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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R000400110019-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2004
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 24, 1980
• Content Type: NOTES

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Information Review Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Information and Review Committee:
October 5, 1979
Failure to respond Appeal
Re. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is an appeal pursuant to subsection (a) (6) of the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
To -date, we have not ~ ~.. received a letter from anyone .in your
agency " re.,:~ .our request for information Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, 3r.
This letter constitutes an~~appeal. We are
enclosing a copy of our exchange of correspondence Taith your agency so that
you cazr see eacactlp what files Tae have requested.
We trust that upon examination of our request you Twill conclude that the
information tae have requested is not properly covered by youx failure to
respond, and will make the information promptly
available.
As provided for in the Acts Tae will expect to receive a reply within
20 working days.
if you are ,v~r~ble to order release of the requested informations we
intend to initiate a lawsuit to compel its disclosure.
Sincerely
Common Ground
'~o eo'x 23 a Ucss
Santa B~rbara~ C~1 9310?
oho Raymond
Glass
cc. I~r. Willard Hastings Legal Defense Ctr.
?' :_ ;~., '~om~p ~ *' ~ ~zoli~ House Intelligence Comma
American Citizens for Honesty in Govt
P.~. ire request that you send a memo (copy to us) to all components within
your agency not to de3troy any files/memos/documents relevant to our
request.
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Washington, D.C. 20505
orma on a icay Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
August 6, 1979
Martin Luther King, Jr?
Assassinated 1~/!~/68
81ack Civil Rights Leader
Winner of Noble Peace Prize
Opposed Viet Nam War
Dear FOIA-PA Coordinator: ,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act as amended (S U.S.C.
Section 552). .
On behalf of Common Ground, anon-profit, tax exempt newspaper of the
University of Cali o~ a manta Barbara (UCSB), we write to request a copy
of all files in the Central Intelligence Agency indexed or maintained
under the name Martin Luther Kirk, Jr.: and all documents returnable
by-a search for documents containing this name.-.This includes,-but is not
limited to, information in any "Do Not File" and "Administrative Matters"
files, and any other similarly labeled file(s) which contain information
relevant to our request. ?
As you know, the amended Act provides that if some parts of a file are
exempt from release that "reasonabley,segregable" portions shall be provided.
We therefore request that, if you determine that some pootions of the re-
quested information are exempt, you provide us immediately with a copy of
the remainder of the file. We, of course, reserve our right to appeal any
such decisions.
If you determine that some or all of the requested information is ex-
empt from release, we would appreciate your advising us?as to which exemp-
tion(s) you believe covers the information which you are not releasing.
We are prepared to pay costs specified_?in your regulations for locating
the requested files-and reproducing them. ~ ~ ?
As you know, the amended Act permits you to reduce or waive the fees if
that "is in the public interest because furnishing the information can be
considered as primarily benefitting the public." We believe that this re-
quest plainly fits that category. and ask that you waive any fees.
As provided nor in the amended Act, we will expect to receive a reply
within 10 working days.
? Sincerely yours,
John Raymond
Common Ground
~0 Bax 3805 UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93107
Ca-:rnon Ground
F~3=- o~x ~s~~CSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93107
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Au~guat 6, 1979
Martin lather King, Jr.
?asasainated !aJl~/68
Slack Civil Rights Leader
1~linner of Noble Peace Prize
8ppoaed oiet Nam War
Fez. o0 8 ?
[~i _e3~L
orma on a icay Coordinator ~ ~
Central Intelligence Agency ~ / ms's RSG?~; r=
Xashington~ D.C. 20505 ,~1~ Fr~f o`S~~ .
Dear FOIA-PA Coordinator: ''d~~~~`.~
Zhis is a request tinder the Freedom of Information Act as amended (S .C.
Section 552). '
On behalf of Common Gr=~ a man-profit, tax exempt newspaper of the
University of Cali ornia at Santa Barbara (iICSB), we write to request a copy
of all files in the Central Intelligence Agency indexed or maintained ,
tinder the name Martin Luther Kings Jr+, and all documments returnable
by-a search far documents containing this name.- this includes, but is not
limited to, information in any ?'Do Not Files' and ''Administrative Matters''
files, and any other similarly labeled file(s).trhich contain information
relevant to our request.
As you know, the amended Act provides that if some parts of a file are
exempt from release that "reasonabley segregable" portions shall be provided.
We therefore request that, if you determine that some pootions of the re-
quested information are exempt, you provide us immediately with a copy of
the remainder of the file. We, of course, reserve our right to appeal an?'
such decisions.
If you determine that same or all of the requested information is tx-
empt fran release, we would appreciate your advising us'as to which exemp-
tion(s) you believe covers the information which you are not releasing.
We are prepared to pay costs specified?i.n your regulations for locating
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the requested files?and reproducing them.
As you ]mow, the amended Act permits you to reduce or waive the fees ifs,,,,,
that "is in the public interest because furnishing the infarmation can be W.- ~"'~'` ~
considered as pririarily benefitting the public.'' We believe that this re- ~~ Lt ,~~
quest plainly fits that category and ask that you waive arty fees. ;~ ~i;~~~...,
As provided for in the amended A+ct, we will expect to receive a reply ,~ ,.c
within 10 working days . ,f~ ~
' Sincerely yours, ~ K~~.c. i
?= ~ god/t"4~,
~ ~~C
o John Raymond
~,. Ctxinr-on Ground
~1- ox 3 05 B
?r ,- Santa Barbara, CA 93107
Murv`Glass
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 John Raymond and
Murv Glass
Common Ground
P.O. Box 13805
University of Califoxnia, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 931x7
Dear Messrs. Raymond and Glass:
l 3 DEC 1979
This is in response to your letter of 5 October 1979
in which you appealed this Agency's failure to respond to
your Freedom of Information request for all files in the
CIA indexed or maintained under the name of the
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Th1s FOIA request was
amended by correspondence from Common Ground, dated
28 October 1979, to include "al n armat on in CIA
files concerning the circumstances leading up to and
concerning Dr, King's assassination, as well as all
information pertaining to all investigations of Dr. Icing's
murder/assassination in CIA files."
We realize now that a search, in June 197b, has already
been made for all CIA documents retrievable under the names
of Martin Luther King and James Larl Ray in response to
another FOIA request. Since that search would have re-
trieved any and all documents retrievable in response to
your request, it would appear that doing the search again is
unlikely to produce additional documents. As a result
of our search on both personalities, a total of 373 docu-
ments (704 pages) were retrieved from CIA records. Copies
of the releasable versions of these documents are available
to you for 10~ per copy of each page, our standard copying
fee.
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