</s>104-1007-10101535 2017 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 (When Filled in) (ALL-AMERICAN REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED 2 9 9 9 ANCE COPY ISSUED SLOTTED INDEX: YS NO 9 10 CLASSIFY TO FILE NO AT: 2.S.P.12.P2.2.C2.R.C.F.E.COPY CRF TO FILE TO CLASSIFYING RO RO RET. NO C/WH-2 RIO COPY INFORC. DESTROY SIG. INFOR EYES ONLY AAP/C.C HAP/D.C-C.E-C-E-A-C SECRET 152015LZ. APR 63 CITE MEXICO CITY 5210 15APEGO IN 91393 director or DIRECTOR OR REF: DIRECTOR-OR-89694 1. LIEMPO-72, ON 12 APRIL 1968, PROVIDED FOLLOWING REPORTS RELATING TO REFERENCE. 2. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OF THE AFRO-ASIAN LATIN AMERI- CAN PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION(CAALAPSO) IN HAVANA, DIRECTED BY RAMON ECHAVARIA, IS SENDING TO MEXICAN COMMUNISTS LARGE "BLACK POWER" POSTERS, WITH CAPTION "RETAILATION TO CRIME: REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE, "IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH AND ARABIC, AKNOWLEDGE- MENT OF RECIPEIT OF THIS MATERIAL IS TO BE MADE TO M.OSVALDO- PAREDES ALVAREZ, SIBISKE NAMESTI, C-1, BUBENEC, PRAGUE, CZECHOSLO- VAKIA, POUCHING COPIES OF POSTER. 3. THE INDEPENDENT PEASANT'S CENTRAL (CCCI), ON 5 APRIL, ADDRESSED LETTER TO PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON, PROTESTING AGAINST THE ASSASSINSATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, ATTRIBUTING TI TO THE AGGRESSIVE AND FASCIST POLICIES OF U.S .. GOVERNMENT. LETTER DEMANDS ALSO AN END TO THE WAR IN VIETNAM. SECRET BT <loc_66><loc_857><loc_66><loc_842>07558 A SECRET

Summary:  
The document contains reports dated April 12, 1968, referencing Liempo-72, which provided information on activities related to the Afro-Asian Latin American People's Solidarity Organization (CAALAPSO) in Havana, Cuba. CAALAPSO, directed by Ramon Echavarria, is noted to have sent "Black Power" posters with captions advocating revolutionary violence in response to crime, distributed to Mexican communists. The material includes multilingual text in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. Acknowledgment of receipt was required for M. Osvaldo-Paredes Alvarez in Prague, Czechoslovakia, with instructions to copy the posters. Separately, on April 5, the Independent Peasants' Central (CCCI) sent a letter to President Lyndon B. Johnson protesting Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, attributing it to U.S. government policies and demanding an end to the Vietnam War. The document includes location codes and classification markings such as "SECRET BT."  

Key People:  
- Ramon Echavarria (director of CAALAPSO)  
- M. Osvaldo-Paredes Alvarez (recipient of poster acknowledgment)  
- Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S. President, recipient of CCCI letter)  

Key Locations:  
- Havana, Cuba (CAALAPSO headquarters)  
- Prague, Czechoslovakia (location associated with Osvaldo-Paredes Alvarez)  
- Washington D.C., U.S. (presumed location for Lyndon B. Johnson's correspondence)  

Key Events:  
- Distribution of "Black Power" posters by CAALAP, April 12, 1968  
- CCCI letter to President Johnson protesting MLK's assassination and U.S. policies, April 5, 1968  

Key Organizations:  
- Afro-Asian Latin American People's Solidarity Organization (CAALAPSO)  
- Independent Peasants' Central (CCCI)

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