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Illaserar„ AsstArtant AttorneLOSISerp.2 tlellah of the Civil . --,-..,--.-'!_on - -. ItigNits Div-taloa and Asaistait Attorsel General' Vinson olf 'tie ..-71' ""''-- Criaisef Division, setting forth- reignite of the investigation ''-;v1 ....._ conducted Am Portugal coacerning James Karl Ray.

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fn the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney GenerwI-Ase4staast • Attorneyiarwril Voliathg and Amnia at Attorney General Vinson- -

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ar International and State Security Police and vas made available to o Legal Attache, Paris. This memorandum shove that Ray arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, on May S, 196$, and departed Lisboa e* route to tondos on Say it, 196$; that he was issued a-nev passport by the Canadian 'Embssay in Lisboa Oise* the original passport allegedly misspelled the last numb* vas using as Sneys rather than Sneyd; that he dis-played a Canadias birth certificate in the name of Ramon George Sneya; that he frequented bars or night clubs where he could 00, up girls and was in the habit of staying out late at night auk:steeping late during the day; and that inquiry had been made at the Rhodesian Mission in Lisbon but that

ployeee there failed to recognize the subject's photograph,' aid there was no record of any inquiry having been made by • '6

him. Investigation previously revealed that Ray had exhibited interest in going to Rhodesia. During the inquiries in Portugal, particular attention was given to attempting to determine if subject vex alone or vas accompanied by other individuals. It was ascertained he was alone in a l i tancee except those described above- .),u,/

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Entry-card executed by RAMON GEORGE Slink when he arrived at Lisboa Airport at 1:1S' Ate, May V, 1922, via british European Alruaye flight 074. That entry card showed that be was born on October 8, 1932, in Toronto, Canada; employed by an "auto agency... a resident of 962 Dundas Street, Toronto; carrying Canadian Passport 2W-909324, issued in Ottawa, Canada, on April 24, 1968.

Exit card executed by RAMON GEORGE SNEY19 when ha: departed from Lisbon en routs to London, England, on May 17, 1968, at 11:00 Al, on Portuguese Airlines Flight 450. This exit card indicated he was in possession of Canadian Passport 61'T-602294, issued by the Canadian Embassy in Lisbon angry 12, 1962.

The exit card indicated that SNEYD bad been questioned by the passport inspector as to the fact that his Canadian passport issued

'in Lisbon on May 18, 1908, did not reflect his entry into Portugal. He then produced his original Canadian passport issued April 24 1968„ in Ottawa, which reflected his entry into Portugal on Hay 8, 1968. This was noted by the passport inspector on the exit card.

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ENCLOSURE

r. to Portuguese I made available ores that 1, and departed be was

a Lisboa 4 the last hat he dim - of Ramon George

here he could ut late at t inquiry n but that 's photograph,;.: can made by y bad exhibited'. tries in empung to ud by other niLiastancee

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Portuguese =.f• national and State Security Pollee), Lisbon, ore June It, ',.21.2"-'00e4

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reap = dsed that ACC3Xed-eNtek Ceelti tnetZ4r tbet subject's, cruder' VA nalhd =MP had d*Partild or r16-antared Tortuga bettreae, tboee Cates; Liksvine, a carenar...7.--:-, chetof recoras sines Kay 17, VMS, failed to reflect that he returned to Portusa1 at any, time followinc his departure.

1m:rector at Lisbon: 41 Lliton Airport and advised* that he recalled the Incident eon the subject departed Lisbon on May 17, 15ets since it swasegeseAril for h.tn to question the subject're5ardins his new passport and the fact that it did not reflect his entry ' into Portu;a1. gat recalls that SMEYD then produced his original passrort issued April 24. 1968. at Ottawa and examined that a new passport had been issued by the Canadian _ Enhassy in Lisbon on ray le. 1966, since the orizinsl passport.- contained a misspelling of his name as META rather than SMITD, -

stated that he was satisfied with the subject s explanation and noted that his original passport hadbeen properly cancelled ty the Canadian Embassy. but he had been advie to re P ince it reelected his entry into Portugal. recoanize4 a photozraph of the-- subject from his cr 1.44 passport application at Ottawas

of the Cana- A assy, n, was con interviewed,. ' He furnished the application executed by SNEYD on ray 1111, 19U, for a replacement passport. He stated that SUEYD had coma to the Embassy explaining that his original passport issued April 2*, 1961, at Ottawa, Canada, had a miaspellins of his name as SEEM rather than SITEND and that this had caused confusion. ge requested.advics as to hov this could be rectified. Hr. HORAAT% decided to issue a replacement passport gratis in the name of =YD.

stated that the subject produced a copy of an original birth certificate sbowins his birth as October, •

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. .,ini Z4e4i /1 -022iwatoin“ssued in LisbOa.„0,4*„1 ,-44-1 '--T -teviiiplacii-ti.. origiaarpasspOrt* ITV-909324* issued in_ -- '"--;.i::,-7;',7:, ......;:.- 4ttiowneet Anvil 20ip 194S, since the. original pastrare.con7417, !;4_ atpperepbic*I'errar which ha4'eausad- sont confUsiOn in thisk,:,...;77-4',' - ,-".4-: pos14.- . There was attached to the paittort application an - -" affidavit executed by SNEYD to the effect that there _was wk.__

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dvised that he did not en.;aget in a - lenortby conversat on with the subject but interviewed bin briefly And authorized the issuance of a new passport since he wan convinced by the presentation of the birth certificate as to the subject's identity as a Canadian citizen tha If I. application had been bandied by a Consular Assistant in his office.

, who was vacationing at a distant location n ortuga • was interviewed by telephone from Lisbon on Juno fr„ 19St. The stated that when she assisted St:LTD in executing his passport application, he said he mug staying in Lisbon only one or two days and debated whather to bother to chancel his passport because he wdid not want to spend all of his tine waiting around the Embassy.* - A new passyrt was issued the day after he first Carla in. It is noted that the passport photograph does not identify the • photographer. Hrs. LOPES stated she ray have referred RAT to3 rote Lusitania to have the photographs taken, but she couldnot definitely recall whether or not she had done 'so.

advised that subject displayed a Canadian birt cert 'cat* in the nese of RAY,011 GEOF.GE SKEYD. - He needed a eat deal of help in filling out the application, lsedize to believe her did not have a good education. She also a v a t he had a rather unusual accent for a Canadiasti; She cancelled the passport issued at Ottawa by stamping it cancelled on each page and clipping on. inch frogs each of the inside pages.

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OEUTIL, LUIS MAR10.-Sotel Plortugal., 4 Rua • JbeAr dite ter jas 41abon,..eavfbir4. An* Ingot, that -4013:1760t1411,riteied-nnumf Vio0iipoir or nott4Ibit CEORGI: SUEYA cut ttmr and daparteil res may 11% IMF._ This is a &sail,

-. inOlinensive hotel. The registration hook eaintained by the hotel reflects tbe dates of his arrive/ and departure and indigatas his occupancy of the room during that entire period... The registration book reflects (probably taken froa his pass-portkthat his nationality is Canadian and ha is 35 years of

Me. SOARES advised that it was his impression that- tbe subject resided there as a tourist. He was not perticm-larly friendly with an other clients of the hotel. tie slept late durins the day and stayed out late at niaht. Hr. SOAR= advia4d that it was his impression that the subject was crending his time in bars or nightclubs where he could plc up girls. since on at least two occasions he attempted to bring girls into his room and when the hotel refused to permit his to do so, he deserted with the ;iris and stayed - out fee the entire night. Fir. SOARS stated that he did not know the identity of the girls whom SNEYD brought to the hotel.

Mr. SOARES advised that at the tine of his departure on May in 19$8, he paid cash for the last three days, having previously been billed for his first week of occupancy. IS recognised the subject's passport photograph taken at the tine of the issuance of his original passport in Canada and stated that subject did not wear, the glasaas constantly during hie stay at the hotel.

the night of June 9, of the PIDE visited

nunerous n1;htclubs And bare o is typal which the subject nay have frequented, in an effort to obtain further specifies -

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. national lansuage of love.* She declined to say where she had spent the night with him, but did advice that he insisted on pratentint her with gifts rather than paying her in cash sine, this tad. the transaction less commercial. H4, there-fore, presented hef with a dress and stockings in payment for her services. She has not seen nor heard from rie subject

At the Bolero Bar, the proprietor indicated that the subject had come there on two occasions at approximately midnight and had remained there until 2:00 or 3:03 AK drinking beer. He was alone and quiet and attracted no special attentions

At Haxime'n Nightclub, 4LORIA SAUSA RISCIRO, prostitute, advised that she had net the subject when he had visited thcre one night. She spent several hours with hint in the nightclub and t3- en went out and spent the night with his. She advised that che'does not speak Enslish and he did not -teak Portuguese and, therefore, they spoke "only the inter-

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Inspector ilinlinterviewed approximately 60 indivi-dual'', including doormen, managers, bartenders, bar girls en* prostitutes. He displayed VI. subject's p%otogreph in all Instances to determine if the subject was );nown and, if so. the extent of the contacts. Inspector alnadvised that subject had visited the Texas Ur on two occasions alone and had purchased beer on each occasion. He had not remained for ocre than an hour. The came was true .at the Niagara Bar. There were various individuals in the other bars contacted who vaguely thought they recognised his photograph but could furnish no srecific informations

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' , tbli conversation ma* very; linited. 0* each occasion, he , spent elle or twe! hours,drisking, been and departed alone. ::. inrocaktiow50,411142ablo free this source.' -111;rrA.......- :-.,,,,,, ...-7...--- . , • - .- . ' - . ., -,t.3.:L.2 ,...',..4:: ' a. 16 am; rentorin Niihricinli, the sublect was vaguely ' *-- knowsi ly various employees. One Spanish girl, not further identified, stated that the subject had purchased her beer . during e visit when he stayed there for one or two hours. No further specific infornation was available from this source. -Zama. noted that at the tins of the subject's arrest InFLendon. England. be had in his possession a timetable: of South African Airway* on which Salisbury, khodesia, was cheetah.-

- • WNW advised on June 11, 19U, that the South African Airways office in Lisbon had been contacted. One enployee, not further identified. vaguely recognized the photograph of the subject as a parson who nay have cafe inquirys_ but be was not certain as to this. He stated that numerous persons enter the South African Airways office and that no •realieuler note is made of the transaction unleas aomething unusual occurs. He nay have inquired for a timetable, but -4he -eftployee does not specifically recall this. There is no id of an travel having bean purchased by SUEYD at this office. -

Sr. PASSO also advised that inquiry had been conducted at the Rhodesian Mission in Lisbon. Leployees there failed to recoInize the subiectes photograph and than. I. • was no record of any inquiry having been made by hie. PArn"

--: Since the British press indicated that an inquiry . - had been received at the Biafra office in Lisbon from an individual who requiem ad inf tion as to going to Biafra • ear m whit. stercanary, 41. ,tW was requested to make inquiry

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to purchase arms throughout EUrove and to handle the ,f transit through Lisbon es out to Illeirre. ft stated that inquiry there-had failed to reflect that the subject had made anyinquiries there..

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British reporter regarding the possibility of going to Angola, a Portuguese possession ie Africa, as a white mercenary.

Inquiry was made of regarding this possibility. Be advised that t re are no white mercenaries fighting in Angola. Be also advised that no foreigner is allowed to enter Angola without the specific permission of the Portuguese authorities.

Sinew infornation was received indicating that the subject had converted South African coney into Iritish coney in London, inquiry was conducted in Lisbon to determine if he had purchased South African currency at the Lisbon Airport.

Mr. CAPtOS cAmmo, Hannay, Benco Lisboa Acores, Lisbon Airport, failed to recognize a photo-graph of the .subject. Re also displayed the photograph to several employees of the bank, who likewise felled to recognize the photograph. They explained that they handle numerous excnan3s

_tim.:_actione and they do not necessarily note an individual's appearance.

In all of the above inquiries particular attention 1.1411 given to attempting to determine if the subject was alone or was accompanied by other individuals. It was ascertained that he was alone in all instances, except those described above.

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that the subject had made scam inquiries is London of a