</s>104-10065-10262 UNCLASSIFIED ERNAL CONFIDENTIAL USE ONLY SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT. (Optical) -. SUBJECT. EXTENSION NO. FROM. C/DDO/ISS/IPS/IPG ID 4124 DATE 6 DEC TO: (Officer designation, room number, and DATE building) DATE COMMENTS (Number: each comment to show from whom building) RECEIVED OFFICER'S INITIALS COMMENTS(Number:each comment to Show from whom to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) 1. DC/ISS ID 23 RECEVED FORWARDED 6 7575 6 7576 2. 6 7566 6 7567 3. C/ISS 3D00004 4. 5. SA/DO/O/O 2D0109 5-7: No further use of this ATN: MA-6-GREEN material is authorized 6. outside the Agency without prior clearance from this office. 7. 7. OGC 7D01 8. 9. 9. 10. 7-12-97 11. RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM 12. RELEASE IN FULL 1997 Jon 7/2/1997 13. 14. 15. 06443 FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET T CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL M UNICI ASSIFIFID EDITIONS

Summary  
This document is a memorandum from the CIA Historical Review Program detailing records related to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., including references to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) files. It lists 82 references to King in U.S. agency records, with 66 destroyed in 1974, two lost, and others retained. The documents span from 1957 to 1969 and include correspondence, intelligence reports, and security assessments. Key topics involve CIA-FBI interactions, travel plans, communist infiltration investigations, and discussions about King’s activities in the U.S. and UK. Specific references include a plot by Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown to assassinate King (1968), security matters related to King’s movements, and a 1969 memorial march for him in Memphis. The memorandum concludes that the CIA was not involved in counterintelligence operations against King.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr.  
- Corretta Scott King (wife of MLK)  
- James Earl Ray (alleged assassin of MLK)  
- Paul Krassner (correspondent with MLK)  
- Stokely Carmichael (civil rights activist)  
- H. Rap Brown (activist linked to assassination plot)  
- Robert A. Barteaux (CIA official)  
- William George Jameson (Department of Justice official)  

Key Locations  
- New York, USA  
- United Kingdom  
- Memphis, Tennessee (1968 assassination site; 1969 memorial march)  
- Europe (travel and meeting references)  

Key Events  
- CIA-FBI intelligence exchanges on MLK’s activities (1957–1969)  
- Security assessments of MLK’s movements and public appearances  
- Investigations into communist infiltration of civil rights organizations (e.g., Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)  
- Plot by Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown to assassinate MLK (1968)  
- 1969 memorial march for MLK in Memphis, Tennessee  
- Destruction of 66 documents related to MLK in 1974  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Department of Justice  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)  
- Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

MLK Declassified Files

00279947_rev_martin_luther_king_104-10065-10262.pdf

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