ren L. Walsh, Dec. 22, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 31–32 (MLK Document 190257); interview of SCA Bernard C. Brown, Nov. 22, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 1, 2 (MLK Document 160089). (326) Executive session testimony of Robert Peters, Dec. 1, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 137.

(327) Designated counsel statement of Vernon Austin, Dec. 22, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 8-9, 14-19 (MLK Document 190258).

(328) Medical records of Clifton Baird, Apr. 25, 1977, six pages (MLK Document 240342); police and medical records of Clifton Baird, Apr. 17, 1977 (MLK Document 240351).

(329) FBI memorandum from W. D. Campbell to Mr. Cochran, June 7, 1977, FBI headquarters MURKIN file 44-38861-6235.

(330) Louisville, Ky., Police Department duty records, Sept. 18, 19, and 20, 1965, for police officers Austin, Baird, Bibb, Blair, Fry, Gregory and Hardin, 33 pages (MLK Document 210239, exhibits C-J).

(331) Executive session testimony of Priest Fry, Dec. 1, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 187-188; executive session testimony of Robert Gregory, Dec. 1, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 199–200. (332) Staff summary of interview of Charles Lee Bell, Oct. 11, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 2 (MLK Document 140082) (hereinafter Bell interview); interview of Charles Lee Bell, Oct. 17, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations. (MLK Document 140140) (hereinafter Bell taped interview); statement of Charles Lee Bell to House Select Committee on Assassinations, received Oct. 11, 1977, pp. 19–20 (MLK Document 210221) (hereinafter Bell statement).

(333) Bell taped interview.

(334) Bell statement, pp. 2, 9, 18-20.

(335) Bell taped interview.

(336) Ibid; see also Bell interview, p. 2.

(337) Bell interview, p. 3; Bell statement, pp. 4–23.

(338) Bell interview, p. 3.

(339) Id. at 1-2.

(340) Bell statement, pp. 1–2.

(341) Bell interview; Bell taped interview.

(342) Bell statement.

(343) Interview of A. Wilson Edwards, Dec. 29, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 1-2 (MLK Document 170077).

(344) Id. at 1-2.

(345) Outside contact report (with Thomas Kitchens), Oct. 30, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 270020).

(346) Ibid.

(347) Outside contact report (with Ella Greathouse, Glen Greathouse and Leroy Greathouse), Oct. 4, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 260032).

(348) Staff summary of interview of Delano E. Walker, Nov. 11, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 1 (MLK Document 170335).

(349) Ibid.

(350) Ibid.

(351) Id. at 3.

(352) Ibid.

(353) Ibid.

(354) Letter from Dr. C. W. Chastain to Warren Hinckle, Ramparts magazine, San Francisco, Calif., June 12, 1968 (MLK Document 290016).

(355) Outside contact report with Dr. C. W. Chastain, Oct. 26, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 290015).

(356) Ibid.

(357) Ibid.

(358) Interview of Delano E. Walker, Nov. 11, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 1-4 (MLK Document 170335).

(359) Interview of Ruth Ann Walker, Nov. 11, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 1-3 (MLK Document 180188).

(360) Interview of Delano E. Walker, Nov. 11, 1977, House Select Committee

on Assassinations, p. 2 (MLK Document 170335).

(361) Interview of Ruth Ann Walker, Nov. 11, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 3 (MLK Document 180188).

(362) Id. at 1-2.

(363) Id. at 2; see also interview of Delano E. Walker, Nov. 11, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 2 (MLK Document 170335).

(364) Interview of Ruth Ann Walker, Nov. 11, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 3 (MLK Document 180188).

(365) Somersett died of a heart attack on May 7, 1970. Certificate of death, North Carolina Board of Health, Office of Vital Statistics (MLK Document 110292).

(366) FBI headquarters, Somersett file, vol. 3, FBI memorandum, Miami SAC to Director, Jan. 5, 1962; vol. 3, FBI memorandum, Director to Miami SAC, May 14, 1963; vol. 3, FBI memorandum, Director to Field, Jan. 23, 1964; vol. 1, FBI memorandum, Oct. 22, 1969; vol. 3, FBI airtel, Miami SAC to Director, Oct. 29, 1969; vol. 1, FBI memorandum, SAC Miami to Director, Jan. 8, 1964; see also interview of Judge Seymour Gelber, Mar. 22, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 200085).

(367) Dan Christensen, "King Assassination: FBI Ignored Its Miami Informer," Miami magazine, October 1976, p. 31 (MLK Document 030179). (368) Id. at 31.

(369) Ibid.; see also FBI documents, supra, ref. 2.

(370) FBI headquarters, Somersett file, vol. 3, FBI memorandum, Rosen to Belmont, Nov. 13, 1961 (recommending discontinuation of Somersett as a racial informant); vol. 3, FBI airtel, SAC Miami to Director, Jan. 5, 1962 (noting that Somersett was no longer a paid informant).

(371) Memorandum report, U.S. Secret Service, Treasury Department, Dec. 5, 1969, file No. CO-2-43,860; memorandum report, U.S. Secret Service, Treasury Department, Mar. 9, 1968, file No. CO-2-43,860.

(372) Memorandum report, U.S. Secret Service, Treasury Department, Dec. 5, 1969, file No. CO-2-43,860.

(373) Deposition of Charles Sapp, Apr. 25, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 46-47 (MLK Document 210230).

(374) Intra-office memorandum, Miami Police Department, from Lt. Charles H. Sapp to Col. Walter E. Headley, Apr. 25, 1968 (MLK Document 030180).

(375) Deposition of Charles Sapp, Apr. 25, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 53-55 (MLK Document 210230); see also Dan Christensen, "King Assassination: FBI Ignored Its Miami Informer," Miami magazine, October 1976, p. 31 (MLK Document 030179).

(876) Intra-office memorandum, Miami Police Department, from Lt. Charles H. Sapp to Col. Walter E. Headley, Apr. 7, 1968 (MLK Document 290006).

(377) Ibid.

(378) Ibid.

(379) Interview of Charles Sapp, July 27, 1978. House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 2 (MLK Document 240021).

(380) Deposition of Everett Kay, Apr. 26, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 54-60 (MLK Document 210227); deposition of Haywood Swilley. Apr. 26, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 33–38 (MLK Document 210228); interview of Lockheart Gracey, Mar. 24. 1978. House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 2 (MLK Document 200084).

(381) See statements of Kay, Swilley, Gracey, supra, ref. 380.

(382) Outside contact report with Paul Long, Feb. 17. 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, (MLK Document 110490); outside contact report with Stan Weinbrecht. Mar. 8, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 190206); letter from Stan Weinbrecht to House Select Committee on Assassinations, Apr. 5, 1978 (MLK Document 200063); outside contact report with James E. Smith, May 5, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 210135); outside contact report (with the Library of Congress), Mar. 9, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 190204).

(383) Interview of Otis Humphrey Moore, Mar. 7, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 7-8 (MLK Document 070031) (hereinafter Moore interview).

(384) Id. at 10.

(385) Id. at 8-9.

(386) Id. at 11, 14.

(387) Id. at 11.

(388) Id. at 11.

(389) Ibid.

(390) Letter from Otis Moore to House Select Committee on Assassinations, with attachments, Feb. 3, 1977 (MLK Document 060004).

(391) Moore interview, pp. 2, 4, 12, 17.

(392) Letters from Wilson F. Colberg and Senator Edward F. Kennedy, dated Mar. 3, 1978 and Nov. 30, 1977, respectively, to House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 190106).

(393) Ibid.; see also letter from Otis Moore to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, Feb. 3, 1977 (MLK Document 060004).

(394) Letter from Otis Moore to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, Feb. 3, 1977 (MLK Document 060004).

(395) FBI report, Jan. 28, 1977, MURKIN file, Bureau No. 44-38861-6178. It should be noted also that this report refers to a statement by Moore's wife that he was and had been under medical care for a nervous disorder.

(396) Summary of interview of Myron Billett, Dec. 21, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 1 (MLK Document 180065).

(397) Id. at 2.

(398) Ibid.

(399) Ibid.

(400) Id. at 3. See also letter from Myron Billett to House Select Committee on Assassinations, Apr. 9, 1978 (MLK Document 210254).

(401) Ibid., Myron Billett letter.

(402) Interview of Myron Billett, Dec. 2, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 1-2 (MLK Document 180065). See also request of the House Select Committee on Assassinations to the FBI, dated Jan. 24, 1978 (MLK Document 170274); request of the House Select Committee on Assassinations to CIA and CIA compliance, May 19, 1978 (MLK Document 210423); FBI response to House Select Committee on Assassinations request, Oct. 20, 1978 (MLK Document 260347); outside contact report with J. Aldhizer, Sept. 29, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 260048).

(403) Staff summary of interview of Myron Billett, Dec. 21, 1977, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 3 (MLK Document 180065).

(404) Billett's credibility was also undermined by an extensive criminal record, which included convictions for armed robbery, manslaughter, grand larceny, and forgery.

REFERENCES: SECTION D

(1) Report of the Department of Justice Task Force to Review the FBI Martin Luther King, Jr. Security and Assassination Investigations, Jan. 11, 1977, p. 141. (2) MLK Exhibit F-438A (FBI memorandum from William C. Sullivan to A. H. Belmont, Dec. 24, 1963), hearings before the Select Committee on Assassinations, U.S. House of Representatives, 95th Cong., 2d sess. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979), vol. VI, p. 156 (hereinafter HSCA-MLK hearings,-).

(3) MLK Exhibit F-451A (FBI memorandum from Detroit to SAC, Albany, Aug. 25, 1967), VI HSCA-MLK Hearings, 298.

(4) Ibid.

(5) MLK Exhibit F-451B (FBI airtel from Detroit to SAC, Albany, Mar. 4, 1968), VI HSCA-MLK Hearings, 301.

(6) Ibid.

(7) Ibid.

(8) MLK Exhibit F-459 (FBI memorandum from SAC, Memphis to Director, Mar. 14, 1968), VI HSCA-MLK hearings, 522.

(9) Interview of FBI informant, Apr. 4, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 200035).

(10) Testimony of Dr. Ralph Albernathy, Aug. 14, 1978, I HSCA-MLK hearings, 18 (hereinafter Abernathy testimony); see also "King Disappointed in March-He'll Try Again Next Week" Memphis, (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal, Mar. 30, 1968, p. A1.

(11) MLK Exhibit F-451C (FBI memorandum from G. C. Moore, Chief, Racial Intelligence Section, to William C. Sullivan, Assistant Director, Domestic Intelligence Division, Mar. 29, 1968). VI HSCA-MLK hearings, 307.

(12) Abernathy testimony, p. 32.

(13) Chief Counsel's notes, May 17, 1978, Re: FBI's Black organizing project/ invaders informant files (MLK Document 300003).

(14) Interview of FBI informant, Nov. 15, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 290041). It should be noted that at the informant's request, the committee has agreed not to disclose his identity in this report.

(15) Ibid.

(16) Testimony of Marrell McCollough, Nov. 20, 1978, VI HSCA-MLK hearings, 417 (hereinafter McCollough testimony).

(17) Testimony of William Lawrence, Nov. 21, 1978, VI HSCA-MLK hearings, 547 (hereinafter Lawrence testimony).

(18) MLK Exhibit F-455 (FBI interview of Marrell McCollough, Apr. 11, 1968), VI HSCA-MLK hearings, 422.

(19) McCollough testimony, p. 433.

(20) See Lawrence testimony, pp. 541, 546–548.

(21) FBI teletype to Director from Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 28, 1968.

(22) Lawrence testimony, p. 547.

(23) MLK Exhibit F-456 (FBI memorandum to Director from SAC, Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 29, 1968), p. 4, VI HSCA-MLK hearings, 470.

(24) Lawrence testimony, p. 549.

(25) Executive session testimony of Howell Lowe, May 24, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 11-13.

(26) FBI memorandum from William C. Sullivan to Cartha DeLoach, Mar. 20, 1968, re: MLK's march on Washington, Bureau file No. 157-106670-415.

(27) Executive session testimony of Howell Lowe, ref. 25, supra, pp. 115–118. (28) See, e.g., Lawrence testimony, Nov. 21, 1978, p. 546.

(29) FBI airtel to Director from SAC Mobile, Mar. 25, 1968, re: racial intelligence, Bureau No. 100-448006-63.

(30) FBI airtel from Director to SAC, Mobile, Ala., Apr. 2, 1968, re: counterintelligence program-Washington spring project, Bureau No. 100-448006-63. (31) Letter from G. Robert Blakey to Griffin B. Bell, June 20, 1978, re: Ray associates list (MLK Document 220442).

(32) Letter from Director, FBI, to House Select Committee on Assassinations, Aug. 10, 1978 (MLK Document 240222).

(33) Interview of [name deleted], Oct. 13, 1978, House Select Committee in Assassinations (MLK Document 260219).

(34) Id. at 5.

(35) Id. at 2.

(36) Id. at 3-4.

(37) The seven agents and their 1968 FBI office assignments, as identified from FBI reports, were: Thomas Weaver, Jefferson City, Mo.; Arthur Woods, Springfield, Ill.; Robert Haines, Alton, Ill.; Cletis Bidewell, St. Louis, Mo.; Robert Pevahouse, Des Plaines, Ill.; Mac Oliver, Quincy, Ill.; and Joseph Kissiah, who served as case agent and of the office of origin, Kansas City, Mo. An eighth agent, Rowan Ayers from the Jefferson City, Mo., office of the FBI, was similarly identified but is now deceased. The following MLK documents reflect the interviews of the seven agents listed above: staff summary of interview of Thomas Weaver, July 28, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 250083); staff summary of interview of Arthur Woods, Sept. 1, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 250084); staff summary of interview of Robert Haines, Aug. 29, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 250085); staff summary of interview of Cletis Bidewell, Aug. 31, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 250086); staff summary of interview of Robert Pevahouse, Aug. 28, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 250087); staff summary of interview of Joe Kissiah, July 28, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 250088) ; and staff summary of interview of Mac Oliver, Sept. 1, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations (MLK Document 250082).

(38) Bernard S. Lee, SCLC v. Clarence M. Kelley et. al., civil action No. 76– 1185, U.S. District Court for District of Columbia, memorandum opinion and order, Jan. 31, 1977, pp. 3-4 (MLK Document 270135).

(39) Lee v. Kelley, motion for the United States to intervene as party defendant, Nov. 10, 1978 (MLK Document 270135).

(40) Lee v. Kelley, order, Nov. 14, 1978 (MLK Document 270135).

(41) MLK Exhibit F-442A (FBI memorandum from C. D. Brennan to W. C. Sullivan, Assistant Director, Domestic Intelligence Division, Apr. 18, 1968), VI HSCA-MLK Hearings, 181.

(42) Ibid.

(43) FBI memorandum from SAC, Atlanta to file, June 23, 1966, Bureau No. 100-6670E-106.

(44) Letter from the FBI to the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, July 21, 1975.

(45) Testimony of Ramsey Clark, Nov. 28, 1978, VII HSCA-MLK Hearings, 128 (hereinafter Clark testimony).

(46) Id. at 130.

(47) Mark Lane and Dick Gregory, Code Name "Zorro" (New York: Pocket Books, 1978), pp. 151–157 (hereinafter Zorro).

(48) Executive session testimony of Donald H. Smith, Mar. 21, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 13, 20 (hereinafter Smith executive session testimony).

(49) Testimony of Frank C. Holloman, Nov. 10, 1978, IV HSCA-MLK Hearings, 253 (hereinafter Holloman testimony); interview of James MacDonald, Feb. 23, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 2 (MLK Document 200333).

(50) Compare statement of former Chief of Police Henry Lux that the normal practice was to give Dr. King security (staff interview of Henry Lux, June 22, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, MLK Document 290045) (hereinafter Lux interview), with testimony of Inspector Smith that he did not ever recall providing security for Dr. King previously (Smith executive session testimony, Mar. 21, 1978, p. 12) and statement of Lieutenant Arkin that no previous security was ever provided Dr. King because he always said he did not want it (interview of Lieutenant Arkin, Dec. 15, 1976, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 11 (MLK Document 040017)).

(51) Smith executive session testimony, Mar. 21, 1978, pp. 15–16.

(52) Id. at 19; See also "Civil Disorders; Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 12-Apr. 16, 1968," a report prepared for Frank Holloman, director of fire and police, by Lieutenant Arkin (MLK Document 030198). Portions of this report appear as MLK exhibit F-186, IV HSCA-MLK hearings, 246.

(53) MLK Exhibit F-187 (Apr. 5, 1968, memorandum from Smith to Huston), IV HSCA-MLK hearings, 257.

(54) Ibid.

(55) Ibid.

(56) Smith executive session testimony, Mar. 21, 1978, p. 26.

(57) Id. at 20-27.

(58) Id. at 26-27.

(59) Id. at 27.

(60) Lux interview, p. 3.

(61) Ibid.

(62) Interview of James MacDonald, Feb. 23, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. 2-3, (MLK Document 200333).

(63) Smith executive session testimony, Mar. 21, 1978, p. 28.

(64) Holloman testimony, pp. 263, 264. Holloman stated he was unaware of the withdrawal of the detail until informed of it by the committee in 1978 (Holloman testimony, p. 263). The committee noted that retired Chief of Police Henry Lux said Holloman was not consulted when the decision to withdraw the detail was transmitted by Huston to Smith (Lux interview).

(65) Interview of W. B. Richmond, Mar. 7, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 7 (MLK Document 190430) (hereinafter Richmond interview); testimony of Edward Redditt, Nov. 10, 1978, IV HSCA-MLK hearings, 202 (hereinafter Redditt testimony).

(66) Executive session testimony of Graydon P. Tines, Mar. 21, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 100 (hereinafter Tines executive session testimony).

(67) Executive session testimony of Edward Redditt, Mar. 22, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 24 (hereinafter Redditt executive session testimony).

(68) Id. at 33; Redditt testimony, p. 204; see also MLK exhibit F-229 (MPD internal memorandum, Apr. 4, 1968, from Redditt to Tines), IV HSCA-MLK hearings, 207.

(69) Redditt executive session testimony, p. 34.

(70) Id. at 40.

(71) Id. at 41.

(72) Ibid.