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more than 3,400 prisoners, more than 500 of whom were scientists who came to the United States as part of
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As many of the former prison guards and interrogators at P.O. Box 1142 have started to grow old and information became declassified, the substantial amount of intelligence learned at P.O. Box 1142 has started to come to light. Between 1942 and 1946, the military interrogators at the camp questioned
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