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2,000 ACRES AND DESTROYED
SEVERAL HOMES.
>>> YOU KNOW EXBRAND NEW THIS
MORNING, A RARE RECORDING OF THE
REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR., IS BEING LEASED, FOUND IN
AN ATTIC IN TENNESSEE SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, BUT THE LAST FEW
MINUTES ARE JUST NOW COMING OUT.
AND YOU CAN HEAR THE DR. KING
TALKING ABOUT THEN-SENATOR JOHN
F. KENNEDY'S ROLE IN GETTING
KING RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER
HE WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS
FOR A TRAFFIC TICKET.
>> I WOULD SAY FIRST THAT MANY
FORCES WORKED TOGETHER TO BRING
ABOUT MY RELEASE.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANY ONE FORCE
BROUGHT IT ABOUT, BUT YOU HAD A
PLURALITY OF FORCES WORKING
TOGETHER.
I'M SURE THAT THE INTERESTS OF
THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ALL OVER
AMERICA HAD SOMETHING TO -- A
GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH IT.
NOW, IT IS TRUE THAT SENATOR
KENNEDY DID TAKE A SPECIFIC
STEP.
HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH OFFICIALS
IN GEORGIA DURING MY ARREST AND
HE CALLED MY WIFE, MADE A
PERSONAL CALL AND EXPRESSED HIS
CONCERN AND SAID TO HER THAT HE
WAS WORKING AND TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING TO MAKE MY RELEASE
POSSIBLE.
HIS BROTHER, WHO AT THAT TIME
WAS HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER, ALSO
MADE DIRECT CONTACT WITH
OFFICIALS AND EVEN THE JUDGE IN