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PAGE Tw e121) PRECLUDME ANY MASS SEARCHING, NOTED PASSPORTS ARE VALIO FOR FIVE YEARS SO PASSPORT OFFICE ITSELF HAS FILES RFADILY AVAILAELE FOR FAR LESS THAN HALF OF ALL VALID PASSPORTS. THE CURRENT FILES (SINCF JANUARY 1973) ARF CONTAINED Tf ABOUT SF FIVE-DRAVER CABINETS IN ONE LARGE FILE ROOM. THESE CABINETS ARE LOCATED ALTERNATELY AMONG #9 OTHER FILE CARTNFTS” WHICH AT MOMENT ARE EMPTY, AWAITING BEING UTILIZFD FOR NEXT RECORD GROUP ACCESSION. FILF ROOM ITSELF IS VERY CROUDED OND ANY SFARCHING RY BUREAU ACENTS WOULD HAVE TO PE ACCOMPLISHFD DURING NIGHTINE HOURS AND WEEKENDS ONLY. PASSPORT OFFICE VERY SHORT OF PFRSONNEL AND COULD NOT ASSIST IN PROJECT. REVIEW OF THESE CURRENT FILES WOULD INVOLVE AROUT 4,207,909 FILFS AT THIS TIME. PASSPORT APPLICATIONS wotnn HAVE TO BE FXAMINED ANE RY ONE FOR PHOTOGRAPH COMPAcISONS, WHICK AT BEST IS INEXACT SCIENCE AND @ENDFRED COMFIISTNG RY CURRENT USE OF REARDS, CLASSES, HAIRDOS, FIC. AT AMY ONE TIME THOUSANDS OF SUCH APPLICATIONS ARE OUT OF FILE FOR SFVIEW. BY COVERNMENT AGENCIES AND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF PASSPOT OFFICE. FENf Pack TO