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Freedom of Information Act: redacted letter by J. Edgar Hoover
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Also Known As FOIA
Date July 4, 1966

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Freedom of Information Act: redacted letter by J. Edgar Hoover
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of United States