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FOIA on Martin Luther King

Central Intelligence Agency · 2025-06-12 · 295 pages · text by OCR

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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  • p. 158 …p. 337. Turner, W.W. "Some disturbing parallels; assassination of M. F. Turner, W.W. "Some…
  • p. 159 …coverup. Hyatteville, Md., 1966. D. and W. Turner. "In the Shadows of Dallas." Remparts, 25 January…
  • p. 163 …Theory." Newaveek, 27 March 1967 p. 37. Turner, William W. "Garrison Commission on the Assassination of…
  • p. 164 …symposium." America, April 1968, pp. 534-536. Turner, W. "Some disturbing parallels." Ramparts, 23 January 1969…
  • p. 176 …William Turner, Moderator - Former FBI Agent, Author of numerous books on investigative techniques Mr. George O…
  • p. 259 …William Turner, Moderator - Former FBI Agent, Author of numerous books on investigative techniques Mr. George O…
  • p. 265 …Turner, W.W. "Some disturbing parallax." Turner, W.W. "Some disturbing parallels; assassination of M.L…
  • p. 266 …Hyattville, Md., 1966. ch, D. and W. Turner. In the Shadows of Dallas. Reprints, 25 January…
  • p. 270 …Theory." Newoveck, 27 March 191 p. 37. Turner, William W. "Garrison Commission on the Assassination of…
  • p. 271 …symposium." America, April 1968, pp. 534-536. Turner, W. "Some disturbing parallels." Rarmarta, 25 January 1969…
CONFIDENTIAL
(When Filled In)
REQUEST FOR DISSEMINATION CHANGE OR CABLE REFERENCE SERVICE
TO: CABLE SECRATARIAT BRANCH, OC
CABLE REFERENCE SECTION
IA-53 HQS. EXT. 6159, TUBE ES-6	FROM: MD Felton
DIVISION/BRANCH
HT-1
DD01D1C	DATE
9 Aug 76
EXTENSION
1649
It is requested that the dissemination of
___ be changed as indicated.
ADD: ___ F01A
Recall copies from: ___
Change action from: ___ To: ___
Authorized by: ___ NAME (type or print)
In coordination with: ___ NAME (type or print)
Please furnish one copy of the cable described. I have ___ have no
made inquiry of the CS Records control system.
IN/DIR NUMBER
IN 03635	STATION NUMBER
Rome 5861	DATE
May 18	SUBJECT
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 295 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.