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Telegram to J. Edgar (John Edgar) Hoover

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Author
Special Agent in Charge, Atlanta, Ga.
Place Written
Atlanta, Ga.
Document Date
10/27/1960
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Special Agent in Charge, Atlanta, Ga.
Author Affiliation
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Document ID
601027-026
Document Date
10/27/1960
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
Cal. 5
Place Written
Atlanta, Ga.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Published In
Garrow, David J. ed., Centers of the Southern Struggle: FBI files on Montgomery, Albany, St. Augustine, Selma, and Memphis [microfilm], (Frederick, Md: University Publications of America, 1988).
Dates
10/25/1960
10/26/1960
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Mitchell, J. Oscar
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) [United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation]
Organizations
Reidsville State Prison
Democratic Party
Places
Decatur, Ga.
Reidsville, Ga.
Topics
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Archives
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Governmental investigations
Code for Location of Original
FBIDG-NN-Sc
Location of Original
David Garrow Federal Bureau of Investigation Collection, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
4/20/2000 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
05/02/2000
Date Updated
6/4/2025 7:34:55 AM
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