SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA TREATMENT OF THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, TAI APRIL 1968

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• Case Number: F-2012-02055
• Publication Date: April 11, 1968

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TREATMENT OF THE DEATH OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING, TAT APR IL 1968
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MART IN
LUTHER KING A SSA SSINAT ION- DURING THE PERIOD 5-8 APRIL HAS BEEN
PREPARED BY THE
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GR A NMA (HAVANA DAIL Y , NEW SPAPER OF � THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF
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CUBA/ 9,T APRIL- 689 FRONT. PAGE- - "LAST :MINUTE -NEWS 7 MART IN LUTHER
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KING ASSASSINATED IN MEMPHIS,. U .S.A... ACCORDING 1.0 FIRST REPORTS,.
LUTHER KING HAS BEEN SHOT BY A 'WHITE WELL-DRESSED � 'YOUNG MALE
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)0.1- GRANMA APRIL, ,FRONT PAGE - � "TWENTY-SEVEN PERSONS .HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN THE, U.S. AS A RESULT � OF THE FIGHTING WHICH � HAS BEEN
GOING ON SINCE THE AS.SASSINAT ION OF MART IN LUTHER KING. IN WASHING-.
TON ALONE .T HERE ARE 750 WOUNDED AND I,186 PERSONS ARRESTED* SNIPERS �
CONTINUE O BE ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN � THE .U..S2 THE WHITE
..HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL ARE UNDER HEAVY � GUARD.", /FULL INFORMATION
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CRANMA.0 2' APRIL, LAST' PAGE - "TO�RICHMOND TO LIBERATE RAP
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"/WASHINGIONs, ),I-APRIL, ASSOCIATED FRENCH PRESS - .AFP9
FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AX LEAFLETS WERE -DISTRIBUTED HERE THIS MOHN.ING.,
. URGING THE *NEGRO PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON TO GO TO RICHMOND TO. LIBERATE
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CADE AND LEAVE OR. R empNo TOMORROW MONDAY,'
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.GR A NMA APR IL LAST -PAGE ARTICLE ENT ITLED " PR INCIPAL
lEGR b. ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U. S. "., BY JUANA . CARRASCO.. THE .ARTICLE
..;AYS THAT NEGRO ORGANIZ AT IONS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS 7 THE
I CLENT ONES AND THE NON�VIOLENT ONES, . IT MENTIONS THE FOLLOWING
AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE THE USE �OF VIOLENCE 7 CONGRESS OF RACIAL
::':.QUAL IT Y /CORE,, STUDENT NON�VIOLENT .COORD INATING COMM ITTEE 'ISNCC/,
BLACK MUSLIMS, BLACK 'PANTHER FART?, BLACKSTONE: RANGERS THE ALERT
PATROL, REVOLUT IONAR Y ACTION MOVEMENT /fi AM / THE �BLACK GUARDS .THE
L)EACONS 9 AND �THE U. S. � 4 THE FOLLOWING NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS ARE
1ENT IONED AMONG THOSE WHICH ADVOCATE NON�VIOLENCE 7 NATIONAL ASSO7
GIAT ION .FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
URBAN LEAGUE, 'A AND THE .SOUTHERN
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CHR-IST IAN .LEADER.SHIP CONFERENCE
GR A NMA .1. APRIL, LAST PAGE 7 ,41ATTEMPT S ARE BING MADE TO
LAME CARM ICHAEL FOR THE OUTBREAK OF 'RACIAL VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. "
GR A NMA 9 -r APR IL 9. LAST PAGE RAC AL. CLASHES BETWEEN NEGRO,
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AND WHITE AMER ICAN SOLDIERS IN JAPAN
GR NMA -r APR IL 9 LAST PAGE. 7 �OJT HE AMER ICA N NEGRO PEOPLE,
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1,tir GR NMA X APRIL, LAST PAGE 7 "MARTYRS OF THE NEGRO
STRUGGLE.
..OPT RADIO LIBERACION AND RADIO PROGRESO /HAVANA RADIO ST AT IONS/9.
APRIL, �UW.PL AM. AND. -12 NOON 'THE CHIEF. OF THE MISSION TO. CUBA
.THE SOUTH �VIETNAMESE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRQN.T. . HAS. SENT A .MESA
AFRO�AMERICANS10 ON THE ASSA SSINAT ION OF THE LEADER, MARTIN LUTHER
1( 'NG. THIS MESSAGE SAYS THAT THE CRIME WHICH WAS COMMITTED� AGAINST
_1ART IN LUTHER KING UNMASKS THE EVIL ..FACE OF THE RULERS AND RACISTS
f?F THE UNITED ST ATE So " " THE MESSAGE .OF THE VIETNAMESE MISSIONLN
HAVANA ENDS BY SAYING THAT, W IT H THE A SSASSINAT ION OF LUTHER K ING
'LL THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY IRE RULER S OF THE UNITED STATES
TO. POUR OIL ONTO THE FLAMES OF THE STRUGGLE OF. AFRO�AMERICANS,
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'.ND THAT THESE FLAMES ARE RISING-VIOLENTLY TO PUT AN END TO ALL THE
.)PPRE SS ION AND INJUSTICE WHICH IS FOUND IN THE 'UNITED STATES, WHICH
HINDERS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MILLIONS. OF PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY. "
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Will' RADIO LIBERACION, ?'APRIL, REP P.M. - 44'.STOKELY CARMICHAEL,
.:LEADER OF BLACK POWER, SAID. WE NEGROES MUST ARM OURSELVES. WITH
4?IFLES. AND PISTOLS.ANO-LAUNCVAN:ASSAULT ON THE STREETS OF THE
_CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN REPRISAL
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FOR KING'S ASSASSINATION.*
cARMIOHAEL PREDICTED THAT;:.T HERE WILL SET EXECUTIONS IN THE STREETS AS
A RESULT OF KING'S ASSASSINATION.- HE ALSO PREDICTED � THAT THE.
JIOLENCE.WHICH HAS BEEk. UNLEASHED BY NEGROES AS A . RESULT. OF . KING ".S..
.-D-EATH WILL BE PALE AS COMPARED .- TO. LW.HAT.,W ILL . HAPPEN IN -AMERICAN
CITIES."
...Q-ett RADIO HABANA; APR a �,,Y"-P. M., X JUTS S/. DEATH SHOWS
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ONCE AGAIN THAT THE EXPLOITED MASSES CAN ONLY ANSWER. REACTIONARY
VIOLENCE WITH REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE''
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-:.QWfl RADIO PROGRESO. sl'A/ APR IL4df3 P.M. A JCAHM1CHAEL SA ID �
-:DURING A. TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT, A-SERIOUS :MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE -
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IN. ASSASSINATING DR. 'KING BECAUSE HE HAD. BEEN. THE LEADER OF A MOVE
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Tt.NT WHICH
pRo:Ep THE: NEGRO PEOPLE OF THE UNITEO:STATES NOT TO BURN
THE :CITIES- NOT TO commIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE MEANS THAT IT WILL
' NECESSARY TO START . AN ALL-OUT REVOLUTION.: . CARMICHAEL .ADDED
SERIOUS: INCIDENTS HAVE. TAKEN PLACE IN
35- .CIT IES-WHERE THERE HAVE
BEEN FIRES SHOOTING FIGHTING,- AND � DEATHS. AS. -A RESULT OF THE CRIME
COMMITTED AGAINST DR, KING. NATURALLY, OTHER SIMILAR 'THINGS WILL
1-FAKE 'PLACE. GUERRILLA WARFARE WILL RAPIDLY- SPREAD T HROUGH- THE CiTIES
3ECAUSE IT IS ALREADY EVIDENT THAT WE CANNOT OPENLY.. REBEL �:AGAINST
, IRE POLICE..' � ST OKEL Y CARMICHAEL END.ED. THE INTERVIEW .BY SENDING
AFFECTIONATE REGARDS TO THE REVOLUTIONARY CUBAN PEOPLE AND THEIR
��LEADER. 4 FIDEL CASTR 0 RJZ,e"
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RADIO HABANA 9 A PR IL. , P M A N
/MAR I/ BRAS,
SE.CRETAR Y-GENER AL OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO
ICO . MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IN. A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
;INTERVIEW - /DR. LUTHER KING 'S ASSASSINATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRE-
hCIPITATE THE REBELLION OF THE NEGRO...PEOPLE OF .THE 'UNITED STATES.
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:AGAINST ALL THE ABUSES OF WHICH THEY 'HAVE. BEEN THE OBJECT.'
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.24R11, RADIO HABANA, 5 APRIL, iry.M...A.AterTHE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT.
iF THE ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND. LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES SOLIDARITY ORGANI7-
yLATION /AALAPSO/ SENT A MESSAGE OF. CONDOLENCE TO THE SNCC ON THE .
,.ASSASSINATION OF LUTHER KING.
� ''THE AAL APSOI S.. MESSAGE" TO THE
AMERICAN PACIFIST ORGANIZAT ION. ENDS AS. FOLLOWS .A /WE BEG YOU TO
EXPRESS IQ THE 'FAMILY OF MART IN..L.UTHER KING AND TO ALL :AFRO-AMERICANS
OUR DEEPEST SORROW OVER HIS.DEATH � OUR 'DECISION TO .SUPPORT YOUR
STRUGGLE, AND OUR DEEP CONVICTION THAT, THIS TERRIBLE CRIME--WHICH
SHOWS .US THAT ARMED-REVOLUTIONARY'VIOLENCE IS THE ONLY WAY .OF ACHIEV-
ING GENUINE LIBERATION-4.ILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE STRUGGLE OF THE
4FR 0-AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH IS, ALREADY AIMED IN. THE DIRECTION OF A.
TOTAL CONFRONTATION.'
QT-tf RADIO HABANA', X' APRIL st p.m. ik clgAGUST IN /GONZALEZ/
ART INEZ , BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CUBA, MADE THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - 'MAY THE TRAGIC DISAkPEARANCE
OF THIS GREAT LEADER AT LEAST. HELP TO SpEED,UP THE ARRIVAL OF THE DAY,
J.HEN EVERY MAN IN HIS NATION AND' IN ALL OTHER .NATIONS WILL BE TREATED
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.11TH THE RESPECT WHICH IS DUE TO THEM AS HUMAN BEINGS.' et/
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RYM RADIO HABANA 0 y APRIL �ur P.M. -A- ,WREVEREND . RAFAEL PASTOR
OP THE .PRESBYTER IAN CHURCH, IN LUYANO, HAVANA MADE THE FOLLOWING
'TATEMENTS IN A SPECIAL INTERVIEW - :4'HIS. BROTHERS, THE. AMERICAN
EGROES, W ILL LEARN MUCH FROM HiS DEATH. .WE CAN ALMOST- ASSURE THAT
THEY', THE-AMERICAN NEGROES .WHOSE . DIGNITY. AND .DECORUM HAS BEEN.
WILL COME BACK I TO LIFE .AFTER 'CENTUR IES OF LETHARGY AND
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WILL RISE FROM THEIR GRAVES AND FORM AN INVINCIBLE ARMY.'
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RADIO LIBERACION, APRIL `Air P.M. X EDITORIAL COMMENTS
CR IT ICIZ ING THE NON-VIOLENT LINE WHICH WAS ADVOCATED BY LUTHER KING
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SAYING THAT THIS LINE WAS INOPERATIVE. palART IN LUTHER KING DID NOT
PREACH VIOLENCE BUT HE WAS THE VICTIM VIOLENCE. HE DID-;,NOT
i,illNLEASH VIOLENCE BUT VIOLENCE MOWED HIM DOWN."
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.4a-km- RADIO HABANA X APR IL 68 'ZJ' P.M. -PC "JOHNSON POSTPONED
HIS TRIP. HE CALLED THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS--WHO WERE MORE OR
:LESS UNDER CONTROL,-40 GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. JOHNSON APPEARED ON
TELEVISION HE EXPRESSED HIS ANGUISH AND HIS SORROW. 'HE MADE
: INSPIRED COMMENTS ABOUT MARLIN LUTHER KING, THESE ACT IONS AND THESE
WORDS HIDE FEAR OVER THE WAVE OF JUST VIOLENCE WHICH IS STARTING TO
SPREAD THROUGH THE UNITED STATES.'' 51,trAr A TIME WHEN COMPLEX INTER-
NATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS MIGHT BE UNDERWAY, UNDER DIFFICULT COND IT IONS ,
THIS NEW CRIME WIDENS THE CHASM WHICH DIVIDES THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES AND INCITES THE' PEOPLE TO PROMOTE DISTURBANCES WHOSE
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FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ARE HARD TO PREDICT.'' rHE ASSASSINATION OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING CONE IRMS THAT THE VIOLENCE OF IMPERIAL IST RACISTS
IS ONLY ANSWERED EFFECTIVELY WITH THE VIOLENCE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
',STRUGGLE.''
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