</s>104-10136-10397 UNCLASSIFIED INTERNAL SE ONLY CC PENTIAL SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) SUBJECT: (optional) EXTENSION NO. FROM: C/DDO/ISS/TPG ID 23 DATE: TO: (D/D0/ISS) /TPG /TPC ID 23 DATE- TO:(or(or) or (or(s) or(s).com number, and DATE. OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number: each, comment, comment. (from whom to whom) Draw a line across, column column column (comment) RECHIVED FORMARDED INITIALS C/ASS: ID:41224 WOD 3/S/P/O/07/02/02D0109 Y ATIN'S M. SOVERN. TUBE: DX6Green. OLC: VD35. JFKACI 9 RELEAS 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNALL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED

Summary:  
The document is a memorandum from the CIA Historical Review Program dated 1978, addressed to Legislative Counsel C.D.38.0062 and Douglas T. Cummins. It references an intensive search by the CIA Directorate that uncovered information on James Earl Ray, with separate documentation planned for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The memorandum notes FBI files (76-5403, 76-6616, FOIA request 76-68) and mentions a delay in releasing the memorandum to Maurice A. Soveren of SA/DO/O on 15 December 1977. It emphasizes internal use restrictions and prohibits unauthorized dissemination without prior clearance from SA/D/O/O.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  
- Maurice A. Soveren  
- Douglas T. Cummins  
- Robert A. Barteaux (CIA official)  

Key Locations:  
- Not specified in the text.  

Key Events:  
- CIA Directorate's search for information on James Earl Ray.  
- Delay in memorandum release to SA/DO/O on 15 December 1977.  
- Reference to FBI files and FOIA requests from 1976.  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Legislative Counsel (C.D.38.0062)  
- SA/DO/O (Special Activities Directorate, Office of Operations)

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