Jerry Ray’s bar)  
- Rutger Street (Hart’s residence in St. Louis)  
- Memphis, Tennessee (FBI field office)  

Key Events:  
- FBI interview with Robert E. Hart on November 28, 1978  
- James Earl Ray’s alleged visit to Hart’s residence around the time of MLK’s assassination  
- Hart’s claim of not knowing about King’s assassination until Ray’s arrest in England  
- Receipt of WyndeLL Spivey’s letter regarding MLK’s assassination on July 25, 1979  
- Administrative handling of documents by FBI and U.S. Department of Justice  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- United States Department of Justice  
- National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis, Missouri)  
- Bureau of Prisons (Federal Correctional Institution, Oklahoma City)

MLK Declassified Files

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