</s>104-10071-10141 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 104-1001-10111-1 CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEMINATION CLASSIFIED MESSAGE D TOTAL COPIES PERSONVINT NOTIFIED ROUTING AND/OR INITIALS - SEEN BY CABLE SCREETRIAT DISSMINATION (When Filled In) GROUP EXCLUSIVELY INFORMATIC EUR (when Filled in) EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION DELLICIATION 2 2 6 (When filled in) REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED 2 6 6 ADVANC.COM SLOTTOED REPROPRIATION OF THIS COPY PROBHIBITED INDEX: YES NO 3 4 9 10 C 1700 2 CLASSIFY TO FILE NO 5 10 BY: AT CLASSIFTY TO FILE No KREF RID FILE TO PRICIDENCE DIBESBY BY PER KREF FILE TO RET. NO KREF FILED RID RET. TO ACTION: BRANCH DESTROY O SIG. RID COPY INFO RID COFY RID FILED REET. NO. 2. PARA ONE FROM PRENSA LATINA BULLETIN PARIS 19 APRIL PRIORITY DIRECTOR APR 68 CITE PARIS 9506 April y Duesy PRIORITIY DIRECTOR INFO STOCKHOLM 22 A8B8##55586 RYOAR RARGHALPHA REF DIRECTOR 96665 1. FORMAN OF REF ARRIVED PARIS 18 APRIL FROM STOCKHOLLM. WILL GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE PARIS 22 APRIL TO SPEAK ON "LIBERATION OF NEGROES IN UNITED STATES." "WILL CITE CASES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, BOBBY HUTTON, DECEASED TREASURER OF THE BLACK PANTHERS), HUEY NEWTON, AND ELDRIDGE CLEAVER. HE WILL SPEAKING 29 APRIL IN MULTUALITY HALL PARIS.

The document is a classified cable message dated April 19, 1968, originating from Paris and addressed to Stockholm. It references a press conference scheduled for April 22, 1968, in Paris by an individual identified as "Forman of Ref," who will speak on the "liberation of Negroes in the United States." The speech is noted to include references to Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Hutton (described as deceased treasurer of the Black Panthers), Huey Newton, and Eldridge Cleaver. A subsequent speaking engagement is mentioned for April 29 at Mutualité Hall in Paris. The message includes routing instructions, classification markings, and restrictions on reproduction. No direct information about the assassination investigation or related activities is provided.  

Key People: Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Hutton, Huey Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, Forman of Ref  
Key Locations: Paris, Stockholm, Mutualité Hall (Paris)  
Key Events: Press conference in Paris (April 22, 1968), speaking engagement at Mutualité Hall (April 29, 1968)  
Key Organizations: Black Panthers

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