</s>104-10071-10130 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 Mantaka Latt KIVG SUNT-1007-10110 GROUP (When Fitted In) EXCLUDED BY AUTOMATIC EXCLUSIVE TOKYO PUBLICATION REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED 2 Cell Classan 6 6 (When Fitred In) 2 3 6 6 3 6 5 6 CECOPY SLOTTED INDEY: YES NO 3 10 CLASSIFY TO FILE NO AT: CLASSIFTY TO FILO NO. 2 KEEP TO FILE TO FILE No. 4 BV PER KEEPTO FILO TO FILO RID RET. TO BRANCH DESTROY O SIG. 9/13 RID COPY FILE VR DDP, C/FI, CIF/C/FE2 DESTROY O SIG, SENT PROJEST TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON, CONDOLENCE TELEGRAM AND MESSAGES TO MRS. KING AND U.S. S. CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. 3. POFRAGRANCE/I REPORTED 4 APRIL THAT BEHEIREN (W/84599) CHAIRMAN ODA MOSCOW-HAVANA TRIP DEPARTURE (SEE TOKYo 9346, FJT-13757) REPORTED BY JAPAN TIMES, 7 APRIL, AS RALLY OF 1,000 PEOPLE FOR ASSASSINTED CIVL RIGHTS LEADER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. THIS GIVES INDICATION BEHEIREEN LEADERSHIP VERSATILE ABILITY SEIZE SUITABLE TARGET, OF OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY ITS FUNDAMENTAL ANTI-AMERICAN MOTIVATION. 2. JAPEN TIMES. SAME DATE, REPORTED JCP'S GENSUKYO ALSO SEIZED KING ASSASSINA AS SUITEABLE PROPAGANDA THEME, 2. 2.JAPAN TIME, SAME DATA, REPORTed JCP's GENSUIKYO <loc_50><loc_586><loc_50><loc_586>2.S, CONSOLENCE. SENT PROTEST TEEGRAM TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON, CONDLENCE

Summary  
The document contains a mix of administrative notes and reports related to diplomatic and media responses following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968. It references a Japanese newspaper, *Japan Times*, reporting on a rally in Tokyo held on April 7, 1968, commemorating MLK's death, which is described as an opportunity for anti-American propaganda by the Japan Communist Party (JCP) faction Gensukyo. The text also mentions condolence telegrams sent to President Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. civil rights organizations, as well as a protest telegram to Johnson. It includes coded references such as "BEHEIREN (W/84599)" and mentions the KIVG SUNT-1007-10110 GROUP, though details about their role are unclear. The document notes restrictions on reproduction and classification markings but does not provide direct evidence of involvement in the assassination investigation itself.  

Key People  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (assassinated April 4, 1968)  
- President Lyndon B. Johnson  
- Mrs. King (widow of MLK)  
- Gensukyo (faction of Japan Communist Party)  
- BEHEIREN (coded reference, possibly an entity or individual)  

Key Locations  
- Tokyo, Japan  
- Washington, D.C., U.S. (implied via references to U.S. civil rights organizations and President Johnson)  

Key Events  
- Rally in Tokyo commemorating MLK's assassination (April 7, 1968)  
- Sending of condolence telegrams to President Johnson and U.S. civil rights groups  
- Reporting by *Japan Times* on anti-American propaganda linked to MLK’s death  

Key Organizations  
- Japan Communist Party (JCP)  
- United States Civil Rights Organizations  
- KIVG SUNT-1007-10110 GROUP (unclear role, referenced in coded context)

MLK Declassified Files

00549305_reaction_to_assassination_104-10071-10130.pdf

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