</s>104-10136-10320 UNCLASSIFIED UNTERNAL E ONLY CON-ENTIAL SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) FROM: DEC-12-24-PH-77 FROM. Rodger S. Gabrielson 5233 OLC/CER DATE 12 December 1977 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and DATE building) DATE TO: [Officer designation, room name, and DATE COMMENTS (Number each comment to show whom to whom. Draw a line across column, after each comment) RECEIVED FORWARDED INITIALS 1. SA/DO/0/0: 12 12 Attached is a memo from the Director of Security from the 2. Director of Secreturty forward- ing information on James 2. MR SOVERN Earl Ray and Martin Luther King in response to Mr. 3. Blakey's letter to Mr .. 4. Material at tabs A-2 and B-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 4. material DDO material. you please review for Would CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM HSCA access to this material. 6. 7. Rodger s. (Gabrielson 7. RELEASI 9. 77-006/5/2 10. Unsanityfh 11. 12. 13. 13. 15. FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED 3-42 EDITIONS

Summary  
This document is a memorandum dated 7 December 1977 from Robert W. Gambino, Director of Security, to Mr. Douglas Cummings, Legislative Council, CIA Historical Review Program. It addresses a request from the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) for access to Agency files related to Martin Luther King Jr. and James Earl Ray. The memorandum references attached tabs (A-1 through B-3) containing documents from the Office of Security and Directorate of Documents (DDO). Tab A-1 includes copies of organized documents in Dr. King’s file, while Tabs A-2 and A-3 reference third-party Agency documents. Tab B-1 contains a single Office of Security document related to James Earl Ray, and Tab B-3 lists Department of State documents and other "third agency" materials for potential release to the HSCA. The text notes that all referenced materials were unclassified when separated from secret attachments.  

Key People  
- Robert W. Gambino (Director of Security)  
- Douglas Cummings (Legislative Council, CIA Historical Review Program)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- James Earl Ray  
- Martin Luther King Jr.  
- Rodger S. Gabrielson (mentioned in routing instructions)  

Key Locations  
- Not specified in the text.  

Key Events  
- HSCA request for access to CIA files on MLK and James Earl Ray.  
- Review of Agency documents by the Director of Security for potential release to HSCA.  
- Reference to unclassified materials separated from secret attachments.  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Directorate of Documents (DDO)  
- Office of Security

MLK Declassified Files

00513537_memo_hsca_request_re_ma_104-10136-10320.pdf

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