" 2 . , , Date: 12/18/98 Page: 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM Peleased under the John AGENCY INFORMATION OO - Kennedy . WSsassination Records AGENCY : ; Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD NUMBER : —0<020- /64-/04U 33- /OA03 (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES : JFK ase#:NW 53216 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER : RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE 6-13-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO : TITLE : DISPATCH:COMMUNIST COMMENTS ON THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING/REFERENCE .TO "BLACK POWER" CONCEPT DATE : 04/10/68 PAGES : 5 SUBJECTS : KING DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED . RESTRICTIONS : OPEN IN FULL fosT PoneD> in Gute CURRENT STATUS : OPEN DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 12/18/98 OPENING CRITERIA : ' COMMENTS : JFK-RH19:F09 1998.12.18.11:27:19:733129: FILE ORIGINAL: IS PREVIOUSLY SANITIZED DOCUMENT (R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 532716 DBocld:32397520 Page 1
WwW 33216 Docld: 32397520 .Page 2 . SrA TAK AAO RNa Gusto aS neon neni niet ; ; CN eee ee ~ gee ar . — Communist Comments Ob wie fieath of Martin Lu Reference to "Black Power" Concept ; boots REQUINED - REFERENCES . ; . 7 ther Kin 1. Attached for Headquarters retention are one copy each of statements on the death of Martin Luther King by the Dominican Communist Party (PCD), the Communist 14th of June Revolutionary Movement (MR-1J4), and various trade unions. All appeared in the 7 April, 1968 issue of El Nacional. 2, The test of the PCD statement makes reference to the visit of Stokely Carmichael to the Latin American Solidarity Organization Conference (GASO), quotes a statement by Fidel astro on Carmichael and the concept of "Black Power,” and ne sses the solidarity of the PCD'with the struggle of American Negroes. The MR-1J4 statement, only available rist, says that King's death reveals the profound crisis existing within US society and: shows that for the “racist forces," violence is the only law and is applied to internal . and external enemies alkzke. - - : oO - cr yor oy tatement issues a call to violence on the oon aot) at hemes APPROVED FOR RELEA Date C/N G+e4 ; ATTACHMENT: rs As Stated tee ] oe metronome ’ enamel . .
bene ee mne mentee i ee ames eer rere ony sams eee et tee aed reenmhe ‘ toda santte adeeb ‘ ’ tote ‘ - pos organizaciones izquierdis- tes condenaron hoy la mterte del reverendo Martin Lutber King’ - i En comunicados separados el -” Partido Comunista Dominicano y el Movimiento Revolucionario 14 de Junio dicen solicarizarse con el movimiento negro de Jos Esta- dos Unidos, 9 re ve . - El) PCD sehala que el asesinato ? gel Ifder pacifista ha tenido *justa respuesta” en Ja violencia desata- da en jas ciudaces mis importantes de los, Estados Unidos que ha obli- 7 gado a que el presidente Johnson ~ cancelara su viaje al exterior para : conversaciones de paz en Vietnam, } Dice respaléar la rebelién, y jos - = pronunciamientos Gel der negro _ Stokely Carmichael “ya que €) Gnico * camino en jos Estados Unidos para _ librarse de Ja violencia de los ma- * Jes, que pidece es? puedlo esta vio- fe weremessemiee 8 - ite -es apli -* “Entiende Ja organizacién politica AE. wy rs t Jencia revolucicnaria quecerrum ~~ to bard el sistema imperialisia™.’ mo El PCD demandd de las organi- ~ zaciones polticas y sindicales Ges - prrollar actividades en 2poyo a la Jucha de los negres norteamerica- nos, ~ oe ant > Por su parte el 14 de Junio con- ~ . -sider6 que el esesinato GelPremio -" : Nébel de la Paz revela la profunda ~- crisis en queh2entrado la sociecad. . norteamericana,-- “0 os Demuestra, segan el 14 de Junio, que para Jas Tuerzas racistas oe finica ley es la violencia y ave ésta te 7, c2da a todo enemigo inter- , no o exierno? que S? revele contra. el jmperiobruial”™. - ot oo sree erendo Lu *-- : ensehanza”™*» - > la. . Lo yo “que la muerte del rev ther King es wna gran para Jos de 5u raza gue sufren -opresion racista, a ae en . 9 HW 53716 DocId: 32397520 Page 3