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Series 3, FBI Louisville Office 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 3 #1.
«All Series«
1968/05/12 TAL[x]  from Catholic Concerned Citizens / to KY UAC Listed below are a few of the main reasons why a closer look should be taken at questionable [letter to FBI and Kentucky State Un-American Activities Committee, Frankfort, KY, concerning "questionable activity within the Roman Catholic Church of Louisville and Kentucky" - lists Merton, the rest is blotted out - calls on committee to "take a good hard look at this unholy alliance and give them transportation elsewhere"] «detailed view»
Series 3 #2.
«All Series«
1985/06/27 (#01) TLS[x]  from Ford, Ivan M. / to Robert Grip This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request for information identifiable [from Ivan M. Ford, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Louisville office of the FBI, to Robert G. Grip of WALA TV, Mobile, Alabama - states two pages withheld from documents to protect the privacy of another individual] «detailed view»
Series 3 #3.
«All Series«
1985/06/27 (#02) TAL[x] to SAC, Louisville Mulloy left with Local Board 47 a letter to the draft board from Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk, [same as the first page of 1968/02/23[3], but with Fr. James C. Gorman's name removed by Louisville office of the FBI] «detailed view»

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