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2A ee ie AORN aes CRI. Be te ee Te APN ca oc ER RP hah I inmigration offices in the Londo Airport. At the time he was planning a flight to Brussels, Belgium (HQ 44-38861- 4616). Literally scores of alleged conspiracies were commmicated to the Bureau. Fram the date of the assas- sination in April, 1968, even up to this date, the FBI has been approached by mmerous persons with stories which purport to identify a conspiracy to kill King. These stories involved the widest and participants as well as motives. To the extent that these leads were pursued, the Burea was put in the rather difficult position of conducting an investi- gation which ranged far beyond the concrete evidence that had already been obtained. When the leads were in fact bogus ones, the FBI wes attempting to prove a negative in each reported case. With a controversial figure, such as Dr. King, the possibilities of conspiracy were mumerous. Consequently, the Bureau's credibility would necessarily be strained, given its past relation- oo with Le. civi eet eee Tandnw eee lee PF) 4 Pawn eae 1 Figics s€acer, wESS ath SUory was disproved. Yet the Bureau attempted to cover each lead. -62-