</s>File #: 62-HQ-116395 Serial Scope: IS Nr 1208X, 1204K, 1st NR 1204x, 1206-1210X, 1212,1214X,12145,1215.1215X Released under the John F. Kennedy, Assassination Records Collection Act of 992 (USC) 2107 Note; Case#NV 8514 Date: 03/18/2023 NW-888414 Bocid: 22896062 Page1

Summary:  
The documents detail FBI domestic intelligence operations from the 1930s to the 1970s, focusing on surveillance and counterintelligence activities. They reference legislative proposals for oversight of FBI authority in 1982, including debates over balancing civil liberties with national security. Key topics include historical abuses such as electronic surveillance, overbroad investigations, and legal challenges like the *Keith* case (1972). The FBI’s role in monitoring political figures, including Puerto Rican independence advocates like Rosa Collazo and Dominican Republic political entities linked to Juan Bosch, is highlighted. Surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., particularly during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike and his assassination on April 4, 1968, is extensively covered, with details about FBI efforts to document racial tensions, media management, and counterintelligence operations. The documents also reference the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities (SSC) requests for materials related to King, MLK’s Poor Peoples’ Campaign, and "Project Overshoe." Additional content includes Navy drug experiments (1947–1954) involving CIA collaboration, FBI use of sodium amytal in interrogations, and legislative proposals to rename FBI facilities. Administrative processes, classified information handling, and internal FBI memoranda are also noted.  

Key People:  
- J. Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)  
- James B. Adams (Deputy Associate Director of FBI)  
- Robert F. Kennedy (Former Attorney General)  
- Earl Warren (Former Attorney General)  
- Lyndon B. Johnson (Referenced as former President)  
- Martin Luther King Jr.  
- Reverend Ralph Abernathy  
- Rosa Collazo (Puerto Rican independence advocate)  
- Luis Manuel Alfredo Bordas (Dominican political figure)  
- Gary Thomas Rowe (Former FBI informant)  
- William C. Sullivan (FBI official)  
- Senator Edward M. Kennedy  
- Senator Walter F. Mondale  

Key Locations:  
- Washington, D.C. (FBI Headquarters, Senate offices)  
- Bronx, New York (Rosa Collazo’s residence)  
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (Luis Bordas’ residences)  
- Memphis, Tennessee (Sanitation workers’ strike, Lorraine Motel)  
- Atlanta, Georgia (Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters)  
- Pentagon (Navy records review location)  

Key Events:  
- FBI domestic intelligence investigations from the 1930s to the 1970s  
- Surveillance of Rosa Collazo and Dominican Republic political figures  
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership in the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike  
- King’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968  
- FBI documentation of racial tensions and counterintelligence efforts during the strike  
- Senate Select Committee requests for materials related to MLK and FBI operations  
- Navy drug experiments (1947–1954) involving CIA collaboration  
- Sodium amytal administration in FBI interrogations (1947 incident)  
- Legislative proposals to rename FBI facilities (H.R. 10918, H.R. 10916)  
- Identification of Gary Thomas Rowe by a San Diego deputy sheriff  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- U.S. Department of Justice  
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities (SSC)  
- Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico  
- Dominican Republic political factions (Juan Bosch, Luis Bordas)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- United States Navy (Naval Medical Research Institute)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Memphis Police Department  
- Tennessee National Guard

JFK Declassified Files

124-10186-10045_multirif.pdf

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