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Attorney General dated May 13, 1968 in which he explains that extensive investigation has not resulted in any new developments beyond Atlanta, April 5. Therefore, the Director requested authorization for telephone and micro- phone surveillance on Ray family members. The request, however, was never acted upon (HO 44-38861-3509). (7) Passport Search. From an interview with a former cellmate of Ray's at Missouri State Prison it was learned that Ray appreciated the ease with which a persor living in Canada could obtain a false passport (HQ 44-38861-3889) . Though it is not clear that the cellmate's coments pre~- cipitated a search of Canadian passports issued since Ray's April 23, 1967 escape, it is known that on the request of the FBI Legat in Canada such a search was conducted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A passport search was also conducted in Mexico and the United States (HQ 44-38861-4445). Though the search went through a staggering number ef applications and was based on the comparison of Ray's Photograph to those submitted with the application, it proved to be the necessary break in picking up Ray‘s trail. At 9:30 p.m. June 1, 1968, The Legal attache, Ottawa, Canada, called the Bureau to advise that after reviewing some 175,000 applications the RCMP located a passport issued -60-