</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 141475 SECRET- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 2 MAY 1958 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director Federal Bureau of Investigation mantale SUBJECT Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Florida Pebble News Alles, Houseyour Message: 1. Reference dated 25 April 1968 Agency's out message: number 94270 dated 25 Apr 1968 amercenary, out message. nation of Dr. Martin Luther KING, Jr, 2. On April 1-01 Roderick, Jr National born in 1971. Clarifin BROWN, a Panamanian 2. Of April 1973, Clarifrin BROWN. A Panamanan of the Republic of Panama as signed a depository, the Venezuela highlights of which are as follows: Vinded (DENI) Alabama. (1) On 26 October 1962 to served as cook/seaman aboard the Texaco S.S. Southampton which docked at Mobile, (2) While on a shore visit to the Mobile airport M.P. on the morning of 26 October 1963 in the company of two Yellow Panamanican seamen, who was approached by Marvin P. Maroon Kittrell, Panamaian seamen. He was appointed by South Clinton Street, Athens, Alabama, who after ascertaining BROWN was a Panamanaman seaman, asked if he knew of Dr Martin Luther KING, Jr." (3) LITTRELL inquired whether BROWN is interested in employment, the details of which were unscribed. He went to describe the DR. KING of our greatest problem who is causing the dr. KING to give BROWN a business card to use in the event he was interested in pursuing the employ- ment offer. REC-69 (4) On 28 January, 1963 BROWN(a) a job from New York City, stating he was interested in a job and 3 ENGLOSURE EX 106 with BN HN 3 a 2e ee.00.0.0 SECRET. 7 MAY 13 1968-jh 4 Xerof Copio maisie NHH: 4723 DocId: 326139958 Sparrel Language

Summary:  
The document details interactions between Roderick Claflin Brown, a Panamanian seaman, and Marvin P. Littrell, an individual associated with Alabama, in 1963. Brown met Littrell at Mobile Airport during a shore visit aboard the Texaco S.S. Southampton. Littrell offered Brown a job in Alabama but questioned why Brown requested $75 for travel to Mobile, noting that bus fare was less than $40. Brown later suspected the job offer was linked to activities involving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leading him to abandon the opportunity. After MLK's assassination in April 1968, Brown returned to Panama and provided a sworn statement to authorities in Panama City, detailing his conversations with Littrell and his concerns about the potential connection between the job offer and threats against MLK. The document includes a letter from Littrell dated February 2, 1963, reiterating the job offer and questioning the travel expense.  

Key People:  
- Roderick Claflin Brown (Panamanian seaman)  
- Marvin P. Littrell (individual associated with Alabama)  
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (subject of suspected assassination-related activities)  

Key Locations:  
- Mobile Airport, Alabama  
- Panama City, Panama  
- New York City  
- Athens, Alabama  

Key Events:  
- Brown’s 1963 shore visit to Mobile Airport and meeting Littrell  
- Job offer from Littrell in Alabama, with financial discrepancies noted  
- Brown’s suspicion the job was tied to threats against MLK  
- Brown’s return to Panama in 1964 and subsequent sworn statement to authorities post-MLK assassination  
- Littrell’s February 1963 letter reiterating the job offer  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- National Investigation Department (Panama)

MLK Declassified Files

06556322_dr_martin_luther_king_j.pdf

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