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- ↑ Oral History Interview with Thomas M. Rees, California State Archives (1987), pp. 141-47
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- ↑ Former United States Attorneys (Central District of California), justice.gov, Retrieved 17 November 2022
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- ↑ (26 November 1972). Robert L. Meyers (letters to editor positive about Meyer, Los Angeles Times
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