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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 0 2 0 5 10 PAGE 2 GETS VARIOUS CUBAN MAILINGS INCLUDING [redacted] ITEMS BUT THESE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SLOW IN COMING AND HAVE USUALLY OBVIOUSLY BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS IN PREPARATION AND TRANSIT. IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH EXACT DATE OF RECEIPT OF PRESENT ITEM BECAUSE [redacted] LAST SERVICED HIS P.O. BOX ON 8 APRIL. ENVELOPE BORE NO DATED POSTMARK, ONLY "PORT PAYE" IN UPPER RIGHT-HAND-CORNER. AT ANY EVENT IT IS CLEAR THAT IF POSTERS ARRIVED AT LATEST ON 11 APRIL, IT TOOK CUBANS LESS THAN A WEEK TO PREPARE AND MAIL THEM TO U.S. 3. WHAT HAS OF COURSE OCCURRED TO [redacted] IS POSSIBILITY THAT QUICK CUBAN PERFORMANCE ON THIS SUBJECT MAY INDICATE CUBAN COLLUSION IN ASSASSINATION OR ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS TO TAKE PLACE. WE HAVE TOLD THEM THAT WE KNOW OF NO OTHER EVIDENCE TO LEND SUPPORT TO THIS ASSUMPTION. THEY ARE CHECKING WITH OTHER LOCAL RECIPIENTS OF CUBAN PROPAGANDA MATERIAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER OTHER SUCH PAMPHLET PACKAGES HAVE ARRIVED HERE. THEY ARE ALSO CONTACTING LOCAL [redacted] TO INFORM THEM OF RECEIPT OF THIS MATERIAL.

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