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Congressman Moakley Papers Documents

The following digitized content includes materials that document Congressman Moakley's early life, his World War II service, his work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and the U.S. Congress.

For a full list of the collection, including non-digitized items, consult the Moakley Papers Collection Guide.

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Fact sheet for 1990 Census residence rules from the U.S. Census bureau, 1990

Boston Opinion Research
Memorandum to John Joseph Moakley from Fred Clark regarding redistricting, 1990

Eric W. Buckland
Transcript of interview with U.S. Major Eric Buckland regarding Jesuit murders, 12 January 1990

Eric W. Buckland
U.S. Major Eric Buckland's signed statement regarding his prior knowledge of Jesuit murders, 3 January 1990

Eric W. Buckland
U.S. Major Eric Buckland's statement (typed) of prior knowledge of Jesuit murders, addendum, polygraph report, and retraction of original prior knowledge statement, 12-19 January 1990

Eric W. Buckland
Letter to John Joseph Moakley from Patrick J. Burns, President, Jesuit Conference, directing the attention of the Task Force to recent developments in Jesuit murder case, the reactions of the Jesuit leadership to the event, and the larger human rights violation issue, 24 January 1990

Patrick J. Burns
Testimony of Michael Posner of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 February 1990

David Carreiro
Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project info sheets

Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project
Letter from John Joseph Moakley and Bud Shuster to the Honorable Thomas S. Foley regarding summary of findings of El Salvador Special Task Force, 21 February 1990

Fred Clark
Transcript of Interview with Lucia Barrera de Cerna and Jorge Cerna at the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the Jesuit priest murders, with corrections by Scott Greathead

Lucia Barrera de Cerna and Jorge de Cerna
Draft memorandum to Don Edwards from James X. Dempsey regarding the FBI's treatment of witnesses during the Jesuit murder investigation, 19 April 1990

James X. Dempsey
Memorandum to Don Edwards from James X. Dempsey regarding FBI's treatment of witnesses during the Jesuit murders investigation, 4 January 1990

James X. Dempsey
Unclassified memorandum from William J. Dieterich (DCM: American Embassy San Salvador) to U.S. Army Colonel John Cruden (Chief Legislative Council) regarding U.S. Major Eric Buckland's testimony transcript and approved English language translation, 5 October 1990

William J. Dieterich
Massachusetts congressional districts' population comparison from the 1980 and 1990s censuses

Disabled American Veterans
Letter from John Joseph Moakley to the Honorable Ramsey Clark regarding the Cesar Villeman Joya Martinez interrogation, 26 July 1990

Martha Doggett
Report from El Rescate Human Rights Department, "Report from El Salvador, November 12-19, 1990," regarding the one year anniversary of the Jesuit murders, progress of the investigation, and political pressure to solve the murders. The document also includes a released statement from the U.S. Department of State regarding FMLN attacks in El Salvador, 21 November 1990

El Rescate. Human Rights Department
Special report from El Rescate Legal Services, "The Jesuit Investigation," includes summary of investigation, a possible reconstruction of events, and discussion of the prosecution case against Colonel Benavides, 18 January 1990

El Rescate. Legal Services
Letter from Mark Gersh of the National Committee for an Effective Congress to John Joseph Moakley regarding Massachusetts redistricting, 1 March 1990

Mark Gersh
The Human Rights Commission of El Salvador press release regarding the arrest of El Salvador witness Cesar Vielman Joya Martinez, 16 July 1990

Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (Canada)
Draft of memorandum to John Joseph Moakley from K. Larry Storrs, Specialist in Latin American Affairs, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division, describing the November 1989 events leading up to the Jesuit murders in El Salvador, 6 February 1990

Mary Jeka
Letter to John Joseph Moakley from Roger M. Kimmitt regarding the Department of State's role in providing the Task Force with information to assist with the Jesuit murder investigation, 16 March 1990

Roger M. Kimmitt
Confidential memorandum to John Joseph Moakley from the staff of the Special Task Force on El Salvador regarding the El Salvador staff trip report, 15 August 1990

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, The Americas, "The Jesuit Case a Year Later: An Interim Report," 15 November 1990

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, The Americas, "Update on Investigation of the Murder of Six Jesuit Priests in El Salvador," 2 October 1990

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Memorandum from Lawyers Committee for Human Rights to U.S. Jesuit Conference regarding the status of the Jesuit murder investigation and recent developments in the case, 27 July 1990

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)