Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed and often said q ruth

crashed to Earth will rise again. The arc of the universe is

long, but it bends toward justice."

No thoughtful person, after reviewing the evidence, can

believe that this one man, James Earl Ray--who had bungled

virtually everything he had ever tried, including criminal

activity--acting alone, killed Martin Luther King, escaped

during the evening traffic rush in Memphis on April 4,1968,

traveled to Canada and England with international

passports, avoided an international network in search of

him, and was ohiy caught sometime later. Such a scenario

strains the imagination, not to mention the reasoning

process.

I have never accepted the "one crazy man" theory of

political assassinations. I certainly do not accept such a

theory with regard to James Earl Ray and Dr. Martin Luther

King Jr. I have always believed that there was a conspiracy

involved in Dr. King s assassination. I have always believed

that the government was part of a conspiracy, either directly

or indirectly, to assassinate him.

I have never ruled out the government s direct involve-

ment because there were many in the government--l. Edgar

Hoover among them--who had an intense, visceral and deep