KORNBLUH, PETER; ACCEPTANCE LETTER

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001528731
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 22, 2015
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2009
• Case Number: F-2007-01743
• Publication Date: October 5, 1992

(b) (3)
APPROVED FOR
RELEASE DATE:
29-Apr-2009
65OCT1992
Mr. Peter Kornbluh
National Security Archive
1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20036
Pursuant to the District of Columbia District Court
decision in National Security Archive v. Central Intelligence
Agency, we are initiating the processing of National Security
Archive cases held in abeyance pending resolution of fee issues.
Your request, formerly F89-1132, has been assigned reference
number F92-0896 for identification and tracking purposes.
Specifically, you are requesting all records "relating to
Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian-born businessman described in
detail in official United States investigations into the
Iran-Contra affair, including the Tower Commission and the
joint select Congressional Iran-Contra affair, including the
Tower Commission and the joint select Congressional Iran-Contra
committee inquiry, as playing an integral role in the affair."
We have accepted your request; it will be processed in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.
552, as amended, and the CIA Information Act, 50 U.S.C. 431.
Our search will be for documents in existence as of and through
the date of this acceptance letter.
With respect to your request for a fee waiver, we have
considered the subject of your request against our Rules and
Regulations as published in the Federal Register, as well as
relevant Department of Justice and Office of Management and
Budget guidelines, and determined that no fees will be charged
in this particular instance.
The heavy volume of FOIA requests received by the Agency
has created delays in processing. Since we cannot respond
within the 10 working days stipulated by the Act, you have the
right to consider this as a denial and may appeal to the CIA
Information Review Committee. It would seem more reasonable,
 however, to have us continue processing your request and respond
as soon as we can. You can appeal any denial of records at that
time. Unless we hear from you otherwise, we will assume that
you agree, and we will proceed on this basis.
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - Chrono
John H. Wright
Information and Privacy Coorg1iptor
~F92-0896 ACK; Ready for Processing
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