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The Assassination of Martin Luther King.

Central Intelligence Agency · 166 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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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AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE IN MEMORY OF

THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING

PASTOR - CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER - HOLDER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

8 APRIL 1968

THE CALL TO WORSHIP - The Rev. Robert A. Spencer - American Church Prayer of Invocation The Lord's Prayor

KYMN No. 429 "For All the Saints" (vrs. 1-5) Sino Nomine

PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES The Hon. Woodruff Wallner, Chargé d'Affaire - U.S. Embassy

OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS - Canon James McNamee - American Cathedral Psalm 90 Daniel 3:16-25

PRAYERS - Dean Sturgis Riddle - American Cathedral

MESSAGES FROM THE FRENCH CHURCHES

The Rev. Dr. Charles Westphal - Federation Protestante de France Mgsr. Julien Gouet - Roman Catholic Diocese of Paris Pastor Henri Vincent- Eglise Baptiste de France

NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS - The Rev. Dr. Clayton E. Williams, Pastor Emeritus - American Church Romans 8:31-39 Matthew 10:24-39

INTHEM - The Choir

"Psalu of Penitence" From King David by Arthur Honegger

(Mercy on me, O Lord; pity, according to thy great compas sion. Wipe away my transgression; cleanse me unto the depth of my iniquity. In sin was I conceived. In evil was I born. And thou wouldst have a pure soul? I have sinned. Thou hast taught me thy wisdom, and I have failed in my weakness. Mercy on me, O Lord.")

TRIBUTE TO DR. KING - Mrs. Carline Polite - American Author

FROM AN ADDRESS BY DR. KING - Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1965 Read by Mr. Neville Aurelius - Actor

PRAYERS - The Rev. Martin v.B. Sargent - American Church

HYMN - "We Shall Overcome"

Negro Spiritual

We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe That we shall overcome someday.

We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace, We shall live in peace some day. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe That we shall live in peace some day.

We shall brothers be, we shall brothers be, We shall brothers be some day. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe That we shall brothers be some day,

RECESSIONAL - The 23rd Psalm

**** A book of condolences is in the chapel to your right for those who wish to sign it.

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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.