</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 SECRET- OGC-01370-99 CL BY: 2122073 CL REASON: Section 1.5 c DECL ON: X1 DRV PRM: HUM 4-82 5 April 1999 MEMORANDUM FOR: Joycelyn S. Reese@DCI Guyron C. Watts@DCi FROM: Tammy J. Beninger @ DO Policy and Coordination Staff/ Litigation Branch OFFICE: DO/PCS/CL SUBJECT: DO/DC/Response to Record Searches - Assassination of Martin Luther King REFERENCE: OGC.LD-1999-50179 1. The following is in response to your request for information concerning the assassination of Martin Luther King. As you stated in your request DOJ has been instructed by the Attorney General to conduct an investigation into allegations regarding the assessment. 2. PCS/CS/CL conducted searches reasonably calculated to identify responsive information and have ascented the following: A search of the DO record system during the time-frame 1968, located several files on the terms Memphis, Tennessee and Martin Luther King. After retrieving the index records OGC indicated the files to be ordered. These files have been retrieved from archives and are available for review. 3. Please contact me if you have additional questions or if I can be of further assistance. Thanks Tammy (75349) CC: Judith B. CYLEAR@DO Teresa L. Cook@DO Sent on 5 April 1999 at 09:22:49 AM SECRET Kent to Ray 10/10/10

Summary: This memorandum responds to a request for information regarding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., detailing the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigation into allegations related to the event. The DOJ was instructed by the Attorney General to conduct an investigation. A search of the DOJ record system during the timeframe 1968 identified files related to Memphis, Tennessee, and Martin Luther King Jr. These files were retrieved from archives and are available for review. The memorandum notes that additional inquiries should be directed to Tammy J. Beninger.  

Key People: Tammy J. Beninger (sender), Joycelyn S. Reese, Guyron C. Watts  
Key Locations: Memphis, Tennessee  
Key Events: DOJ investigation into MLK Jr.'s assassination allegations, record searches in 1968, retrieval of archived files for review  
Key Organizations: Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Policy and Coordination Staff/Coordination Branch (PCS/CS/CL)  

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