NATO Expansion — The Root Cause of the War in Ukraine

NATO Expansion — The Root Cause of the War in Ukraine

by Larry C. Johnson | Jul 24, 2025

I know there is a lot of interest in the Jeffrey Epstein story and the new revelations from Tulsi Gabbard about Barack Obama and his team’s efforts to fan the flames of Russiagate. I have been all over the Russiagate matter since 2017. Here is the link to a piece I published on December 18, 2018 with the nifty title, The Trump Coup Is a Threat to Our Republic. I am glad the information is finally coming out, but I knew this seven years ago. What took them so long? While Tulsi’s revelations are legit, I think she is releasing this information now to distract attention away from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Trump is getting killed in the polls — reportedly he is down 40% points on this issue.

For now, I want to focus on the war in Ukraine, i.e., the Special Military Operation (SMO), and clarify Russia’s motivation and objective for ending that conflict. We keep hearing the phrase, root causes. Russia wants the West to address the root causes. Ok, what are those? I think it is pretty simple — read the draft treaty that Vladimir Putin presented to Joe Biden in December 2021 and then you will understand. To spare you reading the entire document (I have linked to it in the next paragraph) I am going to summarize the key points.

The draft “Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Security Guarantees” that Russia presented to Biden in December 2021, outlined a series of far-reaching security demands, reflecting Russia’s intent to reshape the post-Cold War security architecture in Europe. Here are the key points from the published text:

1. No Further NATO Expansion
   • The US would commit to preventing further enlargement of NATO, specifically barring Ukraine and other former Soviet republics from joining the alliance.
   • This also included a ban on NATO military activity in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
2. No Deployment of US Forces or Weapons in Certain Countries
   • The treaty would forbid the US from deploying military forces or weaponry in countries that joined NATO after May 1997 (such as Poland, the Baltic states, Romania, and others).
   • NATO infrastructure would have to be rolled back to pre-1997 locations.
3. Ban on Intermediate-Range Missiles
   • Both Russia and the US would be prohibited from deploying ground-launched intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles outside their national territories, as well as in areas of their own territory where such missiles could strike the other’s territory.
4. Limit Military Maneuvers and Activities
   • Limits on heavy bombers and surface warship deployments: Both sides would restrict the operation of heavy bombers and warships in areas from which they could strike targets on the other’s territory. (Note: In September 2020, Trump’s DOD authorized a B-52 to fly along the Ukrainian coast in the Black Sea.)
5. Nuclear Weapons Restrictions
   • All nuclear weapons would be confined to each country’s own national territory. Neither side could deploy nuclear weapons outside its borders. (Note: US just sent a batch of nukes to England.)
   • Withdrawal of all US nuclear weapons from Europe and elimination of existing infrastructure for their deployment abroad.
6. Mutual Security Pledge
   • Each side would agree not to take any security measures that could undermine the core security interests of the other party.
7. Establishment of Consultation Mechanisms
   • Proposals included the renewal or strengthening of direct consultation mechanisms, such as the NATO–Russia Council and the establishment of a crisis hotline.
8. Indivisibility of Security Principle
   • Included a reaffirmation that the security of one state cannot come at the expense of the security of another, formalizing Russia’s interpretation of the “indivisible security” concept.

Instead of engaging the Russians in negotiations on these matters, Biden’s Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, essentially told Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov, that Russia could take the treaty and shove it up its own ass. So much for diplomacy. Had the US agreed to discuss the draft treaty with the Russians, the SMO would not have been launched in February 2022. But that is the critical point… The US had no intention of seeking a peaceful settlement with Russia. For example, the CIA, using DOD cover, had already invested tens of millions of dollars in bio labs scattered throughout Ukraine. According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, it recovered documents that identified a network of 30 US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine that were conducting research on dangerous pathogens as part of a bioweapons program. Ukraine was nothing more than a pawn in a Western game of strategic chess, with the ultimate goal of wrecking Russia and taking control of its natural resources. The West was not ready to quit that game.

Until NATO’s threat to Russia is taken off the table, the Russia’s war with the West will continue… It represents an existential threat to the Russian people. The talks in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine do nothing to address or resolve the root causes.

Reprinted with permission from Sonar21.

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• Larry C. Johnson is a former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. He is the co-owner and CEO of BERG Associates, LLC (Business Exposure Reduction Group).

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‘Defining Moment in Human History’: U.S. Rejects WHO’s International Health Regulation Amendments

‘Defining Moment in Human History’: U.S. Rejects WHO’s International Health Regulation Amendments

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said today the U.S. would not agree to sign over authority in health emergencies “to an unelected international organization that could order lockdowns, travel restrictions or any other measures that it sees fit.” The amendments take effect for all signatories July 19.

by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.

July 18, 2025

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio today announced that the U.S. is formally rejecting the controversial amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR).

The revisions would allow the WHO “to order global lockdowns, travel restrictions, or any other measures it sees fit to respond to nebulous ‘potential public health risks,’” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a press release.

The amendments — passed at last year’s World Health Assembly and set to take effect July 19 for all signatories — would have been binding in the U.S., even though the U.S. withdrew from the WHO earlier this year.

While the proposals were watered down compared to earlier drafts, they contained provisions that would have given the WHO unprecedented authority.

In a video released today, Kennedy said the amendments were “a step in the wrong direction” that pose a threat to national sovereignty and facilitate the rollout of a global surveillance infrastructure and digital vaccine passports.

Kennedy said:

“The new regulations employ extremely broad language that gives the WHO unprecedented power. They require countries to establish systems of risk communications so that the WHO can implement unified public messaging globally. That opens the door to the kind of narrative management and propaganda and censorship that we saw during the COVID pandemic.”

Sayer Ji, co-founder of Stand for Health Freedom and chair of the Global Wellness Forum, said the rejection of the amendments is “a defining moment in human history” that symbolizes the rejection of a “worldview that reduces human beings to data points and treats constitutional protections as inconvenient obstacles to be circumvented.”

The rejection “sends a clarion call to the world that health freedom and national sovereignty remain non-negotiable principles that cannot be sacrificed on the altar of technocratic expediency,” Ji said.

According to the joint statement, the U.S. notified the WHO of its formal rejection of the amendments today. In his video, Kennedy said the U.S. was rejecting the amendments “not only on behalf of our own citizens, but the whole world.”

Dr. Meryl Nass, founder of Door to Freedom, agreed. She called today’s move an “important” step to rebut amendments that “clearly were designed as a pathway to global governance.”

According to independent journalist James Roguski, the U.S. is the second country to reject the amendments, after Israel.

Valerie Borek, policy director for Stand for Health Freedom, credited the health freedom movement’s efforts in defeating the amendments in the U.S. Borek said:

“Health freedom saw a big win with the rejection of the most recent IHR amendments by this administration. It’s a return to our Constitution, an acknowledgement that health decisions belong as close to home as possible, and shows the power of the movement.”

RFK Jr.: Amendments lay ‘groundwork for global medical surveillance’

The IHR provides “an overarching legal framework that defines countries’ rights and obligations in handling public health events and emergencies that have the potential to cross borders,” according to the WHO.

The existing IHR allows the WHO director-general to declare a public health emergency in any country without the consent of that country’s government, though it requires both sides to first attempt to reach an agreement.

Previous versions of the IHR have been in place since 1969. The current version was enacted in 2005, in the aftermath of SARS-CoV-1. It is one of only two binding treaties achieved by the WHO, the other being the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

HHS said the World Health Assembly passed the IHR amendments “through a rushed process lacking sufficient debate and public input.”

Kennedy highlighted several reasons for rejecting the amendments:

“Nations that accept the new regulations are signing over their power in health emergencies to an unelected international organization that could order lockdowns, travel restrictions or any other measures that it sees fit.

“In fact, it doesn’t even need to declare an emergency. Potential public health risks are enough for it to initiate action. If we’re going to give the WHO that much power, we should at least invite a thorough public debate.”

Kennedy said the amendments contain provisions relating to vaccine passports and the development of centralized medical databases.

“It lays the groundwork for global medical surveillance of every human being,” he said.

Kennedy also said the WHO’s response to COVID-19 showed that it shouldn’t be trusted with more power.

“During COVID, the WHO failed to enforce the International Health Regulations that were already in place for generations. China withheld critical information about the outbreak for at least a month, and faced no real consequences or criticism from WHO.

“These and other atrocities make one thing clear. We must strengthen national and local autonomy to hold global organizations in check and to restore a real balance of power underneath all the bureaucratic language.”

Dr. David Bell, a public health physician, biotech consultant and senior scholar at the Brownstone Institute, said Kennedy’s statement was “very rational and a refreshing change from the usual jargon-filled drivel that has been the main basis of support for the amendments.”

Bell said the main problem with the amendments is the “expansion of surveillance,” as they would be used to “fuel unfounded fear of pandemics and thereby become a lever for lockdowns and border closures and then mandated vaccination with mRNA vaccines.”

Nass said the amendments, even if weakened, still posed a threat to the global public. “They still strongly encourage nations to survey and censor their populations, and they provide a framework for more insidious global control in the future.”

Rubio said the amendments contained “vague and broad language,” which focuses on “political issues like solidarity, rather than rapid and effective actions.”

Rejection by U.S. ‘provides moral courage’ for other nations

In January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO — a process which will be completed at the end of the year.

However, according to the HHS-State Department joint statement, “These amendments were set to become binding on the United States regardless of our withdrawal from the WHO.” This is because the IHR is considered a binding international treaty to which the U.S. is a signatory and which is listed in the State Department’s list of “Treaties in Force.”

“Membership of the IHR is separate from WHO. The U.S. is still a signatory to the IHR, just rejecting the new amendments,” Bell said.

In his video, Kennedy said that because the IHR is a legally binding treaty, it “bypasses the U.S. Senate, which plays a key role in ensuring major international commitments receive proper democratic oversight.”

According to Nass, other countries, including Argentina, may reject the IHR by the July 19 deadline. She said the WHO doesn’t announce which countries reject the amendments.

In February, Argentine President Javier Milei announced Argentina would follow the U.S. in withdrawing from the WHO. However, it is not clear whether Argentina will also reject the IHR amendments.

In 2023, the WHO’s World Health Assembly passed a separate, smaller set of amendments that last year were rejected by some countries, including New Zealand and Iran. It’s unclear if these countries will reject the new amendments.

Ji said that the U.S. rejection of the amendments “provides moral courage and political cover for other nations to reclaim their own sovereignty” and “undermines both the legitimacy and enforceability of the WHO’s attempted consolidation of power.”

Bell said more countries should consider rejecting the amendments:

“If other countries follow this, they lose nothing, just keep more control over their own resources when a single person, the WHO director general, decides a theoretical risk from a new viral variant is worth declaring an emergency.”

RFK Jr.: ‘What’s at stake here is a vision for our future’

The amendments are separate from the WHO’s “Pandemic Agreement,” which the World Health Assembly passed in May. Eleven countries, including Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia, Iran and Slovakia, did not accept the agreement.

The Pandemic Agreement, widely referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” calls for “equitable and timely access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.” Members are required to provide 20% of their supplies of these products to the WHO during a pandemic for distribution to poorer countries.

Before the Pandemic Agreement goes into effect, WHO member states must finalize an annex for the establishment of a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system — a process that may take up to two years. The agreement must then be ratified by 60 countries.

Speaking to the World Health Assembly by video in May, before the passage of the Pandemic Agreement, Kennedy said the WHO “has become mired in bureaucratic bloat.”

“We need to reboot the whole system,” he said.

In his video today, Kennedy said, “What’s at stake here is a vision for our future.” He said:

“Are we going to be subjects to a technocratic control system that uses health risks and pandemic preparedness as a Trojan horse to curtail basic democratic freedoms? Do we want a future where every person, every movement, every transaction and every human body is under surveillance at all times?”

Watch Kennedy’s statement here:

Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., based in Athens, Greece, is a senior reporter for The Defender and host of "The Defender In-Depth" on CHD.TV.

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Face It, MAGA: Donald Trump Lied To You!

Face It, MAGA: Donald Trump Lied To You!

By Chuck Baldwin

July 19, 2025

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are much like the evangelical supporters of Israel. (In fact, a large percentage of these two groups are one and the same.) Evangelicals defiantly refuse to believe that Cyrus Scofield (and their Dispensationalist pastors) lied to them; and MAGA supporters defiantly refuse to believe that Trump lied to them. But the peace and prosperity of America just might depend on MAGA facing the reality that Donald Trump has indeed lied to them.

Six months into Trump’s term in office have proven that the similarities between Donald Trump and Joe Biden are much more than the differences between them.

Ukraine

We all clearly remember Trump’s repeated campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours” after taking office. Few people believed he could literally end the war in one day, but we all knew that the President of the United States had the power to end that conflict in a very brief period of time: a couple of weeks or less.

All Trump needed to do was terminate the U.S. munitions pipeline to Ukraine and withdraw ALL U.S. personnel—including and especially the CIA—from Ukraine. Had Trump done what he promised to do, the mass murderer and corrupt politician Volodymyr Zelensky would have been forced to cease his “stupid” (Trump’s word) proxy war with Russia, and the war would have ended posthaste—and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians would still be alive.

But what has Trump done? He has continued and is now expanding Ukraine’s (meaning America’s) stupid war.

US President Donald Trump will for the first time use his authority to send weapons drawn from Pentagon stockpiles directly to Ukraine, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the decision.

While the Trump administration has so far only delivered weapons approved under his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) allows Trump to supply arms to Ukraine in an emergency.

The new shipment could reportedly be worth around $300 million and may include Patriot surface-to-air missiles as well as medium-range rockets.

The president confirmed earlier this week that he would send additional arms to Ukraine.

During his election campaign, Trump criticized Biden’s unconditional aid to Kiev and called Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky “the greatest salesman on Earth” for persuading Democrats to keep weapons flowing.

Trump justifies this betrayal of the American people who voted for him in typical Trump fashion by turning his betrayal into a business deal. “The European Union is paying for them [America’s Patriot missiles]. We are not paying anything for them… This will be a business for us,” Trump spouted.

So, money for the war profiteers justifies the escalation of the Ukraine war. The military/industrial complex (and its allies in Congress) will continue to rake in huge financial profits off the blood of the Ukrainian people.

In an open letter to President Trump, Mark Dankof writes:

You have lied to the American public on the Russian-Ukrainian war. Instead of acknowledging that the United States had no business engaging in a coup d’etat in Kiev in February of 2014 and continuing the illegitimate policy of expanding NATO to encircle Russia, your latest decision to arm Zelensky further has now made Mr. Biden’s War, Mr. Trump’s War. Apparently no one has informed you that Mr. Putin and the Russians have already won this conflict and have decided after the Minsk and Istanbul negotiation frauds, the Nord Stream pipeline bombing, and the Dugina Assassination among others, that acquiescence to your game playing is not going to happen. The only question remaining is whether or not the entirety of Ukraine is going to be destroyed and annexed by Russia with remaining Ukrainians confined to residence in a blue-and-yellow flag cemetery not of their choice. Your policy pivots only prolong the possibility of direct American military involvement in a war the United States cannot win for reasons not related at all to the national security of this country.

MAGA: Donald Trump lied to you!

Wars For Israel

Israel’s genocidal slaughter of innocent Palestinians in Gaza continues unabated with 100 children being murdered or wounded every day, as Donald Trump continues providing the murderous madman Benjamin Netanyahu with a perpetual supply of billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. munitions, with at least two C-130 cargo planes arriving in Israel each week.

Many of the Palestinian victims are being massacred as they arrive at Israeli ambush points (aka food distribution centers). Added to the ugliness of America’s involvement in Israel’s war lust is that many American mercenaries (soldiers of fortune) are in Israel working as snipers to pick off the Palestinian people one by one.

Furthermore, Trump is collaborating with Netanyahu on the plan to force Gazans into concentration camps and proceed with Trump’s goal of turning Gaza into the Riviera of the Middle East.

Instead of ending Israel’s wars in the Middle East, Trump not only has continued the genocide in Gaza, but he has also expanded the war to include the U.S. bombing of Yemen and Iran and an expanded Israeli assault against the West Bank and Lebanon—not to mention Trump’s support for the ISIS/al Qaeda terrorist takeover of Syria, which was done to create a second war front against Iran.

And speaking of Syria, please read (watch) this report. This is what the terrorist Jihadists—that Donald Trump helped put in control of Syria, lifted sanctions for, removed “terrorist” designation from and had his picture taken shaking hands with—are doing with Trump’s new found favor.

I mean REALLY read and watch the report. Then try to convince yourself that Donald Trump is a well-intentioned man who truly loves people and wants what’s best for the Middle East, for Christians and for America. Keep telling yourself that as you bury your soul and harden your heart to continue following a monster.

On Trump’s Middle East betrayal, Dankof’s letter to the president states:

Your continued pursuit of a Middle Eastern foreign policy under the direction of Benjamin Netanyahu, AIPAC, the Republican Jewish Coalition, and a Defense Secretary linked to the Israeli Temple Mount Eschatological Crackpot Association has now led you to the idiotic and criminal decision to attack Iran.

The result? On top of your commissioned assassination of General Soleimani and American withdrawal from JCPOA in your first term, this second term military assault has resulted in Iranian withdrawal from the NPT, the booting of an Israeli-friendly IAEA out of Iran, and an understandable resolve on the part of the Iranians to avoid any further dialogue with the United States.

Former Army Intelligence Officer and CIA Case Officer Philip Giraldi summarizes Trump’s betrayal of his peace promises this way:

And so it goes, so much lying and dissimulation that one has to wonder what surprises will be on the table next week. The fog of war may have lifted for now and the phony ceasefire between Israel and Iran has paused the immediate bloodshed, but don’t be fooled. The respite is to allow an exhausted Israel to rearm with US provided weapons so the neoconservatives and the Israel Firsters aren’t done. The war drums are still beating, and Trump’s America First movement is starting to fracture under the strain, with a growing divide inside MAGA over America’s pointless wars for Israel. One group wants to stay out of foreign conflicts while the other is ready to back Israel completely, no matter the cost. Trump is either consciously or inadvertently playing his usual role of spewing contradictions and sowing confusion and instability every time he speaks or acts. Israel cannot retreat, it can only continue on its path of blood and slaughter, and Iran will not surrender. This might create in the near and long run the potential for a major false flag operation by Israel to draw the US in and trigger a full-blown war against Iran.

MAGA: Donald Trump lied to you!

Epstein Files 

One of Trump’s first stated items of business after taking office was to release the Epstein files. But only a few days ago, we all saw Trump’s angry determination to maintain the Epstein coverup.

Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson released a report entitled The Epstein Client List — Why is Trump Breaking His Promise to Publish?

In Johnson’s report, he shows the first page of Epstein’s client list, which was compiled by historian/researcher Ryan Dawson. Johnson writes:

Although Donald Trump and Pam Bondi insist that there is no Epstein Client List… there is a list and it is reproduced above with the permission of its author, Ryan Dawson. Ryan compiled the list the old-fashioned way… he combed through court transcripts and charging documents. He only put names on the list if the victims of Epstein’s pedophilia enterprise identified or named a particular individual. As you peruse the list you will notice that there are some very wealthy, powerful individuals named. Not one of them has brought a libel or slander legal action against Ryan. If he was posting false material, he would have been a certain target of lawsuits.

Of course, we all saw the defiant Donald Trump when he was asked at a press conference about the Epstein files. By his brutish reaction, it is obvious that Trump has no intention of releasing the Epstein files. Why not?

In his report, Larry Johnson opines:

So why has Donald Trump broken his promise to publish the list? I think there are two reasons — neither mutually exclusive. First, Donald Trump probably paid no attention to Ryan’s work and was never familiar with the list. Once he signed the executive order to publish the Epstein file, he was then briefed on the actual names and realized that many of them are major donors to his campaign, e.g., Jamie Dimon, Robert Kraft. While there are several names on that list who are confirmed anti-Trumpers, there are others who are friends.

Second, and in my opinion a more important consideration, is that the full Epstein file would expose a foreign intelligence blackmail operation that implicates the Mossad and the CIA. Alexander Acosta, the former Secretary of Labor for Donald Trump, said he was told that Jeffrey Epstein had ties to intelligence. During the controversy surrounding his handling of Epstein’s 2008 plea deal as a US attorney, Acosta reportedly told Trump administration officials that he had been informed Epstein “belonged to intelligence,” and that this was a reason for the unusually lenient plea agreement. It would not surprise me that Bibi Netanyahu asked Trump to pull the plug on releasing the material. Did Trump get something in return from Bibi?

Paul Craig Roberts seconds Johnson’s speculated Epstein-Mossad connection:

As Epstein was murdered to keep him quiet, it was obvious no files would be released.  AG Bondi said she had the files and videos and was going through them.  But then the men in black paid a visit, and suddenly there were no files.  Moreover, the authorities concluded that Epstein committed suicide in his prison cell.  So we are left with the puzzle, there is no evidence that Epstein did anything wrong, so he committed suicide for no reason. If Epstein had no client list, to whom was he trafficking the minors?

The stink is so strong that Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, is reportedly considering resigning. I cited a news source from India to show that the entire world is watching the US government make a fool of itself.

This is not a “who is the most MAGA, Bondi or Bongino, situation.” It is the ruling elite preventing the whistle from being blown on them, backed up by Netanyahu making sure Trump understands that Epstein’s connection to Mossad does not come up.  Indeed, that and not Iran could be the real reason for Netanyahu’s visit.  If Iran was the reason, how come we have not heard anything about the discussion or decision?

The situation seems clear enough.  So many important people are ensnared in videos engaged in sex with underaged persons that it must be hushed up. Otherwise, Americans will lose confidence in their leadership class.  So folks there is nothing there.  The Clintons and the princes and all the others were flown to Epstein’s island where there were underaged sexual attractions just to see the island and to have tea with Epstein, a math teacher who somehow overnight became super rich.

The probable Epstein story is that Israel, knowing of the sexual perversion rife among the American leadership class, set up Epstein to ensnare those who could be blackmailed to conform American policies with Israel’s interest.  How else do we explain the US spending the 21st century fighting wars for Israel, protecting and enabling Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, passing laws that protect Israel from protests and boycotts and preventing Americans from stating the truth about Israel?

America has been the instrument of Israeli aggression.  Israel has so much blackmail power over the American ruling class that the United States of America is locked into its role as Israel’s agent.

MAGA: Donald Trump lied to you!

At the beginning of this column I wrote, “the peace and prosperity of America just might depend on MAGA facing the reality that Donald Trump has indeed lied to them.” I strongly believe that this statement is a factual reality.

Trump’s inability to seriously study and concentrate, his inability to reason and negotiate, his inability to realize that he really doesn’t know everything about everything and his inability to recognize the very clear and present danger in which he is putting America threaten America’s very existence.

Donald Trump is a reckless, feckless egomaniac. We will be extremely fortunate if America is not engulfed in a major financial collapse and embroiled in a major nuclear conflict before the midterm elections next year.

The only hope is that Trump’s MAGA base will awaken to his delirious deceptions in such force and with such fury as to convince Donald Trump to return to his campaign promises. MAGA is the only entity that can accomplish this feat. As long as MAGA covers for Trump, he will continue his Helter-Skelter subordination to the Neocon/Zionist/Uniparty agenda that could very easily (and very probably) lead to catastrophe.

Face it, MAGA: Donald Trump lied to you!

Reprinted with permission from Chuck Baldwin Live.

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