</s>[0-302-Rev. 1-25-60] EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA1 Date 8/27/68 PERNELL EZZELL was interviewed at the Shreveport, Louisiana, Resident Agency. At the outset of the interview EZZELL WAS advised of his rights but declined to sign a waiver of same. EZZEL-declined to furnish a signed statement but voluntarily turned the following information: EZZEL denied that he had received or was ever in possession of a great amount of money as a result of his participation in the murder of MARTIN LUTHER KING and the assassination of Senator ROBERT P. KENNEDY. He further denied stating to anyone he was on the payroll of the OSI and CIA. EZZELL said he definitely did not participate in any manner, nor did he have any knowledge or or information concerning the murders of MATTIN LUTHER KING of Senator ROBERT P . KENNENDY. EZZLELL admitted that he was glad KING was dead as he felt KING was a troublemaker, but emphasized that he did not not anything to do with killing him. EZZEELL said she could not remember making any statements to anyone regarding any of the above. He admitted that the may have made them when he was in a drunken condition, but could not recall making any such statements. He said he often has recall making days such statements, when he said he and he has been known to appear sober even when he is in a drunken state. EZZLL said FRANK WETZEL is the Shop Foreman for his former employer at Perdue Radio and Television Company, Orlando, Florida. He He and Wetzel have been out drinking together on a few occasions, usually trying to closing shop or on a payday night. He has been trying to make him into Wetzel has been willing to give him an into ladies man has in the past tried to take his wife out. His wife has told him that WetzEL has called her several times and his addition to trying to take a date would believe her in this running around with her what he tells WetzEL in Wetzell is Wetzsel. He was sure Wetzzel told her about 8/24/68 - at Shreveeport, Louisiana File # No.1 SA RONALD W. BEINNER /bab Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is to property This agency it fits its own not to be considered as RE/RE/RELEABUNDER/4816

John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Sharif Bishran Sirhan are key individuals mentioned in this document.

Dates and locations include:
- August 27, 1968: Pernell Ezzell interviewed at the Shreveport, Louisiana, Resident Agency
- October 25, 1968: John Ewart Akass interviewed by Detective Sergeant Maurice Wenham
- November 7, 1968: Sharif Bishran Sirhan interviewed by FBI agents
- January 7th (no year specified): Trial of Sirhan Sirhan began in Los Angeles

Significant events or activities include:
- Assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy
- Investigation into the authenticity of a letter signed by Sharif Bishran Sirhan, which was allegedly sent to Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey at the Willard Hotel in Washington D.C.
- FBI investigation into individuals involved in the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, including Sirhan Sirhan and his family members
- Handwriting sample comparison from Sirhan Sirhan with a signature on a questioned document (Qc35)

Evidence, testimony, or findings mentioned include:
- A letter signed by Sharif B. Sirhan containing pro-Arab and anti-Semitic views, criticizing positions taken by Nixon and Humphrey on Palestine
- FBI investigation into the authenticity of the letter and its potential connection to Sirhan Sirhan
- Communication from the Treasury Department's United States Secret Service regarding an original letter allegedly sent by Sharif Sirhan to Vice President Humphrey
- Handwriting sample comparison from Sirhan Sirhan with a signature on a questioned document (Qc35)
- Possible violation of the Extortion Statute related to the questioned communication

Individuals involved include:
- Pernell Ezzell: interviewed at the Shreveport, Louisiana, Resident Agency
- John Ewart Akass: representative of the Sun newspaper in London, interviewed by Detective Sergeant Maurice Wenham
- Sharif Bishran Sirhan: resident of Pasadena, California, and suspect in the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
- Jim Garrison: district attorney of New Orleans, who gave an interview stating connections between the murders of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Robert Kennedy
- De Wit Louis: sent a letter to John Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, expressing concerns about the Warren Commission's report on JFK's assassination

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