BURR, WILLIAM; SPR FOR FEES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00668730
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2020
• Case Number: F-2011-00563
• Publication Date: October 2, 1990

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0 2 OCT 1990
Mr. William Burr
National Security Archive
1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20036
Reference: F90-0858
Dear Mr. Burr:
Pursuant to the recent District of Columbia District Court
decision in National Security Archive v. Central Intelligence
Agency, we are initiating the processing of National Security
Archive cases held in abeyance pending resolution of fee issues.
Your request has been assigned reference number F90-0858 for
identification and tracking purposes.
Specifically, you are requesting "[a]rticles on the Berlin
crisis published in any CIA weekly or monthly intelligence
summaries or reports, between November 10, 1958 and December 31,
1960."
Concerning your request for a waiver of fees, the Freedom of
Information Reform Act, 50 U.S.C. 5552(a)(4)(A)(iii),
specifically provides that "[d]ocuments shall be furnished
without any charge or at a charge reduced below the fees
established under clause (ii) if disclosure of the information
is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute
significantly to public understanding of the operations or
activities of the [United States] government and is not
primarily in the commercial interest of the requester."
Your request clearly does not meet the criteria established
for a waiver of fees under the FOI Reform Act. Inasmuch as the
information you seek pertains entirely to Berlin, it is not
likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of
the operations or activities of the United States Government.
Accordingly, in this instance, your request for a fee waiver is
denied.
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Based on your general statement of intent to publish, you
may be eligible for categorization as "representative of the
news media." To establish your eligibility in connection with
this request, we will need from you a detailed statement of
your specific publication plans for any material which might be
released in response to this particular request. As
"representative of the news media," you would be responsible
only for copying costs in excess of 100 pages of releasable
documents.
No further action can be taken on this request until we
receive your reply, including your commitment to pay copying
costs as explained above. If we have not received your response
within 30 days of the date of this letter, your request will be
cancelled.
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Sincerely,
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19 September 1990
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Distribution:
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1 SD/F90-0858 SPR (additional information, fees)
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ID# 20946
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