</s>104-10071-10032 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 1044-10081-10033 INTERNAL THE CLASSIFIED USE ONLY FIDENTIAL 3 SECRET SUBJECT. (Optional) ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT. (optional) EXTENSION NO. R.L-188 FROM: Ci/SO 5847 DATE 13 November 1968 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and DATE building) DATE COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom building) OFFICER'S to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment) RECEIVED FORMARDED INITIALS EYES ONLY to whom, Draw a cross line column after odd comment) Originated by: CI/SO/MITaylor (13 Nov 68) 2. 3. based on: Memo, 7 Oct 68 from WH/2 Panama CA/C/F draft memo based on OELA 49850 5. Disseminated to: FBI on 13 Nov68 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. File: (R/L-Memos (record copy) 12. (w/att) 12. ce: "Chinese Connections" (sens, soft w/att] 13. 14. cc: JWK (w/ate) 15. 15. EYES ONLY 7524.4 FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNIAL USE ONLY RL-188 3-42 SECRET <loc_230><loc_973><loc_230><loc_973>UNCLASSIFIED

Summary  
The document details a U.S. government internal memorandum dated 13 November 1968, referencing a Communist Chinese propaganda booklet titled "Statement by Comrade Mao Chairman... in Support of the Committee of Communist Against Violent Repression." The booklet, dated 15 April 1968, was circulated shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the assassination of the President of the Philippines. It frames the struggle of African Americans against "yankee imperialists" as part of a global revolutionary movement. The Spanish version of the booklet was sent to the People's Party - Communist in Panama, while the English version accompanied a May Party publication. The memorandum notes that the English edition was included with the "Crusader" issue and cites Mao Tse-Tung’s involvement in endorsing the text.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (assassinated 4 April 1968)  
- Mao Tse-Tung (Chairman of the Communist Party of China)  
- WA LISCHSON, MR. S. J. PAPICH (individuals referenced in correspondence)  

Key Locations  
- Panama (distribution of Spanish-language booklet)  
- United States (context of civil rights movement and U.S.-China relations)  

Key Events  
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (4 April 1968)  
- Assassination of the President of the Philippines (date unspecified in document)  
- Circulation of Communist Chinese propaganda materials in 1968  

Key Organizations  
- People's Party - Communist (Panama)  
- May Party (publication associated with English-language booklet)  
- Communist Party of China (referenced as source of propaganda material)

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