</s>104-10079-10140 AFORNED FOR RELEASE 1963 S-SECRET CA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROCRAM 25 November 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Robert Barteaux Chief, Information Services Staff, Information Processing Group FROM Maurice A. Sovem JFK ACT FROM Office of the Special Assistant. Office of The Special Assistant, to the DDO for External Oversight JFKACT SUBJECT Dr. Martin Luther King and- to the DDO for External Oversight SUBJECI Mr. James Earl Ray RELEASE REFERENCES House Select Committee on A. A. Assassination's Letter dated 11 November 1977, Same Subject B. O/S/A/10/0/0 Letter, 2 March 1977 Subject: DOJ Inquiry, Martin Luther King, DoJ Task Force 1. As you will nite from the attached, the HSCA asks for our material or Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the period 1963 through 1968 or Dr Martin Luther KING, Jr ., for the Period the period 1967 through 1968. 2. As as indicated in reference B, you provided a substantial amount of directorate material which was sanitized for review by a DOJ task force on Mr. James Earl Ray for extent and nature of the directorate material which review the revised review by the DOJ task Force in its efforts coming the revised hold the Sanitized King material, which was prepared by for the Justice investigation, for that time to the OLC that the investigation was conducted by the Department of Justice, and prepared by the investigators previously made available to Justice, is most that intent to the HCSA investigation; however, the distinction of this material in the original request was that we performed, talking about third material. In this investigation, however, we are the directorator, FBI agency material, we should continue our review to Directorate material indicating only that there is FBI material available. S.ECRET E2-INPDET-CL-BY-018630. # 1145

Summary  
This document is an internal memorandum dated 25 November 1977 from Maurice A. Soven, Office of the Special Assistant, to Mr. Robert Barteaux, Chief, Information Services Staff, Information Processing Group. The memo addresses the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) request for materials related to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and James Earl Ray. It references a prior DOJ task force review of Directorate material concerning King (1963–1968) and Ray (1967–1966). The document notes that sanitized Directorate material was previously provided to the DOJ task force, with the FBI’s involvement in the Justice Department’s investigation. It emphasizes the need for continued review of Directorate material, specifically FBI records, and sets a deadline of 15 December 1977 for further submissions.  

Key People  
- Maurice A. Soven (sender)  
- Robert Barteaux (recipient)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- James Earl Ray  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  
- DOJ Task Force  

Key Locations  
- Not specified in the text.  

Key Events  
- HSCA’s request for materials related to MLK and James Earl Ray.  
- DOJ task force review of Directorate material (1963–1968 for MLK; 1967–1966 for Ray).  
- Sanitized Directorate material provided to the DOJ task force.  
- Deadline set for further submissions by 15 December 1977.  

Key Organizations  
- Office of the Special Assistant (OSA)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Department of Justice (DOJ) Task Force  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (implied through Directorate material references)

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