George McMillan

George McMillan and James Earl Ray The following is a transcript of a conversation between Mark Lane, JFK Assassination researcher and lawyer; and George McMillan, author and husband of CIA writer Priscilla Johnson McMillan. This is printed in Murder in Memphis by Mark Lane and Dick Gregory (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993).

Lane: Hello. George McMillan?

McMillan: Yes.

Lane: This is Mark Lane. How are you today?

McMillan: Uh . . . (pause) . . . OK.

Lane: I'm doing a book about the murder of Dr King. There will be a chapter in the book dealing with your book. I've talked with Jerry Ray who, obviously, is a very important source for you, and he denies telling you almost everything you quoted him as saying in the book. I wonder if you have any recordings of these interviews with him.

McMillan: Mr. Lane, I'd just rather not talk with you.

Lane: You'd rather not talk?

McMillan: Yep.

Lane: Well, will you tell me Mr. Ray is wrong when he denies that he made those statements to you?

McMillan: You must have not listened to me. I said I'd rather not talk.

Lane: You won't even deny that you made up what Mr. Ray says.

McMillan: You still must not have listened to me.

Lane: What did you say?

McMillan: I said, you must still have not listened to me.

Lane: Yes, I'm just asking if you will deny--

McMillan: [interrupting] I said I'd rather not talk.

Lane: You'd rather not talk. And you won't even deny Ray's charge that you made up those quotations.

McMillan: Uh.

Lane: I mean, it couldn't take you very long to say you didn't make them up.

McMillan: You want me to hang up, or do you want to hang up?

Lane: Well, I don't want to hang up, and I don't want you to hang up. I just want you to answer the question as to whether or not Mr. Ray's charges --

McMillan: [interrupting] I've already told you I don't want to talk with you.

Lane: You won't even answer that question.

McMillan: I told you, I don't want to talk to you.

Lane: You have said that, yes.

McMillan: OK.

Lane: Very good. I'll send you a copy of the book.

McMillan: Thank you.

Lane: You're welcome.

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