FILE TITLE/NUMBER/VOLUME:  KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.
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2 May 1959
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation

SUBJECT: Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr.

1. Reference is made to this Agency's out message number 94370 dated 23 April 1968 concerning the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr.

2. On 16 April Roderick Clifton 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. Southampton 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 seamen, he was approached by Marvin P. LITRELL, owner of LITRELL Motor Co., 921-23 South Clinton Street, Athens, Alabama, who after ascertaining BROWN was a Panamanian seaman, asked if he knew of Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr.

   (3) LITRELL 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 is causing us much trouble." He gave BROWN a business card to use in the event he was interested in pursuing the employment offer.

   (4) On 28 January 1963 BROWN wrote LITRELL from New York City, stating he was interested in a job and
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 Alabama, 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

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TO - CHIEF, WH DIVISION
INFO - CHIEF, WH/COG - CHIEF, WOLME
FROM - COS, JMWAVE
SUBJECT - SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 14 APRIL 1968
REFERENCE - UFGA-29877

IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION TRANSMITTED IN REFERENCE, THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY FOR 8-9 APRIL HAS BEEN FURNISHED BY THE AMOIS - ON GRANMA, 0 APRIL, PAGE ONE - JUMOBILIZATION 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.

WH GRANMA, 0 APRIL, PAGE 3 A JWITH 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/. THIS 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 THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO FACE VIOLENCE EVERY DAY ON THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY.** THIS WAS SAID IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN RADIO HABANA AND FLOYD MCKISSICK. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KING, MCKISSICK REPLIED - JJI REPEAT THAT WE ARE MAKING NO PREDICTIONS, BUT THE SECRET TELEPOUCH UFGA-29884 PAGE ONE
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AMERICAN NEGRO IS NOT WILLING TO CONTEMPLATE IMPOSSIBLY THE ASSASSINATION OF OUR LEADERS, OUR HEROES, AND OUR PEOPLE."

EM GRANMA, 0 APRIL, PAGE 3 A ARTICLE BY JUAN MARRERO ENTITLED, JJ"THE AMERICAN NEGROES ARE WRITING THEIR FINEST PAGE OF HEROISM." 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 - WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT WE LEARNED OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. KING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN." JJ

RM GRANMA, 0 APRIL, PAGE 3 A JJ"THE WIDOW OF LUTHER KING HEADS THE MARCH IN MEMPHIS." THE ARTICLE TELLS ABOUT THE MARCH AND SHOWS PHOTOGRAPHS OF IT.

TM RADIO REBELDE NEWSCAST, 1 APRIL /755 A.M./ A JJ"A TENSE CALM REIGNS IN THE U.S. BUT IT IS A PRELUDE TO SERIOUS EVENTS. NATIONAL MOURNING DECREED BY LYNDON JOHNSON FOR YESTERDAY, 1 APRIL, MARKS A LESSENING OF DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO START UP AGAIN AT ANY MOMENT." JJ

YM RADIO REBELDE NEWSCAST, 1 APRIL /955 A.M./ A JJ"FORWARD 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." JJ

UM RADIO LIBERACION, 1 APRIL /1230 P.M./ A THIS NEWSCAST REFERS TO A DEMONSTRATION IN WHICH 200 LATIN AMERICAN, ASIAN, AND AFRICAN STUDENTS WERE SAID TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN FRONT OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN WARSAW, POLAND, AS A PROTEST OVER THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING.

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DISP NO - UFGA-29877
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DATE - 29 APRIL 1968
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TO - CHIEF, WH DIVISION
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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 AMOTS-

1. EM GRANMA /HAVANA DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA/, 7 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. EM GRANMA, 7 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 WASHINGTON 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 GRANMA, 7 APRIL, LAST PAGE - "TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP BROWN." "WASHINGTON, 7 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 MOTORCADE AND LEAVE FOR RICHMOND TOMORROW, MONDAY."
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4. GRANMA, 1 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 /RAN/, THE BLACK GUARDS, THE DEACONS, AND "THE U.S.". THE FOLLOWING NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE MENTIONED AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE NON-VIOLENCE - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE /NAACP/, NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, AND THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE /SCLC/.

5. GRANMA, 1 APRIL, LAST PAGE - "ATTEMPTS ARE BEING MADE TO BLAME CARMICHAEL FOR THE OUTBREAK OF RACIAL VIOLENCE IN THE U.S.".

6. GRANMA, 1 APRIL, LAST PAGE - "RACIAL CLASHES BETWEEN NEGRO AND WHITE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN JAPAN."

7. GRANMA, 1 APRIL, LAST PAGE - "THE AMERICAN NEGRO PEOPLE."

8. GRANMA, 1 APRIL, LAST PAGE - "MARTYRS OF THE NEGRO STRUGGLE."

9. RADIO LIBERACION AND RADIO PROGRESO /HAVANA RADIO STATIONS/, 6 APRIL, 12 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 OIL ONTO THE FLAMES OF THE STRUGGLE OF AFRO-AMERICANS."
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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.

10:00 PM RADIO LIBERACION, 5 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.

11:00 PM RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, REP P.M. - "HIS KING'S DEATH SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT THE EXPLOITED MASSES CAN ONLY ANSWER REACTIONARY VIOLENCE WITH REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE."

11:00 PM RADIO PROGRESO, 5 APRIL, REP P.M. - "CARMICHAEL SAID DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT "A SERIOUS MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE IN ASSASSINATING DR. KING BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THE LEADER OF A MOVEMENT 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 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 LEADER, FIDEL CASTRO RUIZ."

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13. RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, 7 P.M. /JUAN /MARI /BRAS,
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO RICO, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE INTERVIEW - "DR. LUTHER KING'S ASSASSINATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRECIPITATE THE REBELLION OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ALL THE ABUSES OF WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN THE OBJECT."

14. RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, 7 P.M. /THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION /AALAPSO/ SENT A MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE SNCC ON THE ASSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING."

15. "THE AALAPSO'S MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PACIFIST ORGANIZATION ENDS AS FOLLOWS: "WE BEG YOU TO 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 ACHIEVING GENUINE LIBERATION--WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE STRUGGLE OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS ALREADY AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF A TOTAL CONFRONTATION."

16. RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, 7 P.M. /JAGUSTIN /GONZALEZ/
MARTINEZ, BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS 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."

17. RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, 7 P.M. /REVEREND RAFAEL PASTOR,
OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LUYANO, HAVANA, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - "HIS 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 LETHARGY AND
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WILL RISE FROM THEIR GRAVES AND FORM AN INVINCIBLE ARMY."

"RADIO LIBERACION, 5 APRIL, 6 P.M. EDITORIAL COMMENTS
CRITICIZING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING,
SAYING THAT THIS LINE WAS INOPERATIVE. "MARTIN LUTHER KING DID NOT
PREACH VIOLENCE BUT HE WAS THE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE. HE DID NOT
UNLEASH VIOLENCE BUT VIOLENCE MOVED HIM DOWN."

"RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL 68, 12 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 THESE
WORDS HIDE FEAR OVER THE WAVE OF JUST VIOLENCE WHICH IS STARTING TO
SPREAD THROUGH THE UNITED STATES."

"AT A TIME WHEN COMPLEX INTERNATIONAL 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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022-004-016.
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-14J), 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-14J 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.

Stewart R. Pataker

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Condenan Asesinato De Martin Luther King

Dos organizaciones izquierdistas condenaron hoy la muerte del reverendo Martin Luther King. En comunidades separadas el Partido Comunista Dominicano y el Movimiento Revolucionario 14 de Julio dicen solidarizarse con el movimiento negro de los Estados Unidos.

El PCD señala que el asesinato del líder pacífico ha tenido "una respuesta" en la violencia desatada en las ciudades más importantes de los Estados Unidos que ha obligado a que el presidente Johnson cancelara su viaje al exterior para conversaciones de paz en Vietnam.

Dices respaldar la rebelión, y los pronunciamientos del líder negro Stokely Carmichael en que el único camino en los Estados Unidos para librarse de la violencia de los males que padecen ese pueblo es la violencia revolucionaria que derribará el sistema imperialista.

El PCD demandó de las organizaciones políticas y sindicales desarrollar actividades en apoyo a la lucha de los negros norteamericanos.

Por su parte el 14 de Junio consideró que el asesinato del Premio Nóbel de la Paz revela la profunda crisis en que ha entrado la sociedad norteamericana.

Demuestra, según el 14 de Junio, que para las fuerzas raciales la única ley en la violencia y que esta es aplicada a todo enemigo interno o externo que se revele contra el imperio brutal.

Entiende la organización política que la muerte del reverendo Luther King es una gran enseñanza para los de su raza que sufren la opresión racial.
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 comove por la acción de los pueblos desde fuera con Vietnam al frente, y desde dentro con el gran movimiento por los derechos civiles y por la paz. El asesinato de Lúther King, será presentado como la obra de la mano fantástica de un racista; pero queda clara la responsabilidad de los interesados en liquidar la acción civil por la violencia, de los interesados en imponer la mordaza a los reclamos del pueblo que cada vez más lucha organizadamente y que comprende los objetivos de esa lucha, de los monopolios imperialistas.

La violencia engendra violencia, luchas siglos de explotación y de represión han pasado hasta que en los últimos años el negro norteamericano comienza a organizar su resistencia; y en ello el papel de Lúther King es innegable, de los más altos méritos, de la más encomiable abnegación, aunque su prédica de paz no haya sido comprendida por todos los oprimidos ni la más apropiada como lo demuestra su propia muerte.

Los negros constituyen en los Estados Unidos el sector más explotado de la clase obrera en el nivel de sueldos, en la discriminación social que asume formas raciales, en la proporción de los que participan en el ejército, en los papeles de seguros sociales; por lo que la discriminación y su respuesta en la lucha por los derechos civiles tiene características esencialmente clásicas aunque asuma formas raciales, y por lo que crecientemente este fenómeno se comprende por las propias masas blancas que apoyan los reclamos civiles de la población de raza africana marginada de la sociedad.
Green Disturbios
Influiran en Dolar

ARIS, 6 de abril (AP). El
llamado de los disturbios raciales
en Estados Unidos, cuya primera
manifestación fue el asesinato del
padre de la paz, Martin Luther King, reper-
cuete en una nueva crisis del dólar,
que hoy aquí los observadores
hanseado.

En efecto, el desencadenamiento
de la violencia va a obstaculizar
la disponibilidad presupuestaria
del Tesoro de Estados Unidos.

También se comprueba ese re-
traso en las escuelas y centros
sociales, así como la estrecha co-
relación que existe entre el sub-
empleo de una inmensa masa y
la disponibilidad para los
disturbios raciales, agrega el ex
ministro francés.

Por ello, Washington proyecta
hacer adoptar rápidamente un pro-
yecto de ley el que Martin Luther
King ha propuesto.

La situación es crítica, y el
Tesoro de Estados Unidos
ha de tomar medidas drásticas
para evitar una crisis financiera.

La medida más importante
sería la reducción de los
gastos presupuestarios,
que hoy están en niveles
excesivos.

La situación es crítica, y el
Tesoro de Estados Unidos
ha de tomar medidas drásticas
para evitar una crisis financiera.

La medida más importante
sería la reducción de los
gastos presupuestarios,
que hoy están en niveles
excesivos.
¡PROTESTAMOS POR EL ASESINATO DE MARTIN LUTHER KING!
¡SOLIDARIDAD CON LOS NEGROS EN LUCHA!

Martin Luther King, líder pacifista del movimiento negro norteamericano, Premio Nóbel de la Paz, ha sido asesinado por los opresores de su pueblo y de todos los pueblos explotados del Mundo.

SU DELITO: Luchar por la liberación de los negros, contra la discriminación racial, contra las vejaciones y la explotación que sufren sus hermanos de raza en los Estados Unidos. Es el "delito" que le cargan quienes gobernaban para el mal a todos aquellos que se rebelan, que luchan por la libertad.

La muerte de King ha conmovido al Mundo porque evidencia en forma aterradora hasta dónde pueden llegar los raciamientos racistas que controlan el poder en los Estados Unidos.

La violencia rebeldía de los negros y de todos los demócratas corrientes de nuevo a estremecer la sociedad norteamericana.

La solidaridad internacional con su causa se expresa en múltiples formas.

Y nosotros, los obreros dominicanos, elevamos nuestra voz de protesta y llamamos a la solidaridad activa con toda manifestación de lucha, que dentro y fuera de los Estados Unidos, exprese el repudio a ese hecho bochornoso.

Adoptamos esta actitud consistente de que al sumarnos a la protesta mundial nos colocamos junto al sector más oprimido y vejado de la clase obrera norteamericana: los trabajadores negros. Y de que esos sufrimientos de frente a los poderosos que con hipocresía unos y con cinismo otros, dicen lamentar la muerte del líder negro, mientras preparan las bayonetas para tratar de aplastar la lucha desenfrenada, nada.

Nada han hecho los gobernantes y obligados de nuestra tierra en protesta por el asesinato de Luther King. Duros interminables habrán realizado si la acción justiciera de los pueblos ha terminado con la vida de Johnson o de otro magnate de la explotación imperialista. Pero Luther King era un representante de los negros explotados, un luchador por los derechos civiles de los negros que a su entender no merecía homenaje alguno.

Sin embargo, Luther King tiene en nosotros a sus representantes dominicanos, a los que encarnamos en esta tierra los intereses del trabajo y del progreso de toda la humanidad. Y por eso, en esta ocasión, también damos un paso al frente:

Llamamos a todos los hombres honestos de nuestra Patria a manifestar su solidaridad con la causa de los negros norteamericanos.

Llamamos a las demás organizaciones de trabajadores a repudiar el asesinato de Luther King y a solidarizarse con la lucha de los negros norteamericanos.

Llamamos a la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo y a los ayuntamientos democráticos del país, para que, amparados en su autonomía, declaren tres días de duelo por el asesinato de Luther King.

Que en las fábricas, en las escuelas, en las oficinas y en todos los centros de trabajo se rinda homenaje al líder asesinado y se exprese nuestro apoyo al pueblo negro de los Estados Unidos que es criminalmente colocado en la primera línea de fuego en Vietnam, al mismo tiempo que en su propio país se le somete a la más cruel explotación.

¡MANTENGAMOS LA SOLIDARIDAD ACTIVA HASTA QUE NUESTROS HERMANOS NEGROS DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS CONQUISTEN TODOS SUS DERECHOS!

FEDERACION DE TRABAJADORES REVOLUCIONARIOS UNIDOS DEL DISTRITO NACIONAL (PETRUDINA)
FEDERACION NACIONAL DE TRABAJADORES PORTUARIOS
FEDERACION NACIONAL DE TRABAJADORES DE LA INDUSTRIA DE LA CONSTRUCCION Y SUS AFINES (FENATRAICA)
SINDICATO PORTUARIO DE LOS MOLINOS DOMINICANOS
SINDICATO DE TRABAJADORES PORTUARIOS DE AHRIMO (POJAS)
SINDICATO DE TRABAJADORES DE LOS MOLINOS DOMINICANOS
SINDICATO DE LA SOCIEDAD INDUSTRIAL DOMINICANA (MANCERA)
ASOCIACION DE CUBREPIEZAS INDEPENDIENTES (ACORCHI)
ASOCIACION DE EMPLEADOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SANTO DOMINGO
SINDICATO DE TRABAJADORES TELEFONICOS
SINDICATO DE COBRADORES DE AFOBIJES DE SANTO DOMINGO
SINDICATO DE OPERARIOS SASTRES DEL DISTRITO NACIONAL
SINDICATO DE OBREROS Y EMPLEADOS DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DEL DISTRITO NACIONAL
SINDICATO DE LA PAPELERA INDUSTRIAL
SINDICATO NACIONAL DE CARPINTEROS

022-004-016

El Nacional
7 abril 1968
| SUBJECT OF DOCUMENT | DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION |
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|                     |                         |

| RS FILE NO. | 201-111911 |
|-------------|------------|
| SOURCE DOC. | 201-760966 |
| SYMBOL NO.  | SEX M DOB 7 |
| DATE        | 11 MAR 68 |
| SOURCE CRYPTO | FBI |
| DATE OF INFO | INFO RE PLANS FOR A MASSIVE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DEMONSTRATION IN THE NATIONS CAPITAL THIS SPRING |
| EVALUATION  |            |

| ANALYST | DATE PROCESSED | DISSEMINATED IN | DATE |
|---------|----------------|-----------------|------|
|         |                |                 |      |

| CROSS REFERENCE TO THIS FILE | TRANSFERRED TO |
|------------------------------|----------------|
|                              | RS FILE NO.    |
|                              |                |

| PERTINENT INFORMATION |
|-----------------------|
| KING, MARTIN LUTHER   |
| 201-760966            |
| SEX M DOB 7           |
| OCC 7                 |
| CIT 2                 |
| INFO RE PLANS FOR A MASSIVE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DEMONSTRATION IN THE NATIONS CAPITAL THIS SPRING |

FILE IN 201-260266
ACTION REQUIRED: For your information

1. IDEN A, a cleared and willing contact, provided the following information which was obtained during a surveillance of IDEN C. The surveillance was a joint effort of IDEN A and local ODENVY. ODENVY is not aware that IDEN A has passed the information to JNWAVE.

2. On Thursday, 19 May 1966, a surveillance was instituted from Room 618 of IDEN B on adjoining Room 620, which was occupied by IDEN C and his aide IDEN D. The surveillance was initiated at 11:00 a.m. and terminated at 5:15 p.m. During the conversation between IDENS C and D and another unknown Negro male, believed to be IDEN E, references were made to the Florida Gubernatorial Race; a trip to Bimini; and several miscellaneous sex experiences.

3. On 20 May 1966 a search was made of rooms 620 and 622 after IDENS C and D moved out. Forwarded under separate cover are copies of items found in the waste baskets and dressers; a hotel bill, and a list of telephone numbers which were called on 18 - 19 May 1966.

4. Of special interest among these items was a note which stated, IDEN F, please call Long Distance Operator IDEN G. IDEN H, according to IDEN A, is an identified member of the Communist Party. Also, an envelope of IDEN B with the name IDEN I. This person may have been one of the occupants of the room who remained in the company of IDENS C and D overnight.

5. JNWAVE traces were negative on all personalities mentioned above as well as those names appearing in the date forwarded under separate cover. JNWAVE has carded only those personalities who reside in the JNWAVE area.

Attachment:
A. IDENS A-1 u/s/c
B. ITEMS u/s/c

DISTRIBUTION:
3 - Chief/KUSODA w/att
1 - Chief, WH Division w/o att

DATE TYPED: 15 July 1966
DATE DISPATCHED: 15 July 1966
D'SPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER: UFCT - 16828
HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER: 16828
Separate Cover Attachment A to UFGT - 16828

IDEN A  Lt. Leslie J. Van Buskirk
         Chief, Criminal Intelligence
         Dade County Public Safety (Metro)
         Miami, Florida

IDEN B  Miami International Airport

IDEN C  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

IDEN D  Bernard Lee

IDEN E  Dr. Brown

IDEN F  Dr. King, Jr.

IDEN G  #71, Homestead, N.Y.
         Telephone # 487-5199
         Mr. Harry Wachtell and signed Lillian

IDEN H  Mr. Harry Wachtell

IDEN I  Miss Maxine Thurston

Distribution:

1 - Chief, WH Division
Dear Mr. Martin,

I am writing to inform you of a change in my address. My new address is 40 W 135th St, NY, NY. My office number is 206-9593, and my home number is 702-9861.

Please make the necessary changes to your records.

Sincerely,

[Signature]

If and when your address and/or school changes after joining CTA, please correct on post card or phone CTA (313-2333). This will insure services.

Back side of card.
FRIDAY
29
APR. 1966

-APPOINTMENTS-

8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30

Dr. King Jr.
Please call
Long Distance
Operator 71
Hastings New York
487-5199
Mr. Harry Wachtel
(Lunch)
| QUANTITY | DESCRIPTION | PRICE |
|----------|-------------|-------|
| 1        | Cabana Hat | 14.95 |
| 2        | Socks      | 2.45  |
| 1        | Necktie    | 7.95  |
| 1        | Sweater    | 29.5  |
| 1        | Jacket     | 30.0  |

Total: $135.00

THANK YOU

Please keep this copy for reference.

No. 122912 Rec'd by 6/4/10
MEMORANDUM

From: [Name]
Date: [Date]

Subject: Phone Calls - 5/18/66

- 696 - 8521 111 - COCA M. KINSEY 1405 NW 51 ST.
- NE-4 - 4842 111 - ALICE FRANCIS 4731 NW 15 AVE.
- 758 - 7650 111 - MAXINE THURSTON 26th Rotary Pl.
- NE-5 - 1275 111 - GEORGE A. MILLER 2535 N. RIVER DR., MIN.
- NE-5 - 2058 111 - PATRICIA D. REEVE 1001 N. W. 12 AVE, MIN.
- NE-5 - 4941 111 - MRS. MARY J. McCOY 4950 N. W. 15 COURT, MIN.
- 888 - 5211 111 - SEE OTHER SIDE
- NE-3 - 33 111 - NATIONAL AIRLINES

5/19/66

- 661 - 2511 111 - U. OF MIAMI, ASHE MEMORIAL BLDG.
- M07 - 0006 111 - W. IVAN HOY 5881 S. W. 52 TER.
- 377 - 3681 111 - GREATER MI. URBAN LEAGUE
- 758 - 7659 111 - MAXINE THURSTON 1307 N. W. 81 TERR.
- 374 - 4212 111 - I. CHALKS FLYING SERVICE, MACARTHUR CAUSE.
- 377 - 9445 111 - MACKAY AIRLINES, FORT LAUD.
- 635 - 1275 111 - SEE GEORGE A. MILLER ABOVE.
- 751 - 6692 111 - WCKT TELEVISION STATION
- 691 - 3311 111 - NAT. AIRLINES
- NE-4 - 4842 111 - ALICE FRANCIS 4731 NW 15 AVE.
888-5211
AIRWAYS HOTEL
"Motel"
LENNYS HIDEAWAY
L.A. WIEN INVESTMENTS
MIAMI AIRWAYS HOTEL
MIAMI AIRWAYS MOTEL
5055 N.W. 36 St.
### Diners Club Receipt

**Establishment:**
- **The Diners Club**
- **3212113884**
- **Sheraton Chicago Hotel**
- **Chicago, Ill.**

**Record of Charge:**
- **Date:** 11/15
- **Amount:** $1100
- **Taxes:** $51
- **Tips and Misc.:** $2.75
- **Total:** $1253.75

**Cardholder's Signature:**
- Handwritten signature: "S. Nelson 23456789"

**Note:** The amount of the charges recorded herein were incurred by Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. King Jr. for the sum amount of the charges shown above.

**Cardholder's Receipt:**
- **Cardholder:** Diners Club
- **Expiry:**

---

**Handwritten Notes:**
- "723 9126"
Mr. King

8:30 P.M.

Miss Hines

8:30

At 1 Willey Dr.

by good dinner

Miss Marine Houston
| Item | Description | Amount |
|------|-------------|--------|
| 1    | Ties        | 20     |
| 2    | Shirts      | 15     |
| 3    | Slacks      | 12     |
| 4    | Suits       | 20     |
| 5    | Ties        | 7      |

Total: 37471
| TO | ROOM NO | DATE RECEIVED | OFFICER INITIALS |
|----|---------|---------------|------------------|
| 1  |         | 12/4          |                  |
| 2  |         |               |                  |
| 3  |         |               |                  |
| 4  |         |               |                  |
| 5  |         |               |                  |
| 6  |         |               |                  |
| 7  |         |               |                  |
| 8  |         |               |                  |
| 9  |         |               |                  |
| 10 |         |               |                  |
| 11 |         |               |                  |
| 12 |         |               |                  |
| 13 |         |               |                  |
| 14 |         |               |                  |
| 15 |         |               |                  |
| 16 |         |               |                  |

**WEH DIAMOND - DELETED**

**FB1 Request**

**Reclassification**

100-2-18
Please transmit to the Legal Attaché the attached memo which is in response to his inquiry of 17 March 1966.

Leon S. TOZALL

Attachment:
Memo re Martin Luther King, Jr. 201-760-066

Distribution:
2 - COS, London w/att
2 - Chief, WE w/att

CS COPY

100-002-018
201-760450

CROSS REFERENCE TO
DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER
DATE
SECRET

Q/00A-19623
30 March 1966
SECRET

SUBJECT: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

We have no information that Subject appeared at a rally in Oslo to date, nor does the Embassy have knowledge of a future visit of KING to Norway.

Any future information which becomes available will be forwarded to you. We have also taken due note of your desire that the Norwegian authorities not know of your interest in Subject's activities.

CS COPY
TO: Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: F. S. J. English

FROM: Deputy Director for Plans

SUBJECT: Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. Reference is made to a communication from your Bureau dated 20 August 1964, concerning proposed travel to Western Europe of Martin Luther King, Jr. Reference notes that subject planned to visit Rome, Italy, on 18 and 19 September 1964.

2. This Agency has received the following information on subject from a source who is considered unreliable. Mr. Martin Luther King, Jr. met with various leaders of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) on 18 September 1964 in Rome. He discussed with these Italian politicians the program of demonstrations against segregation in the United States which are to be organized in Italy during the months immediately ahead. Mr. King reportedly conferred with PCI Senator Valerio Spada and with PSI Senator Paolo Vittorini, and with Deputy Minister D'Amato of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP).

3. This Agency is unable to evaluate the above report.

The information in paragraph two has been made available to your Bureau's representative in Rome.

CSC: 316/32051-64

WE/CE/ R. Brockmeyer: ace (21 November 1964)

Distribution:
Orig: 1 - Addressee
1 - CI
1 - CIA
1 - FI (201-760966)
2 - WE/CE

Based on: GFR-6733 dated 20 October 1964

SECRET

CS COPY

30 Mar 1964
| FROM | TO | DATE | OFFICER'S INITIALS | COMMENTS |
|------|----|------|--------------------|----------|
|      | W. J. Searle | 23 Nov 1966 | CE | 23 Nov 1966 | orig 2014, unit 1 |
|      | J. H. Moore | 25 Nov 1966 | CE | 23 Nov 1966 | orig 2014, unit 1 |
|      | B. B. Bocelli | 80/82/4 | CE | 23 Nov 1966 | orig 2014, unit 1 |

Handwritten notes:
- 201-760-966
- Signed by [unreadable]
- Handwritten note: "Thank you, W. J. Searle, 1974"
REFERENCE: OIRT-6733, 20 October 1964

ACTION REQUIRED: For your information.

Forwarded herewith is a memorandum prepared for PRESSLAND's information concerning an article attributed to Martin Luther KING that appeared in the 22 October issue of the PCI organ, Vie Nuove. Also forwarded is a copy of the 24 October issue of Rinascita which reprints on its last page an article by KING that, according to an editorial note, was originally published in The Nation.

Kenneth L. Pettijohn
KENNETH L. PETTIJOHN

Attachments: as stated.

Distribution: 3-C/WE, w/atts.

NOV 17 1964
SUBJECT: Article by Martin Luther King in Vie Nuove, 22 October 1964.

1. The article entitled "What We Negroes Ask of the President" and attributed to Martin Luther King, published on pages 15 and 17 of the 22 October 1964 issue of the Italian Communist Party organ Vie Nuove, is a straightforward expression of the hopes and aspirations of the American Negro population and of its determination to continue the struggle by non-violent means until full social and economic equality has been obtained. The article does not contain anything which could be considered as typical communist propaganda nor anything that seems to be directed specifically to a communist audience. The article, under King's byline, would be perfectly proper for any American publication.

2. At the beginning of the article, Vie Nuove includes the following editorial comment:

The racial problem is one of the subjects that most divides the American states in this presidential election. This article, by Martin Luther King, that we published exclusively, illuminates its most dramatic aspects and expresses the requests that the colored population advances to the entire nation. It is a denunciation of the inequality of rights that goes beyond the secular racial question. The "you must respect my person" is a request that the problem of Democracy poses for everyone.

3. Despite the date of its publication the article appears to have been written some months ago. This is evident from King's reference in the article to the fact that the Civil Rights Bill was before Congress at the time he was writing the article. The Bill, it will be recalled, was enacted into law on 2 July 1964. The conclusion to be drawn from this is that the article's appearance in Vie Nuove or at least, its composition by King, is not the direct result of any contacts that King may have had with PCI officials during his visit to Rome in mid-September.
Lotta di classe e riunificazione politica

Interviste con Vecchietti Lombardi

La politica del Ventesimo

Le decisioni di Mosca, per l'importanza del loro avvenimento, per il peso che esso è chiamato ad avere nelle prospettive della vita sovietica e del movimento operaio internazionale, non potevano non suscitare interrogativi, non diventare argomento di riflessione e di dibattito ben oltre le frontiere dell'Unione Sovietica. La procedura di quelle decisioni e il modo contraddittorio, tale da lasciare ancora vaste zone d'ombra, col quale sono state comunicate, hanno certo determinato una certa tensione, che è che l'affanno della crisi del centro-sinistra e del naufragio delle sue prospettive politiche impedisce a certi democratici e a taluni socialisti di guardare al di là dei voti delle prossime elezioni municipali, anche quando si tratta della prospettiva mondiale. Con il risultato, crediamo, di non veder chiaro né quello che può accadere nel mondo, né quello che accadrà nel municipio.

A noi spetta ribadire, anche in questa occasione, una politica che ci pare fondamentale...
Carri armati a Jackson
di Martin Luther King

Martín Luther King Jr. ha dichiarato, in un'intervista, che l'assunzione del potere è stata un'azione giusta per il premio Nobel della pace. Dall'ultimo dei suoi rapporti pubblicati, è stato rivelato che The Nation, la rivista che ha pubblicato l'intervista, ha poste in evidenza le sue idee in un articolo. La rivista ha riferito che King ha parlato delle questioni che affliggono il paese, e ha sottolineato la necessità di un cambiamento radicale per affrontare i problemi sociali.

Per molti anni, il passato, la storia dei diritti civili è stata ostacolata da una confusa molteplicità di tattiche. Nel primo periodo del governo Kennedy, si è sostenuto che la posizione di Kennedy era che l'assunzione del potere era necessaria per determinare il cambiamento. Prima ancora che il movimento per i diritti civili iniziò una campagna in quella direzione, l'assunzione del potere è stata un'azione giusta per il premio Nobel della pace. Dall'ultimo dei suoi rapporti pubblicati, è stato rivelato che The Nation, la rivista che ha pubblicato l'intervista, ha poste in evidenza le sue idee in un articolo. La rivista ha riferito che King ha parlato delle questioni che affliggono il paese, e ha sottolineato la necessità di un cambiamento radicale per affrontare i problemi sociali.

La brutalità politica con la consapevolezza, o nel migliore dei casi, tra l'indifferenza della comunità, è una esperienza quotidiana dei negri in troppe zone del Sud. I negri vivono in uno stato di polizia che, paradossalmente, prospera in senso a una repubblica democratica. In tale situazione, un'occasione di denuncia del governo federale, seguita da un processo che si trasforma in un'oppressione eccessiva. Non si rende conto, infine, che quel tipo di comportamento, da parte della polizia, è abituale e non eccezionale.

La brutalità politica con la consapevolezza, o nel migliore dei casi, tra l'indifferenza della comunità, è una esperienza quotidiana dei negri in troppe zone del Sud. I negri vivono in uno stato di polizia che, paradossalmente, prospera in senso a una repubblica democratica. In tale situazione, un'occasione di denuncia del governo federale, seguita da un processo che si trasforma in un'oppressione eccessiva. Non si rende conto, infine, che quel tipo di comportamento, da parte della polizia, è abituale e non eccezionale.

Molti si domandano come mai le dimostrazioni e le lotte nel Sud ten-
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**NOTES:**
- 5-6: We should investigate FBI wanting to know more about the contact of these reported meetings. It could make a world of difference in the investigation.
- Dept. in attached Oct. 67, being forwarded to FBI in CEC.
- 316/2051-67.
- Drafted 6/20/61.
For Your Information.

1. Following is a translation of a report on the subject: "The Mission of Luther KING with the Italian Left", dated 28 September 1964 and attributed to DEPLENARY/7, from Luigi PINTOR, from information coming into the editorial offices of L'UNITA. The Station received the report on 1 October 1964.

"Luther KING, noted Protestant negro Pastor and 'leader' of the anti-racist movement in the United States, met with various leaders of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) on 18 September in Rome. In particular, KING conferred with PCI Senators Velo SPANO and Ugo BARTESAGHI, with PSI Deputy Lucio LUZZATO, and with Senator Paolo VITTORELLI of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity. KING discussed with the above-named politicians the program of demonstrations against segregation in the United States, which are to be organized in Italy during the months immediately ahead."

2. The same report was also received from DEDICATOR/4 who has access to the DEPLENARY establishment and thus it is not considered as confirming the DEPLENARY/7 information.

(Continued)

Attachment: h/w.
Copy of a report passed to local ODENVY rep.

Distribution:
3-C/WE, w/att.
3. Given the source of the above report, we view it with some reserve. In this connection, we noted the 19 September issue of L'UNITA, which reflected an article on KING's private audience with Pope Paul held the preceding day. According to L'UNITA, immediately after the audience, in St. Peter's Square, KING stated that "Pope Paul was most clear on the fact that both he, personally, and the Catholic Church support the cause of civil rights". The article also states that in a press conference held at Fiumicino Airport after the audience KING said, "The Pope will shortly make a public statement on racial segregation". We have no other information at this time.

4. Attached is a copy of the report which we have passed to the local ODENVY representative.

RANDOLPH A. MEDBORD
CONFIDENTIAL
NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION

COUNTRY: Italy/USA

SUBJECT: Meeting of Dr. Martin Luther King with Italian Leftist Personalities

DATE OF INFO: 28 September 1964

PLACE & DATE ACQ: Italy, Rome (1 October 1964)

FIELD REPORT NO: OIRT-06733

SOURCE: An unwitting leftist-oriented journalist (P) with contacts in Italian Communist Party (PCI) circles in Rome from information that was available to editorial offices of L'Unita, the PCI daily newspaper. Reports from this source over the past few years have varied from mediocre and below in quality and in accuracy. Appraisal of Content: 3.

Luther King, noted Protestant negro Pastor and "leader" of the anti-racist movement in the United States, met with various leaders of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) on 18 September in Rome. In particular, King conferred with PCI Senators Vello Spano and Ugo Bortesaghi, with PSI Deputy Lucio Luzzato, and with Senator Paolo Vittorelli of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIU). King discussed with the above-named politicians the program of demonstrations against segregation in the United States, which are to be organized in Italy during the months immediately ahead.

Field Comment: Given the source of the above report, we view it with some reserve. In this connection, we noted the 19 September issue of L'Unita, which reflected an article on King's private audience with Pope Paul held the preceding day. According to L'Unita, immediately after the audience, in St. Peter's Square, King stated that "Pope Paul was most clear on the fact that both he, personally and the Catholic Church support the cause of civil rights". The article also states that in a press conference held at Fiumicino Airport after the audience King said, "The Pope will shortly make a public statement on racial segregation". We have no other information at this time.

CONFIDENTIAL
NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION

STATE

DIA

ARMY

NAVY

AIR

NSA

AID

OEC

Note: Field distribution endorsed by

TOTALS

LIAISON

COORDINATING SELECTING
Luther King, noto pastore protestante negro, è leader del movimento antirazzista degli Stati Uniti, si è incontrato il 18 settembre u.s. a Roma con diversi esponenti del PCI e del PSI. In modo particolare egli ha conferito con l'on Vello Spano, del PCI, l'on Ugo Bertessi, l'on Lucio Luzzatto del PSIUP e col senatore Paolo Vittorelli del PSI. Il Pastore King ha discusso con loro le manifestazioni contro il segregazionismo negli Stati Uniti, che si dovrebbero organizzare nei prossimi mesi in Italia.
OGGETTO: La missione di Luther King presso le sinistre italiane
VALUTAZIONE: Ottima
FONTE: Attendibile/UU

Luther King, noto pastore protestante negro, è "leader" del movimento antirazzista degli Stati Uniti, si è incontrato il 8 settembre u.s. a Roma con diversi esponenti del P.C.I. e del P.S.I.

In modo particolare il King ha conferito con il Sen. Vincenzo Spano, della vice presidenza della Commissione Centrale di Controllo del P.C.I., con l'On. Ugo Bartesaghi (P.C.I.), con l'On. Lucio M. Luzzatto del P.S.I.U.P. e con il Sen. Paolo Vittorelli del P.S.I.

Il pastore King ha discusso con i predetti uomini politici il programma di manifestazioni contro il segregazionismo negli Stati Uniti, che si dovrebbero organizzare nei prossimi mesi in Italia.

Riferita da Luigi Pintor. Notizie affluite alla redazione de "l'Unità".