(SANITIZED); ACCEPTANCE LETTER

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001325500
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 22, 2015
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2009
• Case Number: F-2009-00485
• Publication Date: May 24, 2006

24 May 2006
Reference: F-2006-01043
Dear
The office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator has received your
25 April 2006 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for an article in
the Studies in Intelligence publication focusing on CIA intelligence
officers Judge John T. Downey and Mr. Richard Fecteau. We have
assigned your request the reference number above. Please use this number
when corresponding so that we can identify it easily.
We accept your request and will process it according to the FOIA,
5 U.S.C. ? 552, as amended, and the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. ? 431. We
will search for the cited CIA-originated record existing through the date of this
acceptance letter.
The large number of FOIA requests CIA receives.has created
unavoidable delays making it unlikely that we can respond within the 20
working days the FOIA requires. You have the right to consider our honest
appraisal as a denial of your request and you may appeal to the Agency
Release Panel. A more practical approach would permit us to continue
processing your request and respond to you as soon as we can. You will retain
your appeal rights and, once you receive the results of our search, can appeal
at that time if you wish. We will proceed on that basis unless you object.
For your information, the FOIA authorizes federal agencies to collect
fees for records services. You will note on the enclosed fee schedule that we
charge search fees, including computer time where indices are computerized,
and copying costs for releasable documents. In accordance with Section (a) of
the schedule, search fees are assessable even if no records are found or, if
found, we determine that they are not releasable. This means you would be
charged even if our search results are negative
information is releasable under the FOIA.
APPROVED FOR RELEASED
DATE: 02-Jun-2009
 Based upon the information provided in your letter, we determined that
your request would fall into the "all other" fee category, which means that you
would be required to pay charges which recover the cost of searching for and
reproducing responsive records (if any) beyond the first 100 pages of
reproduction and the first two hours of search time, which are furnished
without charge. Copying costs are assessed at the rate of ten cents per page.
However, since we believe that fees will be minimal, as an act of
administrative discretion, no fees will be charged in this instance.
Sincerely,
Scott Koch
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosure
 Enclosure:
--Schedule of Fees
Case Manager Note: Since the requester is not technically asking for records
concerning his immediate family member, fees would normally be charged.
However, case manager has already located the article in question. It is 17
pages in length and appears in the most recently published edition of Studies
in Intelligence (Vol. 50, No.1, 2006). The article in question deals with the
captivity of two CIA officers by Communist China after the shoot down of their
plane over Manchuria in 1952.
Therefore, given the limited search time
required and the small number of pages to be reviewed, believe it is in the best
interest of the Agency to exercise its administrative discretion and not charge
fees in this particular; instance.