F-2012-01707 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05872907
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2022
• Case Number: F-2020-01448
• Publication Date: July 12, 2012

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THE
4 TIMES SQUARE
NEW YORK, NY 10036-7441
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
FAX: [phone]
Dear Information and Privacy Coordinator,
July 11, 2012
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. Subsection 552, I am requesting all documents or
records related in whole or in part to the Moscow Music Peace Festival, an unprecedented two-day event
in which American and West German musical acts performed in Moscow on August 12 and 13, 1989.
I am a representative of the news media. This request is for an article lam writing for The New Yorker
magazine, where' am a staff writer, so a punctual reply within the time allotted by FOIA will be greatly
appreciated. If there are any fees associated with fulfilling this request, please notify mc before processing
if the amount exceeds $300.00.
If CIA regards any of these documents as potentially exempt from disclosure under the FOIA, I hope that
the agency will nevertheless exercise its discretion to disclose them. The passage of time and the very
different geopolitical situation in the former Soviet Union have reduced any potential harm, and there is a
valid public interest in disseminating this historical information. So disclosure is warranted.
If you deny all or any part of this request, please cite each specific exemption that you believe justifies
that denial, as T will appeal and am prepared to litigate if necessary. Finally, if you determine that some
portions of the documents in question cannot be released, the FOIA requires the release of all reasonably
segregable portions of records.
If you have any questions about handling this request, please call me a
Many thanks,
Patritk-Itadden Keefe
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
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