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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

18 December 1975

MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Information Review Committee

ATTENTION:

Mr. H. G. Bean, Assistant for Information

SUBJECT:

FOIA Appeal--John W. Donovan (75-577)

REFERENCE:

A.

Original Request dated 28 March 1975

B.

IPS Reply dated 7 October 1975

C..

Appeal Letter dated 13 October 1975

1. Summary of Recommendations:

Pass requester four Agency documents in

sanitized form--excised portions exempted as appro-

priate under Title 5 U.s.C. (b)(1), (b) (3), and

(b) (6):

Refer one Department of Army name check form

DA 340 to Army for their action.

2.

Background: In CIA response of 7 October 1975,

two DDO originated documents were passed to Subject in

sanitized form and two DDO documents were denied to

Subject in toto. For unknown reasons, Subject was not

DA document in our records, nor was this

document referred to DA for their action.

3. Recommendations:

On the basis of this review, all the documents

classified

SECRET have been downgraded to CONFIDENTIAL.

b. Memorandum dated 5 March 1962--1 recommend

that further information be released to the requester,

as noted in Tab Bl,

and the remainder withheld on the

basis of Title 5 U.S.C. 552 (b) (1) and. (b) (3). The

E2 IMPDET •

CL BY 012170

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deletions were made to protect our proposed opera,

(tional use of Subject as outlined in Paragraph 5,

the name of an Agency employee and internal organi-

zational data.acryptonym.

Memorandum dated 30 March 1962--I recommend

that further information be released to the requester, i

as noted in Tab B2,

and the remainder withheld on

the basis of Title 5 U.S.C. 552 (b) (1) and (b)(3).

The deletions were made to protect the names of

Agency employees, and internal organizational data.

d. 3 March 1950 memorandum for the FBI--

originally denied in toto under title 5 U.S.C. 55z

(b) (5) •

I recommend a sanitized version be passed

to Subject. The deletions were made to protect the

and a file number.

under Title 5 U.S.C. 552 (b) (1), (b) (3); and (b) (6) •

(See Tab B3)

e:

29. September 1954 memorandum for the Army--

originally denied in toto under Title 5 U.S.C. 552

(b) (5). I recommend a sanitized version be passed

to Subject.

The deletions

were made to protect the

privacy of other individuals, the names and initials

of Agency employees, internal organizational data.

The

excised portions are exempt under Title s U.s.c.

552 (b) (1), (b) (3), and (b) (6). (See Tab B4)

f.

Attached as Tab C is one Department of the

Army Name Trace Request which is not considered a

"record" per 32 CFR 1900.3 (g) (4). Please refer this

document to the Army for their action.

Also, advise

the Army we cannot produce a more legible copy of this

document.

The records on Subject exist in microfilm form

only--in two instances (Tabs B3 and, B4) it was impossible

to provide a legible copy.

Therefore,

in these instances

a new copy has been typed

and is attached to the original

copy in both versions (full text and sanitized). Please

make a note of this to requester.

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5.

Mr.

Strickland of OGC has concurred in these

recommendations.

A. B. Swider

DDO Appeals Officer

Attachments:

•Tab A - References A-C

Tab

•B - Full Text and Sanitized Versions

Tab C - Army Document for Referral

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