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The Assassination of Martin Luther King.

Central Intelligence Agency · 166 pages · text by OCR, confidence 95%

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13-00000 SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE FIVE WILL RISE FROM THEIR GRAVES AND FORM AN INVINCIBLE ARMY. 17. QUM RADIO LIBERACION, 7 APRIL, 7 P.M. A EDITORIAL COMMENTS CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING, SAYING THAT THIS LINE WAS INOPERATIVE. MARTIN LUTHER KING DID NOT PREACH VIOLENCE BUT HE WAS THE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE. HE DID NOT UNLEASH VIOLENCE BUT VIOLENCE MOWED HIM DOWN. 18. QIM RADIO HABANA, 7 APRIL 68, 7 P.M. A "JOHNSON POSTPONED HIS TRIP. HE CALLED THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS--WHO WERE MORE OR LESS UNDER CONTROL--TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. JOHNSON APPEARED ON TELEVISION. HE EXPRESSED HIS ANGUISH AND HIS SORROW. HE MADE INSPIRED COMMENTS ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING. THESE ACTIONS AND THESE WORDS HIDE FEAR OVER THE WAVE OF JUST VIOLENCE WHICH IS STARTING TO SPREAD THROUGH THE UNITED STATES. AT A TIME WHEN COMPLEX INTER- NATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS MIGHT BE UNDERWAY, UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, THIS NEW CRIME WIDENS THE CHASM WHICH DIVIDES THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND INCITES THE PEOPLE TO PROMOTE DISTURBANCES WHOSE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ARE HARD TO PREDICT. THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING CONFIRMS THAT THE VIOLENCE OF IMPERIALIST RACISTS IS ONLY ANSWERED EFFECTIVELY WITH THE VIOLENCE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE. MARK F. EFFIELD DISTRIBUTION VIA TELEPOUCH 3 A C/WHD 2 A C/WH/COG 2 A C/WOLIME SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE FIVE ET

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