'C.I.A. Involved In Assassinations'

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31865, 18 December 1968, Page 19

'C.I.A. Involved In Assassinations '

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, Dec. 17 The New Orleans District Attorney (Mr James Garrison) said today it was probable that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his brother, Robert, and the civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, were “accomplished by the same force.”

Mr Garrison accused the Central Intelligence Agency of being “deeply involved” in two of the killings. In an interview with the “Evergreen,” Mr

Garrison said there was sufficient data to state “as a probability” that the name force accomplished the three murders. Mr Garrison said: “In President Kennedy’s case we have a great deal of data available. In the second case (of Dr Martin Luther King), there’s quite a bit of data now available. In the third (Senator Kennedy), there is as yet only a little. “However, there is enough data available in all three cases to state, as a probability, that they were all accomplished by the same force, and that they were all intelligence assassinations,” Mr Garrison said.

Asked if he meant United States intelligence, he replied: “Yes, and that’s par-

ticularly true with regard to the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King. “I think all other alternatives are now clearly eliminated. These, 1 think, are clearly assassinations in which the Central Intelligence Agency is deeply involved. “This does not mean that the command came down from the top. But it does mean that at least a major component of the Central Intelligence Agency is now in the business of exterminating any national leaders who are opposed to the perpetuation of the cold war, as well as to our adventures in Asia.” “Evergreen” is a monthly] publication devoted mainly to| politics, literature and the! (arts. i