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The
Complete [Declassified] Nixon Tapes on Chile and Salvador
Allende
Collection of Nixon’s Conversations on Chile and Salvador
Allende Assembled for the First Time
June 2010
The often-overlooked
Nixon Tapes, which were in operation in Washington D.C. for
approximately 85 percent of Chilean President Salvador Allende’s
tenure in office, are one source that can help re-focus the
debate on U.S. policy between Allende’s 1970 election and 1973
overthrow.[i]
To
that end, nixontapes.org is pleased to bring you a comprehensive
list of
all declassified,
publicly known Nixon Tape conversations related to Chile and
Allende.[ii]
We have included
excerpted transcripts,[iii]
where applicable, in addition to the complete audio and
summaries for each conversation.
For the first time,
we are pleased to make the collection of annotated transcripts
available as a downloadable briefing book.
To
download all of the transcripts, please
click
here.
For a key to participants’ names, click
here
(136k).
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Conversation Number
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Date:
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Participants
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Summary
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Transcript
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454-009a
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2/20/71
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P, HAK, HRH
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doc (123k)
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mp3 (73m)
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454-009b
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mp3 (83m)
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458-005
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2/25/71
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P, FH, CEW, HJC, AH
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (12.9m)
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460-027
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2/26/71
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P, HAK
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doc (37k)
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pdf (94k)
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mp3 (13.7m)
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462-005
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3/5/71
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P, HAK
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doc (102k)
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pdf (94k)
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mp3 (71.8m)
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472-009
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3/23/71
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P, PGP
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doc (53k)
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mp3 (28.9m)
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245-006
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4/6/71
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P, HAK
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doc (49k)
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pdf (119k)
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mp3 (37.8m)
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249-006
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4/15/71
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P, HRH, HAK
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doc (74k)
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mp3 (72.1m)
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481-006
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4/17/71
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P, HRH, RLZ
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (15.4m)
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481-007a
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4/17/71
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P, HRH, HAK
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doc (143k)
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mp3 (18.6m)
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481-007b
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mp3 (74m)
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487-007
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4/23/71
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P, HAK
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doc (61k)
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pdf (86k)
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mp3 (15.3m)
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490-014
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5/4/71
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P, THM, DP, AMH
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (15.7m)
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495-023
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5/7/71
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P, EVS, AMH
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (11.2m)
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497-002
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5/11/71
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P, WBS, AMH
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (21.2m)
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510-005a
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6/2/71
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P, JBC
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doc (61k)
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mp3 (37.1m)
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510-005b
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mp3 (9.7m)
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511-001
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6/7/71
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P, HAK
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doc (66k)
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mp3 (50.6m)
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517-004
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6/11/71
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P, HAK, HRH
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doc (61k)
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pdf (160k)
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mp3 (34.1m)
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517-020
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6/11/71
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P, HAK, JBC
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doc (45k)
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pdf (164k)
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mp3 (23.3m)
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517-022
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6/11/71
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P, HAK, HRH
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doc (41k)
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pdf (86k)
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mp3 (11.5m)
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523-004
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6/16/71
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P, CGB, JDE, PGP
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doc (66k)
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pdf (135k)
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mp3 (32.3m)
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524-015a
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6/17/71
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P, HAK, DMcIK
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doc (66k)
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mp3 (20.2m)
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524-015b
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mp3 (14m)
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530-010
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6/29/71
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P, PGP
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (22.6m)
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532-017
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6/30/71
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P, WPMcC, AMH
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doc (41k)
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mp3 (12.3m)
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262-005a
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7/19/71
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P, JBC
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doc (74k)
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pdf (94k)
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mp3 (7.5m)
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262-005b
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mp3 (63.9m)
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567-009
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9/4/71
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P, CsdeS,
ANm
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (26.5m)
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568-009
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9/9/71
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P, JBC, HRH
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doc (57k)
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mp3 (45.8m)
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571-001
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9/13/71
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P, AMH, RJD, HRH
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doc (86k)
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mp3 (63.4m)
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278-051
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9/16/71
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P, HAK
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (16.3m)
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578-005
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9/24/71
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P, MF, GPS
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doc (82k)
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mp3 (50.4m)
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581-004
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9/30/71
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P, RHF, JNM
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doc (61k)
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mp3 (38.4m)
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584-003a
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10/5/71
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P, HAK, JBC, HRH
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doc (82k)
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pdf (115k)
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mp3 (79.5m)
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584-003b
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mp3 (83.3m)
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285-036
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10/7/71
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P, HAK
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (8.4m)
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587-007a
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10/8/71
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P, JDE, RMH
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doc (61k)
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pdf (94k)
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mp3 (36.5m)
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587-007b
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mp3 (11.7m)
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287-007
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10/11/71
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P, HAK
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doc (70k)
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pdf (82k)
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mp3 (33.8m)
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288-006
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10/12/71
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P, HAK
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doc (33k)
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mp3 (4.2m)
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593-010
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10/15/71
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P, JBC, RSMcN,
HAK
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doc (41k)
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mp3 (25.4m)
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282-014
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10/20/71
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P, HAK
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (17.6m)
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012-111
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10/25/71
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P, WPR
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (7.4m)
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012-116
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10/25/71
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P, WPR
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doc (33k)
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mp3 (6.5m)
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303-009a
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10/26/71
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P, JBC
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doc (82k)
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pdf (119k)
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mp3 (73.6m)
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303-009b
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mp3 (45.7m)
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602-001
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10/26/71
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P, STA
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doc (70k)
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mp3 (68.7m)
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612-004
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11/3/71
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P, HAK, AMH, RHF,
HRH
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doc (57k)
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mp3 (38.4m)
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616-009
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11/10/71
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P, WPR, HRH, AMH
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (38.6m)
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623-024
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11/23/71
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P, HAK
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doc (66k)
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mp3 (48.5)
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626-007
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11/30/71
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P, HAK, RHF, HGK
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doc (49k)
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mp3 (40.9m)
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634-016
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12/9/71
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P, JBC
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (36.7m)
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313-021
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1/10/72
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P, HRH
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doc (49k)
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pdf (106k)
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mp3 (39.8m)
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648-004
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1/17/72
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P, HRH, RLZ
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doc (111k)
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mp3 (143.1m)
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649-001
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1/17/72
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P, HRH, JBC
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doc (90k)
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pdf (119k)
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mp3 (120.8m)
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650-002
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1/18/72
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P, APB
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (8.1m)
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650-006
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1/18/72
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P, CWC, RMW
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doc (57k)
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mp3 (46.7m)
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650-009
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1/18/72
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P, AFB , JBC,
RMW, CWC
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doc (49k)
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mp3 (41m)
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650-012a
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1/18/72
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P, JEH, GPS
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doc (82k)
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pdf (115k)
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mp3 (44.2m)
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650-012b
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mp3 (36.1m)
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650-013
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1/18/72
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P, HRH
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doc (86k)
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pdf (102k)
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mp3 (50.4m)
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651-012
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1/19/72
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P, HRH
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doc (90k)
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mp3 (79.6m)
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652-013
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1/20/72
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P, WCW, MRL
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doc (66k)
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pdf (106k)
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mp3 (45.4m)
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652-017
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1/20/72
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P, HAK
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doc (45k)
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mp3 (17.4m)
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654-001
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1/24/72
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P, HRH, PMF
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doc (78k)
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pdf (102k)
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mp3 (47.1m)
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662-005
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2/1/72
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P, HAK
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doc (33k)
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mp3 (9.4m)
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665-008
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2/3/72
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P, HAK, YY, DZ
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doc (57k)
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mp3 (72.2m)
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320-028
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2/8/72
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P, JBC, RSM, HAK
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doc (66k)
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pdf (94k)
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mp3 (71.5m)
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324-012
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3/20/72
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P, HRH, CWC
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doc (53k)
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mp3 (36.5m)
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689-006
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3/20/72
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P, RMH
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (13.1m)
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324-022
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3/22/72
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P, HRH
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doc
(61k)
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mp3 (58m)
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021-131
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3/22/72
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P, CWC
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doc (33k)
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mp3 (15.8m)
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022-006
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3/23/72
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P, RLZ
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doc (29k)
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pdf (106k)
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mp3 (797k)
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326-019
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3/24/72
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P, RLZ
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doc (41k)
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mp3 (23.2m)
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693-002
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3/24/72
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P, CWC
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doc (53k)
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mp3 (62.8m)
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022-028
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3/27/71
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HRH, RHF
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doc (29k)
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mp3 (819k)
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329-032a
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4/13/72
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P, HRH
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doc (82k)
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mp3 (5.4m)
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329-032b
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mp3 (68.8m)
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724-004
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5/15/72
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P, DMK, PMF
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doc (57k)
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pdf (94k)
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mp3 (33.2m)
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725-028
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5/15/72
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P, JBC
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doc (33k)
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mp3 (2.1m)
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735-001
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6/15/72
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P, LEA, AMH
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doc (53k)
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pdf (119k)
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mp3 (69.4m)
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735-007
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6/15/72
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P, HAK
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doc (41k)
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mp3 (25.5m)
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739-006a
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6/21/72
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P, AFB, GPS,
CWW, HGK
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doc (49k)
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mp3 (19.2m)
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739-006b
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mp3 (56.5m)
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739-010a
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6/21/72
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P, JDE, NAR, JAV,
JLB, WLG, WAR, APB, JKJ
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (22.4m)
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739-010b
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mp3 (9.6m)
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742-013
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6/26/72
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P, PMF
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doc (41k)
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mp3 (24.5m)
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026-008
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6/26/72
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P, GPS, HAK
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doc (29k)
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mp3 (938k)
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751-014a
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7/24/72
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P, RKP,
JJMcL, JKA, DRG, LWH, RCC, HJL, VH,
JBMcD, SBB
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doc (57k)
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pdf (111k)
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mp3 (18.1m)
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751-014b
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mp3 (41.3m)
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751-014c
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mp3 (4m)
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756-008
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7/28/72
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P, ADN,
JAdAC, AMH
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doc (37k)
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mp3 (11.4m)
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772-012a
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9/7/72
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P, GPS, AFB
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doc (49k)
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mp3 (6.5m)
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772-012b
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mp3 (29m)
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360-020a
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9/11/72
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P, HRH
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doc (66k)
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mp3 (34.6m)
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360-020b
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mp3 (7.5m)
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358-001
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mp3 (24.7m)
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387-007a
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12/5/72
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P, GPS, JDE
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doc (49k)
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mp3 (27.6m)
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387-007b
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mp3 (28.5m)
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233-010a
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12/6/72
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P, HRH
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doc (98k)
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mp3 (41.3m)
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233-010b
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mp3 (43m)
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384-004a
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12/10/72
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P, AMH, HRH
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doc (90k)
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mp3 (31m)
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384-004b
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mp3 (41.2m)
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384-004c
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mp3 (41.3m)
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384-004d
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mp3 (27.2m)
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820-024
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12/12/72
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P, HRH, GCS,
JKeogh, FJS
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doc (119k)
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mp3 (7.3m)
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820-024A
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mp3 (148k)
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821-001a
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mp3 (48.1m)
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821-001b
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mp3 (46.1m)
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835-008a
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1/8/73
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P, HRH, JED
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doc (82k)
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mp3 (27.6m)
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835-008b
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mp3 (44.4m)
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The views presented here do not
necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Government.
[i]As
of the writing of this briefing book most of the tapes
dating from February to July 1973 have yet to be
declassified. Specifically,
Allende was in
office 1,042 days, from his inauguration on November 4,
1970 to his death on September 11, 1973.
In Washington,
Nixon’s taping system started in the Oval Office on
February 16, 1971 and ended on July 18, 1973—883 days,
all of which took place while Allende was in office. One recent study that has utilized some of the
Nixon Tapes on Chile is Lubna Zakia Qureshi’s
Nixon, Kissinger,
and Allende: U.S. Involvement in the 1973 Coup
(Lanham, MD: Roman & Littlefield, 2008). We wish to thank Dr. Qureshi for providing draft
transcripts of several conversations used here.
[ii]
We prepared this collection based on all references to
“Chile” and “Allende” in the most recent official
finding aids produced by the National Archives and
Records Administration. It is possible—although unlikely—that the NARA
staff missed substantive references to Chile/Allende.
[iii]
Although we have reviewed each conversation multiple
times, readers are encouraged to consult the audio and
draw their own conclusions. We would welcome transcript corrections or
additions at
nixontapes@nixontapes.org.
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