F-2015-02398 FINAL RESPONSE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06428354
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2022
• Case Number: F-2017-01848
• Publication Date: August 24, 2015

Approved for Release: 2022/10/17 C06428354
Central Intelligence Agency
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Washington, D.C. 20505
3 September 2015
Reference: F-2015-02398
Dear Ms. Kinney:
This is a final response to your 3 August 2015 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on 18 August 2015, for
the personnel file and any other documents about James Harold Nichols, who "worked for
the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War Two." We accepted and processed
your request in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. � 552, as amended, and the CIA Information
Act, 50 U.S.C. � 3141, as amended. Our processing included a search for records that would
reveal an openly acknowledged Agency affiliation existing up to and including the date the Agency
started its search and did not locate any responsive records.
With respect to any other records, in accordance with section 3.6(a) of Executive Order
13526, the CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to
your request. The fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is currently and
properly classified and is intelligence sources and methods information that is protected from
disclosure by Section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949, as amended, and Section 102A(i)(1) of the National
Security Act of 1947, as amended. Therefore, your request is denied pursuant to FOIA exemptions
(b)(1) and (b)(3). An explanation of exemptions is enclosed for your review and retention.
As the CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, I am the official responsible for this
determination. You have the right to appeal this response to the Agency Release Panel, in my care,
within 45 days from the date of this letter. Please include the basis of your appeal.
For your information, we maintain a copy of the roster of OSS personnel. We checked the
listing for Mr. Nichols' name, and it did not appear on the roster.
Sincerely,
Enclosure
/PLAwo
Michael Lavergne
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Approved for Release: 2022/10/17 C06428354