</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 UNCLASSIFIED ERNAL CONFIDENTIAL SECRET ONLY ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT. (Optional) Review Staff 75-2951, 12 September 1975 FROM: Philip F. Fendig EXENSION NO. Philip f. Fendi 1283 DATE DC/EUR 16 September 1975 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and DATE building) OFFICIEL COMMENTS (Number each comment) to show from whom INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) 1. RECEIVED FORWARD to whom, Draw a Line across column. After each comment! SA/DDO Mr. Fuller 2. Cable altadial 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. SSC/E/UR 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED- 3-02

Summary:  
The documents include memos from 1975 discussing the release of CIA and FBI records related to Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). A reference notes an intelligence report dated 28 September 1964 about MLK’s meetings with Italian Communist Party (PCI) and Socialist Party (PSI) leaders in Rome on 18 September 1961, discussing U.S. organizations in Italy. Another document references a CIA teletype dissent (76361) from 29 October 1965, which was withheld due to sensitivity concerns. A separate entry mentions a CIA report from 23 October 1963 about MLK’s secretary visiting Juan Perón in Madrid, with phonetic name variations noted. The FBI requested approval to release these documents to the Security Service (SSC), highlighting potential connections between MLK’s activities and international political movements.  

Key People:  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)  
- Dr. Martin Luther King (likely same individual as above)  
- Juan Perón (Argentine leader)  
- PCI (Italian Communist Party) leaders: Vello/SPANO, Ugo/KACI, Paolo-AVITORILLI, Pacio/LUZZATO  
- PSI (Italian Socialist Party) leaders: Paolo-AVITORILLI, Pacio/LUZZATO  

Key Locations:  
- Rome, Italy (1961 meetings)  
- Madrid, Spain (Perón-related activities)  

Key Events:  
- MLK’s 1961 meetings with Italian Communist and Socialist Party leaders in Rome.  
- CIA teletype dissent (76361) from 29 October 1965, withheld for sensitivity.  
- 1963 report of MLK’s secretary visiting Juan Perón in Madrid, with phonetic name variations.  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Italian Communist Party (PCI)  
- Italian Socialist Party (PSI)  
- Security Service (SSC)

MLK Declassified Files

07171114_review_staff_75_2931_12.pdf

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