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This is a Freedom of Information Act request to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated August 4, 2018 and released by the CIA in 2024. The requester asks for the agency's special briefing document and notes on UFOs and the United States Government UFO Program. The request says DCI Allen W. Dulles and DDP Richard Bissell, Jr. gave that briefing to President-Elect John F. Kennedy at Palm Beach, Florida, on 18 November 1960. It cites a passage in James Srodes's biography of Dulles as its source for the briefing.
Approved for Release: 2024/O2/O6 CO6763844 Timothy S. Coorgr August 4, 2018 Allison F ong Information and Privacy Coordinator Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 Re: Freedom of Iufonnation Act Request ql Dea.rMs.Fong: ]I_'-;g@/8’-<>93\ Under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. subsection 552, I am requesting a copy of the agency’s DC] special briefing document and notes on UFOs and the United States Government UFO Program to President-Elect Senator John F. Kennedy given by DCI Allen W. Dulles and DDP Richard Bissell, Jr. at Palm Beach, Florida, on 18 November 1960. Reference of this briefmg is found in the book Allen Dulles: Master ofSpies by James Srodes. On page 510 Srodes writes that “On November l8 Dulles and Bissell flew to Palm Beach to inform the president-elect on some confidential intelligence that had been denied him as a candidate.” If there are any fees for searching for or copying the records, please let me I-mow before you begin work on my request. If you deny all or part of this request, please cite each exemption that you think justifies your refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedure available to me under the law. Sincerely, Timoth S. Coo r (b)(6) Approved for Release 2024/O2/O6 CO6763844 AUG l '\ 2MB /\ b)(6
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.