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
| Series# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
| | y/m/d | Merton | | Scan ✉ | |
Series 1 #1.
«All Series« |
1958/12/15 |
TLS[x] from Merton to Boris Pasternak |
For a long time I have been holding my breath in the midst of the turmoil of incomparable nonsense |
✓ |
[copy intercepted by the CIA on route to the Soviet Union - includes copy of envelope with date seized - it was thence sent on to Pasternak]
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Series 1 #2.
«All Series« |
1966/03/13 |
other[x] |
Vote NOW on Vietnam! You can speak your mind in the National Voters' Pledge Campaign |
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[Merton's name appearing in a petition again the Vietnam War, the Voters' Pledge Campaign sponsored by the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy / on file at the CIA and marked, "Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2014/01/06"]
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Series 1 #3.
«All Series« |
1980/05/23 |
other[x] |
Some speculate Merton was killed [-] By JOSEPH SWEAT [-] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NC) - Some close friends |
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[article quoting anonymous friends of Merton's speculating Merton killed by a CIA agent / on file at the CIA and marked, "Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22"]
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Series 1 #4.
«All Series« |
1980/08/15 |
other[x] |
Merton-CIA link? Speculation continues on possible assasination of famed Trappist over Vietnam war |
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[summarizes article from May 23, 1980 by Joseph Sweat and contains reaction to speculation by Br. Patrick Hart who called the claims of assasination, "nonsense" / on file at the CIA and marked, "Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22"]
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Series 1 #5.
«All Series« |
1985/01/25 |
TLS[x] from Wright, John H. / to Robert Grip |
This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request for CIA records concerning the |
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[from John H. Wright, Information and Privacy Coordinator for the CIA to Robert G. Grip of WALA TV, Mobile, Alabama]
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Series 1 #6.
«All Series« |
1985/07/23 |
TLS[x] from Wright, John H. / to Robert Grip |
This is a final response to your 27 December 1984 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for |
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[from John H. Wright, Information and Privacy Coordinator for the CIA to Robert G. Grip of WALA TV, Mobile, Alabama]
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