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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-4-17-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 24, 2009
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: September 23, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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