SUPPLEMENTARY DETAILED STAFF REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS aka FBI’s COINTELPRO & Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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SUPPLEMENTARY DETAILED STAFF REPORTS

ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND THE

RIGHTS OF AMERICANS

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BOOK III_______

FINAL REPORT

OF THE

SELECT COMMITTEETO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

WITH RESPECT TO

INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIESUNITED STATES SENATE

APRIL 23 (under au!"r#$ "% !e "rder "% A&r#' )*+ ,-.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., CASE STUDY

I. INTRODUCTION

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II. THE COMINFIL INVESTIGATION

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III. CONCERN INCREASES IN THE FBI AND THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION

OVER ALLEGATIONS OF COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS

MOVEMENT, AND THE FBI INTENSIFIES THE INVESTIGATION: JANUARY 1962-

OCTOBER 196

Introduction and Summary

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Administration(s )esponse: Ju%y 1!$

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Re&reena#9e ROONEY7 Fr"/ !e Federa' :ureau "% In9e#5a#"n7

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$. Attempts to Discredit Dr. King 6ith 8niversities

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