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Immigration policy politicized: The Beatles interlude

A handwritten note on top of the telegram asks, "Is this one of the former Beatles?" The telegram, a terse protest of the bombing of Cambodia, was addressed to then-President Richard Nixon and sent to the White House by George Harrison on August 16, 1973.. It is one page of 90 released by the U.S.

A handwritten note on top of the telegram asks, "Is this one of the former Beatles?"

Yes, it was.

The telegram, a terse protest of the bombing of Cambodia, was addressed to then-President Richard Nixon and sent to the White House by George Harrison on August 16, 1973.

It is one page of 90 released by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

George Harrison's A-file is basically a history of along with the files of other notable foreigners that have come before the agency.

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