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Folder
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Description
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Date
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1
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Hickler Personal
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2
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Miscellaneous bulletins and publications
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3
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Air America request for proposal
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1968
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4
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STOL site improvement program BO Klua Tai
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5
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Proposed amendment No. 5 contract aid 493-66
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6
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Air Asia technical services brochure
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7
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Letters; pictures; miscellaneous data
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An informative letter from Bill Leary to Dave Hickler
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1980
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Article: "Portrait of a Cold Warrior: Whiting Willaurer and Civil Air
Transport" by William M. Leary; Jr.
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Newspaper clippings
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8
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"Stars and Stripes Time" - S.E. Asia American edition
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1968; 1970
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newspaper
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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9
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Air crews; personnel lists
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10
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Insurance policy; bank and other personal data
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11
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Air America Logs
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1968- 1969
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Air Facilities data pamphlets for Laos
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Personal letters from Senator John Tower
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Personal letters and miscellaneous items
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12
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One Man's Story by David Hickler 1946-1975
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Stol site development program T-550 Sen Khum Leu
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operational memos Sinim Lodge A.F. an A.M. Tokyo; Japan
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Pictures of military visit to Air America
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1969
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Udorn notations; clippings; and articles; personal notations
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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1
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Summary of the History of Air America; from the official "Secret" history prepared by the CIA
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Origins of CAT
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1946
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Civil Air Transport
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1948
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2
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The CIA buys an airline
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1949-1950
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Part 1 - 3
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The struggle for control
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1951-1953
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Finance - accounting
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1950-1953
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CAT covert operations
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1951-1953
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3
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Hsuchow and Taiyuan
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1948-1949
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CAT and the collapse of Nationalist China
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1949
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4
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CAT in French Indochina: A Chronology
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1949-1954
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CAT and the Korean War: A Chronology
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1950-1951
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Related Bill Leary correspondence
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Pilot pay and crew listings
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Bangkok
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1973
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5
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AVP book
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1973
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6
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Telegram advising the names; titles; companies represented of people in George Doole's party arriving
in Udorn
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Document describing the Bangkok Air America office and operations
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Miscellaneous personnel memos
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Memos regarding stock in Air America; stockholders meeting; Air Asis; "E-Systems" and their purpose of
certain items including Air Asia from Air America
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7
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Disposition memos; minutes of meetings; etc.; Laos and Bangkok
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1970
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Station and personnel requirements
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8
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Personal data; newspaper clippings; pictures; notes; memos; etc.
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9
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Operational meetings; Memos
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1973
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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10
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Last flight for Air America in Thailand; personal letters. Hickler memos and notes
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1974
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Bidder's meeting with E-System and Air America executives
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11
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Captain Eugene L. Potter memoranda
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Personal and confidential memos
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Phnom Pena
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12
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Personal notes; clippings and CAT passenger manifest for Flight 106-20
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1964
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13
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Duties of CAT Regional Director - Japan
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Time Magazine
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1966
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U.S. Attache letter; U.S. Embassy; Vientiane; Laos to D.H. Hickler
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1965
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Journal of Industry and Foreign Trade interview with D.H. Hickler
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Newsweek
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1957
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Pictures
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Newspapers and clippings
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14
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General memos; CAT covering administrative activities and organizations and facility changes
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1955
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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16
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Miscellaneous letters and memos CAT
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1952-1955
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17
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Report for Japan - Korea region
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1954
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18
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Memos covering a wide range of topics
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1955
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19
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Korea report: Project "Chosen"
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20
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Copy of certificate stating that the Air Force Association certifies that the Pacific Corporation
is an industrial associate
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Dunn and Bradstreet reports on the Pacific Corporation; Air America Inc.; Air Asia Company Limited
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1965
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The following files were added at a later date
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1
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Planning data and maps for expansion of Air America facilities at LS-20
Laos
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Birthday card to Dave Hickler; expense reports; memos on flood in Vientiane; Laos; miscellaneous data
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1967
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Printed newspaper accounts from the Pimthai daily newspaper; memos; expense reports and notes
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1970
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2
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Air America Udorn mailbox listing
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1973
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Personal appraisal of M.L. Stitt; Station Manager; Vientiane
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Milk run flights; Miscellaneous memos
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1963
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3
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Hickler's request for leave of absence to the Chief
of Supply; CAT
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1948
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Memo from Paul C. Velte regarding Hickler's retirement
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1974
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Memo from Hickler on disposition of his retirement
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1974
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Personnel memos; clippings; and notes
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Handbook on Buddha religion; map layout of the general plan of Air America Udorn Air Base
Udornthani; Thailand
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Reports on Hickler's blood reading and physical
examination
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Letters from Senator John Tower
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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1
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Collier's Magazine; "World's most shot at airline"
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1951
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2
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Collier's Magazine; "Pop Gingle-Hong Kong Host"
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1951
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3
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Saturday Evening Post "The Flying Tigers Carry On" Article 1
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1955
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4
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Saturday Evening Post "The Flying Tigers Carry On" Article 2
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1955
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5
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Argosy "The Flying Phantoms of Laos"
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1963
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6
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Autographed picture of General Clair Chennault
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8
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JU.S. Council Delegation; ICC Congress; Tokyo
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1955
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Time Magazine
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1955
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American Chamber of Commerce in Japan data
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9
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Special reports and pictures
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10
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Hickler personal letters; I.D. club membership; receipts; newspaper clippings; magazine clippings;
the Toyal Bangkok Sports Club 72nd Annual Report
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1973 -1974
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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1
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Civil Service Commission decision on reconsideration
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2
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Hickler appeal consolidated with Fink and Watts
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3
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31 exhibits that support Hickler's claim to have been supervised by CIA
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4
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U.S.Office of Personal Management turn down of Hickler's
request. Other related correspondence
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5
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Correspondence relating to Hickler's retirement pay
request
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6
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Letters; notes; newspaper clippings related to Hickler's request
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7
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Additional letters and back-up material regarding retirement pay
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8
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Non contributor correspondence - Civil Service case
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9
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Mailing lists and contributions - retirement - Civil Service case
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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1
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Accident report; investigations; pictures
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2
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Accident reports - Laos; South Vietnam
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3
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Accident report - Thailand; Laos; South Vietnam
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4
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Porter; N392R Accident; Thailand; Capt. B. Clark
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1966
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Porter; N153L Accident; Thailand; Capt. R.W. Allison
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1966
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Porter; N153L Accident; Thailand; Capt. D.R. Padrick
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1967
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5
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Unlabeled accident photographs
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6
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Accident report C-47 Thailand; F.C. Gillies and W.C. Crothers
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1967
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Details of air incident N5454V
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1969
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7
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Aircraft accident review reports
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1967-68
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Telex messages; unlabeled pictures
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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1
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"World's Most Shot-At Air Line" - Colliers
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1951
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2
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"The Flying Tigers Carry On" by Corey Ford Saturday Evening
Post
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Feb 5 & 12. 1955
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Article covers CAT's hazardous missions over Indochina to include the
run to Dien Bien Phu and "Earthquake McGoon's" last flight
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3
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"The CIA - An Attack and Reply" Articles U.S. News and World
Report
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1971
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4
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"The Administration" Article on CIA Time Magazine
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1967
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5
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"Trying to Expose the CIA" Time Magazine
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1974
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6
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Two copies of "The Royal Bankok Sports Club Annual Gulf Report
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1973-74
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Air America Log Vol. VI No. 2
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1972
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Aviation Week and Space Technology
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1966
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Flying
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1963
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Booklets
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7
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Magazines with articles on intelligence
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Bangkok Magazine
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1969
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National Geographic "Taiwan: The Watchful Oragon"
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1969
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The Hurricane
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1969
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U.S. News & World Report "Watching the CIA at Work Around the
World"
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1967
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Newsweek Articles on Peace in Vietnam Laos and Thailand
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1968
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Newsweek "A Question of Leakage"
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1976
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Folder
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Description
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Date
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1
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Newspapers
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Nippon Times
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1955
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Asahi Evening News
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1955
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CAT Advertisement Pg 6 Los Angeles Times
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1976
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"The CIA's 29 years: Success Failures" National
Observer
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1969
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The Wall Street Journal
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1969
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Barrons "Foreign Air has done more harm than
good"
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2
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Miscellaneous Guides Booklets and Articles Tokyo Suburban
Areas
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3
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Sunday Magazine Section Bangkok Post: CIA Data 1974: The
President's Secret Arm The CIA Undercover Empire
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4
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Article on David Hickler Chinese Magazine: "Finance
& Economics"
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1956
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5
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Publications:
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Inside Japan
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1965
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National Geographic "The Mekong River of Terror"
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1968
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"Snow Festival in Japan's Far North"
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1968
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Asian Aviation
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1982
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GEO Magazine
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1980
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6
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Magazines
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U.S. News & World Report Articles on Vietnam and Red China
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1969
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Business Week
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1969
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Asiaweek
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1982
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Business Aviation
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1987
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7
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Magazines: Newsweek Stern Magazine Article on CIA
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