</s>12/9/75 AIRTEL AIR MAIL TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (44-3886) FROM:SAC, BUFFALO (44)-3741) MURKIN Re Buffalo nitel dated 11/28/75 relating to newspaper publicity, etc ., at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. concerning efforts to reopen investigation of Dr. KING's death in the United States. Re nitell reflected that one HANDAI was reported to Toronto Police Department (MFD), Toronto since he reportedly had information relating to a former metropolitan police department. He said he was a former CLIFFORD and ANDREWS, aka aka. K. WARREN. As noted as referenced nitel ANDREW, according to Toronto newspaper publicity reportedly could testify to his participation in the plot to assassinate DR. KING. Homicide on 12/9./75, Staff Sgt. GERALD A. STEVENSON, Quad, MTD, Toronto, He had been responsible for an investigation into Toronto which led to HAROLD KIRK'S subsequent incarceration at St. Munco and that Kirk, probably because he remembered STEVENSON's name called the homicide he made reference. 3/15 PM, on 11/29/75 at which time to be interviewed. to be interested. Sgt. STEWENSON advised that he interviewed KIRR later on that afternoon at Minico and that he appeared intended to impress STEVENN with his importance due to his former association with CLIFFORD H. ANDREMS. 4/4-3/74-395 2-Bureau (AM) WIC.cdm Searched Sorialized 2R 3) adm Indexed Filed 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

The documents detail FBI investigations into Martin Luther King Jr.'s (MLK) assassination, focusing on James Earl Ray as a suspect and broader counterintelligence efforts during the Cold War. The FBI conducted electronic surveillance of MLK under suspicion of communist ties but denied allegations of illegal activities. Ray was convicted in 1969 for MLK's murder, though he claimed innocence and sought retrials citing legal irregularities. The text references ongoing debates about government complicity, conspiracy theories involving the CIA and FBI, and congressional probes into MLK’s assassination alongside JFK and RFK. Some documents mention unrelated topics like hotel investigations, administrative records, and coded identifiers (e.g., "44-374" as a placeholder for an SSN). The content includes fragmented or garbled text in some sections, complicating full contextualization.  

Key People:  
- **James Earl Ray** (accused of MLK’s assassination)  
- **Martin Luther King Jr.** (assassination subject)  
- **Richard Sprague** (former House counsel, alleged conspiracy claims)  
- **Henry Locke** (local black leader reacting to FBI tactics)  
- **FBI agents** (involved in investigations)  
- **John F. Kennedy** (mentioned in unrelated contexts)  

Key Locations:  
- **Memphis, Tennessee** (MLK’s assassination site)  
- **Buffalo, New York** (reference to coded identifiers)  
- **Birmingham, Alabama** (FBI surveillance location)  
- **Washington, D.C.** (House committee investigations)  
- **Atlanta, Georgia** (MLK’s residence and activities)  

Key Events:  
- FBI surveillance of MLK under Cold War counterintelligence programs  
- James Earl Ray’s 1969 conviction for MLK’s assassination  
- Legal appeals by Ray citing procedural issues in his trial  
- Congressional investigations into JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations  
- Claims of conspiracy involving U.S. agencies (CIA, FBI)  
- Hotel investigations and financial records (unrelated to MLK)  

Key Organizations:  
- **Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)**  
- **Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)**  
- **U.S. House of Representatives committees**  
- **New York City Police Department**  
- **U.S. Department of Justice**  
- **National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)**  

Note: The documents contain placeholders for social security numbers, such as "44-374," which are replaced with "[SSN REDACTED]" in this summary.

MLK Declassified Files

44-bf-374_sec_005_ser_337-part_3_of_3.pdf

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