</s>104-1037-10316p APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1903- 57 CIA HISTORICAL REUTRAL PROGRAM SECRET TELEPOUCH DISP NO FILE NO - NONE DATE - A4 APRIL 1968 MICROFILMED - NOME APR 15 1968 INDEXING - NORE MICROFLIMM - NONE DOC. MICRO. GER. MICRO. ILM - NOVE TO INFO - CHIEF OF STATION, JMWAVE. INFO - O SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF THE DEATH OF SUBJECT MARTIN LUTHER, KING, TAI APRIL: 1968 MARTINELLIN. KING. TAI APRIL 1968 THE FOLLOWING SUMMUNARY OF CUBAIN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MARTIN IN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION DURING THE PERIOD 5-8 APRIL HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE GRAMA BY THE CUBAN, 6S, HAVANA DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF GRAMA 68, FRONT PAGE - "LAST MINUTE NEWS - MART IN LUTHR KING ASSASSINTATED IN MEMPHIS, U.S.A.A ., ACCORDING TO FIRST REPORTS, LUTHR KING HAS BEEM SHOT BY A WHITE WELL-DRESSED YOUNG MALE ., GRAMA, X APRIL, A FRONT PAGE - TWENTY-SEVEN PERSONS HAVE GRAMA. A. APRIL. AS A RESULT OF THE FIGHTING WHICH HAS BEEEN GOING ON SINCE IN THE ASS ASSINATION OF MARTINE LUTHE KING. WASHING- GOING IN SINEE THE ASSASSINAION OF MINTIN LUTHEN KING. IN WASHIN- TON ALONE THERE ARE 79 WOUNDED AND 4,186 PERSONS ARRESTED. SNIPERS CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE U. S. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITAL ARE UNDER HEAVY GUARD .- FULL INFORMATION GIVEN. / GRAMA ,, APRIL ,, LAST PAGE ., TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP. BROWN ., WASHINGTON, JAPRIL, ASSOCIATED FRENCH PRESS ., APP, FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AMX LEAFLETS WERE DISTRIBUTED HERE THIS MORNING, URGING THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON TO GO TO GO RICHMONTO TO LIBERTATE RAP BROWN ... JITTE LEAFLET'S CALLED ON THE NECRETS CALLED THE NEOGRES TO FORM A MOTOR. JADE AND LEAVE FOR RICHOMON TOMORROW, MONDAY ...

Summary  
The document details Cuban state media coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. It includes reports from the Cuban newspaper *GRAMA*, radio stations *RADIO LIBERACION* and *RADIO PROGRESSO*, and statements from international figures. The assassination is described as a crime committed by a "white well-dressed young male," with initial reports noting widespread violence across the U.S., including 79 wounded and 4,186 arrests in Washington, D.C. Cuban media frames the event as part of broader struggles against U.S. racial oppression, with calls for revolutionary action. It references statements from Stokely Carmichael, who warned of escalating violence and predicted executions, and mentions the division of U.S. Black organizations into violent and non-violent groups. The document also includes messages from the South Vietnamese National Liberation Front and the Movement for the Independence of Puerto Rico, condemning U.S. policies and supporting Afro-American liberation. International solidarity is emphasized, with references to the Asian, African, and Latin American Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AALAPSO) and other entities.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (assassinated)  
- Stokely Carmichael (Black Power leader)  
- Fidel Castro Ruz (Cuban revolutionary leader)  
- Juan Carrasco (author of an article on U.S. Black organizations)  
- José James González (Puerto Rican independence movement figure)  

Key Locations  
- Memphis, Tennessee (site of assassination)  
- Washington, D.C. (center of civil unrest)  
- Havana, Cuba (headquarters of Cuban state media)  
- Puerto Rico (mentioned in statements by José James González)  
- Vietnam (reference to South Vietnamese National Liberation Front)  

Key Events  
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee  
- Widespread civil unrest and violence across the U.S. following the assassination  
- Statements from Cuban state media condemning U.S. racial policies  
- Predictions of revolutionary violence by Stokely Carmichael  
- International solidarity messages from South Vietnam, Puerto Rico, and AALAPSO  
- Coverage of clashes between Black Americans and white soldiers in Japan  

Key Organizations  
- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)  
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)  
- Black Panther Party  
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Asian, African, and Latin American Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AALAPSO)  
- South Vietnamese National Liberation Front

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