Briefing For SSCI Aides on May 1981 Assassination Attempt Against The Pope (John Paul II), 1981

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IAD/CTG Briefing for SSCI Aides on May Assassination Attempt Against the Pope.

The below two page document was requested to have a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) by The Black Vault on December 15, 2018. The CIA reviewed and released the record on August 7, 2019, and is available below.

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