</s>104-1007-10014 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 UNC. SSIFIED (ERNAL ONLY CON ENTIAL SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (optional) SUBJECT: EXTENSION NO FROM: Ci/Ober DATE B-75 6537 9 April 1968 TO: (Offer Seignation, room number, and DATE building) COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom in whom. DATE INITIALS RECOMMENTS (number each comment) to show each comment). RECEMED FORMWARDED EYES ONLY 1. Originated by: DDP/WH/J/JATS 2. 3) M/Claypool) 2. 8 April 1968 3. Based on: (Kingston/4004 2-15-Kingston)4004 (IN 86537) (IN 87116) 5. Disseminated to: FBI (Mr. Papid 6. on 9 April 1968 7. 8. DO NOT REPRODUCE 9. RETURN TO CLA 10. 9. 9.DOD (KINSTOWJKS 12. File: 6-Memos (record copy) cc: WH/ 13. cc: Martin Luther King (sensitive) 14. 7/188 15. EYES ONLY NPA 5.0 B- 75 FORM 610 USE MEXICUS EX SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY <loc_652><loc_962>UNCLASSIFIED.

Summary: The document is a memorandum dated 9 April 1968 concerning attempts by Jamaican groups to organize anti-U.S. demonstrations following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. It notes that the Special Branch of Jamaica's Security Service reported four groups seeking to instigate protests against the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. A group including Jamaican leftist Winston Monroe contacted an unnamed Black Power advocate from the U.S., who arrived in Jamaica during the week of 1-6 April (before or after King’s assassination on 4 April). The group planned to send a delegation to the American Embassy around noon on 8 April but faced uncertainty due to police monitoring. The police believed they could control any disturbances. Leroy Innis, president of the Guild of Undergraduates at the University of the West Indies, attempted to mobilize students but failed. Prince Buster, leader of the Black Muslin Movement, awaited communication from Muhammad Ali. Mortimer Planer, a Rastafarian, sought student support for potential demonstrations but no details on timing or progress were available. The American Ambassador in Kingston was informed.  

Key People: Winston Monroe, Leroy Innis, Prince Buster, Mortimer Planer, Muhammad Ali  
Key Locations: Kingston, Jamaica; University of the West Indies (UWI)  
Key Events: Planned anti-U.S. demonstrations post-MLK assassination, police monitoring, student mobilization attempts, contact between Jamaican groups and U.S. Black Power advocates  
Key Organizations: Special Branch of Jamaica Security Service, Guild of Undergraduates (UWI), Black Muslin Movement, Rastafarian networks

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