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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-456-2-8-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 10, 1975
• Content Type: MEMO

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