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  "title": "FBI records concerning the retention and transfer of Project Blue Book material after 1970",
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      "title": "Bureau correspondence concerning Blue Book material, 1970–1985",
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      "subject": "Release letter — 1612884-000",
      "excerpt": "Enclosed are 312 pages, of which 268 are released in part. Material has been withheld pursuant to Exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3), (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) and (b)(7)(E). A Vaughn index is enclosed…",
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