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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-552-5-7-6
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 7, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/19: LOC-HAK-552-5-7-6
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