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A Study of Assassination – The Central Intelligence Agency’s Assassination Manual, early nineteen‑fifties. This document appears in the public record as a training and operational guide, and it has been cited repeatedly in discussions of covert action. The record is hosted on theblackvault.com and the full PDF is available through documents2.theblackvault.com. The material was released to the public on May thirteenth, two thousand twenty‑one. It originally entered the public domain through a Freedom of Information Act request filed in nineteen ninety‑seven, and the declassification authority was the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of Information Management. The Black Vault posted the scanned copy on May thirteenth, two thousand twenty‑one, assigning the entry URL shown above. Now, the document itself. The following is the first relevant section as it appears in the scanned PDF. All characters, symbols, and line breaks are reproduced exactly as they appear in the source. Redaction markers are presented in the same format as the original. ----- .... --.~-... -..:-- f. -.-~----.-. .:... .. ---- - > ; B 7 9 A / 7 K B J 7 K H % O D F N 9 D X O W L V W K H O D U J H V W R Q O L Q H ) U H H G R P R I , Q I R U P D W L R Q $ F W ) 2 , $ G R F X P H Q W F O H D U L Q J K R X V H L Q W K H Z R U O G 7 K H U H V H D U F K H I I R U W V K H U H D U H U H V S R Q V L E O H I R U W K H G H F O D V V L I L F D W L R Q R I K X Q G U H G V R I W K R X V D Q G V R I S D J H V U H O H D V H G E \ W K H 8 6 R Y H U Q P H Q W 0 L O L W D U \ ' L V F R Y H U W K H 7 U X W K D W K W W S Z Z Z W K H E O D F N Y D X O W F R P 7 K L V G R F X P H Q W L V P D G H D Y D L O D E O H W K U R X J K W K H G H F O D V V L I L F D W L R Q H I I R U W V D Q G U H V H D U F K R I - R K Q U H H Q H Z D O G - U F U H D W R U R I -.~ . : .... ~. :,s- -, ~ --'- ;;. 91St B!--. .,;:...:: :..'-- - - . 1a tb4 h-m.- of' u.. llllar, ~ bh be-4II

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process.

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A Study of Assassination – The CIA’s Assassination Manual, 1950s

JUL 10 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-a-study-of-assassination-the-cia-s-assassination-manual-193 minLast updated July 10, 2026

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A Study of Assassination – The Central Intelligence Agency’s Assassination Manual, early nineteen‑fifties. This document appears in the public record as a training and operational guide, and it has been cited repeatedly in discussions of covert action. com. The material was released to the public on May thirteenth, two thousand twenty‑one.

Date: JUL 10 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)

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What was A Study of Assassination – The CIA’s Assassination Manual, 1950s about?: A Study of Assassination – The Central Intelligence Agency’s Assassination Manual, early nineteen‑fifties. This document appears in the public record as a training and operational guide, and it has been cited repeatedly in discussions of covert action. com. The material was released to the public on May thirteenth, two thousand twenty‑one.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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