</s>104-10120-10487 2021 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 21 December 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group FROM : John S. Hunt) : REverend Martin Luther King, Jr. SUBJECT Department of Justice Request 1. Reference is made to our 21 October 1976 (OS 64363/A) response to a Department of Justice request which forwarded to the General Counsel copies of numerous Office of Security documents which the Department of justice had asked to review. 2. On 17 December 1976 five Department of JUSTICE attorneys, headed by Mr. Frederick G. Folsom, met with the undersigned and Mr. George Jameson of the Office of General Counsel to review the referenced material. Mr. Maurice Council to review and reference material. to make certain Directorate of Operations documents available for review. 3. Mr./ Mr. Folson and his associates reviewed all of the Office of Security documents new and in general commented that they had not discovered any new or starting information, and in face had not disclosed any other or no smoking guns in your (CIA's) files. Folson there are no smoking gun in your to request any copies of Agency documents, although he did not precure such a possibility in the future and asked that the documents to maintain the Office and General Counsel pending completion of the Departmentof Justice's inquiry. 4. Mr ., Jameson will advise the undersigned should he receive any additional requests from the Department to Justice in this regard. John S.Hunt Security Analysis Group E2 IMPDET CL BY 007472 CUNTIDENTIAL

Summary  
This document is a memorandum dated 21 December 1976 from John S. Hunt, Security Analysis Group, to the Chief, Security Analysis Group. It references a prior response (OS 64363/A) from 21 October 1976 regarding a Department of Justice request for Office of Security documents related to Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. On 17 December 1976, five Department of Justice attorneys, led by Frederick G. Folsom, met with Hunt and George Jameson of the Office of General Counsel to review the materials. The DOJ attorneys concluded that no new or significant information was found in the CIA’s files, noting there were "no smoking guns" in the documents. They did not request copies of agency documents but asked to maintain the files pending completion of the Department of Justice’s inquiry. Jameson was instructed to advise Hunt if further requests arose.  

Key People  
- John S. Hunt (Security Analysis Group)  
- Frederick G. Fols, Department of Justice attorney  
- George Jameson (Office of General Counsel)  
- Maurice Council (referenced in context of review)  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C. (implied via agencies involved)  

Key Events  
- Meeting on 17 December 1976 between DOJ attorneys and Security Analysis Group officials  
- Review of Office of Security documents related to Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.  
- DOJ’s determination that no new or significant information was disclosed in the CIA files  

Key Organizations  
- Department of Justice  
- Office of Security (CIA)  
- Office of General Counsel

MLK Declassified Files

00554296_memoreverend_martin_luthe_104-10120-10467.pdf

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