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by Assistant to the Director Deloach and by Hoover to leak information to the press that Coretta King and Ralph Abernathy were deliberately plotting to j keeptheassassinationinthenensbyclaimingaeonspiracy edstedinordertolceepmonetazycontz-3.buti.onsflow:l:»g for their benefit HQ M-38861-5654!. Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young also became Bureau targets. Shortly after the assassination the field was instructed to report any information on possible "im:oral activities" of King: two associates I-Q 62-108052-Unreeorded serial, Atlanta to Director, April 29, 1968!. Presunably there were CDDIIELPRO type purposes behind this request. The Atlanta Field Office in attazpting to demonstrate the initiative and imagination dananded by Headquarters proposed additional measures against Ralph Abernathy. lhe Bureau learned that after Dr. King's death, Rev. Abernathy my have voiced sane concern over possible assassination attarpts on his own life. The Atlanta office proposed that the Bareau begin notifying Abernathy directly instead of only informing the police! of all threats against him in order to confuse and worry him HQ 62-108052-Unrecorded serial, Atlanta to Director, March 28, 1969!. This activity was not approved by Headquarters. -136-