F-2015-02398 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06427525
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2022
• Case Number: F-2017-01848
• Publication Date: August 18, 2015

Approved for Release: 2022/10/17 C06427525
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August 3, 2015
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear CIA FOIA Officer:
This is a request under the general provisions of 5 USC 552, the Freedom of
Information Act in conjunction with the Privacy Act, U.S C 552a. It is requested the CIA
furnish to me in their entirety, the personnel file, and any and all other documents
related to the following person:
James Harold Nichols
DPOB: 26 July, 1899, Grundy Center, Iowa
Date of Death: 19 February, 1960, Spokane, WA
James Harold Nichols worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World
War Two. Nichols's personnel file is not listed among the 23,000, OSS personnel
records released several years ago by the National Archives and Record Administration
(NARA). I have been advised by senior archivists at NARA that many
employment/personnel records of former OSS employees were not part of the general
release at that time and are still held by the CIA.
If any of the requested material is deemed by you to be exempt from disclosure under
the FOIA Act, I request a specific statement of the portion or portions deleted or
withheld, a full statement of the reasons for the denial of access and specific citations of
statutory authority for the denial.
Please do not hesitate to telephone or email me with any questions or comments you
might have concerning this request. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Leslie G. Kinney
Approved for Release: 2022/10/17 C06427525
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