NEWSPAPER CLIPPING: "CIA WITHHELD VITAL INTELLIGENCE FROM WARREN COMMISSION".
Agency: CIA
Originator: OPEN
From: ALLEN/SCOTT
Document date: 10/21/1964
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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CIA Withheld Vital Intelligence From Warr

By ROBERT S. ALLEN

cials who actively oppose

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CIA Withheld Vital Intelligence From War ren Commission

By ROBERT S. ALLEN

cials who actively oppose

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be

used

dismissal of such persons

or

compressed

for security

reasons

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from public office, at oth;

form.

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gas

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