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The Kissinger Cables — 1,707,500 diplomatic cables from 1973 to 1976.
The Carter Cables — 367,174 diplomatic cables from 1977.
The Carter Cables 2 — 500,577 diplomatic cables from 1978.
The Carter Cables 3 — 531,525 diplomatic cables from 1979.
Cablegate — 251,287 diplomatic cables, nearly all from 2003 to 2010.
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Cablegate does not originally have this field. We have given it the entry 'Not Assigned'.
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All handling restrictions governing the document distribution that have been used to date.
In the metadata of the Kissinger Cables this field is called 'Previous Handling Restrictions'.
Cablegate does not originally have this field. We have given it the entry 'Not Assigned'.