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This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA release, dated 2025-06-12, collects 1976 CIA paperwork on Harold Weisberg's request (76-F-382) for records on Martin Luther King, Jr. It includes routing slips, an Operations Staff memorandum listing releasable press items and exempt cables, dispatches and memoranda, and a CI Staff reply citing a 1968 Office of Security memo on Coretta Scott King. It also contains a 16 May 1968 memo to the FBI reporting that Gerald Lee Richards, investigated in Japan, did not resemble suspect James Earl Ray.
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FOIA Appeal - Harold Weisberg, for information about Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Earl Ray IPS F 76-382 TO: (Civil designation, room number, and building) DATE OFFICER'S INITIALS COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) RECEIVED FORWARDED 1. Mr. Wells, DDO THRU: Mr. Addona, DDO/PICG 1 D 4125 HQ HT-1 Attached is an FOIA Appeal with a due date of 19 Aug 77. In accordance with IPS procedures, the Chairman has assigned action for this appeal as follows: Mr. Wells, Mr. Dirks, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Blake Designated Action Member(s) should contact me within 48 hours should there be any objection to the case assignment. The OGC attorney assigned to advise you or your Appeals Officer regarding this case is: Mr. Ziebell The Action Member or Appeals Officer is requested to ensure that staff work is completed and the case is ready for presentation (should such be required) at the 11 Aug 77 meeting. H.G. Bean 2. 3. Mr. Dirks, DDS&T THRU: Mr. Redmond, DDS&T/FIO 6 E 56 HQ BY-1 4. 5. Mr. Stevens, DDI THRU: Mr. Lawler, DDI/FIO 2 E 6104 HQ FX-4 6. 7. Mr. Blake, DDA 7 D 26 HQ BX-4 8. 9. Mr. Ziebell, OGC 6-D-0120 - Hqs. BX-5 10. 11. Mr. Biddiscombe, OS/IRG GE 31 HQ FX-1 12.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 295 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.