F-2003-01439 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00976452
• 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-2018-00697
• Publication Date: August 6, 2003

08/06/03 14:03 FAX [phone] NAT' SECURITY ARCHIVE
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The National Security Archive
The George Washington University
Gelman Library, Suite 701
2130 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
6 August 2003
Ms. Kathryn Dyer
Information and Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington DC 20505
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Re: Request under the FOIA, in reply refer to Archive # N-20030720CIA029
Dear Ms. Dyer:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I hereby request disclosure of the following
CIA reports:
1) "The Sino-Soviet Dispute on World Communist Strategy, Autumn 1957-Autumn 1959",
possibly one of the ESAU series of studis
2). "The Sino-Soviet Dispute (June 1960-November 1960)", possibly one of the ESAU studies
3). "The Great Leap Forward in Communist China", possibly one of the ESAU studies
4) "The Sino-Soviet Dispute and Its Significance", TS document # 142274-6, April 1 1961
If you regard any of this material as poteatially exempt from the FOIA's disclosure
requirements, I request that you nonetheless exercise your discretion to disclose them. As the
FOIA requires, please release all reasonably segjegable nonexempt portions of documents. To
permit me to reach an intelligent and informed decision whether or not to file an administrative
appeal of any denied material, please describe any withheld records (or portions thereof) and
explain the basis for your exemption claims.
As you know, the National Security Archive qualifies for waiver of search and review fees as a
representative of the news media. This r;quest is made as part of a scholarly and news research
project and not for commercial use. For ietails on the Archive's research and publication
activities, please see our Web site at the address above. Please notify me before incurring
photocopying costs over $100.
To expedite the release of the requested documents, please disclose them on an interim basis as
they become available to you, without waiting until all the documents have been processed. If
you have any questions regarding the identity of the records, their location, the scope of the
request or any other matters, please call rae at [phone]. I look forward to receiving your
response within the twenty-day statutory time period.
Sincerely Ynnrc
William Burr
An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University,
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