The Assassination of Martin Luther King.

Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.

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13. RADIO HABANA, 7 APRIL, U.P.M. A JUAN / MARI/ BRAS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO

RICO, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE

INTERVIEW - ADR. LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRE-

CIPITATE THE REBELLION OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

AGAINST ALL THE ABUSES OF WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN THE OBJECT."

RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, U.P.M. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANI-

CATION / AALAPSO/ SENT A MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE SNCC ON THE

ASSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING." "THE AALAPSO'S MESSAGE TO THE

AMERICAN PACIFIST ORGANIZATION ENDS AS FOLLOWS A WE BEG YOU TO

EXPRESS TO THE FAMILY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND TO ALL AFRO-AMERICANS

OUR DEEPEST SORROW OVER HIS DEATH, OUR DECISION TO SUPPORT YOUR

STRUGGLE, AND OUR DEEP CONVICTION THAT THIS TERRIBLE CRIME--WHICH

SHOWS US THAT ARMED REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE IS THE ONLY WAY OF ACHIEV-

ING GENUINE LIBERATION--WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE STRUGGLE OF THE

AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS ALREADY AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF A

TOTAL CONFRONTATION."

RADIO HABANA, APRIL, P.M. AGUSTIN / GONZALEZ

ARTINEZ, BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA, MADE THE FOLLOWING

TATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - MAY THE TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE

F THIS GREAT LEADER AT LEAST HELP TO SPEED UP THE ARRIVAL OF THE DAY

HEN EVERY MAN IN HIS NATION AND IN ALL OTHER NATIONS WILL BE TREATED

ITH THE RESPECT WHICH IS DUE TO THEM AS HUMAN BEINGS.

RADIO HABANA, APRIL, P.M. JREVEREND RAFAEL PASTOR,

F THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LUYANO, HAVANA, MADE THE FOLLOWING

TATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - HIS BROTHERS, THE AMERICAN

EGROES, WILL LEARN MUCH FROM HIS DEATH. WE CAN ALMOST ASSURE THAT

HEY, THE AMERICAN NEGROES WHOSE DIGNITY AND DECORUM HAS BEEN

RUSHED, WILL COME BACK TO LIFE AFTER CENTURIES OF LETHARGY AND

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