</s>104-10136-10413 SECRET APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM EVES ONLY 8 April 1968 JFK A.C.T. MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Research Staff 10.19.94 RELEASE SUBJECT 1. -1. REPORT FROM SUBJECT called me this morning at the office to thank me. 1. 2. advised that was not in evidence on TV following the assassination of Martin Luther KING on Thursday, 4 April 1968. (received word from a reliable source that thursay, (who is under Peking discipline, was instructed notto be in the forefront. structure who are under Peking discipline will hold a strategy meet- ing in the Reverend KING's home after the funeral. 3. Jurges that a task force be established not by the FBI but by the intelligence community to cover now on in which should develop the intelligence that Martin Luther KING, and Peking. have for years been the willing tools of CIA Historical REVIEW Program RELEASE IN FULL EVES UNLY 18093 SECRET

Summary:  
The document contains fragmented notes and reports from 1965-1968 involving discussions about Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) and related entities. A memorandum dated April 4, 1968, references MLK's assassination and mentions a source under "Peking discipline" instructed to avoid public prominence post-assassination. It suggests a task force should be established by the intelligence community to investigate connections between MLK and unspecified groups. Another note from February 1965 states that MLK is described as a homosexual and a "Switch Hitter." Later sections discuss the Highlander Folk School, its history (founded in 1932 by Hyles Horton and Don West), legal challenges, funding sources (including the Robert Marshall Foundation), and associations with organizations like the American Youth Congress, Southern Negro Congress, and National Negro Congress. The text also mentions a 1965 report alleging that members of the United Klans of America discussed potential assassination of MLK during a planned visit to a summer camp in Blount County, Tennessee, and considerations of blaming the Klan for such actions.  

Key People:  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)  
- Walter Hester  
- Walter H. Steele  
- Dr. James A. Demarcois  
- Members of the United Klans of America  
- Paul Crouch  
- Robert Marshall Foundation representatives  

Key Locations:  
- Atlanta, Georgia  
- Blount County, Tennessee  
- Knoxville, Tennessee  
- Albany, Ohio  
- Salinas (location unspecified)  
- Peking (China)  

Key Events:  
- MLK's assassination on April 4, 1968  
- Highlander Folk School's legal challenges and relocation to the Carolinas Sea Islands and later Knoxville, Tennessee  
- 1963 police raid of a Highlighters Work Camp in Townsend, Tennessee  
- 1965 report alleging United Klans' discussion of MLK's assassination and riots  
- Testimony before House Committees on Highlander School activities in July 1947  

Key Organizations:  
- Highlander Folk School (Highlighter Research and Education Center)  
- American Youth Congress  
- Southern Negro Congress  
- National Negro Congress  
- United Klans of America  
- Robert Marshall Foundation  
- Committee of the Communist Party of the United States of America (Committant Party)

MLK Declassified Files

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