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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-546-14-19-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2013
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: September 27, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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