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Series 2, FBI Headquaters FOIA Request


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1958, 1964-1968, 1980-1986
Volume: 28 item(s); 42 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This file contains correspondence and information retrieved and surrounding a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made by Robert G. Grip of WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama. The United States federal agencies queried were the Central Intelligence Agency

Biography

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Related Information and Links

See published letters from Merton to Pasternak in The Courage for Truth, pp. 87-93; see also the "Mulloy,

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 CIA FOIA Request 6
2 FBI Headquaters FOIA Request 12
3 FBI Louisville Office FOIA Request 3
4 US Department of State FOIA Request 6
5 Miscellaneous Online Materials 1

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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Series 2 #1.
«All Series«
1965/07/08 TALS[x]  from Forest, Jim / to Friends Enclosed are several items related to the Catholic Peace Fellowship--our Bulletin, the descriptive [sent with FBI memo from 1965/09/14[1] - includes markup by FBI, lines through the names of sponsors and file number references - lists co-chairs and sponsors, including Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #2.
«All Series«
1965/09/14 (#01) TAL[x]  from SAC, New York / to Director, FBI The title is marked "Changed" to reflect the additional name of subject organization as The Roman [from the Special Agent in Charge in New York to the FBI director regarding the activities of the Roman Catholic Peace Fellowship, Philip Berrigan, the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), and others deleted and not declassified with this FOIA request] «detailed view»
Series 2 #3.
«All Series«
1965/09/14 (#02) other  from Catholic Peace Fellowship / to Pope Paul VI PETITION of American Citizens to Pope Paul VI for Further Leadership on the Work for World Peace [sent with FBI memo from 1965/09/14[1] - no date - other organizations sending delegations to the Pope include the American Friends Service Committee, Catholic Worker, Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy] «detailed view»
Series 2 #4.
«All Series«
1965/09/14 (#03) other  from Capell, Frank A. / to Editor [NY Times?] Catholic Peace Group Has Strange Program [-] Dear Sir: A newly organized group that has as its [sent with FBI memo from 1965/09/14[1] - no date - from Frank A. Capell from Staten Island, NY, editor of The Herald of Freedom - letter to the editor criticizing the work of the Catholic Peace Fellowship] «detailed view»
Series 2 #5.
«All Series«
1965/09/14 (#04) other  from Forest, Jim / to Editor [NY Times?] Catholic Peace Group Defends Its Program [-] Dear Sir: Frank A. Capell's letter (Nov. [sent with FBI memo from 1965/09/14[1] - no date - from James Forest, Co-Chairman of the Catholic Peace Fellowship - letter to the editor defending the work of the Catholic Peace Fellowship] «detailed view»
Series 2 #6.
«All Series«
1968/02/23 (#01) TAL[x]  from SAC, Louisville / to Director, FBI Re Louisville teletype, 2/21/68, captioned "JOSEPH T. MULLOY; SSA, 1948;" and Louisville teletype [from the Special Agent in Charge in Louisville to the FBI director regarding "Louisville Peace Council Support of Draft Resistance by Joseph T. Mulloy, Louisville, Kentucky, 2/23/68" - other information on this memo deleted and not declassified with this FOIA request] «detailed view»
Series 2 #7.
«All Series«
1968/02/23 (#02) TL[x]  from SAC, Louisville / to Director, FBI Louisville, Kentucky, has not been concealed, inasmuch as possible Selective Service violation [enclosed with 1968/02/23[1] letter to FBI headquarters] «detailed view»
Series 2 #8.
«All Series«
1968/02/23 (#03) TAL[x]  from SAC, Louisville / to Director, FBI Mulloy left with Local Board 47 a letter to the draft board from Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk, [enclosed with 1968/02/23[1] letter to FBI headquarters - transcript of Merton's 1968/02/19 letter delivered by Joseph T. Mulloy to the Louisville Local Draft Board 47 - concerns Merton's support of Mulloy as a conscientious objector - also includes the signatures of 48 other individuals from the Louisville area in agreement] «detailed view»
Series 2 #9.
«All Series«
1985/06/21 TLS  from Grip, Robert / to Patrick Hart After returning from vacation, I found that the FBI had finally responded to my request for Merton [second page is a key to FBI and military intelligence abbreviations: SAC, LHM, ONI, OSI and G-2] «detailed view»
Series 2 #10.
«All Series«
1985/06/26 TLS to Center from Hart, Patrick The enclosed from the FBI may be of interest to you in view of what Bob Grip has sent previously. «detailed view»
Series 2 #11.
«All Series«
1985/no/no? (#01) other  from FBI / to Robert Grip FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOIA DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET [notes that 9 pages were withheld from Freedom of Information Act request because they were "outside the scope of request"] «detailed view»
Series 2 #12.
«All Series«
1985/no/no? (#02) other  from FBI / to Robert Grip FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOIA DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET [notes that 10 pages were withheld from Freedom of Information Act request because they were "outside the scope of request"] «detailed view»

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