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The first time the Bureau Sent these, they combined King-Ray docs with Kennedy assassination docs. After discussion with you, they were sent back to the Bureau asking them to segregate King-Ray docs. Here
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MARTIN Luther JUN, 18 2:00 PM*73 76-382 FROM SWEET MARY JUN KING (WEISBERG-REQUEST EXTENSION DATE SENT O/DDO/FIO OPS 18 JUNE
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Privacy and Information Officer, DDO
SUBJECT: Weisberg Request (Martin Luther King, Jr.) Part I
REFERENCE: 76-F-382
- This office maintains a three volume sensitive (unofficial) file on the Subject. We no longer maintain 201 file (201-760966); Dr. King's files and documents were closed out on 6 November 1974 and forwarded to IP files on 25 May 1976. A further check of other records in this office revealed the following information relevant to the Subject. While a large number of documents are available which mention King, the majority are dated after his death and in some way are related to world reaction to his assassination which was on 4 April 1968, prior to the implementation of the MHCHAOS program, 4 July 1968.
a. The following overt items (excerpts from books published) are considered releasable to the requestor. There are no exemptions. Black Power/White Resistance, (EX-3283) by Fred Powledge; The Negro Revolt, (EX-3267) by Louis E. Lomax; Ghetto Rebellion to Black Liberation, (EX-3212) by Claude M. Lightfoot; Is Anybody Listening to Black America, (EX-3573) by C. Eric Lincoln; Martin Luther King, Jr., (EX-3670) by William Robert Miller; SNCC - The New Abolitionists, (EX-2108) by Howard Zinn; The Black Muslims in America, (EX-2109) by C. Eric Lincoln; Negro and Jew, (EX-3573) by Shloma Katz; Chronicles of Black Protest, (EX-3439) by Dr. C. Eric Lincoln; The Black Messiah, (EX-3669), by Albert B. Cleage, Jr.; Black Power and White Protestants, (EX-3211), by Joseph C. Hough, Jr.; The Negro Mood, (EX-2127) by Lerome Bennett, Jr.; Black Man's Burden, (EX-3571) by John Oliver Killens; When Negros March, (EX-3577) by
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Herbert Garfinkel; Black Man's America, (EX-3208) by Simeon Booker; Staff Study by The Committee on Internal Security, (EX-4866) dated 1970; Testimony of Gerald Wayne Kirk, Hearings of the Committee on the Judiciary, (EX-7044): 1970; Hearings Before the Committee on Un- American Activities, (EX-2131) 1968; Riots, Civil and Criminal Disorders, Hearings before the Sub-Committee on Investigations, (EX-2169) June 20 and 21, 1968; The New Left, Memorandum prepared for the Committee on the Judiciary, (EX-3535), 9 October 1968; National Review, 3 May 1967; The Rebel (published in Exile), May-June 1967; The New World of Negro Americans, (EX-3571) by Harold R. Isaacs.
b. The following overt items which mention the Subject and/or his activities are not available in this office.
Washington Star, dated 14 August 1968 Washington Star, dated 4 February 1969 Washington Star, dated 8 May 1968 Washington Star, dated 14 April 1968. Washington Star, dated 20 January 1969 Washington Star, dated 10 November 1968 Washington Star, dated 29 March 1969 Soul Newspaper (EX-3653), 1 December 1969 New York Times, dated 13 April 1967 New York Times, dated 18 August 1968 New York Times, dated 5 October 1969 Time, dated 12 April 1968 Liberation News, dated November 1967 Committee Newsletter dated May 1967 D.C. Catholic Standard, dated 18 July 1968 Militant (pg. 5), dated 22 November 1968 Ottawa Citizen, dated 17 December 1968 Sepia (pg. 66) (EX-3592), December 1969-destroyed Jet Magazine (pg. 17) (EX-3594), 7 August 1967- destroyed The Black Panther (pg. 10) dated 1969 Washington Post, dated 1 September 1967 Washington Post, dated 15 November 1968 Washington Post, dated 28 June 1988 Washington Post, dated 26 May 1968\ Washington Post, dated 24 December 1968
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Washington Post, dated 14 December 1968 Washington Post, dated 19 November 1968 Washington Post, dated 22 September 1968 Washington Post, dated 17 August 1968 Washington Post, dated 29 March 1968 Washington Post dated 20 March 1968 Washington Post, dated 24 May 1968 Washington Post, dated 17 November 1968 Washington Post, dated 5 April 1968 Washington Post, dated 12 May 1968 Washington Post, dated 1 April 68 1969 Washington Post, dated 14 March 1969
c. The following overt items pertaining to the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are releasable to the requestor. There are no exemptions. Look, 15 April 1969; Washington Star, 24 April 1968; 12 March 1969; 13 March 1969; 17 March 1969; 20 March 1969; 23 March 1969; 24 March 1969; 1 April 1969; 2 April 1969; 4 April 1969; 13 April 1969; 24 April 1969; 27 May 1969; 16 July 1969; 31 May 1969; New York Times, 10 March 1969; 7 March 1969; 8 March 1969; 14 March 1969; 16 April 1969; 23 May 1969; 24 May 1969; 26 May 1969; 1 June 1969; UPI-108, 3 January 1969; Washington Post, 3 January 1969; 18 January 1969; 28 January 1969; 31 January 1969; 8 February 1969; 8 March 1969; 11 March 1969; Tass International Service, 11 March 1969; Daily World, 12 March 1969; Washington Post, 12 March 1969; 13 March 1969; 17 March 1969; 18 March 1969; 20 March 1969; 22 March 1969; 23 March 1969; 26 March 1969; 8 April 1969; 12 April 1969; Item from News Dispatches, 1969; The Sunday Star, 16 March 1969; Item from Associated Press, 8 April 1969; Associated Press, 14 June 1969; Associated Press item, 13 May 1969; Associated Press item, 14 May 1969; Washington Post, 21 May 1969; 23 May 1969; 2 May 1969; 27 May 1969; 26 May 1969; 25 May 1969; 16 July 1969; 30 May 1969; 16 March 1969; 27 June 1969; 20 June 1969; 26 June 1969; Washington Star 4 May 1968; Washington Star, 29 May 1968; Time, 13 September 1968; Washington Post, 19 September 1968; Chicago Daily News Service, undated; Washington Star, 18 September 1968; Washington Star, 23 September 1968; Los Angeles Times, 7 August 1968;
125-341 Docs 24-151 S See separate list from OPS/ITG - above is not acclass
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Washington Post, 16 August 1968; Washington Star, 6 July 1968; Reuters, London, 6 July 1968; Washington Post, 22 July 1968; Time, 26 July 1968; Washington Star, 12 April 1968; Washington Star, 13 April 1968; Washington Post, 13 April 1968; Washington Star, 14 April 1968; Washington Post, 14 April 1968; Washington Post, 16 April 1968; Delta Democrat Times, 16 April 1968; Washington Star, 17 April 1968; Washington Star, 18 April 1968; Washington Star, 19 April 1968; undated item; undated item; Washington Star, 23 April 1968; Washington Star, 23 April 1968; Washi Washington Star, 24 April 1968; Washington Post, 6 May 1968; Reuters, London, undated; Reuters, undated; Reuters, 16 July 1968; Associated Press, 9 July 1968; 16 July 1968; Reuters, 16 July 1968; Reuters, 9 July 1968; UPI-122, 9 July 1968; UPI-48, 10 July 1968; UPI-129, 15 July 1968; UPI-48, 12 July 1968; Associated Press, 17 July 1968; Reuters, 2 July 1968; Associated Press, 2 July 1968; Reuters, undated; London, 2 July 1968; UPI-30, 2 July 1968; Reuters, 8 July 1968; UPI-21A, 2 July 1968; UPI-125, 2 July 1968; London, 2 July 1968; London, 2 July 1968; Associated Press, 2 July 1968; UPI-8, 2 July 1968; London, 2 July 1968; London, 2 July 1968; Reuters, undated; Reuters, undated, Reuters, 2 July 1968; Associated Press, 18 July 1968; London, 18 July 1968; Reuters, 18 July 1968; Associated Press, 18 July 1968; Associated Press, 18 July 1968; Reuters, 17 July 1968; Reuters, 17 July 1968; London, 17 July 1968; Associated Press, 17 July 1968; Reuters, undated; London, undated; Associated Press, July 1968; Reuters, 17 July 1968; Associated Press, 17 July 1968.
d. The following documents are releasable in sanitized form to the requestor under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Excised portions are exempt as noted. OIRT-06733, 23 September 1964, exempt under (b) (3) (a); (b)(3)(b); OIRT-06733, 16 October 1964, exempt under (b) (3) (a); (b) (3) (b); CSCI-315/02051-64, exempt under (b) (3) (a); (b) (3) (b); S-19, 5 October 1967, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b) (6); S-20, 5 October 1967, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b)(6); UWCA-3510, 11 October 1967, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b) (6); EX-01655, 5 November 1967, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b) (6); JMWAVE-1417, 26 February 1968, exempt under (b)(3)(a), (b) (3) (b); Georgetown-5024, A 05 referral also 4 CONFIDENTIAL
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26 February 1968, exempt under (b) (6); EX-895, 7 March 1968; exempt under (b)(6); Kingston-4004, 6 April 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b) (3) (b), (b) (1) 5(B) (1); Mexico City-5143, 7 April 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b)(3)(b); Tokyo-9443, 10 April 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b) (3) (b); Dir-90530, 10 April 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (a), Raíj (b)(3)(b), (b) (6); Mexico-5188, 10 April 1968, exempt under (b)(3)(b); JMWAVE-2022, 12 April 1968; exempt under (b) (3) (b); Berlin-2149, 15 April 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (b), (b) (6); Dir-92664, 18 April 1968 Ray exempt under (b)(3)(b), (b) (6); Memo draft, dated 26 April 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (a) (if USIB concurs); inst records FHIIT-6444, 7 May 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b)(6); Stockholm-9024, 7 June 1968, exempt under (b) (3) (a), (b) (3) (b), (b) (6); B-173, 19 September 1968, exempt under (b) (3)(b); RL-188, 13 November 1968, (b) (3) (a) not rcod Budapest-017, 19 May 1971, (b) (3) (b), (b) (6); EX-8726,- nota B-2628, 21 May 1971, (b) (3) (a), (b) (3) (b), (b) (6); 27 September 1971, exempt under (b)(3)(b), (b)(6); Memorandum, 28 November 1975, exempt under (b) (3) (b).
e. The following Top Secret (SI) documents which mention either Dr. or Mrs. King are held in OPS/ITG (SI) vault:
3/0/QOY/T-68-68 3/0/QOF/T151-67 3/0/QOY/T-58-68 3/0/GOUT/T269-68 3/0/GOUT/T88-69 3/0/GOUT/T92-69 3/0/QOY/T57-67 3/0/COUT/T415-69 3/0/QOF/T95-67 3/0/QOF/T106-67 3/0/GOUT/T177-69
- The following documents are exempt from release; exemptions are as cited.
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63 (a) Kingston-4005, dated 8 April 1968; according to (RUABBE/1) a Jamattan service four groups are trying to get demonstrations going against the Amembassy, but without success; exempt under (b)(1)(5)B(1).
64 (b) Bogota-0654, dated 10 April 1968; (GISOY/GIJAY) unit intercepted propaganda items from Cuban mail pouch. Disclosure to the requestor would ide identify a clandestine method of the station for obtaining information; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b)(6).
(c) Mexico City-5210, dated 15 April 1968; Para. 3 of this cable mentions an intercepted letter addressed to 65 President Johnson protesting the King assassination. (LITEMPO/12) a member of a Mexican service provided the information; exempt under (b) (1) (5)B(1).
(d) Mexico City-5249, dated 17 April 1968; the 6 Legal Attache provided composite photos of suspect in connection with King assassination and asked for check of visitors to Soviet and Cuban embassies; exempt under (b) (3) (a). 370 (e) Bogota-0703, dated 20 April 1968 (GISOY) surveillance team followed an American National with a striking resemblance to Galt, exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6). Quy (f) Paris-9506, dated 22 April 1968; concerns Forman's arrival in Paris, incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b)(6).
(g) Nairobi-3000, dated 14 June 1968; source (TGFLER/1) stated he had an interview with Robert F. Williams. Incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b)(6).
(h) Director-48988, dated 7 November 1968; concerns a Richard George Perrin, incidental reference to the Subject in a record pertaining to another subject and should not be considered a document responsive to the requestor; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
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(i) Addis Ababa-27, dated 18 August 1971; source (JEPYX-1) entertained Hosea Williams in his home during latter's visit to Ethiopia. Incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
Dispatches; uF67-16828, 15 que 66-05 Referral bl (OGAI)
62 (a) OELA-48626, dated 19 January 1968; forwards a memorandum prepared by (Rufus F. Rodigast) which deals with MHALPHA-related individuals; incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
67 (b) FJTA-53902, dated 29 January 1968; forwards a pamphlet (which also contains an article mentioning Dr. King's name) from BEHEIREN Hqs. in Tokyo, obtained by (POFRAGRANCE) a unilateral source still active and sensitive; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(c) OEPA-982, dated 15 March 1968; forwards a copy of recent correspondence dence between (QRPHONE/1) and (QRPEONY/1). Incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6)
(d) OEPA-1058, dated 17 April 1968; contains operational information submitted by the Station concerning (RODIGAST); contains an incidental mention of the name Dr. Martin Luther King; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b)(6).
68 (e) OЕРА-1097, dated 29 April 1968; is a report by (RODIGAST) on SNCC activities in Paris in the aftermath of the Dr. King assassination; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(f) HMMA-34688, dated 20 May 1968; contains items 69 from (LIBIGHT/LIMUD) a sensitive teletap and mail intercept operation coverage; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(g) FJTA-54934, dated 31 July 1968; Americans Invited to Leftist Conference in Japan. (POFRAGRANCE/1) a unilateral source still active and sensitive provided the information; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6). Note: An extensive search has failed to locate the attachment for this document. The covering dispatch makes no mention of Dr. King or his assassination.
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70 (h) OCOA-13493, dated 27 September 1968; is a report forwarded by (SMABOVE) a Canadian service; exempt under (b) (1) (5)B(1).
(i) OELA-51949, dated 10 February 1970; (JAGUAR) a British service forwarded press clippings (they contained an incidental mention of the name Dr. King) by or about a Jonathan Power; exempt under (b)(1)(5)B(1).
(j) FZWA-2412, dated 8 September 1970; Subject: Activities of Andrew Pulley in New Zealand; contain an incidental mention of the name Dr. King; (MLDUST) a New Zealand servvice provided the information; exempt under (b) (1) (5)B(1).
(k) ANLA-4097, dated 16 December 1970; concerns a memorandum passed to (KRHOLLY) à Nigerian security service requesting information on and watchlisting of the MHCHAOS group who were destined for Africa; contain an incidental mention of the name Dr. King; exempt under (b) (3) (a).
(1) OCOA-17031, dated 27 June 1972; (SMABOVE) ☐☐ a Canadian service provided a report on the Day of African Solidarity; exempt under (b)(1)(5)B(1).
Memoranda:
(a) EX-1239, dated 22 August 1967; is a Biographic Summary on Kunstler, William Moses, incidental refernce to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b)(6).
(b) Memorandum S-13, dated 5 October 1967; Subject: Views of the Reverend Daniel Mallette on the Black Militant Situation in Chicago; incidental reference to the Subject; the information was obtained by QRPHONE/1, a sensitive unilateral source in a personal interview with Father Mallette; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(c) B-35, dated 8 February 1968; Black Nationalist Writers in Paris; incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6)
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(d) B-75, dated 9 April 1968; Subject: Attempted Anti U.S.-Demonstrations in Kingston, according to the 72 Special Branch of the Jamaican security service; exempt under (b) (1) (5)B(1).
(e) Memorandum, dated 16 April 1968; Subject: Tentative Plans of Senator Robert Kennedy to Visit West Berlin on 1 May. Incidental referenc to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(f) EX-1623, (rewritten) dated 17 April 1968; Subject: Biographic Summary on Hayden, Thomas Emmett, incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(g) B-88, dated 18 April 1968; FBI provided our 73 representative in Mexico with composite photos of suspected killer; exempt under (b) (3) (a).
(h) B-89, dated 22 April 1968; Subject: Radio Messages for Stokely Carmichael during April 1968 riots in Washington, D.C. Incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(i) B-92, dated 23 April 1968; Subject: Arrival of James Rufus Forman in Paris, incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(j) B-97, dated 25 April 1968; Subject: 74 Investigation of Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.; concerns a subject who did not appear to be identical with FBI's suspect; exempt under (b) (3) (a).
(k) EX-1183 (rewrite of 19 July 1967), dated 26 April 1968; is a Biographic Sketch of Howard Zinn; incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(1) EX-1490, dated 14 June 1968; is a Biographic Summary on Mark William Rudd, incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(m) EX-2148, dated 4 September 1968; is a Biographic Summary on Szymanski, Albert John Jr, incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
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75 (n) B-191, dated 9 October 1968; Subject: Jamaican Special Branch Report - Jamaica/ United States Black Power Ties; exempt under (b)(1)(5)B(1).
(o) B-308, dated 17 February 1969; Subject: Bahamas/United States Black Power Ties; report of a British service; exempt under (b) (b (1) (5)B(1). Lexempt 75L-134-69, 19 Fel-169-05-refernal 01, 2, 3, b
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(p) B-618, dated 8 September 1969; Subject: World Council of Peace planned delegates to Paris; a sensitive reliable source revealed a Clarence Fielden Jones as being in contact with Martin Luther King; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(q) EX-9272, dated 21 November 1972; is a summary about Ralph Henry, incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(r) EX-10198, dated 29 May 1972, concerns VB#5 and miscellaneous comments by (MHRUPEE); incidental reference to the Subject; exempt under (b) (3) (a) and (b) (6).
(s) CSCI-1763, dated 14 May 1968 (201-760966); 378 this file has been closed. - Record on Ray
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Thirty FBI reports which mention the Subject and/or his activities. Excluded under 1900.3(g)(4). See Attachment I.
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The cited documents are available in this office if needed.
Attachment: a/s John J. Reagan Chief, Internationl Terrorism Group Operations Staff
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