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The documents include multiple FBI records related to an investigation into potential threats against Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). Arthur Irwin, president of Irving GMC, Inc., reported attending a 1968 National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Miami Beach where discussions about MLK’s assassination were mentioned. A man from Bristol, Tennessee, and others at the event speculated that a group might be responsible for MLK’s death. Irwin noted some attendees drank heavily during the gathering. Later records reference John A. Jensen, proprietor of General Motors Service and Truck Company in Fairfield, Connecticut, who claimed to have predictive abilities regarding assassinations, including JFK and RFK. Jensen also mentioned interactions with individuals like Mrs. Callahan, who expressed distress over MLK’s assassination. The FBI documented these accounts as part of an investigation into potential threats, though no direct link to MLK's murder was established.  

Key People:  
- Arthur Irwin (president of Irving GMC, Inc.)  
- John A. Jensen (proprietor of General Motors Service and Truck Company)  
- Frank Copadorate Jr. (Goodsture Motor Tennessee)  
- Mrs. Callahan (pregnant woman from Bristol, Tennessee)  
- James Earl May (English professor, informant on Klan activities)  

Key Locations:  
- Lima, Ohio  
- Miami Beach, Florida  
- Fairfield, Connecticut  
- New Haven, Connecticut  
- Memphis, Tennessee  
- Nashville, Tennessee  

Key Events:  
- 1968 National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Miami Beach (discussions about MLK’s assassination)  
- Jensen’s claims of extrassensory perception and predictions about assassinations (JFK, RFK)  
- FBI investigation into potential threats against MLK (coded as "Murkin")  
- Mention of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (NKKKK) and its activities in 1960–1968  

Key Organizations:  
- National Automobile Dealers Association  
- General Motors Service and Truck Company  
- National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. (NKKKK)  
- FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

MLK Declassified Files

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