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The Assassination of Martin Luther King.

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This CIA FOIA release contains an April 1968 dispatch, UFGA-29877, summarizing how Cuban media covered the assassination of Martin Luther King from 5 to 8 April. The dispatch quotes Granma and Havana radio stations, including statements by Stokely Carmichael and others that call for revolutionary violence. The release also includes May 1971 cables and a memo to the FBI on Americans at the World Peace Council conference in Budapest, where King was posthumously awarded the Joliot-Curie Gold Medal.

  • p. 3 …ACCORDING TO FIRST REPORTS, LUTHER KING HAS BEEN SHOT BY A "WHITE WELL-DRESSED YOUNG MALE…
  • p. 4 …THIS MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE CRIME WHICH WAS COMMITTED AGAINST ARTIN LUTHER KING UNMASKS THE EVIL…
  • p. 5 …ARMICHAEL PREDICTED THAT THERE WILL BE EXECUTIONS IN THE STREETS AS RESULT OF KING'S ASSASSINATION…
  • p. 6 …LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRE- CIPITATE THE REBELLION OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE…
  • p. 7 …EDITORIAL COMMENTS CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING, SAYING THAT THIS…
  • p. 8 …SUBJECT SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, TAI APRIL 1968…
  • p. 9 …THIS MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE CRIME WHICH WAS COMMITTED AGAINST MARTIN LUTHER KING UNMASKS THE EVIL…
  • p. 10 …JOHIS/KING'S/DEATH SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT THE EXPLOITED MASSSES CAN ONLY ANSWER REACTIONARY VIOLENCE…
  • p. 11 …LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRECIPITATE THE REBELLION OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE UNITED…
  • p. 12 …EDITORIAL COMMENTS CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING, SAYING THAT THIS…
  • p. 13 …ACCORDING TO FIRST REPORTS, LUTHER KING HAS BEEN SHOT BY A "WHITE WELL-DRESSED YOUNG MALE…
  • p. 14 …THIS MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE CRIME WHICH WAS COMMITTED AGAINST MARTIN LUTHER KING UNMASKS THE EVIL…
  • p. 15 …CARMICHAEL PREDICTED THAT THERE WILL BE EXECUTIONS IN THE STREETS AS A RESULT OF KING'S…
  • p. 16 …LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRE- CIPITATE THE REBELLION OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE…
  • p. 17 …EDITORIAL COMMENTS CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING, SAYING THAT THIS…
  • p. 20 …AS A RESULT OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. WM GRANMA, O APRIL, PAGE 3…
  • p. 21 …KING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN." JJ RM GRANMA, O APRIL, PAGE…
  • p. 23 …AS A RESULT OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. WM GRANMA, 0 APRIL, PAGE 3…
  • p. 24 …KING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN." JJ RM GRANMA, O APRIL, PAGE…
  • p. 26 IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION TRANSMITTED…
  • p. 27 …KING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN." JJ RM GRANMA, O APRIL, PAGE…
  • p. 31 …MARTIN LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WE HAVE PUBLISHED A POSTER THAT IS NOW BEING DISCULATED ALL…
  • p. 40 12ANW9056T 7 REPEAT 7 APRIL (I.E., 3 DAYS AFTER DR KING'S ASSASSINA- IICN) MENPIONED
  • p. 45 STATION HAS HAD AMOTS PREPARE TWO SUMMARIES OF CUBAN REGIME COVERAGE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION…
  • p. 47 …right to request all information returning to King / King has been sent in discommissioned during the…
  • p. 49 …MARCH ON RAIHAUS SCHOENEBERG WAKE OF DR. KING'S ASSASSINATION. IN VIEW OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT…
  • p. 55 …ON RATHAUS SCHOENEBERG IN WAKE OF DR. KING'S ASSASSINATION. IN VIEW OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT…
  • p. 59 …JOHNSON, PROTESTING INST THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, ATTRIBUTING TO THE AGGRESSIVE AND FASCIST POLICIES…
  • p. 62 …Investigation of Death of Martin Luther King, Junior. 1. Your Bureau representative in provided our representative…
  • p. 64 …Investigation of Death of Martin Luther King, Junior. 1. Your Bureau representative in Mexico City provided…
  • p. 68 …Investigation of Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1. Reference is made to our memorandum of…
  • p. 70 …Investigation of Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1. Reference is made to our memorandum of…
  • p. 80 …MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., THEN RELEASED HIM WITHOUT PRESSING ANY CHARGES. DANIEL DAVID KENNEDY OF BALTIMORE…
  • p. 83 …Martin Luther King, Jr. ## B. Specific: 1. Is there any indication that Ray has left the…
  • p. 85 …Does the FBI think that Ray was hired to assassinate King? 15. If so, is there…
  • p. 86 …Martin Luther King, Jr. ## B. Specific: 1. Is there any indication that Ray has left the…
  • p. 88 …Does the FBI think that Ray was hired to assassinate King? 15. If so, is there…
  • p. 93 …MARTIN LUTHER KING PASTOR - CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER - HOLDER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 8 APRIL 1968…
  • p. 94 …Foreman a évoqué le meurtre du pasteur King, " exemple du gérocide " que commet contre les Noirs…
  • p. 95 …Martin Luther King had a dramatic and profoundly disturbing impact upon the American Negro community in…
  • p. 97 …MARTIN LUTHER KING PASTOR - CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER - HOLDER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 8 APRIL 1968…
  • p. 98 …Foreman a évoqué le maître du pasteur King. « exemple du génocide » que commet contre les Noirs…
  • p. 102 …Martin Luther KING's assassination. He describes them as "poetic...but full with guts and disgust…
  • p. 111 …Martin Luther King's assassination. They poetic as usual but full with guts and disgust. The…
  • p. 130 …Martin Luther KING. CARMICHAEL was in Havana, Cuba, at the time. PLEASE TRANSMIT REPLY VIA LIAISCH…
  • p. 133 …Car c'est bien cela que signifie la lutte défensive des Luther King et autres. Pour…
  • p. 134 …Hier soir, comme conséquence l'assassinat du King, il y a des graves incidents dans 25…
  • p. 135 …Martin Luther KING. CARMICHAEL was in Havana, Cuba, at the time. PLEASE TRANSMIT REPLY VIA LIAISCH…
  • p. 137 …Martin Luther KING. CARMICHAEL was in Havana, Cuba, at the time. PLEASE TRANSMIT REPLY VIA LIAISON…
  • p. 140 …Cqr c'est bien cela que signifie la lutte défensive des Luther King et autres. Pour…
  • p. 141 …de l'assassinat de Martin Luther King La guerre de guérilla dans les villes Leen varlist…
  • p. 146 …Martin Luther King. Vassel claimed that there was a United States citizen hiding in Jamaica to…
  • p. 149 …Weeting would an invasion of Priving Mr King and the enclosing writing Mr King . Here documents…
  • p. 150 Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. 230 Sunset Drive N.W. Atlanta ; Georgia U. S. A. ```markdown ```
  • p. 151 …the Youth Center, in memory of Dr. King. He wanted your address so that he could…
  • p. 152 …I am in correspondence with Leadsir Luther King Memorial Library , love sent here a copy of…
  • p. 153 new work - Gaudl's and Lord Hir Luther King - but I have material - Dr King's…
  • p. 156 …WPC HAS AWARDED JOLIOT CURIE GOLD MEDAL HUMOUSLY TO REV MARTIN LUTHER KING. MEDAL ACCEPTED BY…
  • p. 157 …WPC HAS AWARDED JOLIOT CURIE GOLD MEDAL HUMOUSLY TO REV MARTIN LUTHER KING. MEDAL ACCEPTED BY…
  • p. 158 …WPC HAS AWARDED JOLIOT CURIE GOLD MEDAL STRUMOUSLY TO REV MARTIN LUTHER KING. MEDAL ACCEPTED BY…

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DISPATCH

Chief, WH Division

Margaret RANDALL de MONDRAGON ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES

RYBAT MHALPHA

Action Required: See paragraph 3.

Reference HMMW-16296, 5 April 1968

1. The following items from LIBIGHT/LIMUD coverage concern contacts of Subject who are believed to be of interest:

A. Attachment A: A letter from CAW, the magazine of Students for a Democratic Society, signed by Jerry *BODANES, thanks Margaret for her poems which they are using. The magazine is scheduled to be off the press around May 10. The letter clearly indicates that the SDS was behind the student seizure of Columbia University. It says, "Right now our glorious brothers have seized Columbia University--now named Malcolm X University--and over which an N.L.F. flag now flies. The others, faculty, deans, managers, are all scurrying and speaking pious--saying SDS this, SDS that, while we hold five buildings in joyousness and the most serious preparations to resist, our movement has over reached." Enclosed is a check made out against the account of the SDS in the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, 2681 Broadway, New York, for the amount of $50, and signed by Robert M. *SHAPIRO.

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Attachments: As listed (9), h/w FULL TEXT COPY - DO NOT RELEASE

Distribution:

Orig & 2 - C/WHD (w/atts - 1 copy each)

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Downgraded to CONFIDENTIAL

CROSS REFERENCE TO authority of 007369407773 DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER

date	DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER	DATE
	HMMA-34688	20 May 1968
	CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL	HOS FILE NUMBER 201-

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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. 166 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.