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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 21, 1993                   TAG: 9303210155
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MEMPHIS, TENN.                                LENGTH: Short

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PAPER: ARMY SPIED ON KINGS FOR 75 YEARS

The Army began spying on black Americans more than 75 years ago in a campaign that was centered on Southern churches and covered three generations of Martin Luther King's family, according to a published report.

The spying, which involved the Army's Green Berets, involved King's maternal grandfather, who was pastor of a Baptist church in Atlanta. It continued to include King's father and then the slain civil rights leader himself, The Commercial Appeal of Memphis reported in today's editions.

The Commercial Appeal said its findings were a result of a 16-month investigation that included a review of classified documents and meeting notes from government and private archives, as well as more than 200 interviews with Army agents living in this country and Mexico.

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