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Assassination Records Review Board

Final Determination Notification

AGENCY

: HSCA

RECORD NUMBER

: 180-10068-10352

RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

:

December 8, 1995

Status of Document:

Postponed in Part

Number of releases of previously postponed information: 13

Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors

including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the

absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United

States or to any individual.

Number of Postponements: 7

Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.

Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could

reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of

privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.

Substitute Language: SSN

Date of Next Review: 2017

Board Review Completed: 10/24/95

Heleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199.

44 | 50. 2107 Motel. Case Nad 66326 Date: 2026

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Date: 08/20/93

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : HSCA

RECORD NUMBER: 180-10068-10352

RECORDS SERIES :

STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : HSCA

FROM:

TO :

TITLE :

DATE: 12/13/76

PAGES : 15

SUBJECTS:

HSCA, ADMINISTRATION

GANNON, THOMAS M.

DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORM

CLASSIFICATION: U

RESTRICTIONS : 3

CURRENT STATUS : P

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/07/93

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS :

Box #:1.

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

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• ANNON THOMASM.

Naimo Pot Employed

Address

Address

Fione Number

Position Title

OFFICE OF THE CLERK

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PERSONAL LEAVE RECORD

1977

YEAR

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

12-13.76

ANNUAL LEAVE

CATEGORY

1.0

PRIOR FEDERAL SERVICE

1.5

"Level

Step

Ycars

2.0

ACCRUED

THIS MONTH

AVAILABLE

THIS MONTH

DAY OF MONTH

30110 1 1 13 147137367T 18 10T207 21

22

23

| 24

25

26

27

28

20

30

31

Annual.

Leave

Sick

LeavG

Annual

Leave

Sick

Leave

BALANCE

BROUGHT

FORWARD

FROM

PRECEDING

YEAR

Annual

Sick

Leave

Leave

Position Number

Month

123156

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

, Apr.

• May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

USED

THIS MONTH

Annual

Leave

Sick

Leave

5

5

5

BALANCE

AT CLOSE

OF MONTH

Annual

Leave

Sick.

Leave

2

3

4

4

5

5

EMPLOYEE

MITIAIS

ermineted Jeme 17.1977

or

or

or

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= 0.5 day annual leave

= 1.0 day annual leave

= 0.5 day sick leave

= 1.0 day sick leave

0.5 day administrative leave

= 1.0 day administrative leave

0.5 day unauthorized absence

= 1.0 day unauthorized absence

= 0.5 day leave without pay

= 1.0 day leave without pay

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

Employee's Signature

Date.

(If employee refuses to sign, state reason below.)

Chief's Signature

Date

Approved:

Clerk of the House

Date

This record will be forwarded to the Clerk of the House at the end of each calendar year, or in case of termination, along

with the request for termination. Upon approval, the record will be filed in the employce's official personnel folder.

EXHIBITI

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June

16, 1977

Thomas M. Gannon,

S.J.

Jesuit Community

Georgetown University

37th and 0 Streets,

N.W.

Washington, D.C.

20007

Dear Tom:

I want you to know how much the Comnittee

and I appreciate your service

and how much we

regret that you will no longer be a member of

the staff..

You

have our best wishes always.

Sincerely yours,

Louis Stokes

Chairman

LS: tle

NW 88326

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY, D.C.

JOHN B. ANDERSON, ILL.

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

STEWART B. MC KINNEY, CONN.

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

M.S. House of Representatibes

3342 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20515

June 3, 1977

Mr. Thomas Lambeth

Acting Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

U. S. House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.

20515

Dear Mr. Lambeth:

I hereby resign from the staff of the

Select Committee on Assassinations, effective

weeks from today, at the close of business on

Friday, June 17, 1977.

Very truly yours,

Thomas b. gowns, of.

Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.

TMG : eb

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Thomas Gannon, Su

Employee Social Security Number

180 30 1309

Employing Office or Committee

Assassinations

Effective Date

6/17/77

Type. of Action

• Appointment

• Salary Adjustment.

6 Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

• 1. L: Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical ör Professional.

Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 46522:of_95thCongress.

3.

_ Joint Committee.

(If.Employee.of an Officer of the House, complete.item below.)

Position Number_-

If applicable, Level_

-s Step-

I certify that. this authorization. is not in violation of 5 US:C. 3110(b; prohibiting.the employment of

relatives.

Date -

June 14

-1.19_77

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Louis Stokes

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chairman

(Title- If Member, District and State)

All.appointments: and:salary adjustments.for.employees.under.the House Classification Act.and:for Committee em=

ployees, except. those.of the Committee on Appropriations; the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must i

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

'.....

APPROVED::

Chairman, Committee on House Administration • :.

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity S_

00

Felis

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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June 6, 1977

Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.

Select Committee

on Assassinations

U. S. House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.

20515

Dear Tom:

This is to acknowledge receipt and acceptance

of your letter of June 3, 1977, resigning from the

staff of the Select Committee on Assassinations

effective on the close of business on Friday, June 17,

1977.

I regret that we will be losing you, but wish

you the best of luck in

your new position.

Sincerely,

Thomas Lambeth,

Acting Director

TL: eb

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM=

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections; or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Thones Gannon:

SJ

Employee Social Security Number

180 30 1309

5/1/77

Type of Action

Employing Office or Committee

Assassinations

• Appointment

A Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If type of action is an Appointment.or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)*

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$20,000

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. [ Standing Committee: Staff -[] Clerical or [J Professional.

2. La Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res..

465

- of.

35 tl Congress.

3.

Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number__i

If applicable, Level-

Step_.

certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U:S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of

relatives.

Date_

Nay 10, 19_22

Louis Stokes

Chaimen

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

f Member, District and State)

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act: and for Committee em-

ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must

be approved by the.Committee on House.Administration..i

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code...

Monthly Annuity $_

.00

F0 5/ll

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

NW 88326

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter:

or Ballpoint Pen):

U:S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections; or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date:

Thomas M. Gannon, SJ

Employee Social Security Number

180 30 1309

4/1/77

Type of Action

Employing Office or Committee

• Appointment

E Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

Assassinations

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$42,400

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. _ Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or • Professional.

2. L Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res...

465

of 25th

-_ Congress.

3. I Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_

If applicable, Level_

Step_

I. certify that this authorization is not in violation. of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b); prohibiting the employment of

relatives.

Date:

April 29

-, 19_

77

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Louis Stokes

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chairman

mber, District and State)

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-

ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the?Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must

be approved by the Committee on House Administration. "

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code..

Monthly Annuity S_

.00

Copy for: Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpöint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C: 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form

must be initialed by the

authorizing official:)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Thomas M. Gannon

2-1-77

Employee Social Security Number

Type of Action

180-30-1309

Employing Office or Committee

Select Committee on Assassinations

[ Appointment.

@ Salary Adjustment

D. Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If type of action is an Appointment or. Salary Adjustment, complete the.following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$12,300.

(If Committee Employee; complete appropriate item-below.)

1: L Standing Committee: Staff-- Clerical or l Professional.

2: 1 Special or Select Committee: Authority.- H. Res._:11_--:of-95

#Congress.

3. I Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_

If applicable, Level.

Step_-

l certify. that. this authorization is not.in-violation. of.5.U.S:C.3110(b),-prohibiting.theemployment.of

relatives.

Date_

2-28=77

19

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Henry B. Gonzalez

(Type or print name of Authorizing. Official)

Chairman

-------

(Title - If Member, District and State).

All appointments: andisalary.adjustments for employees.under.the House Classification.Act.and-for-Committee em-

ployees; except-those of the.Committee.on Appropriations, the Committee.on the Budget,.and-the.joint Committees, must.

be approved by the Committee on House.Administration..*

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code

Monthly Annuity S.

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515:

(Any erasures; corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Thomas M. Cannon

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Employee Social Security Number

Effective Date

1/3/77

Type of Action

180 30 1309

Employing Office or Committee

Select Committee on Assassinations -

[ Appointment

Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$13,000.

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. D Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or ] Professional.

2. 0 Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.

_ of 5th.: Congress.

3. L. Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer, of the House, complete item.below.)

Position Number_

If applicable, Level_:

Step_

certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110/b); prohibiting the employment of

relatives.

Date_

- 19??

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Henry B. Gonzalez

(Type or print'name of Authorizing Official)

Chairman

- If Member, District and State)

• All appointments. and salary adjustments for employees under the House. Classification Act and for. Committee.em=

ployes, except those of the.Committee.on Appropriations, the Committee on the-Budget, and the Joint Committees, must»

be. approved by the Committee on: House Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity S-

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

NW 88326

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint. Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C: 20515

(Any erasures, corrections; or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Thomas M. Gannon

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Employee Social Security Number:

Effective Date

12/13/76

Type of Action

180 30 1309

Employing Office or Committee

* Appointment

• Salary Adjustment.

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

Select Committee on Assassinations

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.):

Position Title.

Staff Counsel

Gross Annual Salary

$20,000

(If Committee Employee; complete appropriate item below.)

1. L Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or [ Professional.

2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res:,

1540

_ of94th Congress.

3. 1 Joint Committee.

Man?

12/16/16

(If. Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_

If applicable, Level

Step-

I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C: 3110(b), prohibiting the employment. of

relatives.

Date_

December 15

1976

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Thomas N. Downing; Chairman

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Select Committee on Assassinations

Member, District and State)

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House: Classification Act. and: for Committee ém=

ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code:

Monthly Annuity $

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

NW 88326

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MEMORANDUM

TO:

All Staff Employees

FROM: Budget Officer

DATE: January 3, 1977

RE:

Payroll Certification

Starting with the January, 1977 payroll, the certification

to the House Finance Office requires, among other things, the

relationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current

Member of Congress (those taking office January 3, 1977).

The following are the relationships to be included in

the certification:

father

mother

son

daughter

brother

sister

uncle

aunt

first cousin

nephew

niece

husband

wife

father-in-law

mother-in-law

son-in-law

daughter-in-law

brother-in-law

sister-in-law

stepfather

stepmother

stepbrother

stepsister

half-brother

half-sister

Ail staff employees are requested to complete this

form and return it to the Budget officer.

Approved

Richard A. Sprague

I am not related

"I am related by the following relationship

Signature of Employee

Олау ", 1977

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Resume of:

THOMAS M. GANNON, S.J.

Local Address:

4520 Chester Avenue

Philadelphia, Pa. 19143

Phone: 215-387-9048

Personal Data:

Born Philadelphia, Pa., August 31, 1938

Entered Society of Jesus, August 14, 1960

Ordained to Roman Catholic Priesthood, June

6, 1970

Admitted to Bar of New York State, March 3, 1975

Legal Education:

New York University School of Law

J.D., June 1974

New

York University Law Review--

Staff Member, 1972-1973; Associate Editor, 1973-1974

Publications: Comment, "Constitutional Law --

Fourth Amendment--Evidence Obtained by Illegal Search

and Seizure is Inadmissible in Civil Tax Proceeding--

Government Has Burden of Going Forward With Untainted

Evidence

to Support Deficiency Notice," 48 N.Y.U.L.

Rev. 197 (1973)--See attached reprint

Annual Survey of American Law--Invitation extended, declined

Review of Law and Social Change--Invitation extended, declined

Participation in Moot Court Competition, Ist year

Academic Record--See attached transcript

Pre-Legal Education:

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

B.A., magna cum laude, June 1960. Major, History

Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.

Ph.L. (licentiate), cum laude, June 1964. Major, Philosophy

Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.

M.A., February 1966. Major, American Literature

Woodstock College, New York, N.Y.

B.D., honors, June 1970. Major, Theology

Employment:

Special Master, fall 1976 In re Japanese Electronic

Products Antitrust Litigation, M.D.L.

189, c/o 15613

U.S. Courthouse, Philadelphia,

Pa 19106

Law Clerk to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, JI.,

United States District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania,

1974--present.

15613 U. S. Court House

Philadelphia, Pa. 19106

NW. 88326

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Employment (cont.)

Associate Editor, America Magazine, 1969-1974,

Contributing

Editor, 1974-present.

Executive Editor, Catholic Mind magazine, 1969-1971

106 West 56th Street

New York, N. Y. 10019

Coordinator, Ad Hoc Committee on Disposition of Woodstock

College Library, summer 1973.

(The committee negotiated

with the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Yale

Divinity School, Georgetown University, Catholic University,

and Fordham University for eventual disposition of the

150,000 volume library.)

Woodstock College

New York, N. Y.

Research Assistant, summer 1972

Office of General Counsel

United States Catholic Conference

1312 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20005

Secretary, Board of Trustees, 1971-1973

St.

Joseph's Preparatory School

Philadelphia, Pa.

Chaplain, summer 1970

Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, D. C. 20007

Secretary, Advisory

Committee, Maryland Province of Society

of Jesus, 1967-1969.

(The committee coordinated

planning

for the personnel--700 men--and institutions--

five colleges and universities, six senior high schools--

of the Maryland Province.)

5704 Roland Avenue

Baltimore, Md. 21210

Instructor, Theology, spring 1969

Mt. St. Agnes College

Baltimore, Md.

Instructor, English, 1968-1969

McKinley Technical High School

Washington, D. C.

Instructor, Latin and English, 1964-1967;

Moderator, Yearbook, 1964-1967;

Moderator, Film Seminar, 1965-1967

Member, Academic Council, 1966-1967;

Assistant Coach, Junior Varsity Football Team, 1966

Loyola High School

Towson, Ma:

NW 88326

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Employment (continued)

Assistant Chaplain, 1961-1962

Berks County Prison

Reading, Pa.

Laborer/Clerk/Assembly Line Worker, summers 1957 through 1960

Ford Motor Company

Chester, Pa. and Pennsauken, N.J.

Apprentice Electrician, summers 1955 and 1956

H. B. Frazer Company

Philadelphia, Pa.

References:

Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, JI.

United States District Judge

United States District Court

Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pa.

Professor Norman Dorsen

New York University School of Law

New York, N. Y.

Professor Charles Lyon

New York University School of Law

New York, N. Y.

S. Stephen Rosenfeld, Esq.

Chief, Government Bureau

Office of the Attorney General

Boston, Mass.

(on leave as Associate Professor of Law

New York University School of Law

New York, N. Y.)

Richard A. Givens, Esquire

New York Regional Director

Federal Trade Commission

New York, N. Y.

NW 88326

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FERDINAND FARMER RESIDENCE

4520 Chester Avenue

Philadelphia, Pa. 19143

/215-386/28241

(215) 387-9048

November 29, 1976

Richard A. Sprague, Esq.

1622 Locust Street

Philadelphia, Pa. 19103

Dear Mr. Sprague:

When we talked the other week, you asked that I write

to you to state formally my interest in working on the

staff of the House Select Committee on Assassinations,

and to tell

you when I would be ready to go to work.

As I told you during the interview, I am extremely

interested in working as a member of the committee's

staff. I look forward with enthusiasm to such an

opportunity.

and it appears

special master will be essentially over within the next

two weeks.

I have also inquired about living arrangements

in Washington, D.C.

While nothing is definite yet, I

am confident that I can find a room in one of the Jesuit

communities there--most probably at Georgetown University--

within the next two weeks as well. As a result, I can

assure you that I will be ready to go to work in

Washington, D.C., on Monday, December 13, 1976.

One last item--in accordance with your suggestion, I

have been doing some background reading on the scope of

the investigatory powers of Congressional committees.

Thanks again for taking time out of your busy schedule

to see me.

With every best wish, I am

Sincerely yours,

Tom

pounds.

Thomas M. Gannon, S.J.

NW 88326

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