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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.
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- 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.
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- 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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ab -51 contains DISPATCH UFGA-29884 dated 11 April 1968.
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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.