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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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Results for CUBAN AFFAIRS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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U.S. Secret Service|June 26, 1965|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 202-10002-10124

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CUBAN AFFAIRS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

… TRAL FILES AGENCY FILE NUMBER: DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : OSD FROM : CYRUS R. VANCE TO. MULL POF RECIPIENTS TITLE : CUBAN AFFAIRS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DATE:06/26,-5 PAGES : 27 SUBJECTS : ICCCA, ADMINISTRATION PSYCHOLOGICAL PROGRAMS - CUBA SECOND LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CONGRES …

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U.S. Secret Service / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

High confidenceOCR textOCRU.S. Secret ServicePaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2025