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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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Statement by John Joseph Moakley regarding negotiations between Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) and Salvadoran Armed Forces as well as U.S. military aid to El Salvador, undated

John Joseph Moakley
Talking points for John Joseph Moakley's Press Conference on El Salvador, undated

John Joseph Moakley

Includes handwritten notes.
Text of article by John Joseph Moakley on the Jesuit murder case for the National Catholic Reporter. Includes handwritten notes, undated

John Joseph Moakley
List of appointments the staff of the Special Task Force on El Salvador planned to arrange while in El Salvador, undated

unknown Joseph Moakley
Summary of guidelines for "Support for the Cuban People," undated

Richard A. Nuccio and Support for the Cuban People Interagency Working Group

Nuccio served as the Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Cuba. This is part of a series of documents related to the Helms-Burton Cuban Embargo legislation (H. R. 927)
"Martyrs in a Martyred Land" advertisement with pictures of the victims of the Jesuit murders, undated

Quixote Center
Report summarizing the Jesuit murders and the investigation by the group "Search for Justice: A Project of the Quixote Center," undated

Quixote Center
Suggestions and ideas for the organization of the vigil service "Martyrs in a Martyred Land: A Religious Vigil Service to Remember Six Jesuits and Their Two Co-Workers Murdered by the Salvadoran Army," undated

Quixote Center
Note from Larry Storrs, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, to John Joseph Moakley and James P. McGovern regarding request for information on costs of U.S. operations in El Salvador, undated

Larry Storrs
Confidential memorandum from the Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador regarding summary of selected information, issues, and questions for use during the Task Force trip to El Salvador, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Confidential memorandum from the Task Force staff to the members of the Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador regarding a summary of selected information, issues, and questions for use during the Task Force trip to El Salvador, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.

Includes handwritten notes
Draft of the El Salvador Special Task Force trip itinerary, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.

Includes handwritten notes.
Draft of "Work on El Salvador: April 2nd-April 27th," undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.

Includes the following sections: press, popular op-eds, grassroots, Capitol Hill, ongoing work, special appointments with swing HandS members, special reports to be released, hill drops, at time of vote, letters and phone calls.
Election poll phone call script, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.

Includes handwritten notes.
Handwritten notes regarding Joya Martinez's interview, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
List of staff members and additional staff members of El Salvador Special Task Force, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.

Includes handwritten notes.
List of staff members and additional staff members of the El Salvador Special Task Force, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.

Includes handwritten notes.
Notes on a staff meeting regarding El Salvador and the proposed focus of the Task Force on the U.S. embassy's actions in the Jesuit murder investigation, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
"Possible Questions" report addressing U.S. Major Eric Buckland's contended prior knowledge of the Jesuit murders, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Questions for Colonel Benavides regarding his knowledge and involvement with the Jesuit murders, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Questions for Jesuit murder witness Lucia Barrera de Cerna, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Questions from the El Salvador Task Force addressing multiple aspects of the Jesuit murder investigation, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Report by Special Task Force on El Salvador detailing the story of Julian Rosales Lopez, a civilian killed after the Jesuit murders. Includes handwritten notes, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Report of Speaker Foley's Special Task Force on El Salvador, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Suggested questions for the El Salvador Task Force to ask during the course of the Jesuit murder investigation, undated

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.