</s>204-1007-100101 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 104-1001-1001 VETERNAL J.S.U.C.ASSASSIFIED. SE ONLY COR DENTIAL SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SECRET SUBJECT: (or, uh) ROM: EXTENSION NO. B-89 Ci/Ober EXTENSIONS 6537 DATE DATE Ci /Ober D: Officer designation, room number, and Building) DATE OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number, such, comment to show from whom to whom. Draw a column after each comment) RECEIVED FORMARDED INITIALS to whom, EYES ONLY 2. Originated by: DDP/CI/OP/Orer 22 April 68 2. Based on: Memorandum for the Record by Nick Chickering 5. Source of spaxx 5. para 2 not identified 6. Disseminated to: FBI on 7. 3. 22 Apr 68 9. FROD DROD File: B-Memos (record copy) CC: SECRET 7518 EYES ONLY B-69 610 USE PEPPOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED

Summary  
The document details radio messages broadcast during civil disorders in Washington, D.C., on April 6-7, 1968, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. An employee of an unspecified agency reported hearing messages directed to Stokely Carmichael on a local "rock and roll" station operating between 1400-1600 AM. A colleague corroborated this account, noting that radio programs were interrupted to broadcast these messages. The document references Nicholas Chickering as the source of information and notes the dissemination to the FBI on April 22, 1968. It also includes administrative details about classification, routing, and handling of the record.  

Key People  
- Stokely Carmichael (target of radio messages)  
- Nicholas Chickering (source of information)  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (assassinated on April 4, 1968)  
- FBI (dissemination recipient)  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C. (site of civil disorders)  
- Unknown radio station location (operating between 1400-1600 AM)  

Key Events  
- Civil disorders in Washington, D.C., April 6-7, 1968 (following MLK's assassination)  
- Interruption of radio programs to broadcast messages for Stokely Carmichael  
- Dissemination of records to the FBI on April 22, 1968  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (implied through reference to "CI/OP/Obersg")

MLK Declassified Files

00549178_subject_radio_messages_fo_104-10071-10011.pdf

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