</s>104-10137-10287 APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM #3 16 APR 1969 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence VIA Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT Tontative Plans of Senator Robert Kennedy SUBJEC to Visit West Berlin on 1 May. REFERENCE . dated 12 April 1968 1. This memorandum is for your information. . Date: 12 April 1969 Senator Robert Kennedy may plan to speak at the 1 May rally in West Berlin. 2. 3. The Press Chief of the West Berlin Senate, Peter Here, I told a CIA staff officer that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had told a Cia staff officer to speak to the 1 may rally. After President Kennedy's scheduled to appear at the I May rally, I said that he was a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.C.) Senator Kennedy Public Relations Agency of New York to invite Senator Kennedy informed the Bernard Agency that he wanted a. written Kennedy informed that he been issued. Hortz also mentioned that the U.S. written information of his plans. has been informed. Of course, this is the U-S. 5. The annual May Day rally in Berlin has become a tradition. The event may be held in large field in front of the restored Reichstag building in which large field is adjacent to the sector border between East and West Berlin near. The Brandenburg Gate. #186 JFK ACI 10.19.99 CC: 1/1 RELEASE CIA HISTURICAL REVIEV PROGRAM RELEASE IN FULL 18295 1/2266

Summary:  
This document is a CIA historical review memorandum dated 12 April 1969, discussing Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s planned visit to West Berlin on 1 May 1969. It references potential speaking engagements at the annual May Day rally in Berlin, held near the Brandenburg Gate and adjacent to the sector border between East and West Berlin. The text mentions Peter Here, Press Chief of the West Berlin Senate, informing a CIA staff officer that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been invited to speak at the rally. It also notes that Senator Kennedy’s public relations agency was informed of his plans, with no direct connection to the assassination investigation or related activities.  

Key People:  
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy  
- Peter Here (Press Chief of West Berlin Senate)  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  

Key Locations:  
- West Berlin  
- Brandenburg Gate  
- Sector border between East and West Berlin  

Key Events:  
- Annual May Day rally in Berlin  
- Planned speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the rally  
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s scheduled visit to West Berlin  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- West Berlin Senate Public Relations Agency

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