Initial Request

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0005392840
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IPPUB U
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2
Document Creation Date: 
June 23, 2015
Document Release Date: 
September 17, 2010
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Case Number: 
F-2010-00781
Publication Date: 
May 14, 2009
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The National Security Archive The George Washington University Gelman Library, Suite 701 2130 H Street, N. W. Washhigton, D.C0 20037 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE PLEASE REFER TO ARCHIVE FILE NO. 20090519CIA059 Delores M. Nelson Information and Privacy Coordinator Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC 20505 Dear Ms. Delores Nelson, Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I hereby request disc Phone: 2021994-7000 Fax: 2021994-7005 Email: foiamall@gwu.edu http:/I . nsarch ive,org May 11, 2009 APPROVED FOR RELEASED DATE: 12-May-2010 All records related in whole or in part to the meetings and/or conferences organized by Latin America's leftist political leaders during the 1990's, such as Vicente Fox and Jorge Castaneda Gutmann from Mexico, Luis lnacio Lula do Silva from Brazil, Ricardo Lagos from Chile, various leaders from Central America, as well as member's from the organization "Grupo San Angel" in Mexico. If you regard any of these documents as potentially exempt from the FOIA's disclosure requirements, I request that you nonetheless exercise your discretion to disclose them. As the FOTA requires, please release all reasonably segregable non exempt portions of documents. To permit me to reach an intelligent and informed decision whether or not to file an administrative appeal of any denied material, please describe any withheld records (or portions thereof) and explain the basis for your exemption tion claims. As a representative of the news media, the National Security Archive qualifies for "representative of the news media" status under 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552(a)(4)(A)(ii)(II) and, therefore, may not be charged search and review fees. (See National Security Archive v. US. Department of Defense, 880 F.2d 1381 (D.C.Cir. 1989), cert denied, 110 S Cr. 1478 (1990)). This request is made as part of a scholarly and news research project that is intendedfor publication and is not for commercial use. For details on the Archive's research and extensive publication activities please see our website at www.nsarchive.org. To expedite the release of the requested documents, please disclose them on an interim basis as they become available to you, without waiting until all the documents have been processed. Please notify me before incurring any photocopying costs over S100- If you have any questions regarding the identity of the records, their location, the scope of the request or any other matters, please call me at (202) 994-7000 or email me at foiarnail@gwu.edu. I look forward to receiving your response within the twenty day statutory time period. An Independent nongovernmental research Institute and library located at the George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act A tax-exempt public charity, the Archive, c fives no flan DF 9P9vt3 The National Security Archive The George Washington University Gelman Library, Suite 701 2130 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 FAX COVER SHEET Date: p/r To: IYIS- 11~Sar~ organization: If there is a problem with this transmission, please call us at 202-994-7000 as soon as possible. Phone: 202/994-7000 Fax: 202/994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu.edu hftp;//www.nsarchive.org An Independent non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Publication royalties and tax-deductible contributions through The National Security Archive Fund, Inc underwrite the Archive's