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DATE DATE RECEIVED RETURNED REVIERED BY (PRINT NAME) SIGNATURE OF REVIEWING OFFICIAL 20 AFE220RIGIN LINDLEY 22 Sept78 22 178 William A. M 2.14 NO DOCUMENTS MAY BE COPIED OR REHOVED FROM THIS FILE, King, Martin Luther (se) 201-760966 14-00000 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DOCUMENT RECEIPT SENDER OF DOCUMENTIS) NOTICE TO RECIPIENT and Rotum as Shown on Reverse Side Deputy Director for Plans CIA NO DOCUMENT DATE BAY 1958. ADDRESS OF RECIPIENT. COPIES ROOM ADO DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT(S) SENT DOCUMENT TITLE 0 & 1 CSCI 316/01702-68 S.J. Papich Federal Bureau of Investigation Room 845, Riddell Bldg. 1730 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. RECIPIENT COURIE DATE-SENT DATE DOCUMENT(S), SENT ATTACHMENTS 3 SIGNATURE (ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF ABOVE DOCUMENT(S) OFFICE DATE OF RECEIPT 2 M 1958 615 USE PREVIOUS EDITIONS CLASS (33) 14-00000 SECRET: 2 MAY 1368 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director SUBJECT Federal Bureau of Investigation Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr. 1. Reference is made to this Agency's out message number 94270 dated 25 April 1968 concerning the assassi- nation of Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr.. 1-- 2. On 16 April Roderick Claflin BROWN, a Panamanian national born 1 July 1917 in British Honduras, voluntarily appeared at the Department of National Investigations (DENI) of the Republic of Panama and signed a deposition, the highlights of which are as follows: (1) On 26 October 1962 he served as cook/seaman, aboard the Texaco S.S. Southhampton which docked at Mobile, Alabama. (2) While on a shore visit to the Mobile airport on the morning of 26 October 1962 in the company of two fellow Panamanian seasen, he was approached by Marvin P. LITTRELL, owner of LITTRELL Motor Co., 921-25 South Clinton Street, Athens, Alabama, who after ascertaining BROWN was a Panamanian seaman, asked if he knew of Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr. (3) LITTRELL inquired whether BROWN was interested in employment, the details of which were unspecified. He went on to describe Dr. KING as "Our greatest problem who 16 causing us much trouble." He gave BROWN a business card to use in the event he was interested in pursuing the employ- ment offer. (4) On 28 January 1963 BROWN wrote LITTRELL from New York City, stating he was interested in a job and SEURET ここ 1. 30 14-00000 L -3- requested $75 for travel from New York City to Mobile. On 2 February 1963 BROWN received a reply from LITTRELL, restating that he had a job waiting for BROWN in Alabam, but questioning why $75 was needed since the fare was less than $40 by bus. (5) After discussions with a relative and friends in New York City, BROWN suspected that the LITTRELL job offer was related with assassination plans for Dr. KING. Therefore he did not respond to the LITTRELL letter and dismissed the incident until the death of Dr. KING in April 1968. BROWN returned to Panama in 1964. 3. Enclosed for your information is a copy of the LITTRELL letter and the Spanish language deposition made by BROWN, as well as an English translation of the deposition as described in paragraph 2 of the referenced out message. FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PLANS: Signed: James R. Hunt JAMES ANGLETON CSCI-316/01702-68 3 Enclosures WH/2/Panama/G. Hodges:cib Distribution: Orig & 1- Addressee, w/atts Based on: 1- CI/R&A (Dummy) 1 2. May 1968 CI/LIA (Dummy) 2-CI/OPS/DO, watts✓✓✓✓✓✓ 1 WH/2/Panama PANAMA CITY 6180 (IN 97566) SECRET 14-00000 3 PRIOR TO FILING SECRET (WHEN FILLED INT ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET 1. Fill in Sect. 2. on back. Detach back flap and forward to RID: 2. Destroy front cover sheet, unless it records significant action taken or comments requir ing preservation. FROM: RID/ AN INSTRUCTIONS' TO: ACTION BRANCH Il file no and title shown are not proper, insert proper tile no. below and forward document to RID/AN. PROPER FILE NO. TO ROOM NO. 1 2. LIH/REEL Wite/PP 5. 6. WH/COG/EXO 7. 9. 4.03 DATE Kab OFFICER'S INITIALS RECEIVED FORWARDED: TO: ALL ADDRESSEES FILL IN SECTION I ON BACK, IF APPROPRIATE COMMENTS 2. ce to PROP sec to c/WH, 1968 1968 15 274 FRES PPLE FOR FEND BPUT REST-CE CAFE (11) MICROFILMED APR 15 1968 DOC. MICRO. SER. 8-6- 10.0 routes to C/WH/F! forritcation. retainer for LWH/KOG file 10. 16 APR 1968 21/05/2017 28/12/58 C 12. RI/AN 21/1//123 13.10 T (10P100 14. 15. 16. 1988 M APT Et ils rediify into FILE TITLE 201-760906 X. funto 19-4-105. ANE A PS EST ABSTRACT Relarrify 14-4-105 019-004-105 17. RID/FI ABSTRACT TRACE REQUEST CATE MICROFILMED INDER TLE NUMMANY DOCUBENT CATE cop DOCUMENT NUNDE ...? 14-00000 SECRET TELEPOUCH DISP NO UFGA-29884 FILE NO -NONE DATE 66 APRIL 1968 MICROFILMED APR 15 1968 INDEXING - NONE DOC. MICRO. SER. MICROFILM NONE to CHIEF, WH DIVISION INFO FROM 3P SUBJECT REFERENCE -CHIEF, WH/COG CHIEF, WOLIME - COS, JMWAVE SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF DEATH OF MARTIN 8-7 LUTHER KING, JR., IAO APRIL 1968 UFGA-29877 IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MART IN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION TRANSMITTED IN REFERENCE, THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY FOR 8-9 APRIL HAS BEEN FURNISHED BY THE AMOTS ? OM GRANMA, Ο APRIL, PAGE ONE JJMOBILIZATION OF 55,000- TROOPS 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 WN GRANMA, O APRIL, PAGE 3 A JUWITH 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 A VIOLENT WAR, IN VIETNAM. NON-VIOLENCE CANNOT BE PREACHED TO JHE BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO FACE VIOLENCE EVERY DAY ON THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY. THIS WAS SAID IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSA- TION BETWEEN RADIO HABANA AND FLOYD MCKISSICK. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING, MCKISSICK RE- FLIED - JJI REPEAT THAT WE ARE MAKING NO PREDICTIONS, BUT THE SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29884 PAGE ONE 19-14-105- 14-00000 SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29884 PAGE TWO AMERICAN NEGRO IS NOT WILLING TO CONTEMPLATE IMPASSIBLY THE ASSASSI NATION OF OUR LEADERS, OUR HEROES, AND OUR PEOPLE. EM GRANMA, O APRIL, PAGE 3 A ARTICLE BY JUAN MARRERO ENTI- TLED, JJTHE AMERICAN NEGROES ARE WRITING THEIR FINEST PAGE OF HEROISI JJAGAINST ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE, THE NEGROES ROSE UP TODAY IN MORE THAN SIXTY CITIES. AND IT IS LOGICAL TO EXPECT NEW PAGES OF HEROISM. STOKELY CARMICHAEL, THE NEGRO LEADER, GAVE THIS WARNING ONE DAY AFTER THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JWHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT WE LEARNED OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. KING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. JJ RM GRANMA, O APRIL, PAGE 3 A JJTHE WIDOW OF LUTHER KING HEAD'S THE MARCH IN MEMPHIS. THE ARTICLE TELLS ABOUT THE MARCH AND SHOWS PHOTOGRAPHS OF IT. TM RADIO REBELDE NEWSCAST, I APRIL 1755 A.M./ A JJA TENSE CALM REIGNS IN THE U.S. BUT IT IS A PRELUDE TO SERIOUS EVENTS. NATIONAL MOURNING DECREED BY LYNDON JOHNSON FOR YESTERDAY, U APRIL, MARKS A LESSENING OF DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO START UP AGAIN AT ANY MOMENT YM RADIO REBELDE NEWSCAST, I APRIL 1955 A.M./A JJ JFORWARD WITH BLACK POWER UNTIL CAPITALIST MISERY, THE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF HUMAN INJUSTICE, IS OVERTHROWN SAID THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CHILE IN A CABLEGRAM SENT TO THE AMERICAN NEGRO LEADER, STOKELY CARMICHAEL, ON THE OCCASION OF THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. UN RADIO LIBERACIÓN, I APRIL/1230 P.M./ A THIS NEWSCAST REFERS TO A DEMONSTRATION IN WHICH 200 LATIN AMERICAN, ASIAN, AND AFRICAN STUDENT'S WERE SAID TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN FRONT OF THE U.S. ENBASSY IN WARSAW, POLAND, AS A PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, MARK F. EFFIELD DISTRIBUTION 1 SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29884 PAGE TWO 14-00000 SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29884 PAGE THREE VIA TELEPOUCH 3 A C/WHD 2 A C/WH/COG 2. A C/WOLINE SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29884 PAGE THREE BT 14-00000 ( (. 1 PRIOR TO FILING SECRET WIEN FED IN) ROUTING AND RECORD. SHEET 1. Fill in Soct. 2. on back. Detach back flap and forward to RID. INSTRUCTIONS 2. Destroy front cover sheet, unless it records. significant action taken or comments requir ing preservation. FROM: RID/AL TO: ACTION BRANCH If file no. and title shown are not proper, insert proper tile no. below and forward document to RID/AN. FROPER FILE NO. TO ROOM NO. 1. WH/REEL 104/006 3 Wille /PP 5. β. WH/C06/EYO 7. 4.03 DATE TO: ALL ADDRESSEES FILL IN SECTION I ON BACK. IF APPROPRIATE COMMENTS KAB 2 CC to CA/FREP OFFICER'S RECEIVED FORWARDED INITIALS APR 15AP 1968 3 ecto, C/WH ITEATEL PROGRAM ACEA 限 2,115 Wa Pac FAIS MICROFILMED APR 15 1968 DOC. MICRO. SER. AECO (11) (1) いまだ Nancye Buf 9 16 APR 1969 10.. 8-6-1еслoutes Depil ry to C/WH/F1 for retention. 01/095/00 (14) APR 1968 1.1. ID/EDI CLOPIDO 14 15. 16: 239 Tec retained for w/Coo file 2.2 12. Ploriclass fy into 201-760966 and X-neinte 19-24-105. H PILE TITLE Rielasily 19-4-105 ANS FI PS ABSTRACT בפאן 019-004-105 C C 17. RID/FI FILE NUMDER IPRIMARY CODE) ABSTRACT TRACE REQUEST INDEX 14-00000 : DISP NO SECRET TELE POUCH UFGA-29877 FILE NO - NONE : // DATE O APRIL 1968 INDEXING, - NONE NONE CHIEF, WH DIVISION MICROFILM TO INFO CHIEF OF STATION, JMWAVE SUBJECT CHIEF, WH/COG CHIEF, WOL INE MICROFILMED 圓 APR-15 1965 DOC. MICRO-BER. SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, TAI APRIL 1968 THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION DURING THE PERIOD 5-8 APRIL HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE AMOT S- QM GRANMA HAVANA DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF 5 CUBA, APRIL 68, FRONT PAGE LAST MINUTE NEWS MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATED IN MEMPHIS, U.S.A. ACCORDING TO FIRST REPORTS, LUTHER KING HAS BEEN SHOT BY A WHITE WELL-DRESSED YOUNG MALE. ४ 2. GRANMA, I APRIL, FRONT PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN PERSONS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE U.S. AS A RESULT OF THE FIGHTING WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. IN WASHING- SNIPERS TON ALONE THERE ARE 750 WOUNDED AND 4,186 PERSONS ARRESTED. ز CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE U.S. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL ARE UNDER HEAVY GUARD GIVEN./ 3 7 FULL INFORMATION EM GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE "TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP BROWN... /WASHINGTON, APRIL, ASSOCIATED FRENCH PRESS - AFP, FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AMX LEAFLETS WERE DISTRIBUTED HERE THIS MORNING, URGING THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON TO GO TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP BROWN. THE LEAFLETS CALLED ON THE NEGROES TO FORM A MOTOR- CADE AND LEAVE FOR RICHMOND TOMORROW, MONDAY." SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE ONE f 570 019-004-105 14-00000 SECRET TELE POUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE TWO ४ 4. GRANMA, APRIL, LAST PAGE ARTICLE ENTITLED PRINCIPAL NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S." BY JUANA CARRASCO. THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS VIOLENT ONES AND THE NON-VIOLENT ONES. IT MENTIONS THE FOLLOWING AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE THE USE OF VIOLENCE CONGRESS OF RACIAL THE EQUALITY/CORE/, STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE /SNCC/, BLACK MUSLIMS, BLACK PANTHER PARTY, BLACKSTONE RANGERS, THE ALERT PATROL, REVOLUTIONARY ACTION MOVEMENT /RAM/, THE BLACK GUARDS, THE DEACONS, AND THE U.S... THE FOLLOWING NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE MENTIONED AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE NON-VIOLENCE NATIONAL ASSO- CIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE NAACP, NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, AND THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE • /SCLC/ 5. ४ GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE - ATTEMPTS ARE BING MADE TO BLAME CARMICHAEL FOR THE OUTBREAK OF RACIAL VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. 4. 8 YM GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE AND WHITE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN JAPAN. 7. 8. UM GRANMA, APRIL, LAST PAGE IM GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE STRUGGLE. १. RACIAL CLASHES BETWEEN NEGRO JOTHE AMERICAN NEGRO PEOPLE... MARTYR'S OF THE NEGRO OM RADIO LIBERACION AND RADIO PROGRESO HAVANA RADIO STATIONS/, 710 6. APRIL, UMP A.M. AND 12 NOON - THE CHIEF OF THE MISSION TO CUBA OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT HAS SENT A MESSAGE TO AFRO-AMERICANS ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LEADER, MARTIN LUTHER KING. THIS MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE CRIME WHICH WAS COMMITTED AGAINST MARTIN LUTHER KING UNMASKS THE EVIL FACE OF THE RULERS AND RACISTS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE MESSAGE OF THE VIETNAMESE MISSION IN HAVANA ENDS BY SAYING THAT, WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING, ALL THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE RULERS OF THE UNITED STATES IS TO POUR CIL ONTO THE FLAMES OF THE STRUGGLE OF AFRO-AMERICANS, SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE TWO 14-00000 ; SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE THREE : AND THAT THE SE FLAMES ARE RISING VIOLENTLY TO PUT AN END TO ALL THE OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE WHICH IS FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HINDER'S THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 10. 5. OPM RADIO LIBERACION APRIL, REP P.M. STOKELY CARMICHAEL, LEADER OF BLACK POWER, SAID - WE NEGROES MUST ARM OURSELVES WITH RIFLES AND PISTOLS AND LAUNCH AN ASSAULT ON THE STREETS OF THE CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN REPRISAL FOR KING'S ASSASSINATION. CARMICHAEL PREDICTED THAT THERE WILL BE EXECUTIONS IN THE STREETS AS A RESULT OF KING'S ASSASSINATION. HE ALSO PREDICTED THAT THE VIOLENCE WHICH HAS BEEN UNLEASHED BY NEGROES AS A RESULT OF KING'S DEATH WILL BE PALE AS COMPARED TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN AMERICAN CITIES. 11. 5 11 5 QAT RADIO HABANA, X APRIL, P.M. A JAHIS KING'S DEATH SHOWS : ONCE AGAIN THAT THE EXPLOITED MASSES CAN ONLY ANSWER REACTIONARY VIOLENCE WITH REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE. 12. 550 CWM RADIO PROGRESO, X APRIL, XP P.M. A JICARMICHAEL SAID DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT A SERIOUS MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE IN ASSASSINAT ING. DR. KING BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THE LEADER OF A MOVE- MENT WHICH URGED THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES NOT TO BURN THE CITIES, NOT TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THIS MEANS THAT IT WILL CARMICHAEL ADDED - BE NECESSARY TO START AN ALL-OUT REVOLUTION. SERIOUS INCIDENTS, HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN 35 CITIES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN FIRES, SHOOTING, FIGHTING, AND DEATHS AS A RESULT OF THE CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST DR. KİNG. NATURALLY, OTHER SIMILAR THINGS WILL JAKE PLACE. GUERRILLA WARFARE WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD THROUGH THE CITIES BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY EVIDENT THAT WE CANNOT OPENLY REBEL AGAINST THE POLICE. STOKELY CARMICHAEL ENDED THE INTERVIEW BY SENDING AFFECTIONATE REGARDS TO THE REVOLUTIONARY CUBAN PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADER, FIDEL CASTRO RUZ... SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE THREE اردو .. 14-00000 SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE FOUR 5 7 " 13. RADIO HABANA, I APRIL, P.M. ASJUAN MARI/ BRAS, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO : RICO, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE INTERVIEW - ADR. LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRE- CIPITATE THE REBELLION OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AGA INST ALL THE ABUSES OF WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN THE OBJECT. 19. 7. " ORM RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, P.M. ASSTHE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT میں OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANI- ZATION AALAPSO SENT A MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE SNCC ON THE ASSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING. THE AALAPSO'S MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PACIFIST ORGANIZATION ENDS AS FOLLOWS A WE BEG YOUυ το EXPRESS TO THE FAMILY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND TO ALL AFRO-AMERICANS OUR DEEPEST SORROW OVER HIS DEATH, OUR DECISION TO SUPPORT YOUR STRUGGLE, AND OUR DEEP CONVICTION THAT THIS TERRIBLE CRIME--WHICH SHOWS US THAT ARMED REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE IS THE ONLY WAY OF ACHIEV- ING GENUINE LIBERATION--WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE STRUGGLE OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH IS ALREADY AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF A 1 TOTAL CONFRONTATION. 158 " 7 QIM RADIO HABANA, APRIL, P.M. ASJAGUSTIN /GONZALEZ/ MARTINEZ, BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA, MADE THE FOLLOWING TATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW MAY THE TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE OF THIS GREAT LEADER AT LEAST HELP TO SPEED UP THE ARRIVAL OF THE DAY WHEN EVERY MAN IN HIS NATION AND IN ALL OTHER NATIONS WILL BE TREATED WITH THE RESPECT WHICH IS DUE TO THEM AS HUMAN BEINGS. کو 7 11 " 16 RM RADIO HABANA, Y APRIL, P.M. A REVEREND RAFAEL PASTOR, 3 1 • OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LUYANO, HAVANA, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - SHIS BROTHERS, THE AMERICAN. NEGROES, WILL LEARN MUCH FROM HIS DEATH. WE CAN ALMOST ASSURE THAT THEY, THE AMERICAN NEGROES WHOSE DIGNITY AND DECORUM HAS BEEN CRUSHED, WILL COME BACK TO LIFE AFTER CENTURIES OF LETHANGY AND SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE FOUR 14-00000 SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE FIVE WILL RISE FROM THEIR GRAVES AND FORM AN INVINCIBLE ARMY. 5 6 GUM RADIO LIBERACION, I APRIL, XP.M. A EDITORIAL COMMENTS CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING, SAYING THAT THIS LINE WAS INOPERATIVE. SAMARTIN LUTHER KING DID NOT PREACH VIOLENCE BUT HE WAS THE VICTIN OF VIOLENCE. HE DID NOT UNLEASH VIOLENCE BUT VIOLENCE NOWED HIM DOWN... 530 ي RADIO HABANA, APRIL 68, TP P.M. 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 THE SE WORD'S HIDE FEAR OVER THE WAVE OF JUST VIOLENCE WHICH IS STARTING TO い SPREAD THROUGH THE UNITED STATES. JJAT 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 CONFIRNS THAT THE VIOLENCE OF IMPERIALIST RACISTS i IS ONLY ANSWERED EFFECTIVELY WITH THE VIOLENCE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE MARK F. EFFIELD DISTRIBUTION VIA TELEPOUCH 3 A C/WHD 2 А С/WH/COG 2 A C/WOLINE SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE FIVE : BT 14-00000 PRIOR TO FILING SECRET (WHEN FILLED IN) ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET 1. Fill in Soct. 2. on back. Detach back flap and forward to RID. 2. Destroy front cover sheet, unless it records significant action taken or comments requir- ing proservation. FROM: RID/ER INSTRUCTIONS TO: ACTION BRANCH If lile no. and title shown are not proper, insert proper file no. below and forward document to RID/AN PROPER FILE NO. DATE ROOM TO NO. RECEIVED FORWARDED 16 APR 1968 f OFFICER'S INITIALS TO. ALL ADDRESSEES FILL IN SECTION I ON BACK, IF APPROPRIATE COMMENTS WH/7/DR APR 4060 て CHRONO DETACHED OC C Steve 5. Bill 6: Vetter R ED TAIL POGGRAN PIN FINDFA 90 PLEASE FOR FRON EJA MYSAT REGE, CO CSKE IGEN (41) (4) PFILES Rudy しか - CC ) } 9 C1/DPS/80 12. 13. Tok BK file Kis 15. Whis 17. RIHAT TRACE REOULST DATE MICROPILNED ABSTRACT INDER PILE TITLE Put MICROFILMED APR 15 1968 DOC. MICRO. BER. Please nouta on peparate Rofiting slipp $1 Dick ber staff after exfine hos vad Ciclantz 22-4-16 022-004-016 201-960966 FILE NUMDER PRIMARY COU YUMENT DATE COLUNENT NUNDER HOCA 07012 C ن C MP 4-03 14-00000 DISPATCH 10 Chief, WH Division INFO PROCESSING ACTION IP ACCOM PLISHED CLASSICATION SECRETAR POSLO AEC FORELING X MINDERING REQUIRED FROM Chief of Station, Santo Domingo SKP CAILY QUALIFIED RELYVARTERS DESA, CAN JUDGE INDEXING ARSTRACT DARVILN SUBJECT Communist Comments on the Death of Martin Luther King/ Reference to "Black Power" Concept ACTION REQUIRED: REFERENCES 1. Attached for Headquarters retention are one copy each of statements on the death of Martin Luther King by the Dominican. Communist Party (PCD), the Communist 14th of June Revolutionary Movement (MR-1J4), and various trade unions. All appeared.. in the 7 April 1968 issue of El Nacional. 2. The text of the PCD statement makes reference to the visit of Stokely Carmichael to the Latin American Solidarity Organization Conference (LASO), quotes a statement by Fidel Castro on Carmichael and the concept of "Black Power," and expresses the solidarity of the PCD with the struggle of North American Negroes. The MR-1J4 statement, only available in gist, says that King's death reveals the profound crisis existing within US society and shows that for the "racist forces, "violence is the only law and is applied to internal and external enemies alike. 3. Neither statement issues a call to violence on the part of US Negroes. ATTACHMENT: As. Stated DISTRIBUTION: Peila Gaana Stewart R. PATAKER Herewith The folslutted authorca: 3 - Chief, WH Division/atth/w 3 Files w/att MICROFILMED APR 15 1968 WOOC MICRO. SER 22-4-16 JATT 680021 Excluded tres subst: devetraing-281 Seclassication CROSS REFERENCE TO DATE TYPED DATE DISPATCHED CS COPY 10 Apr 68 DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER D22-4-13 SECRET HDCA 7012 HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER Zor preje 022-4-16- 14-00000 i Condenan Asesinato De Martin Luther King Dos organizaciones izquierdis lencià revolucionaria que derrum ta's condenaron hoy la muerte del bará el sistema Imperialista. reverendo Martin Luther King. En comunicados separados el Partido Comunista Dominicano y el Movimiento Revolucionario 14 de Junio dicen solidarizarse con ol movimiento negro de los Esta. dos Unidos, El PCD demando de las organi- zaciones políticas y sindicales dès- arrollar actividades en apoyo a la lucha de los negros norteamerica- nos.. Por su parte el 14 de Junio con- sideró que el asesinato del Premio Nobel de la Paz revela la profunda crisis en que ha entrado la sociedad norteamericana, El PCD señala que el asesinato del líder pacifista ha tenido justa respuesta en la violencia desata da en las ciudades más importantés Demuestra, según el 14 de Junio, de los Estados Unidos que ha obli que para las fuerz fuerzas racistas la gado a que el presidente Johnson hnson única ley es la violencia y que ésta cancelara su viaje al exterior para es aplicada a todo enemigo inter- conversaciones de paz en Vietnam, no o externo que se revele contra Dice respaldar la rebelión, y los el imperio brutal. pronunciamientos del líder negro Stokely Carmichael ya que él único camino en los Estados Unidos para Ubrarse de la violencia de los ma les que padece ese pueblo es la vio Entiende la organización política que la muerte del reverendo Lu ther King es una gran ensefianza para los de su raza que sufren la opresión racista, 14-00000 PARTIDO COMUNISTA DOMINICANO (PCD) ¡Nuestra solidaridad plena con la lucha de los negros norteamericanos, como parte que es de la lucha de todos los oprimidos de la tierra! El régimen de los monopolios imperialistas norteamericanos se conmueve por la acción de los pueblos desde fuera con Vietnam amal frente, y desde dentro con el gran movimiento por los derechos civiles sciviles y por la paz, El asesinato de Lüther King, será presentado como la obra de la mano fanática de un racista; pero queda clara la responsabilidad de los interesados en liqui dar la acción civil por la violencia, de los interesados en tm. poner la mordaza a los reclamos del pueblo que cada vez vez más Jucha organizadamente y que comprende los objetivos de esa lucha, de los monopolios imperialistas, La violencia engendra violencia, Muchos siglos de explota. ción y de represión han pasado hasta que en los últimos Imos años el negro norteamerica.comienza a organizar sú resistencia; y en ello el papel de her King es innegable, de los más altos meritos, de la mas encomiable abnegación, aunque su prédica de pas no haya sido comprensible por todos los oprimidos ni la más aproptada como lo demuestra su su propia muerte. : Los negros constit en los Estados Unidos el sector mas explotado de la clase obrera en el nivel de sueldos, en en la dis. criminaciña social que asume formas raciales, en la propor. ción de les que participan en el ejército, en los planes de seguros sociales; por lo que la discriminación y su respuesta en la lucha por los derechos civiles tiene características esen. cialmente clasistas aunque asuma formas raciales, y por lo que crecientemente este fenómeno es comprendido por las propias mesas blancas que apoyan los reclamos civiles de la población de raza africana marginada de la sociedad, 14-00000