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104-10180-10081 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (07/10/1964)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch75348 and id is 1 raw text is: 1 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 r TSD SDB VE11O 192 10 July 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: C/WI/SA ATTE.TION Mr. Alfonso Rodriguez OCYr FROM TSD/OA/Special Devices Branch ' SUBJECT : Identification and Purpose of Contents of Box marked Special Fireworks 1. In response to your request for an evaluation of the contents of the box marked Special Fireworks, the following information and conclusions are offered. 2. The nailed plywood box was pried open on 24 June. It is a kit for making an incendiary device. Contents are six clear plastic, pill type bottles with white plastic tops, filled with metallic colored powders, a plastic box and lid. Two bottles are labeled Continental Plastics Oklahoma City on the bottoms, one marked 5 drams, the other, 8 drams. The other four bottles are not marred with a manufacturer's name but are stamped P-7 on the bottoms; one has the numbers 23 and 0 opposite each other on the bottom, the second has 16 and 0, the third, 10 and 0 and the last, 4 and 0. 3. The box, similar to a soap box, measuring 4 X 24 X 1 and the lid measuring 41 X 2-7/8, are either plastic or cellu- loid. In one end of the box is a round hole sealed on the in- side by a thin piece of celluloid covered with aluminum foil. A compartment is formed by a thin piece of celluloid, 7/8 from the end with the hole. This partition is perforated with several holes and covered on one side with a layer of aluminum foil. The lid is perforated with severa-l holes and sealed on the inside surface with what appears to be a piece of wide transparent tape. With the exception of a stamped number 1 on the inside of the bottom of the box there are no identifying marks on the box or lid. From the appearance of the box, covered on the inside with silvery particles of po.dcr, it must have been loaded at least once. Glue or rubber cement, probably a sealant with water- -I 1104-10180-100811

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