Status Request

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005496259
• Release Decision: IPPUB U
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2010
• Case Number: F-2010-00466
• Publication Date: January 11, 2010

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December 31, 2009
Dell 'es M, Nelson
Freedom of Infartnation and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, O.C. 20505
Re; cords Related to Mjdar Film
Jim Lesar, President
(b)(6) 1003 K Street, N.W., Suite ze46 yo
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel [phone]
Delivery Confirmation No,
0308 2690 00015721 5128
Attached is It copy of a Freedom of Information Act request which I submitted to you by
letter dated October 7, 2009. The postal service says that it was received by your agency on
October 1 4s', I have not received any response to date, and the time for having responded has
brig since passed.
Could you please advise me whether you have responded, and if not, why not, if you
have responded, please send me a copy of any letter(s) I have not received.
Les:
PmaidCok AARC
 Jim Lesar, President
1003 K Street, N.W., Suite 204
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel [phone]
Fax[phone]
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/JFK ACT REQUESTS
Delivery Confirmation No.
0308 2690 0001 5721 5098
I represent the Assassination Archives and Research Center ("AARC"). The AARC
provides information on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and other subjects,
including other political assassinations, to the news media and the public, as well as to its
members.
As president of the AARC, I have been interviewed by many television news programs
and documentaries concerning the assassinations of President Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 ("JFK
Records Act"), and related topics. I have also appeared on radio programs, including the Voice
of America and The Larry King Show. I have appeared on a number of television programs,
including CNN, Fox News, and Good Morning Luther King, Jr. I have been quoted by Reuters,
the Associated Press, the New York Times, the Washington Post and numerous other
representatives of the news media on matters pertaining to the assassinations of President
Kennedy and Dr. King.
I testified to both houses of Congress regarding the pending legislation to require
disclosure of records pertaining to the assassination of President Kennedy. In November 1993, I
testified before the House Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security regarding the
implementation of the JFK Act. On several occasions I testified at hearings held by the
Assassination Records Review Board, a five-citizen panel appointed to enforce the JFK Records
Act.
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. ? 552, and the JFK Records Act,
44 U.S.C. ? 2107 note, the AARC requests all records in your possession or subject to your
control related to the film taken by Abraham Zapruder ("the Zapruder film") at Dealey Plaza in
Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, as well as other films taken at that site on that day,
including but not limited to the following:
Delores M. Nelson
Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
 I. All records pertaining to the Zapruder film during such time as it was in the custody or
control of, or present at, the National Photographic Interpretation Center ("NPIC"), including
but not limited to the following:
a. All records pertaining to briefing boards concerning the Zapruder film which were
created during the period November 22-25, 1963, including but not limited to all notes
created for the briefing boards that were generated under the oversight of Dino
Brugioni at NPIC on or about November 23, 1963.
b. All records reflecting the identities of any personnel from the CIA or NPIC, the Secret
Service, or any other agency who were present when any and/or all briefing boards
were created at NPIC on or about November 22-November 25, 1963.
c. All records reflecting the dates and times at which the Zapruder film and any notes,
memoranda, analyses, recordings, transcripts or other form of written or electronic or
photographic record related to said film, including any and/or all briefing boards, were
transmitted to NPIC or to the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence during the
period November 22-25, 1963.
d. All notes, memoranda, analyses, recordings, transcripts or other form of written or
electronic or photographic record related to said film, including any and/or all briefing
boards, which were generated during NPIC's examination of the Zapruder film during
the period November 22-25, 1963.
e. All gate logs or other records (such as desk calendars, appointment books, etc.) which
indicate the time any persons who were present at the meeting which involved NPIC
Director Arthur Lundahl and DCI John McCone arrived: (1) at the CIA on November
24, 1963; and (2) arrived at the office of DCI John McCone on November 24, 1963.
2. All documents listing or reflecting the identity of any person present during the briefing on
the Zapruder home move of the Kennedy assassination which involved NPIC Director Arthur
Lundahl gave to Director of Central Intelligence John McCone during the morning of
November 24, 1963.
3. All records pertaining to any photographic work performed pertaining to the Zapruder film
on or about November 22 through November 25, 1963, at the laboratory allegedly run for the
CIA by Kodak, Inc. in Rochester, New York (the "Rochester lab"), also known as
"Hawkeye," "Hawkeyeworks," "Hawkeye Works," "Hawk-Eye Works," the " Hawkeye
Plant," or other similar variations.
a. all records reflecting which persons were present at the Rochester lab who witnessed
the examination of the Zapruder film, or who played any role in any copying, alteration,
or modification of the Zapruder film, if such events occurred.
b. all records showing who received the Zapruder film at the Rochester lab, from whom,
and at what date and time.
c. all records pertaining to the transmission of the Zapruder film to the CIA, the NPIC, the
Secret Service, the FBI, or any other federal government agency.
d. all records reflecting or pertaining to any telephone conversations regarding the
Zapruder film.
 e. all records pertaining to the processing of the Zapruder film or any other home movie
or other type of movie film taken of the assassination of President Kennedy or the
Dealey Plaza crime scene on November 22, 1963, which were generated at the Kodak
lab in Rochester, New York known as "Hawkeye," "Hawkeyeworks," "Hawkeye
Works," "Hawk-Eye Works," the "Hawkeye Plant," or other similar variations.
f. a listing of--or copies of any and all documents describing--all major equipment
installed at said Rochester lab ("the Hawkeye Plant") in 1963 which was capable of
processing motion picture film, including but not limited to: any and all contact
printers, optical printers, and/or animation stands.
4. The list of persons present at NPIC on November 23, 1963, requested by the United States
Secret Service. This list was requested by two Secret Service agents and was taken with
them when they left NPIC early Sunday morning, November 24, 1963. This list contained
the names of all persons who were present at NPIC on November 23, 1963. It also contained
the name of the two Secret Service agents who arrived with the Zapruder film at NPIC on
November 23, 1963, at approximately 10:00 p.m.
5. Any documents listing or reflecting the names, titles or positions of any NPIC, CIA, or other
personnel working on any "home movie" or other kind of movie of the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy during the period November 22, 1963 through April 1, 1964.
6. With respect to a report written by Dino Brugioni concerning the history of the NPIC, the
AARC requests any portions which pertain to NPIC's processing of and handling of the
Zapruder film or any other home movie (or other kind of motion picture) of the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy during the period November 22-25, 1963.
7. Any records pertaining to the purported Secret Service Agent "Bill Smith" who identified
himself as such when he arrived at NPIC on November 24, 1963, which serve to identify him
by his real name and affiliation.
8. The list of persons present at NPIC on November 24 and/or 25, 1963, that was requested by
alleged Secret Service Agent "Bill Smith."
9. All records pertaining to the processing of the Zapruder film or home movie film or other
types of motion picture film of the assassination of President Kennedy that may have
occurred outside of Dallas, Texas, by any government agency, including but not limited to the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), or the Depart-
ment of Defense (DOD).
It is acknowledged that some records associated with the CIA's possession of the
Zapruder film in 1963---photocopies of 9 pages of working notes and memoranda created
by employees at NPIC and the CIA---were given to the Rockefeller Commission by the CIA in
1975, and were then subsequently publicly released through FOIA in February of 1978, as CIA
document 1641-450. Additionally, the originals of these notes and memoranda, as well as one
surviving briefing board set (consisting of 4 separate display panels with color
photographs---enlargements of individual Zapruder film frames---affixed to each panel), were
deposited with the National Archives in 1993 by the Historical Review Group, in response to the
JFK Records Act. These records, now open in full and publicly available through the JFK
Records Collection at NARA, are not the records sought by this request. Specifically, the
additional briefing boards sought by this request (and associated records) concern two 3 feet by 6
 feet briefing boards created under the supervision of Dino Brugioni (then Chief of the
Information Branch at NPIC); these briefing boards each consisted of two 3-foot-square panels,
connected by a hinge in the middle, that folded to allow for easier transportation. I trust this
clarification will assist you in your efforts.
Thank you for your consideration into this matter. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Label/Receipt Number: 0308 2690 0001 5721 5098
Class: Priority Mail?
Service(s): Delivery Confinnation1e
Status: Delivered
Your item was delivered at 8:01 AM on October 14, 2009 in
WASHINGTON, DC 20505.
Detailed Results:
? Delivered, October 14, 2009, 8:01 am, WASHINGTON, DC 20505
? Notice Left, October 13,2009,10:46 am, WASHINGTON, DC 20505
? Arrival at Unit, October 13, 2009, 10:17 am, WASHINGTON, DC 20022
? Acceptance, October 07, 2009, 4:69 pm, SILVER SPRING, MD 20907
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