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Series 4, US Department of State 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
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
Series 4 #1.
«All Series«
1964/11/12? TLS[x]  from Smiley, Glenn / to Nicholas Katzenbach We, the national staff of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, must call into question the wisdom, [from Glenn E. Smiley of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to Nicholas de Bellville Katzenbach, United States Undersecretary of State under President Lyndon B. Johnson - correspondence retrieved from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made by journalist Robert G. Grip of Mobile, Alabama during the mid-1980's] «detailed view»
Series 4 #2.
«All Series«
1967/03/07 (#01) TL[c]  from Merton to Nicholas Katzenbach I address this letter to you with diffidence and yet with some hope that you will accept it as [copied from "Katzenbach" file] «detailed view»
Series 4 #3.
«All Series«
1967/03/07 (#02) TL[x]  from Merton to Nicholas Katzenbach I address this letter to you with diffidence and yet with some hope you will accept it as [correspondence retrieved from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made by journalist Robert G. Grip of WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama during the mid-1980's] «detailed view»
Series 4 #4.
«All Series«
1968/07/12 other   DEPARTMENT OF STATE PASSPORT APPLICATION [lists Merton's name as "Thomas James Merton"] «detailed view»
Series 4 #5.
«All Series«
1968/07/26 TLS[x]  from Gannon, Lawrence, Br. / to Passport Office Thomas Merton has requested me to obtain his passport for him. I believe that it is a custom or law [asks that Merton's trip remain confidential] «detailed view»
Series 4 #6.
«All Series«
1986/10/23 TLS[x]  from Albrecht, Julia S. / to Robert Grip Pursuant to your request, this office initiated searches of the Central Foreign Policy Records (the [from Julia S. Albrect, Information and Privacy Staff of the US State Department, to Robert G. Grip of WALA TV, Mobile, Alabama - all documents from the Central Foreign Policy Records and the Passport Services offices were released in their entirety] «detailed view»

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