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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Stanton, Charles Edward

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1966

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Charles Stanton sends Merton a questionnaire asking whether he agreed with the Warren Commission's findings that Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy and that he was the lone culprit in the assassination. Merton is not satisfied with the Warren Commission's findings and offers his thoughts.

Biography

Charles Stanton writes from New York.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1966/05/21 other[x]from MertonTo Rev.Thomas Merton ... from Charles Edward Stanton... Please answer ANY or ALL of the enclosed  [3 photocopies of Merton's completed questionnaire about the Kennedy assassination]
 1966/no/no? TLSto MertonThis is a follow-up of an original questionnaire which you may have wished to complete but possibly   
 1971/02/13 TL[x]to Center from Stanton, CharlesEnclosed herewith is a copy of the only correspondence I had with the late Thomas Merton.   
 1971/02/19 TL[x]from Center to Stanton, CharlesThank you for sending us a copy of the questionnaire about the John F. Kennedy assassination.   
        

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