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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allpages>
      <p pageid="16451" ns="0" title="BCS" />
      <p pageid="18575" ns="0" title="BMEWS System" />
      <p pageid="18477" ns="0" title="BOMARC System" />
      <p pageid="18473" ns="0" title="BUIC System" />
      <p pageid="14998" ns="0" title="Bacon&#039;s Castle" />
      <p pageid="26092" ns="0" title="Bad Links" />
      <p pageid="20696" ns="0" title="Badlam&#039;s Battery" />
      <p pageid="20695" ns="0" title="Badlam&#039;s Redoubt" />
      <p pageid="10710" ns="0" title="Bailey Island Military Reservation" />
      <p pageid="20146" ns="0" title="Baker Air Force Station" />
    </allpages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages apfrom="Baldwin" />
  </query-continue>
</api>