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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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY FROM B.L.D. INDEX ☐ YES ☐ NO CLASSIFY TO FILE NO. _______________ REF TO FILE NO. _______________ FILE ☐ GET TO BRANCH ☐ DESTROY ☐ > 6 121717Z APR 63 CITE 121717Z APR 63 CITE PRIORITY DIRECTOR APPROVED FOR RELEASE Date 14 Mar 1978 1. [redacted] HAS JUST REPORTED [redacted] RECEIPT [redacted] OF ENVELOPE WITH RETURN ADDRESS "RAMON ECHAVARRIA, APARTADO 6012 HAVANA", CONTAINING TWO 14X15 INCH BLACK WHITE AND RED POSTERS FEATURING BLACK PANTHER WITH LEGEND "BLACK POWER" IN HIS OPEN MOUTH AND BELOW IT IN LARGE LETTERS STATEMENT "RETALIATION FOR CRIME: REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE" IN ENGLISH FOLLOWED BY APPARENTLY SAME STATEMENT IN SMALLER LETTERS IN SPANISH, FRENCH AND ARABIC. FINALLY LETTERS "OSPAAL" AT BOTTOM OF POSTER. POSTERS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY MIMEDGRAPHED SHEET WITH FOLLOWING STATEMENT: "ON THE OCCASION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WE HAVE PUBLISHED A POSTER THAT IS NOW BEING CIRCULATED ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE ARE SENDING YOU A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THESE POSTERS WHICH MAY BE USED IN YOUR COUNTRY TO THE ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED ON IN THIS REGARD." [redacted] ARE ASTONISHED BY THE SPEED WITH WHICH THESE POSTERS HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND MAILED. ENVELOPE WAS RECEIVED IN [redacted] POST OFFICE BOX IN WHICH HE NORMALLY

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