Final to Requester

Document Type:

FOIA [1]

Collection:

FOIA Collection [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

05960547

Release Decision:

RIPPUB

Original Classification:

Document Page Count:

Document Creation Date:

March 9, 2023

Document Release Date:

December 14, 2021

Sequence Number:

Case Number:

F-2014-00973

Publication Date:

February 4, 2013

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Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05960547 Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 26 February 2013 Mr. Christopher Gunn Department of History 401 Bellamy Building Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Reference: F-2013-00678 Dear Mr. Gunn: This is a final response to your 22 January 2013 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on 30 January 2013, for the following: "any and all segregable information and/or records on the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), sometimes referred to as Tashnak, Tashnag, and Dashnak, and their youth movement the Armenian Youth Federation, between the years 1955 and 1995." We have assigned your request the reference number above. Please use this number when corresponding so that we can identify it easily. Our records show that you previously requested information on the same subject in your earlier request (F-2011-00962) which we responded to you on 1 April 2011. Therefore, we conducted an updated search of our previously released database and located three additional documents, totaling 72 pages, which we believe to be responsive to your request. Please be advised that these documents were released as part of another release program. Please also note that you are entitled to the first 100 pages free and that we will take the enclosed 72 pages and the 30 pages provided to you in your earlier request as noted in paragraph 4 below into account in any future request on the Armenian Revolutionary Federation or the Armenian Youth Federation. Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05960547 Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05960547 For any other information regarding the subject of your request, and as we stated in our 1 April 2011 response to your 9 March 2011 request on this same subject, in accordance with section 3.6(a) of Executive Order 13526, the CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request. The fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is currently and properly classified and is intelligence sources and methods information that is protected from disclosure by section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949, as amended, and section 102A(i)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended. Therefore, your request is denied pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). I have enclosed an explanation of these exemptions for your reference and retention. As the CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, I am the CIA official responsible for this determination. You have the right to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel, in my care, within 45 days from the date of this letter. Please include the basis of your appeal. Sincerely, Michele Meeks Information and Privacy Coordinator Enclosures Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05960547 Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05960547 IMS/1RRG/PIPD 4 February 2014 Distribution: Orig�Adse 1�PIPD/F-2013-00678 Gunn GIP Split Glomar (b)(1) (b)(3) (Denier Finals 00678 Gunn GIP (Split Glomar) CADRE Doc Ds: C05314222 C05462031 C05508889 Approved for Release: 2021/10/22 C05960547