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FROM - CHIEF SUBJECT - 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

AM 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..

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Y 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- TON ALONE THERE ARE 750 WOUNDED AND 4,186 PERSONS ARRESTED. SNIPERS CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE U.S. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL ARE UNDER HEAVY GUARD.

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ER CRANKA, XAPRIL, LAST PAGE TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP BROWN /WASHINGTON, APRIL, ASSOCIATED FRENCH PRESS- FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AYNX LEAFLETS WERE DISTRIBUTED HERE THIS MORNING, AFP URGING THE WEGRO PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON TO GO TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP BROWN. JITHE LEAFLETS CALLED ON THE NEGROES TO FORM A MOTOR- CADE AND LEAVE FOR RICHMOND TOMORROW, MONDAY TELE POUCH PAGE ONE APPROVED FOR RELEASE Dald 6 or 78 319 F

13-00000 As TELE POUCH PAGE TWO an GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE ARTICLE ENTITLED "PRINCIPAL JEGRO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S.'', BY JUANA CARRASCO. THE ARTICLE DAYS THAT NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS - THE 'IOLENT ONES AND THE NON-VIOLENT ONES. IT MENTIONS THE FOLLOWING MONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE THE USE OF VIOLENCE CONGRESS OF RACIAL QUALITY/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 EACONS, AND THE U.S.. THE FOLLOWING NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENTIONED AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE NON-VIOLENCE NATIONAL ASSO- IATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE NAACP/, NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, AND THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SCLC/. 8 IM GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE JJATTEMPTS ARE BING MADE TO : LAME CARMICHAEL FOR THE OUTBREAK OF RACIAL VIOLENCE IN THE U.S.." ८, K XM GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE RACIAL CLASHES BETWEEN NEGRO ND WHITE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN JAPAN.** 7. 8 GRANMA, ΓAPRIL, LAST PAGE THE AMERICAN NEGRO PEOPLE... IN GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE ''MARTYRS OF THE NEGRO TRUGGLE. १. 732 OM RADIO LIBERACION AND RADIO PROGRESO HAVANA RADIO STATIONS/, APRIL, UWP A.M. AND 12 NOON THE CHIEF OF THE MISSION TO CUBA F THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT HAS SENT A MESSAGE O AFRO-AMERICANS ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LEADER, MARTIN LUTHER ING. THIS MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE CRIME WHICH WAS COMMITTED AGAINST ARTIN LUTHER KING UNMASKS THE EVIL FACE OF THE RULERS AND RACISTS F THE UNITED STATES. THE MESSAGE OF THE VIETNAMESE MISSION IN AVANA ENDS BY SAYING THAT, WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING, LE THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE RULERS OF THE UNITED STATES 'S TO POUR OIL ONTO THE FLAMES OF THE STRUGGLE OF AFRO-AMERICANS, TELE POUCH PAGE TWO 13-00000

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ID THAT THESE FLAMES ARE RISING VIOLENTLY TO PUT AN END TO ALL THE PPRESSION AND INJUSTICE WHICH IS FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH INDERS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE JUNTRY.**

5 OP RADIO LIBERACION, TAPRIL, REP P.M. STOKELY CARMICHAEL, EADER OF BLACK POWER, SAID SWE NEGROES MUST ARM OURSELVES WITH IFLES AND PISTOLS AND LAUNCH AN ASSAULT ON THE STREETS OF THE ITIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN REPRISAL FOR KING'S ASSASSINATION. ARMICHAEL PREDICTED THAT THERE WILL BE EXECUTIONS IN THE STREETS AS RESULT OF KING'S ASSASSINATION. HE ALSO PREDICTED THAT THE IOLENCE WHICH HAS BEEN UNLEASHED BY NEGROES AS A RESULT OF KING'S EATH WILL BE PALE AS COMPARED TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN AMERICAN ITIES.''

11、 5 DOM RADIO HABANA, I APRIL, P.M.A JOHIS KING'S DEATH SHOWS : NCE AGAIN THAT THE EXPLOITED MASSES CAN ONLY ANSWER REACTIONARY IOLENCE WITH REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE.

550. QWM RADIO PROGRESO, I APRIL, TIP P.M. A JICARMICHAEL SAID URING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT A SERIOUS MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE NASSASSINAT ING DR, KING BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THE LEADER OF A MOVE..... ENT WHICH URGED THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES NOT TO BURN HE CITIES, NOT TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THIS MEANS THAT IT WILL :: E NECESSARY TO START AN ALL-OUT REVOLUTION, CARMICHAEL ADDED SERIOUS INCIDENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN 35 CITIES WHERE THERE HAVE EEN FIRES, SHOOTING, FIGHTING, AND DEATHS AS A RESULT OF THE CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST DR. KING. NATURALLY, OTHER SIMILAR THINGS WILL AKE PLACE. GUERRILLA WARFARE WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD THROUGH THE CITIES. ECAUSE 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 EADER, FIDEL CASTRO RUZ." TELE POUCH PAGE THREE } 13-00000

TELE POUCH رت PAGE FOUR 7 13. RADIO HABANA, APRIL, P.M.JJJUAN 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 AGAINST ALL THE ABUSES OF WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN THE OBJECT.

14. 7. ORM RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, P.M. A SITHE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANI- CATION /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 SWE BEG YOU TO EXPRESS TO THE FAMILY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND TO ALL AFRO-AMERICANS : DUR 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 FRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS ALREADY AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF A OTAL CONFRONTATION...

15. ۱۱ QFM RADIO HABANA, T'APRIL, P.M. A JJAGUSTIN. /GONZALEZ/ : ARTINEZ, BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - MAY THE TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE F THIS GREAT LEADER AT LEAST HELP TO SPEED UP THE ARRIVAL OF THE DAY HEN EVERY MAN IN HIS NATION AND IN ALL OTHER NATIONS WILL BE TREATED ITH THE RESPECT WHICH IS DUE TO THEM AS HUMAN BEINGS. 16- !! QXM RADIO HABANA, APRIL, P.M. A JJREVEREND RAFAEL PASTOR, FTHE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LUYANO, HAVANA, MADE THE FOLLOWING TATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - THIS BROTHERS, THE AMERICAN EGROES, WILL LEARN MUCH FROM HIS DEATH. WE CAN ALMOST ASSURE THAT HEY, THE AMERICAN NEGROES WHOSE DIGNITY AND DECORUM HAS BEEN RUSHED, WILL COME BACK TO LIFE AFTER CENTURIES OF LETHARGY AND TELE POUCH PAGE FOUR ) 13-00000

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WILL RISE FROM THE IR GRAVES AND FORM AN INVINCIBLE ARMY۰۰ 17. 5 い QUN RADIO LIBERACION, APRIL, YP.M. A EDITORIAL COMMENTS CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING, 11 SAYING THAT THIS LINE WAS INOPERATIVE. JOMARTIN LUTHER KING DID NOT PREACH VIOLENCE BUT HE WAS THE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE. HE DID NOT JNLEASH VIOLENCE BUT VIOLENCE MOWED HIM DOWN... is. 530 کا OIN RADIO HABANA, APRIL 68, TP P.M. & JOHNSON POSTPONED IIS TRIP. HE CALLED THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS--WHO WERE MORE OR LESS UNDER CONTROL--TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. JOHNSON APPEARED ON ELEVISION. HE EXPRESSED HIS ANGUISH AND HIS SORROW. HE MADE INSPIRED COMMENTS ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING... THESE ACTIONS AND THESE JORDS HIDE FEAR OVER THE WAVE OF JUST. VIOLENCE WHICH IS STARTING TO : J SPREAD THROUGH THE UNITED STATES.." JAT 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.* JSTHE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING CONFIRMS THAT THE VIOLENCE OF IMPERIALIST RACISTS IS ONLY ANSWERED EFFECT IVELY WITH THE VIOLENCE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE...

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THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION DURING THE PERIOD 5-8 APRIL HAS BEEN PREPARED

"GM 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. 2. ४ en WAY 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- TON ALONE THERE ARE 750 WOUNDED AND 4,186 PERSONS ARRESTED. SNIPERS CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE U.S. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL ARE UNDER HEAVY GUARD.'' /FULL INFORMATION GIVEN./

3 EM GRANYA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE ''TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP 7. 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.”” TELE POUCH PAGE ONE

Previserslag A APPOGAED FOR PEO Date 570 : 13-00000 TELE POUCH PAGE TWO 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 THE VIOLENT ONES AND THE NON-VIOLENT ONES. IT MENTIONS THE FOLLOWING AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE THE USE OF VIOLENCE CONGRESS OF RACIAL 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 ANONG 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/.

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5 IT GRAMMA, APRIL, LAST PAGE RACIAL CLASHES BETWEEN NEGRO AND WHITE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN JAPAN.." 7. 8 JU GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE THE AMERICAN NEGRO PEOPLE.** 8 IW GRANMA, I APRIL, LAST PAGE ''MARTYRS OF THE NEGRO STRUGGLE...

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11 RADIO LIBERACION AND RADIO PROGRESO /HAVANA RADIO STATIONS/, 720 6 APRIL, UWP A.N. 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 OIL ONTO THE FLAMES OF THE STRUGGLE OF AFRO-AMERICANS, TELEPOUCH PAGE TWO 13-00000

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AND THAT THESE FLAXES ARE RISING VIOLENTLY TO PUT AN END TO ALL THE OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE WHICH IS FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HINDERS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY...

100 5 PRADIO LIBERACION, X APRIL, REP P.M. ℵ STOKELY CARMICHAEL, LEADER OF BLACK POWER, SAID AWE 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 کی 11 AGM RADIO HABANA, X APRIL, XP.M. A JOHIS KING'S/ DEATH SHOWS : ONCE AGAIN THAT THE EXPLOITED MASSES CAN ONLY ANSWER REACTIONARY VIOLENCE WITH REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE.."

12, 5 550 QPIT RADIO PROGRESO, X APRIL, I P.M. A JICARMICHAEL SAID DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT A SERIOUS MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE IN ASSASSINATING 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 : : BE NECESSARY TO START AN ALL-CUT REVOLUTION." CARMICHAEL ADDED 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. KING. NATURALLY, OTHER SIMILAR THINGS WILL TAKE 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 EADER, FIDEL CASTRO RUZ.** TELEPOUCH PAGE THREE 13-00000

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RADIO HABANA, X APRIL, P.M.کو کم کر JUAN 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 AGAINST ALL THE ABUSES OF WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN THE OBJECT.

14. 7 ORM RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, P.M. A THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANI- ZATION /AALAPSO/ SENT A MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE SNCC ON THE SSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING.." **THE AALAPSO'S MESSAGE TO THE MERICAN PACIFIST ORGANIZATION ENDS AS FOLLOWS A SWE BEG YOU TO XPRESS 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 FRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS ALREADY AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF A TOTAL CONFRONTATION.

15. " 5 7. 1 QPIT RADIO HABANA, APRIL, P.M. A JJAGUSTIN /GONZALEZ / • MARTINEZ, BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW MAY THE TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE F THIS GREAT LEADER AT LEAST HELP TO SPEED UP THE ARRIVAL OF THE DAY HEN EVERY MAN IN HIS NATION AND IN ALL OTHER NATIONS WILL BE TREATED ITH THE RESPECT WHICH IS DUE TO THEM AS HUNAN BEINGS. J

16 7 11. RADIO HABANA, Y APRIL, P.M. A JJREVEREND RAFAEL PASTOR, • OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LUYANO, HAVANA, MADE THE FOLLOWING TATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW SHIS BROTHERS, THE AMERICAN EGROES, WILL LEARN MUCH FRON HIS DEATH. WE CAN ALMOST ASSURE THAT HEY, THE AMERICAN NEGROES WHOSE DIGNITY AND DECORUM HAS BEEN RUSHE WILL COME BACK TO LIFE AFTER CENTURIES OF LETHARGY AND TELEPOUCH PAGE FOUR 13-00000

TELE POUCH PAGE FIVE WILL RISE FROM THEIR CRAVES AND FORM AN INVINCIBLE ARMY 17. 5 AUM RADIO LIBERACION, APRIL, P.M. A EDITORIAL COMMENTS CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING, SAYING THAT THIS LINE WAS INOPERATIVE. MARTIN LUTHER KING DID NOT 11 PREACH VIOLENCE BUT HE WAS THE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE. HE DID NOT UNLEASH VIOLENCE BUT VIOLENCE MOWED HIM DOWN.." १४. کیا 530 GIM RADIO HABANA, APRIL 68, TEP P.M. A "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 11 INSPIRED COMMENTS ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING. THESE ACTIONS AND THESE WORDS HIDE FEAR OVER THE WAVE OF JUST VIOLENCE WHICH IS STARTING TO SPREAD THROUGH THE UNITED STATES. AT 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 CONFIRMS THAT THE VIOLENCE OF IMPERIALIST RACISTS IS ONLY ANSWERED EFFECTIVELY WITH THE VIOLENCE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE.**

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FROM - CHIEF OF STATION, JMWAVE SUBJECT - O 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 AM OT S- : OM GRANMA HAVANA DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF 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.**

2. WM 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- TON ALONE THERE ARE 750 WOUNDED AND 4,186 PERSONS ARRESTED. SNIPERS CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE U.S. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL ARE. UNDER HEAVY GUARD. /FULL INFORMATION

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EM GRANMA, X APRIL, LAST PAGE TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP 7. AFP, BROWN. /WASHINGTON, APRIL, ASSOCIATED FRENCH PRESS 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... TELE POUCH PAGE ONE

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ONFIDENTIAL TELE POUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE TWO کم GRANMA I APRIL, LAST PAGE ARTICLE ENTITLED "PRINCIPAL EGRO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S., BY JUANA CARRASCO. THE ARTICLE AYS THAT NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS THE IOLENT ONES AND THE NON-VIOLENT ONES. IT MENTIONS THE FOLLOWING TONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE THE USE OF VIOLENCE CONGRESS OF RACIAL QUALITY/CORE/, STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE /SNCC/, LACK MUSLIMS, BLACK PANTHER PARTY, BLACKSTONE RANGERS, THE ALERT ATROL, REVOLUTIONARY ACTION MOVEMENT /RAM/, THE BLACK GUARDS, THE EACONS, AND THE U.S.''. THE FOLLOWING NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENTIONED AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE NON-VIOLENCE NATIONAL ASSO- IATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE/NAACP/, NATIONAL RBAN LEAGUE, AND THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SCLC/.

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11 RADIO LIBERACION AND RADIO PROGRESO /HAVANA RADIO STATIONS/, 702 APRIL, UWP A.N. AND 12 NOON - THE CHIEF OF THE MISSION TO CUBA IF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT HAS SENT A MESSAGE O AFRO-AMERICANS ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LEADER, MARTIN LUTHER (ING. THIS MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE CRIME WHICH WAS COMMITTED AGAINST ARTIN LUTHER KING UNMASKS THE EVIL FACE OF THE RULERS AND RACISTS OF THE UNITED STATES."" **THE MESSAGE OF THE VIETNAMESE MISSION IN (AVANA ENDS BY SAYING THAT, WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING, ALL THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE RULERS OF THE UNITED STATES 'S TO POUR OIL ONTO THE FLAMES OF THE STRUGGLE OF AFRO-AMERICANS, CT TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE TWO CONFIDENTIAL 13-00000 ECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE THREE AND THAT THESE FLAMES ARE RISING VIOLENTLY TO PUT AN END TO ALL THE OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE WHICH IS FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HINDERS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

5 QP RADIO LIBERACION, APRIL, REP P.M. JOSTOKELY 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 کی 11 GEM RADIO HABANA, X APRIL, P.M. A JÓHIS KING'S/ DEATH SHOWS : ONCE AGAIN THAT THE EXPLOITED MASSES CAN ONLY ANSWER REACTIONARY VIOLENCE WITH REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE.

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QWM RADIO PROGRESO, I APRIL, P.M. A JICARMICHAEL SAID DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT A SERIOUS MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE IN ASSASSINATING DR. KING BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THE LEADER OF A MOVE- TENT 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 : : BE NECESSARY TO START AN ALL-OUT REVOLUTION. CARMICHAEL ADDED 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. KING. NATURALLY, OTHER SIMILAR THINGS WILL AKE PLACE. GUERRILLA WARFARE WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD THROUGH THE CITIES BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY EVIDENT THAT WE CANNOT OPENLY REBEL AGAINST HE POLICE. STOKELY CARMICHAEL ENDED THE INTERVIEW BY SENDING AFFECTIONATE REGARDS TO THE REVOLUTIONARY CUBAN PEOPLE AND THEIR EADER, FIDEL CASTRO RUZ... TELEPOUCH UFGA-29877 PAGE THREE 13-00000

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RADIO HABANA, I APRIL, P.M. A JJJUAN MARI/ BRAS, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO ICO, 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 GAINST ALL THE ABUSES OF WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN THE OBJECT.

14. 7 ORM RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, UP.M. A SATHE EXECUTIVE. SECRETARIAT OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANI- CATION /AALAPSO/ SENT A MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE SNCC ON THE SSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING.." **THE AALAPSO'S MESSAGE TO THE MERICAN PACIFIST ORGANIZATION ENDS AS FOLLOWS A SWE BEG YOU TO XPRESS 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 FRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS ALREADY AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF A " OTAL CONFRONTATION. df

15. " 5 7. 1 QPIT RADIO HABANA, APRIL, P.M. A JJAGUSTIN /GONZALEZ / • MARTINEZ, BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA, MADE THE FOLLOWING TATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW MAY THE TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE