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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-5-32-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: December 15, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/07/08: LOC-HAK-551-5-32-9
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