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ORIG: Richard Obar UNITS: CIOP/DO EXT: 6537 DATE: 19 April 1968

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klosarication

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ASUNCION, BANGKOK, BARCELONA, BEIRUT, BERLIN, BERN, BOGOTA,

BRASILIA, 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 HX JANERIO, ROME, SAN JOSE, SANTO DOMINGO,

SAN SALVADOR, SANTIAGO, SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, SAO PAULO,

STOCKHOLM, TEGUCIGALPA, TOKYO, VIENNA, ZURICH

RYBAT WOMUSE

REF: DIR 92664

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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ORIO UNITI DATEI CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEMINATION: CONPI

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(classification)

CITE DIRECTOR 93162

PILE BID

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 ΤΟ

DECEMBER 1948; DISCHARGED AS INEPT AND UNABLE TO ADJUST.

ONCE CONFINED TO MENTAL HOSPITAL, HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AS MATCHER" BAKER, LABORER, AND "COLOR. A DRIFTER WITH LONG

CRIMINAL RECORD FOR BURGLARY, ARMED ROBBERY, AND FORGERY.

HAS BEEN MISSING FROM MISSOURI STATE PENITENTIAR Y SINCE 23 APRIL 1967. CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. CURRENT

WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.

2, PHOTOS OF RAY (LABELED GALT PRIOR TO IDENTIFICATION)

BEING POUCHED FOR LIAISON.

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