INFORMATION REVIEW & RELEASE (IRR) NEWS FOR 17 FEBRUARY - 7 MARCH 2003 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05578137
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2019
• Case Number: F-2010-01471
• Publication Date: March 7, 2003

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Information Review & Release (IRR) News for 17February - 7 March 2003
Executive Summary
Immediate Calendar:
(UM:4We) 25 March 2003: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Principals'
meeting at EEOB in Washington, DC.
Future Planning Calendar:
(U/Aftter) 16 April 2003: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Liaisons'
meeting at Crystal City.
(U//A4440) April 2003: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended, for
unreviewed intelligence-related or multi-agency records.
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(U//A44.114 3 June 2003: Historical Review Panel: Next meeting at
Overview of IRR Activities Last Week:
(Uthkitter) FOIA Requests
(U/L04140) Professor on a Quest for the Lost City and the Enchanted Vagabonds
(W/Tatilit+0) A professor at the University of Northern Iowa requested records pertaining to Dana Upton Lamb and
his wife, Virginia Bishop Lamb, both reportedly deceased, who authored Enchanted Vagabonds (Harper, 1938) and
Quest for the Lost City (Harper, 1951, made into an RK0 film in 1954). The requester states that the couple were in
the employ of the FBI from April 1942 through September 1943, as sources of information for suspected pro-Axis
"fifth column" activities in Mexico, where they were frequent visitors. Because they were working outside the US,
the requester is attempting to learn whether the OSS and, subsequently, the CIA may have been interested in their
activities.
� The FOIA case manager responded to the requester with a partial Glomar response, indicating that we
could neither confirm nor deny any confidential or covert relationship, or interest in developing such a
relationship, with any particular individual, organization or other entity. The requester was further
advised that we can conduct a search for other information, including that which might reflect an open or
otherwise acknowledged affiliation, but that the requester would first have to provide citizenship status
and evidence of death for both subjects. Finally, the case manager suggested that the requester also
contact the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), to which CIA has turned over the
majority of records from the OSS and other predecessor organizations
(Uhle1iH49)�Student is a Student of Students
(U//M171) A resident of California who is currently pursuing a PhD. at the University of Warwick in the UK
advises that she is writing her dissertation on student exchanges between the US and West Germany during the Cold
War, specifically from 1950-1970. In that regard, she is interested in records pertaining to any programs or
operations in which American students may have been sent or encouraged to study in West Germany in order to
track information regarding communist activities.
(UHAIr0) National Security Archive Requests 1960s Documents
(UHATI:f8) The National Security Archive requested "Intelligence Aspects of the Missile Gap," a study by Howard
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Stoertz, and testimony by Allen W. Dulles before Senate Preparedness Investigating andSpace Subcommittees, 29
January 1960.
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(untree) Requester Seeks Information on CIA's System of Records
(U//k143493 A Dayton, Oregon requester is asking for the complete listing of the systems of records maintained by
the CIA since 1999 as required to be published in the Federal Register.
� The FOIA case manager sent a copy of the relevant section of the Federal Register to the requester.
(UHALUCL) Roosevelt Study Center Interested in Dutch Weekly Newspaper
(U11)061304 Giles Scott-Smith of the Roosevelt Study Center requested records that originated between the years
1960 and 1985 that relate to the Dutch weeldy newspaper and/or the Dutch magazine called "Elseviers." This
publication was printed in Amsterdam.
(U//A44444) CIA Declassification Center
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(U/L11440) CIA Reps Survey Classified Holdings at Rockefeller Archive
(UHA11.304 On 13 February 2003, officers from CIA's Office of Security and the CIA Declassification Center opened four
safes and surveyed their classified contents at the Nelson Rockefeller Archive in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Happy
Rockefeller, widow of the late vice president, had asked that the records in the safes be reviewed and declassified to the extent
possible so researchers can chronicle the public service life of her late husband. At Sleepy Hollow, the CIA representatives
were met by Dr. Darwin Stapleton, Executive Director of the Rockefeller Archive, and Harold Oalchill, personal assistant to
Happy Rockefeller, who provided access to the material. The CIA team was able to open three of the four safes with
combinations available in the Office of Security, but the fourth one had to be forcibly opened, which damaged the safe. The
representatives explained to Dr. Stapleton and Mr. Oalchill that, upon their return to Washington, they would develop a plan
to process the material, and that scanning and review would take some time to complete.
� The Rockefeller Archive Center is a Division of Rockefeller University. The Center was established in
1974 to assemble, process and make available for scholarly research the papers of the Rockefeller
family and the records of various philanthropic and educational institutions founded by the family. The
Center has expanded to include records of other philanthropic organizations. The Center holds 35,000
cubic feet of documents, 500,000 photographs and 3000 films that provide unique insights into
worldwide developments and issues of the 19th and 20th centuries.
(U//A41443)- Presidential Library Archivist Visits CIA Declassifiction Center
(1.1//AIUQ) On 4 March, Geir Gunderson of the Ford Library visited IMS where he received a tour of the CIA
Declassification Center's Satellite Review Center. The following day Mr. Gunderson met with Chief of
the Information Review and Release Group (IRRG) at
� Mr. Gunderson's visit was the fourth by a Presidential Library archivist in a continuing exchange
program to enhance the professional and personal ties between the CIA Declassification Center and the
Presidential Libraries.
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(U//A+1510) Sensitivities; Circa 1953
A July 1953 Office of Evaluation & Review Daily
Intelligence Abstract from the Eisenhower Library
contains a US Embassy Tokyo recommendation for the
"withdrawal of a Hollywood film, 'Task Force,'
concerning the Pacific War, and opposes further release
of such pictures in Japan. Press and audience reaction to
the film has been unfavorable to smooth Japanese-
American relations. The showing coincides with an
increasingly anti-American climate and delicate aid
negotiations, and leaves an opportunity for Communist
propaganda exploitation. In contrast to the reaction to
'Task Force,' Japanese anti-war and anti-American films
have been enjoying great popularity." "Task Force,"
starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, traces the
development of US aircraft carriers from 1921 under the
guiding hand of the fictional Admiral Scott (played by
Cooper). Pearl Harbor vindicates Scott's championing
of the carriers, and during WWII he takes his carrier
task force into battle against the Japanese Imperial
Navy. This technicolor film made use of actual color
battle footaee.
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(U//t8. ERWG Meets at NARA I
(UthoritIM On 5 March 2003, the Information Security Oversight Office (IS00) hosted the External Referral Working
Group's (ERWG) monthly meeting at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Forty-two representatives from 21 federal
organizations were in attendance. ISOO's Laura Kimberly informed members that the long-awaited revision of EO 12958 is
imminent, and that it should be ready for the president's signature prior to 17 April 2003. Next, the ERWG evaluated the
declassification expenditure and page count data published in ISOO's 2001 Annual Report to the President ,which produced
some useful suggestions for fine-tuning ISOO's future data-collection efforts. The ERWG also directed its attention to the
negative impact upon the referral process from the levying of prohibitive handling fees on equity-owning agencies at the
Washington National Records Center (WNRC). The ERWG shared its concerns with NARA's David Weinberg (Director,
Records Center Program) and Jay Trainer (Financial Analyst). They offered to study how to achieve reduced customer fees to
(b)(3) promote the Order's mandate. Chair of the CIA Declassification Center, noted that ERWG's Referral
Workload Survey should reveal the approximate number of boxes at WNRC awaiting referral review. Lastly, Walt Davis
briefed members on the Air Force Classification/Declassification Training Conference to be held 15-18 April 2003
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