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- ↑ Who's Who in Australia. Colorgravure Publications. 2006.
- ↑ Biographical cuttings on John Michael Moten, aeronautical engineer appointed Director-General of ASIO 1988, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals, National Library of Australia.
- ↑ R. Sutton, 'Moten, Murray John (1899–1953)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, 2000, pp 429–430
- ↑ Cain, Frank (1993). "The right to know: ASIO, historians and the Australian Parliament". Intelligence and National Security. Taylor & Francis. 8 (1): 87–101. doi:10.1080/02684529308432193.
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