</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14179 57º DISP NO BORNET TELEPOUCH - UFGA-29877 FILE NO - NONE MICROFILMED DATE - 4/4 APRIL 1968 APR 15 1988 INDEXING - NOME DOC. MICRO. BER MICRO FILM - NORE - CHIEF, WH DIVISION TO INFO - CHIEP, WH/COG, CHIEF, VOLUME - CHIFF OF STATION, JAWAVE SUBJECT - O SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, TAI APRIL, 1968 LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION DURING THE PERIOD 5-8 APRIL. HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE AMOTS- GRAMA (HAVANA DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AM GRAMA (HAVANA) DAILY NEWSAPER of THE COMMUNISM PARTY of CUBAY, APRIL 68 - FRONT PAGE - "LAST MINUTE NEWS - MARIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINTED IN MEMPHIS, U.S.A. A WHITE WELL-DRESSED TO FIRST REPORTS, LUTHEK KING HAS BEGEN SHOT BY A WHITE WELT-Dressed YOUNG MALE .* GRAMA, A APRIL ., FROM PAGE - TWENTY-SEVEN PERSONS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE U. S. AS A RESULT OF THE FIGHTING WHICH HAS BEEM GOING ON SINCE THE ASSASSINDATION OF MARTIN Luther KING. IN WASHING- TON ALONE THERE ARE 750 WOUNDED AND 4,186 PERSONS ARRESTED. SNIPERS HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL ARE UNDER HEAVY GUARD .* / FULL INFORMATION GRANA, Y APRIL ,, LAST PAGE .- TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP - BROWN .,WASHINGTON, LAPRIL, ASSOCIATED FRENCH PRESS - APP, FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AX LEAFLES WERE DISTRIBUTED HERE THIS MONKING, URGING THE NEGRO PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON WERE GO TO RICRICHMORD TO LIBERAING, RAP BROWN ... YTHE LEAFLETS CALLED ON THE NECRETS TO FORM A MUOR- CADE AND LEAVE FOR RICHNORD TOMORROW .* TELEPouch PAGE ONE 319 CLASSIFICATION REVIEW CONDUCTEDUCTED ON 2.M.27.8 by authority of the United States by authority to: 0.722.00292973 <loc_31><loc_950>J.IMPRET 0.979.07.9.7.723.729.727.7

Summary:  
This document details Cuban media coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. It includes reports from Cuban newspapers such as *GRAMA* (Havana Daily Newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba) and radio stations like *Radio Liberación* and *Radio Progreso*. The coverage highlights the immediate aftermath, including violence in the U.S., arrests, and calls for revolutionary action. It references statements by figures like Stokely Carmichael, who advocated for armed resistance against systemic racism, and mentions organizations categorized as violent or non-violent. Cuban officials and media outlets frame King's assassination as a catalyst for racial unrest, linking it to broader struggles against U.S. imperialism and oppression. The text also notes international solidarity messages from groups like the Asian-African-Latin American People’s Solidarity Organization (ALAPSO) and references U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s response to the crisis.

Key People:  
- Stokely Carmichael (Black Power leader, advocated revolutionary violence)  
- Fidel Castro Ruz (Cuban revolutionary leader, mentioned in solidarity messages)  
- Juanita Carrasco (author of an article on U.S. racial organizations)  
- Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S. President, referenced in media analysis of his response to unrest)  

Key Locations:  
- Memphis, Tennessee (site of King’s assassination)  
- Havana, Cuba (headquarters of *GRAMA* and Cuban radio stations)  
- Washington, D.C. (center of U.S. civil rights protests and arrests)  

Key Events:  
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee  
- Violent riots and unrest in the U.S. following the assassination  
- Statements by Cuban officials and media outlets condemning U.S. racial policies  
- International solidarity messages from organizations like ALAPSO  

Key Organizations:  
- Communist Party of Cuba (publisher of *GRAMA*)  
- Black Panther Party (categorized as a violent organization)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC, non-violent group)  
- Asian-African-Latin American People’s Solidarity Organization (ALAPSO)  
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, non-violent group)

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