</s>104-1007-101148 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 18 18 L22AUG71 183932Z AUG 71 CITE ADDIS ABADA 1927 HEADQUARTERS MHCURB RYBAT MACHAOS 1. JSPYX/1, WHO ENTERTAINED HOSEA WILLIAMS, SCLC LEADER, IN HIS HOME DURING LATTER'S RECENT VISIT ETHIOPIA AND ALSO A ATTENDED LECTURE-QUESTION SESSION AT HOME OF 201-879951 AT WHICH WILLIAMS TALKED TO GROUP APPROX 50 ETHIOPS OF AND OTHER NATION- ALITIES, HAS REPORTED FOLLOWING INTERESTING FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS WHICH STATION BELIEVES MAY BE WORTH REGISTERING IN HSS MCHAOS FILES. 2. AT LECTURRE AT HOME of 201-879961, WILLIAMS STATED THAT HE KEN JILANCE HAD ARRANGED ASSASSINTATION MARTIN LUTHER KING . STATED THAT HE ALSO SUSPECTED JLANCE INVOLVEMENT IN ASSASSINA- TION WALCOLM X BUT ALSO SUGSED JALANCE ABOUT THIS AS ABOUT ASSASSINE- TION KING. 3. WILLIANS HAS MAD NO LUCK IN GETTING VISA FROM CHICONS FOR PERKING VISIT. HE TOLD JEPYXI IN GETTING VISA TO GO TO PEING TO GET CHICOM CONNIMENT TO PLAN FOR UNIFIED EFFORT AMONG ALL COLORED PEOPLES TO FIGHT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION WORLDWIDE, HE NOW SENSES THAT HE GETTING SOMEWHAT OF RUNAROUND FROM CHICHOS. ACTION 8630 2-1-Chino 2-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-30 2-4 -3-5.5-5 2-6 -5-Sction Rile.

Summary: The document is a U.S. government report dated August 71 (likely 1971) detailing interactions between Hosea Williams, an SCLC leader, and Ethiopian officials during his visit to Addis Ababa. It notes that Williams reported Hosea Williams stated Jilance had arranged the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and suspected Jilance's involvement in Malcolm X's assassination. The report also mentions Williams' visa issues for China, his attempts to secure support from Chinese authorities for a unified effort against racial discrimination, and his ambivalent attitude toward MLK's background compared to his own. Williams expressed concerns about individual freedoms in Africa and acknowledged better prospects for Black Americans than Africans. The document includes an evaluation of Williams as intelligent and capable, contrasting him with Jono Logan.  

Key People: Hosea Williams, Jilance, Jono Logan  
Key Locations: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, China (Peking), New Delhi  
Key Events: Hosea Williams' visit to Ethiopia, alleged assassination plots against MLK and Malcolm X, visa attempts for China, discussions on racial discrimination and individual freedoms  
Key Organizations: SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

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