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COINTELPRO 1956 Authorization Memo Redaction Rationale

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→ SHARES-EVENT COINTELPRO: FBI Counterintelligence Program Against Domestic Groups (1956–1971) [file] — Both documents reference the formal launch of COINTELPRO in 1956.
→ SHARES-EVENT COINTELPRO Authorization Chain and Bureaucratic Approval Mechanisms [file] — This document covers the bureaucratic approval mechanisms of COINTELPRO, which would include the initial authorization memo.
→ PRECEDES COINTELPRO Target Organizations: Criminal Activity vs. Legal Political Organizing [file] — The 1956 memo's initial target, the CPUSA, informed the broader targeting criteria discussed in this document.