</s>104-10332-10010 JFK ACT RELEASE MEMORANDUM To: Assassination Records Review Board RELEASE C.INFORMATION C: David G. Marwell IN THIS DOCUMENT From: T. Jeremy Gunr Date: October 15, 1996 Subject: ARRB Staff Recommendations for Processing Records in the Segregated Collections and Records that Contain Information Having "No Apparent Relevance" (NAR) to the Assassination of President Kennedy. Introduction Federal government records coming within the Review Board's mandate typically fall into one of two categories: (a) groups of the Federal agency records readily identifiable as being directly relevant to the assassination of President Kenny, and (b) the "Segregated Collections" or "Segregated Collections." (or "Sequestioned Collections" of "Federal agencies, which consist of records that had been requested for examination by the HSCA or other government body in conjunction with an investigation of the Kennedy assassination, which the first category that includes the FBI's "Core and Related files" (including, for the first file category of July, July, the work investigation files) and the CIA's Oswald 201 file. Most of the work investigations filed in the CIA's postponents from this first category of records. The Board of Reviewing, proposed postponents in these records on a word-by-word basis. With only a few exceptions, these records have been understood to be relevant to be reassessment and have been reviewed accordingly. Although the detailed review of these records has "These other government bodies include the Church Committee, the Pike Committee, the Abzug Committee, and the Rockefeller Commission. A separate category of documents consists of records requested by these government bodies in conjunctions of documents consist of records issued by these governors bodies in non-Kennedy with their work that was unrelated to the Kennedy assassination. These mandate. However, if any record was in this category, do not mention within the Board's that would enhance the historical understanding of the Kennedy assassination, the Board could, of course, designate as an "assassination record." "There were some records in this first categor that had no apparent relevance to the assassination. Postponents of these record were nevertheless reviewed on a word-by word basis and the records were released by the Board.

Summary  
The document details declassified files from Reel 9, Folder 16, which contain records related to Martin Luther King Jr., his assassination investigation, and associated entities. The file labeled "201" spans 1964–1968 and includes newspaper articles documenting international reactions to King’s activism and death, cable reports on Latin American and Caribbean responses, and FBI materials from surveillance of King in Miami in 1966. Additional folders reference unrelated topics such as John Howard Lawson, defectors like Sergey Uzlov, and photo surveillance at Cuban embassies in Mexico City, which are marked as non-relevant (NBR) to the MLK assassination investigation.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr.  
- FBI agents (implied through surveillance records)  
- John Howard Lawson (linked to HSCA report on defectors similar to Oswald)  
- Sergey Uzlov (defector providing information on Lee Harvey Oswald)  

Key Locations  
- Miami, Florida (FBI surveillance of MLK Jr.)  
- Cuba (Cuban Embassy in Mexico City; photo surveillance logs)  
- Latin America and the Caribbean (reactions to King’s activities and death)  

Key Events  
- FBI surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. in Miami, 1966  
- Documentation of international reactions to MLK’s assassination and activism  
- Review of files related to defectors and Cold War-era intelligence operations (not directly tied to MLK)  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- New York chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC)

MLK Declassified Files

00927256_arrb-staff_recommendation_104-10332-10010.pdf

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