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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 ECREI-TELEPOUCH ISP NO - UFGA-29884 ILE NO - NONE ATE - 11 APRIL 1968 INDEXING - NONE ICR OF ILM - NONE O - CHIEF, WH DIVISION NFO - CHIEF, WH/COG - CHIEF, WOLIME ROM - COS, JMWAVE SUBJECT - SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., IAO APRIL 1968 REFERENCE - UFGA-29877 IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION TRANSMITTED IN REFERENCE, THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY FOR 8-9 APRIL HAS BEEN FURNISHED BY THE AMOTS - GM GRANMA, 0 APRIL, PAGE ONE - JJMOBILIZATION OF 55,000 ROOPS TO REPRESS THE NEGROES" A THE ARTICLE REPORTED ALL THE DISTURBANCES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE U.S. AS A RESULT OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. WM GRANMA, 0 APRIL, PAGE 3 A JJWITH THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING THE IDEOLOGY OF NON-VIOLENCE HAS DIED" A AN INTERVIEW WITH FLOYD MCKISSICK, NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY /CORE/. JJTHIS SIMPLY MEANS THAT NON-VIOLENCE HAS CEASED AS A MEANS OF FIGHTING. THE PEOPLE CANNOT BE TAUGHT TO BE NON-VIOLENT WHILE WE ARE INVOLVED IN VIOLENT WAR IN VIETNAM. NON-VIOLENCE CANNOT BE PREACHED TO THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO FACE VIOLENCE EVERY DAY ON THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY." THIS WAS SAID IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN RADIO HABANA AND FLOYD MCKISSICK. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING, MCKISSICK RE- MICROFILMED APR 15 1968 DOC. MICRO. SER. ECREI-TELEPOUCH UFGA-29884 PAGE ONE Downloaded to [illegible] by [illegible] on [illegible] FULL FILE COPY - DO NOT RELEASE 3P 19-4-105 [illegible] [illegible]

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