F-2005-00538 FINAL RESPONSE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 16211583
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: October 23, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2023
• Case Number: F-2023-00103
• Publication Date: June 15, 2005

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC, 20505
15 June 2005
Mr. Ivan Hernandez
Telemundo
3000 W. Alameda Avenue, #2276
Burbank, CA 91532
Reference: F-2005-00538
Dear Mr. Hernandez:
This is further to our letter of 18 January 2005 concerning your
10 January 2005 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information
or confirmation of the following:
1. Eduardo Diaz Silveti, a Mexican citizen who
you say worked with the CIA on an operation; and
2.A CIA operation that supposedly took place in December
1959 in Mexico City where Mr. Diaz Silveti claims he assisted
the CIA and NASA obtain information on the Soviet space
program.
Further, you are requesting information on whether or not
the following people worked for the CIA and if they had
involvement in the above-mentioned operation:
3. Warren Dean,
4. Winston Scott, and
5. Robert Zambernardini Luchi.
We note your statement that your colleague, Ms. Maria Garcia, made
the same request in 2002, and you wish to know if there is any new
information available that may not have been at the time of your first writing.
With regard to information requested on foreign nationals (item 1), it is
the CIA policy to neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of any
CIA records. Unless officially acknowledged, such information would be
classified for reasons of national security under Sections 1.4(c) [intelligence
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sources and methods] and 1.4(d) [foreign relations] of Executive Order 12958,
as amended. Further, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency has the
responsibility and authority to protect such information from unauthorized
disclosure in accordance with Section 103 (c)(7) of the National Security Act of
1947 and Section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949.
Accordingly, this portion of your request is denied on the basis of FOIA
exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). By this action, we are neither confirming nor
denying the existence or nonexistence of such records. An explanation of cited
FOIA exemptions is enclosed.
Further, in accordance with Section 3.6(a) of Executive Order 12958, as
amended, the CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence
of records responsive to item 2 of your request. The fact of the existence or
nonexistence of requested records is properly classified and relates to
intelligence sources and methods information Section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949
protects. Therefore, the Agency has denied this portion of your request
pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3).
Regarding items 3 and 5: To the extent that your request seeks
records that would reveal a covert connection between CIA and the subject of
your request, I must inform you that the CIA can neither confirm nor deny any
confidential or covert relationship, or interest in developing such a
relationship, with any particular individual, organization, or other entity.
Records disclosing this type of information necessarily would be classified
pursuant to Executive Order 12958. Further, the fact of the existence or
nonexistence of such records would relate directly to information concerning
intelligence sources and methods which, as explained above, in accordance
with Section 103 (c)(7) of the National Security Act of 1947 and Section 6 of the
CIA Act of 1949, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency has the legal
responsibility and obligation to protect from unauthorized disclosure.
Therefore, to the extent your request might concern records containing such
information, it is denied pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3).
The CIA official responsible for these decisions is Scott Koch,
Information and Privacy Coordinator. By this action we are neither
confirming nor denying that any such information exists. You have the right
to appeal these determinations by addressing your appeal to the Agency
Release Panel, in my care, within 45 days from the date of this letter.
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With regard to item 4, we conducted another search of our database of
released records for documents on Winston Scott, but did not locate any
relevant records beyond the ones you received in response to the request made
in 2002 by your colleague, Ms. Garcia.
Sincerely,
Scott Koch
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosure
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(b)(3)
(b)(6)
IMS/IRRG/PIPD, 13 June 2005
Signature assigned by: (b)(3)
Distribution: (b)(6)
Orig - Adse
1 - PIPD/F-2005-00538 DIF (b)(1) and (b)(3)
(b)(3)
(b)(6)
FOIAN
00538 Hernandez DIF
Enclosures: CFR, Exemptions
(b)(3)
(b)(6)
(b)(3)
(b)(6)
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