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Scope: This research tool indexes 37,141 records - a curated subset of the ~300,000 documents in the JFK Assassination Records Collection. Releases indexed: 2017-2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025. 2,165 records have full-text OCR indexed - of those, 2,162 are sourced from the 2025 re-release (NARA has not yet published an XLSX manifest for 2025; each document’s prior-release history is shown on its page). Releases not yet indexed: 2026. Methodology

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CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10216-10079

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CABLE RE: CALL 9 MAY TO IRVING DAVIDSON WASHINGTON FROM TED LEWIN MANILA INDICATES

104-10216-10079 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65990 Date: 10-29-20 …

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