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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05961725
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2021
• Case Number: F-2014-00973
• Publication Date: February 6, 2013

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
27 February 2013
Reference: F-2013-00658
Dear
On 8 January 2013, the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator received your
7 January 2013 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records on the following:
. Records of
Vessel Registered \
mast sail boat USCG Federally Documented
communication code number: \
Radio
3. All correspondence or information concernin2 the Vietnam POW/MIA
prisoner of war release mission & relationship's with the
following: Power-Pak Products Inc. as Corporate President, DRV, National
League Of Families of Prisoners of War Missing in Action in South East Asia,
Mr. Charles W. Havens III, Nixon White House, Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger, General Brent Scowcroft, General Alexander Haig, Ambassador
David Bruce, William Sullivan Special Ambassador To: 1972 Paris Peace
Agreement, Former CIA Paris France Operative known as in 1967-1973 as
Robert Burton, Franco-Vietnamese Lawyer Nguyen Thaison. DRV General
Vo Nguyen Giap.
We have assigned your request the reference number above. Please use this number when
corresponding so that we can identify it easily.
With regard to Item 1, that portion of your request for records on yourself falls under
the purview of the Privacy Act and will be addressed via separate correspondence under
2013-00277.
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With regard to Items 2 and 3, we cannot accept your FOIA request in its current form
because it would require the Agency to perform an unreasonably burdensome search. The FOIA
requires requesters to "reasonably describe" the information they seek so that professional
employees familiar with the subject matter can locate responsive information with a reasonable
amount of effort. Commonly this equates to a requirement that the documents must be locatable
through the indexing of our various systems. Extremely broad or vague requests or requests
requiring research do not satisfy this requirement.
Sincerely,
Michele Meeks
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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IMS/IRRG/PIPD
20 February 2013
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - PIPD/F-2013-00658 CAN (Too Broad)
X-Ref: P-2013-00277 - Interim
(b)(3)
(b)(6) FINALS
13-00658
(b)(3)
(b)(6)
AN (b)(6)
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