FOIA REQUEST ON BEHALF OF MR PHILIP AGEE

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• Publication Date: March 22, 1978
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Central Intelligence
FROM . John F. Blake
Assistant for Information, DDA
M__ RG51;7_7
MA p "1978
SUBJECT : FOIA Request on Behalf of Mr. Philip Agee
1. Attached is a copy of an FOIA request presented on behalf of
Philip Agee by an attorney, Melvin L. Wulf. The request, dated
9 November 1977, went simultaneously to the CIA, NSA, FBI, and the
Departments of Defense, State, and Justice. Although submitted under
FOIA, the request is a typical "my file" request for "access to and
copies of all files and records of every description... that pertain
to, refer to, or in any way relate to Mr. Philip Agee."
2. Initially, the plan was to have all identified documents
reviewed by the DDO. It quickly became apparent, however, that the
workload would be too large for this approach and it was agreed that
each component would review its own findings, referring to the DDO
those documents involving DDO equities.
3. In December we wrote to the other recipients of the Agee request
requesting their cooperation in ensuring that all documents, classified
or unclassified, originated by this Agency or containing information
obtained from this Agency are referred to us for our coordination and
review. We recently received four referrals from the FBI, two of them
concerning Bureau documents and two covering CIA documents found in FBI
files. Processing of these referred documents and review of documents
found in CIA files is continuing with the principal burden falling on
the DDO and the Office of Security. Nothing has, as yet, been released
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M.ELVIN L. W4JLF
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C.
Director
National Security Agency
Washington, D. C.
Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
7:2- /OJO f
565 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK. N. Y. 10017
November 9, 1977
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D. C.
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C.
6IS~~
IPS RTy_
Ply , . ~.~
Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C.
This is a request, seperately directed to each of the agencies
described above, under the Freedom of Information Act as amended,
on behalf of Mr. Philip Agee.
On Mr. Agee's behalf, I r est access to and copies of all
files and records of every description, including all written doc-
uments, sound recordings of any kind, and photographic material,
in the possession of each of the agencies described above, that
pertain to, refer to, or in any way relate to Mr. Philip Agee.
I enclose a copy of a letter, and a Certificate of Acknowledg-
ment of Execution, authorizing this request on Mr. Agee's behalf.
The letter also describes Mr. Agee's history of employment with the
United States, and lists the addresses at which he has lived in re-
cent years. I retain the original copy of the letter and Certifi-
cate of Acknowledgment in my office.
I believe that this request comes within the terms of the Act
which allows the fees to be reduced or waived if that "is in the
public interest ..."%,afld^therefore ask that the fees be waived.
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I will expect to receive a reply within ten working days,
as provided by the Act.
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5o Maids Causeway
Cambridge tz5 81uD
I3ngland
.june lu, 1977
mr. Melvin L. Wulf
Attorney at Law
suite 600
565 5th Avenue
New York NY 100L?
Dear Mr. Wulf,
Kith this letter I authorize you to act on my behalf
.to review files containing information collected on me by
the Department of Justice and by any other agency of the
United States government.
The following information is for assistance in locating
such information. I was born on January 19, 1935 at Tacoma
Park, Maryland. I was employed by the Central Intelligence
Agency from August or July 1957 until January 1969 with the
period August 1957 to June 1960 (approximately) on active
duty in the U/8 Air Force. I was also employed by the Department
of State from November 1960 until January 1969 under a cover
arrangement with the Central Intelligence Agency.
The following are addresses where I have lived in recent
years:
5o Maids Causeway, Cambridge, England (November 1976
until June 1977)
1 Hale Ave., Cambridge, England (September 1975 until
November 1976)
Penmoor, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England
(May 1974 until August 1975)
58 Eton Avenue, London NW3 (May 1973 until May 1974)
23 Primrose Gardens, London NW3 (February 1973 until
May 1973,
Argyle square, London (December 1972 until -Cebruary 1973)
Belsize Square, London (November-December 1972,
c/o Ferrara, 69 rue du cardinal j.emoine, saris 5
May 1972-October 1972)
Hotel Minerve, rue des Ecoles, Paris 5 (January-
May 1972
Hotel Vaugirard, rue de Vaugirard, Paris 5 (December 1971)
Calla Progreso 15, Mexico City DF, Mexico (1970-1971)
In addition to reviewing files, you may also order copies of
all releaseable material and to arrange for appeal against decisions
by government agencies to withold any material.
Philip Agee
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OPTIONAL FORM 175
(FORMERLY FS-88)
MARCH 1975
DEPT. OF STATE
50175-101
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Certificate of Acknowledgment of Execution of an Instrument
KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
---------------------------------------------
(Country)
PROVINCE OF NORTH HOLLAND
--- (County and/or other political division) -------
CITY OF AMSTERDAM
------------- -- ----------------------------
(County and/or other political division
CONSULATE.-GENERAL OF TH
I -_- Melvin M. Tano Consul
of the United States of America at Amsterdam, The Netherlands
duly commissioned and qualified, do hereby certify that on this Tenth
June 1977 -------- before me personally appeared ---------------
(DA day of--- -------------- s----------------~~
TE)
-'- ----- -- -- -- - -- -- -Philip A~ e, -=___ - - - - --------- : = --------
_ =_=
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-----??-------- -------------------
--- ------- (Name of foreign service office)
---.i7
UNITED STATES
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to me personally known, and known to me to be the individual--described in, whose
name__ lS -subscribed to, and who executed the annexed instrument, and being
informed by me of the contents of said instruments he -duly acknowledged to me
that he executed the same freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein
mentioned.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set y hand and
offici t eal th /day and year las above written.
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SUBJECT: (Optional)
Request from Melvin L. Wulf for Records Pertaining to his Client, Philip Agee
FROM:
EXTENSION
NO.
F-77-1078
IPS DA
50
5659
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,
DATE
22 March 1978
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
DATE
OFFICER'S
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from who
INITIALS
to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
ECEIVED
FORWARDED
1 AI/DDA, 7D02
Attached is a copy of the
BX-4
letter, and copies of our routing
sheets indicating the components
2.
tasked with searching for relevant
records. Note that the request
went to several agencie
agencies in additi
3.
to the CIA. We have touched base
with State and the FBI to ensure
that they coordinate their actions
4.
with us. We recently received
four referrals from the FBI--two
of them dealing with Bureau docume
5.
and two of them dealing with CIA
documents, about equally split bet
OS and the DDO.
6.
Except for the DDO and Security,
almost all Agency components have
7.
reported their findings to IPS.
Initially, the DDO proposed that
a review group be formed under
8.
DDO-sponsorship to do a centralize
review of all documents. They lat
decided that this was too big an
9.
undertaking and on 9 January 1978
it was agreed that the following
procedures would be followed:
10.
a. Each component will review its
recommendin
own findin
whatever
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,
11.
referrals are required.
b
The DDO will review all docume
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involving DDO equities.
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IPS will
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a
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DDO for other components that find
documents of interest to the DDO~
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d. Reviews will be coordinated wi
OGC (Launie Z.) throughout the pro
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review of the final package once it has been assembled'for mailing. (In view of the
referrals we have received from other agencies of their documents containing CIA-orig-
inated information, there will obviously be more than one package of material to be
reviewed by the DDO--our letter sent directly to the requester, plus the letters going
to the FBI and other agencies informing them of the results of our review of their
documents.)
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REQUEST NUMBER
L PHILIP AGEE
F-77-1078
FROM:
EXTENSION
DATE SENT
7 December 1977
IPS/DDA 2E50
6027
SUSPENSE DATE -
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
DATE
building)
OFFICER'S
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
RECEIVED
FORWARDED
INITIALS
so whom. Draw a line across column *her each comment.)
Asst. to DCI for Public A
T~
fairs
Please note change in Case Number
Herbert E. Hetu DX-4
P-77-2793 - and process under
provisions of the Freedom of
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Information Act.
Whatever records are located should
3. 0GC/FOIO
be forwarded to DDA/IPS for referra
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to DDO where overall review of
material will be conducted on behal
4. OLC/FOIO
of the Agency. Your suggestions
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and comments, of course, concerning
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the records will be appreciate
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particularly where such advise will
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COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
b whom. Draw o line ocrou column after each comment.)
Please note change in Case Number
P-77-2793 ~ - and process under
provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act.
Whatever records are located should
be forwarded to DUA/IPS for referra
to DDO where overall review of
material will be conducted on behal
of the Agency. Your suggestions an
comments, of course, concerning the
records will be appreciated, part-
ticularly where such advice will
aid the reviewers in their task.
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TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
Please note change in Case # P-77-~
2793 - and process under provision
of the Freedom of Information Act.
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OFFICER'S I COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across Column after each comment.)
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Department 'of State
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Washington, DC 21)520
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clog ed: ,is` bbpy= of A. Freedom of information Act
i quest received from Melvin A. Wulf, attorney, acting on
Also r_ of his cUent, Philip Agee. Ne, assume that-You have
Also riceired copies Of this request from Mr. Wulf.
'c.- s.. `i ?C- yrW ~~. r. s., ,. ., Y.: '. _i +.` ~: f Est[ ... is ,sae t. r~"fi
e _ Would appreciate your cooperation in ensuring that
,sit documents,' :Classified or unclassified, which were
t
originated by this Agency,'or which include ?information
originated by this Agency, ? are referred to us for' our
coordination and r5vitw.
We wish to thank you'foryour cooperation andcon-
sideration.
STATINTL
STATINTL
BA Ie~iir
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This was our scknow Iedgeno-at letter. We had first
typed a letter to Wulf stating our intention to
process the request under the Privacy Act, but this
was never sent. objected to giving.
Wulf something to o ,sect to. Ernie's opinion was
that if the request specified the Freedom of Inform-
ation Act, it should be so processed. In other
words, we switched from PA to FOIA at our own
volition, and not, as I told you earlier, at the
insistence of the requester. (We have in our
file a copy of Justice's acknowledgement letter
to Wulf which indicates that Justice will process
it as a Privacy Act request, however.)
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