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PRIORITY NO NIGHT ACTION ASUNCION, BANGKOK,, BARCELONA, BEIRUT, BERLIN, BERN, BOGOTA, BRASILLA, BRUSSELS, BUENOS AIRES, CARACAS, COPENHAGEN, FRANKFURT, GENEVA, GEORGETOWN, GUATEMALA CITY, GUAYAQUIL, THE HAGUE, HAMBURG, HELSINKI, HONG KONG, KINGSTON, LA PAZ, LIMA, LONDON, MADRID, MANAGUA, MONTEVIDEO, NEW DELHI, LISBON, MANILA, MUNICH, OSLO, PANAMA CITY, PARIS, PORT AU PRINCE, PORT OF SPAIN, PORTO ALEGRE, QUITO, RECIFE, RAWALPINDI, RIO DE NA JANERIO, ROME, SAN JOSE, SANTO DOMINGO, SAN SALVADOR, SANTIAGO, SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, SAO PAULO, STOCKHOLM, TEGUCIGALPA, TOKYO, VIENNA, ZURICH RYBAT WOMUSE

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  1. LNERGO HAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED ACCUSED ASSASSIN AS JAMES EARL RAY, BORN 10 MARCH 1928 IN ILLINOIS; HEIGHT XXXXX FIVE FEET TEN INCHES; WEIGHT 163-174 POUNDS; BLUE EYES;

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BROWN HAIR. SMALL SCAR ON CENTER OF FOREHEAD AND SCAR ON PALM OF RIGHT HAND. IN ADDITION TO ALIASES CITED REF HAS ALSO USED NAMES JAMES MCBRIDE, JAMES WALTON, W.C. HERRON, AND JAMES O'CONNOR SERVED IN U.S. ARMY FROM FEBRUARY 1946 TO DECEMBER 1948; DISCHARGED AS INEPT AND UNABLE TO ADJUST.

ONCE CONFINED TO MENTAL HOSPITAL. HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AS MATEHER". BAKER, LABORER, AND "COLOR. A DRIFTER WITH LONG CRIMINAL RECORD FOR BURGLARY, ARMED ROBBERY, AND FORGERY.

HAS BEEN MISSING FROM MISSOURI STATE PENITENTIARY SINCE 23 APRIL 1967. CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. CURRENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.

  1. PHOTOS OF RAY (LABELED GALT PRIOR TO IDENTIFICATION) 24 BEING POUCHED FOR LIAISON. LIAISON

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