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CIA β€’ 1984

ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAPAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Approved for Release: 2021/05/06 C05271568 Central Intelligalee An (b)(3) Washington. C 20505 MEMORANDUM 28 August 1984 SUBJECT: Assessment of Responsibility for Papal Assassination Attempt 1. The Italian Prosecutor General's report eoncerning the alleged Bulgarian plot to kill Pope John Paul II lays out a case for a conspiracy in which the convicted Turk, Mehmet All Agca, carried out the attack with the sponsorship, direction, and assistance of Bulgarian official personnel and members of the "T...
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Created
Mar 9, 2023
Released
May 7, 2021
Publication
Aug 28, 1984
Case number
F-2019-01480

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Metadata

Document #

05271568

Case #

F-2019-01480

Document Type

FOIA

Collection

FOIA Collection

Release Decision

RIPPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

β€”

Pages

3 pages

File Size

107.34 KB