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[32]SURROUNDING ASSASSINATIONS oF PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND DR. MARTIN
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[38]BEFORE HIS APPREHENSION IN LONDON: IN JUNE 19ba. 4 .
[40]2. MR. G. ROBERT BLAKEY, ‘CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR
[42]OF. conniTTEE SAYS SELECT connaTtEE TOLD STATE THAT HE WANTS To
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[44]NATIONAL, POLICE AND HOPES TO ‘ENLIST THEIR ASSISTANCE INCLUDING
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[98]SOLICITED BUT REQUESTED TO AVOID INVOLVING: STATION, OFFICERS IN
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[102]SUCH ‘THAT: THIS UNAVOIDABLE, PLEASE ADVISE -H@S BY ‘CABLE 30 THAT
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