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References
- ↑ Project MUSE - An Interview with Alan Judd Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ↑ Kieffer, George C. (June 2000). "The Quest For C: Mansfield Cumming and the founding of the Secret Service". RUSI Journal . 145 (3): 75–76. eISSN 1744-0378. ISSN 0307-1847. ProQuest 212131452 . Retrieved 3 August 2022– via ProQuest.
