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This is a Freedom of Information Act request from Timothy S. Cooper to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated March 2, 2018 and logged as F-2018-01132. Cooper asks for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Black Book briefing to President Truman on "flying saucers" for 19 December 1952, plus related records. He cites the declassified DCI Deputies' Meeting Log DM-68 of 12 December 1952. That log recommended the Director delay reporting to the President on flying saucers until 19 December, and the DCI approved.
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March 2, 2018 Timothy S. Cooper F-2018-01132 Information and Privacy Coordinator Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 Re: Freedom of Information Act Request Dear Coordinator: Under the freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. subsection 552, I am requesting access to the agency's DCI General Walter B. Smith's Weekly Friday Black Book Briefing for 19 December 1952 to President Truman on the subject of "flying saucers" and any related document to this briefing as referenced in the agency's declassified DCI Deputies' Meeting Log DM-68 for Friday, 12 December 1952 that was released by the Historical Collections Division HR 70-14 dated 2 May 2012. In this document it states in paragraph (b.) that "this subject was to be discussed and recommended the Director delay reporting to the President on flying saucers until 19 December. The DCI approved." If there are any fees for searching for or copying the records, please let me know before you begin work on my request. If you deny all or part of this request, please cite each exemption you think justifies your refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law. Sincerely, (b) (6) Timothy S. Cooper
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.