🧵 1/8 Seven details revealed in newly released MLK files
Texas man claimed early encounter with MLK's killer
One Texas man, Joseph Meyer, told investigators that he may have seen MLK's killer in Mississippi two weeks prior to the killing.
A report on his comments to police said he encountered a man firing a rifle into a tree while on a fishing trip with his son.
Texas man claimed early encounter with MLK's killer
One Texas man, Joseph Meyer, told investigators that he may have seen MLK's killer in Mississippi two weeks prior to the killing.
A report on his comments to police said he encountered a man firing a rifle into a tree while on a fishing trip with his son.
2/8 The CIA monitored Cuba's response to MLK's death
The CIA compiled a five-page report on Cuba's response to MLK's assassination, including reports from Cuban independent and state-controlled media.
The report shows that Granma, the official newspaper for Cuba's communist party, highlighted the violence and riots that took place in the wake of MLK's death.
The report also highlighted Cuban radio outlets and others amplifying calls for violence from certain "black power" activists. One such message came from Stokely Carmichael, who urged Black Americans to "arm ourselves with rifles and pistols and launch an assault on the streets of the cities of the United States."
The CIA compiled a five-page report on Cuba's response to MLK's assassination, including reports from Cuban independent and state-controlled media.
The report shows that Granma, the official newspaper for Cuba's communist party, highlighted the violence and riots that took place in the wake of MLK's death.
The report also highlighted Cuban radio outlets and others amplifying calls for violence from certain "black power" activists. One such message came from Stokely Carmichael, who urged Black Americans to "arm ourselves with rifles and pistols and launch an assault on the streets of the cities of the United States."
3/8 Man who threatened to kill MLK snuck into one of his press conferences
An FBI report included in the release says that a man threatened to murder MLK during a May 1967 appearance in Wisconsin.
The FBI said they received a call from an anonymous male vowing to "put a bullet through KING's head." Investigators determined that man to be Theodore Adank, with local police saying he was a possible mental case who could have capabilities of committing violence.
Investigators returned to interview Adank in the days after MLK's death, but they uncovered no connection to the assassination. READ: static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
An FBI report included in the release says that a man threatened to murder MLK during a May 1967 appearance in Wisconsin.
The FBI said they received a call from an anonymous male vowing to "put a bullet through KING's head." Investigators determined that man to be Theodore Adank, with local police saying he was a possible mental case who could have capabilities of committing violence.
Investigators returned to interview Adank in the days after MLK's death, but they uncovered no connection to the assassination. READ: static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
4/8 FBI investigators zeroed in on killer's fake names
The FBI became aware of several aliases Ray used in the lead-up to MLK's murder.
Documents show he used two different names while purchasing the murder weapon from a gun store in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 29 and 30, just days before the assassination. Ray identified himself to the store clerks as "Harvey Lowmeyer," though he used an address and drove a vehicle linked to another alias, "Eric Galt."
FBI agents connected the two aliases when store clerks were shown a picture of "Galt" and said he was identical to "Lowmeyer."
READ : static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
The FBI became aware of several aliases Ray used in the lead-up to MLK's murder.
Documents show he used two different names while purchasing the murder weapon from a gun store in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 29 and 30, just days before the assassination. Ray identified himself to the store clerks as "Harvey Lowmeyer," though he used an address and drove a vehicle linked to another alias, "Eric Galt."
FBI agents connected the two aliases when store clerks were shown a picture of "Galt" and said he was identical to "Lowmeyer."
READ : static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
5/8 Ray's brother suggested he may have been paid to be implicated in assassination
Ray's younger brother, Jerry Ray, conducted an interview with law enforcement following MLK's murder, and he suggested to them that his brother may have been paid by a third party to be "used" in the attack.
He told law enforcement that he hadn't seen James in four years, when he visited his elder brother in prison.
Jerry went on to say he believes his brother thought it was "honorable" not to reveal whether anyone else was involved in King's murder. He then said he planned to go to Memphis and talk to his brother once Ray arrived in the city in police custody.
Ray's younger brother, Jerry Ray, conducted an interview with law enforcement following MLK's murder, and he suggested to them that his brother may have been paid by a third party to be "used" in the attack.
He told law enforcement that he hadn't seen James in four years, when he visited his elder brother in prison.
Jerry went on to say he believes his brother thought it was "honorable" not to reveal whether anyone else was involved in King's murder. He then said he planned to go to Memphis and talk to his brother once Ray arrived in the city in police custody.
6/8 Chinese propaganda urged uprising against ‘yankee imperialists’ after King's death
Missives from the Chinese Communist Party collected by U.S. intelligence called for Americans to begin an uprising against "yankee imperialists."
The booklet, found with both Spanish and English translations, was titled "Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression."
Published roughly a week after MLK's death, the book "cites the Negro struggle in the United States as part of the world struggle against the ‘yankee imperialists,’ and asserts that the world revolution has entered a new era, and urges all people to unite and eliminate this enemy," the FBI report reads. READ: static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
Missives from the Chinese Communist Party collected by U.S. intelligence called for Americans to begin an uprising against "yankee imperialists."
The booklet, found with both Spanish and English translations, was titled "Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression."
Published roughly a week after MLK's death, the book "cites the Negro struggle in the United States as part of the world struggle against the ‘yankee imperialists,’ and asserts that the world revolution has entered a new era, and urges all people to unite and eliminate this enemy," the FBI report reads. READ: static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
7/8 CIA prepped talking points for Dan Rather interview years after MLK's death
Included in the trove of documents released this week is a CIA paper titled "Talking Points for Interview with Dan Rather," with the date of Oct. 29, 1975.
The talking points document does not identify the CIA official for whom it was intended. Rather and CBS published an interview with then-CIA Director William Colby on Nov. 26, 1975. The interview focused on supposed CIA ties to Lee Harvey Oswald, but did not address MLK's assassination in the broadcasted portion.
Rather did publish a segment on MLK's death in late November 1975, but the segment did not include any interview with a CIA official. READ: static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
Included in the trove of documents released this week is a CIA paper titled "Talking Points for Interview with Dan Rather," with the date of Oct. 29, 1975.
The talking points document does not identify the CIA official for whom it was intended. Rather and CBS published an interview with then-CIA Director William Colby on Nov. 26, 1975. The interview focused on supposed CIA ties to Lee Harvey Oswald, but did not address MLK's assassination in the broadcasted portion.
Rather did publish a segment on MLK's death in late November 1975, but the segment did not include any interview with a CIA official. READ: static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/co…
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