INFORMATION REVIEW & RELEASE (IRR) NEWS FOR 8 OCTOBER - 12 OCTOBER 2001 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05578104
• 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: October 12, 2001

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Information Review & Release (IRR) News for 8 October - 12 October 2001
Executive Summary
Immediate Calendar:
(UilihrItterrOctober 2001: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended, for
unreviewed general material older than 25 years.
(U/rATINI) 31 October 2001: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Liaisons'
meeting at Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), Washington, DC.
Future Planning Calendar:
(UMT11713) April 2003: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended, for
unreviewed intelligence-related or multi-agency records.
Overview of IRR Activities Last Week:
(U///iii143) CIA Declassification Center
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(U/AF-0134) CDC Begins Document Review Project for NASA
(U//1-uuurOn 12 October 2001, the CIA Declassification Center (CDC) received the first shipment of cubic-foot
boxes from the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA). NASA sent the shipment of 55 boxes to
CDC under a funded interagency agreement for CDC to perform a referral review of the documents under the
automatic declassification provisions of EO 12958. NASA indicates the entire project will consist of about 1 million
pages. CDC expects to complete the review in FY 2002.
(UHAHrie) Scanning Team Completes Five Week Trip to West Coast
(UHAIU ) On 4 Oct 2001, the three-person Remote Archives Capture (RAC) scanning team from the CIA
Declassification Center (CDC) returned to from a five-week TDY to the West Coast. The team
scanned almost 90,000 images at the Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University, the Reagan Presidential
Library, and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Pacific Region Office.
(U/Uct13414-From the Archives: CIA Reviewer Finds Cash in File at NARA
(U//PrIilel) During a routine review of folders at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in
College Park, Maryland, a CIA reviewer came across a folder that contained sample coinage in use in Afghanistan in
1952. The 26 coins were minted between 1869 and 1951, and were worth 11 cents in 1952.
(UHALI.10.) Publications Review Board
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(U//4111111 FOIA Requests
(U//16ILICL) National Security Archive Interested in Pakistani Conflicts
(UHAM171) The National Security Archive requested information on the October 1994 Taliban attack on the
Afghani border post located between Chaman in Baluchistan province in Pakistan and Spin Baldak in Afghanistan
and the involvement of Pakistan in the subsequent Taliban capture of a large arms dump located outside of Spin
Baldak;" "the role of Lashkar-e-Toiba in the May-June 1999 invasion by armed guerillas across the Line of Control,
the 1972 ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, into the Kargil-Drass Sector of Indian held
Kashmir;" and "the role of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in the May-June 1999 invasion by armed guerrillas across the Line
of Control, the 1972 ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, into the Kargil-Drass Sector of
Indian held Kashmir."
(U/Mri4404). Requester Seeks Marilyn Monroe's Diary
(U/Mr1140)- CIA received its third request in the last two weeks concerning Marilyn Monroe. A Ph.D. from Roswell,
New Mexico asked for "a photocopy of [Monroe's] complete diary. She was keeping this diary at the time of her
demise, and it is said to have disappeared from the safe of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office a few days after
her death." The requester also asked for "transcripts of any and all wiretaps done by or for the CIA, on both of [her]
telephones for the dates of 4 and 5 August 1962."
(11//k/13421)- Grad Student Wants Documents on 1950s Guatemala Operation
(UHATtift� A graduate student at American University asked for "officially released records" concerning "Operation
PBSuccess" which took place in Guatemala in the 1950s. .
� PBSUCCESS was a CIA covert action authorized by President Eisenhower that called for psychological,
economic, diplomatic, and paramilitary action against the Guatemalan government. The FOIA case
officer provided the requester with a listing of previously released material on this subject from which the
requester may select documents that interest him.
(U/M1110) Requester Interested in Alleged "Ghost Plane" Program
(U/Mtitle) A Pennsylvania requester sought information concerning an alleged "CIA Directorate of Science and
Technology 1960s program named 'Palladium' concerning the inserting of ghost planes on Soviet radar screens."
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