</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 141476 UNCLASSIFIED Received: 02/25/99 05:29:22 PM ASGMT NUMBER: L9800208 ASGMT NAME: ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING; IN RE OGC - DOCUMENT RECORD DOC NUMBER : OGC-LD-1999-00447 REFERENCE NO: ASGMT TYPE(S): CIVIL DOCUMENT DATE: 02/17/99 DATE RECEIVED: 02/25//99 AUTHOR: BARRY F. KOWALSKI AUTHORS: ORG: DOJ ADDRESSESEE: ROBERT D. CAUDLE ADDRESSEE: ORGC: OGC FIRST ROUTED TO: GUYRON C. WATTS COPIES TO: *(NONE)* DOCUMent DESCRIPTION THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH MR. BILL LANN LEE AND OTHERS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION ON FEB. 16, 1999 UNCLASSIFIED-

Summary: This document is an internal record of a meeting between representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on February 16, 1999. It outlines agreed-upon actions regarding the investigation into the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., including the provision of documents, access to polygraphers, and information requests about Marrel McColloch and federal assets in Memphis, Tennessee, during March and April 1968. The letter also references prior investigations by the House Select Committee on Assassination and the Department of Justice in 1977, seeking clarification on potential disclosures by the CIA.  

Key People: Bill Lann Lee (Acting Assistant Attorney General), Barry F. Kowalski (Special Litigation Counsel), Robert D. Caudle (Chief, Litigation Division, Office of General Counsel, CIA), Marrel McColloch.  

Key Locations: Memphis, Tennessee; Washington, D.C.  

Key Events: Meeting between DOJ and CIA on February 16, 1999; investigation into MLK's assassination; requests for documents, polygraphers, and information on federal assets in Memphis during March-April 1968; reference to prior investigations by the House Select Committee on Assassination and the Department of Justice in 1977.  

Key Organizations: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Office of General Counsel, CIA; House Select Committee on Assassination.

MLK Declassified Files

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