</s>104-10178-10185 2023 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET. 2 MAY 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director X R.M. FEDERAL BUREAU of INVESTIGATION P.M P. M. P.R. P. R. SUBJECT Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr. P. P.C. P.L. 1. Reference is made to this Agency's out message: number: 9470 2470 25 April 1966 concerning the assassist- nation of 4770 2475 25 April 1968 concerning the assassination- 2. On 16 April 1975 Claflin BROWN, a Panamanian nation born on July 1917 in British Honduras, voluntarily appointment of the President of the British Investigation (DMI) of the Republic of Panama and as a delegation, the appointment was held in the following following the highlights of which he signed a deposition, the (1) (On 26 October 1962) was served as cook/seaman above the Republic as a member of the National Security Agency. Albany. (2) (3) While on a shore visit to the Mobile airport on the more than 26 October 1963 to be served as a Mobile Airport following of 26 October 1982 in the company of two LITTRELL, owner of LITTREILL Motor Co. in the 21st-South Carlton LITTREELL, Owner of LITRELL Motor Co ., 921-South Clinton a Pannamanian soanan, asked if he knew he knew to Martin Luther KING, Jr." (3) LITTREEILL, asked whether BROWN was interested in employment, the details of which were unspeoosed. He won to describe his KING as "Our greatest problem who to use in the event he was interested in pursuing the employ- to use on the event He was interested In pursuing the employer- mont offer. (4) (4) On 28 January 1963 BROWN wrote LITTLELL from New York City, stating he was interested in a job and SECRET RECORD CGY RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce

Summary:  
The document contains a series of fragmented and partially redacted records related to an investigation involving Claflin Brown, a Panamanian national born in British Honduras, and his interactions with Marvin P. Littrell, owner of Littrell Motor Co., in Mobile, Alabama. Brown was reportedly offered employment by Littrell in 1963, with discussions about travel expenses for relocation. The text references a deposition by Brown, which includes Spanish-language content possibly related to an investigation into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). The records also mention a "deposition re King Assassination" and reference a letter dated February 2, 1963, from Littrell to Brown regarding job arrangements. Additional fragments include coded or garbled text in Spanish, possibly part of an intelligence report, referencing events in Panama, Mobile Airport, and connections to MLK’s assassination. The documents are marked as declassified under the JFK Assassination Records Act and reference internal FBI/NSA coordination.  

Key People:  
- Claflin Brown (Panamanian national, born in British Honduras)  
- Marvin P. Littrell (owner of Littrell Motor Co., Mobile, Alabama)  
- Victor Rivier (mentioned in Spanish-language text, possibly linked to Panamanian intelligence operations)  
- James Angleton (Deputy Director for Plans, CIA)  

Key Locations:  
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile Airport)  
- Panama City, Panama (National Security Agency operations)  
- British Honduras (Claflin Brown’s birthplace)  
- New York City (travel and employment context)  

Key Events:  
- Employment discussions between Claflin Brown and Marvin P. Littrell in 1963  
- Reference to a deposition by Brown regarding MLK’s assassination  
- Mention of travel expenses for relocation to Alabama  
- Fragmented Spanish-language intelligence report referencing events tied to MLK’s assassination  
- Internal FBI/NSA coordination on the case  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- National Security Agency (NSA)  
- Panamanian intelligence operations (implied through references to "Secession of the Independence of the Caférica Caffès Brita")

MLK Declassified Files

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