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This is a final response letter from the Central Intelligence Agency to Timothy S. Cooper under FOIA reference F-2018-01809. The letter is dated 30 January 2020 and signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Mark Lilly. Cooper had asked for records of DCI Walter B. Smith's meeting with President Truman on January 6, 1953, which was held to brief him on flying saucers. The CIA reports that it found no responsive records. The letter explains Cooper's appeal rights and the mediation services offered by OGIS.
Approved for Release: 2022/10/25 C06844272 Central Intelligence Agency -0 1?-\—UGEr‘v .1 “<1, Washington, D.C. 20505 QEN T,-34‘ g / Q. ‘ “*0 43N3 30 January 2020 Mr. Timothy S. Cooper Reference: F-2018-01809 Dear Mr. Cooper: This is further to our letter dated 25 June 2018 and is also a final response to your 1 June 2018 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information on DCI Walter B. Smith’s 4:15 pm — 7:30 pm meeting with President Truman on Tuesday, January 6, 1953, to brief him on the subject of “flying saucer” and access to any briefing documents, notes and any related document related to this meeting. We processed your request in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended, and the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3141, as amended. We did not locate any records responsive to your request. Although our searches were reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents, and it is highly unlikely that repeating those searches would change the result, you nevertheless have the legal right to appeal the finding of no records responsive to your request. 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 Infonnation 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 lresponse to the Agency Release Panel: llnformation Services (OGIS) for mediation or ith questions: gffice of Government Information Services lNational Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road — OGIS fientral Intelligence Agency ashington, DC 20505 lInformation and Privacy Coordinator (703) 613-3007 (FaX) _ _ _ College Park, MD 20740-6001 (703) 613-1287 (CIA FOIA PulZ)l1C L1a1SO1‘l / (202) 741_577O (202) 741-5769 (Fax) ogis@nara. gov Approved for Release: 2022/10/25 C06844272 (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.