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This is a final response letter from the Central Intelligence Agency, dated 23 January 2020 and signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Mark Lilly, to Timothy S. Cooper about FOIA request F-2018-01132. Cooper had asked for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Black Book briefing to President Truman of 19 December 1952 on "flying saucers" and any related documents. The CIA located four documents totaling eleven pages. It released them with deletions under FOIA exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3) and (b)(6), and it explained Cooper's appeal and mediation rights.
Approved for Release: 2023/04/14 C06831352 Central Intelligence Agency w\‘aUGE"Vo ‘N .1 »;, Washington, D.C. 20505 C,ENT,i.;1< / 1? -= alr- *2 40'N'3 23 January 2020 Mr. Timothy S. Cooper Reference: F-2018-01132 Dear Mr. Cooper: This is a final response to your 2 March 2018 Freedom of Infonnation Act (FOIA) request for 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. We processed your request in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended, and the CIA Infonnation Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3141, as amended. We completed a thorough search for records responsive to your request and located four documents, consisting of eleven pages, which We can release in segregable form with deletions made on the basis of FOIA exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3), and (b)(6). Copies of the documents are enclosed. Exemption (b)(3) pertains to information exempt from disclosure by statute. The relevant statutes are Section 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended, and Section 102A(i)(l) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended. As the CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, I am the CIA official responsible for this determination. You have the right to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel, in my care, within 90 days from the date of this letter. Please include the basis of your appeal. Please be advised that you may seek dispute resolution services from the CIA’s FOIA Public Liaison or from the Office of Govemment Information Services (OGIS) of the National Archives and Records Administration. OGIS offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies. Please note, contacting CIA’s FOIA Public Liaison or OGIS does not affect your right to pursue an administrative appeal. To contact CIA directly or to appeal the CIA’s To contact the Office of Government Information esponse to the Agency Release Panel: Eervices (OGIS) for mediation or with questions: Eientral Intelligence Agency ffrce of Govemment Information Services Washington, DC 205 05 lNational Archives and Records Administration llnfonnation and Privacy Coordinator 8601 Adelphi Road — OGIS (703) 613-3007 (Fax) College Park, MD 20740-6001 (703) 613-1287 (CIA FOIA Public Liaison / FOIA (202) 741-5770 lHotline) (877) 864-6448 (202) 741-5769 (Fax) ogis@nara.gov Approved for Release: 2023/04/14 C06831352
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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.