F-2015-02398 APPEAL ACCEPTANCE LETTER

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06485279
• 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: November 10, 2015

Approved for Release: 2022/10/17 C06485279
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
5 February 2016
Mr. Leslie G. Kinney
Reference: F-2015-02398
Dear Ms. Kinney:
We received your 15 September 2015 correspondence requesting an administrative
appeal under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 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." Please continue to use this case reference number so that
we can more easily identify your FOIA administrative appeal.
You are appealing our failure to locate records that would reveal an openly
acknowledged Agency affiliation with Mr. James Harold Nichols and our determination to
neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records that would reveal a
classified connection between the CIA and Mr. James Harold Nichols. Your appeal has
been accepted and arrangements are being made for its consideration by the Agency
Release Panel.
You will be advised of the panel's determination. In order to afford requesters the
most equitable treatment possible, we have adopted the policy of handling appeals on a
first-received, first-out basis. Despite our best efforts, however, the large number of public
access requests CIA receives creates processing delays making it unlikely that we can
respond to you within 20 working days. In view of this, some delay in our reply must be
expected, but every reasonable effort will be made to respond as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
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Michael Lavergne
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Approved for Release: 2022/10/17 C06485279