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COINTELPRO Communist Party Authorization Memo (August 28, 1956)

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→ SHARES-EVENT COINTELPRO: FBI Counterintelligence Program Against Domestic Groups (1956–1971) [file] — This document details the initiation of COINTELPRO, a program described in 'COINTELPRO: FBI Counterintelligence Program Against Domestic Groups (1956–1971).'
→ SUPPORTS COINTELPRO Authorization Chain and Bureaucratic Approval Mechanisms [file] — This document focuses on the specific memo that initiated COINTELPRO, directly relating to the authorization mechanisms of the program.
→ SHARES-EVENT COINTELPRO Target Organizations: Criminal Activity vs. Legal Political Organizing [file] — The memo specifically targets the Communist Party, a key aspect of COINTELPRO's targeting of domestic political organizations.
→ PRECEDES COINTELPRO Violent Outcomes: Direct Attribution vs. Organizational Disruption [file] — The initiation memo sets the stage for the operations that later led to discussions of violent outcomes and organizational disruption.
→ PRECEDES Prosecutions Based on COINTELPRO Infiltration: Convictions, Reversals, and Entrapment Claims [file] — The authorization of COINTELPRO is a foundational event for later investigations into prosecutions and entrapment claims stemming from its operations.