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104-10178-10183 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (5/6/1968)

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                CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
                      WASroaT0N. O.C. 205

                                                 6  MAY 168






    TO        Director                                        ug
              Federal Bureau of Investigation               (ti)
              Attention:  Mr. S. J. Papich                ra;.

    FROM   :  Deputy Director for Plans

    SUBJECr:  MUSGROVE, Joe Bailey


         1.  The following paragraphs summarize informa-
    tion relayed telephonically to the Bureau, and are
    forwarded to you for confirmation and for your files.

         *---  28  April 1968, our representative in
i-2          1  reported that Doctor Klaus Steer, a
    West Germn  citizen and Director of the African
    Scientific Department, E. Merck Aktiengesellschaft,
    Karmstady, Germany, visited the American Embassy,
    at the request of the local German Ambassador, and
    reported that he had seen a man in Lagos, Nigeria
    on 23 April 1968 who strongly resembled newspaper
    photographs of Eric Stavro Galt, who is currently,
    wanted in connection with the assassination of
    Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. Steer said that he saw
    the Subject at the desk of the Bristol Hotel on the
    afternoon of 23 April when both were checking out
    of the hotel. Dr. Steer was accidentally giver the
    hotel accounting receipt for the Subject, on which
    he noted Nama: Joe Musgaque, Room No:  403, Receipt
    No: D 5218,WAccountXNOWF08325',Ti a short con-
    versation with Subject, Dr. Steer learned that Subject
    was employed by the Wilder Oil Company and was en-
    route to Warri, Nigeria on an 18 month contract.
    Subject told Dr. Steer that he had recently arrived
    in Lagos from Las Palmas via Accra on Nigerian Airlines.

        3.  The above information was relayed to the
   Bureau upon receipt by our duty officer on 29 April
   1968.  We were advised that the Bureau records did

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