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CIA • 1968

KING KILLER ELUDES WIDE FBI HUNT.

104-10129-10424 The Washington M - � Kin Killer Eludes By Drell) Pearson and jack Anderson � The Fj3I's fallure',to-'appre- bend the assassin of.:Dr....Mar- .. , _� tin Luther King has led 6 're- ports thit IT. Edgar Hoover is not interested in catching the murderer:The reports are bas- ed partly on .the fact: that Hoover and King were not on good terms; Hoover having publicly; branded King as lhe : most notorious -liar in the world."...
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Created
Jul 16, 2025
Released
May 16, 1968
Publication
May 16, 1968
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Metadata

Document #

00459987

Case #

Document Type

SPECIALCOLLECTION

Collection

Records Related to the Assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Release Decision

RIFPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

Pages

10 pages

File Size

2.66 MB