F-2000-00008 INITIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00283880
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: September 12, 2023
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2023
• Case Number: F-2019-01343
• Publication Date: December 21, 1999

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December 21, 1999
Mr. Lee Strickland-Information & Privacy Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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Dear Mr. Strickland:
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I would like to request
any documents in your possession on the following person; Commander Ian Fleming. Ian Fleming
was the author of the James Bond novels, and as pertains to this request, served in the British
Secret Service during World War 2.
I would like any materials concerning Ian Fleining's trip to Washington, D.C. with
Admiral John Godfrey in May, 1941, as it pertains to their roles in the setting up in the United
States of the office of COI; Coordinator of Information, the predecessor of the Office of Strategic
Services run by William Donovan. I would also like any documents on their meetings with Bill
Donovan, J. Edgar Hoover, and possibly, President Franldin Roosevelt. I would also like to be
advised if there is any documentation on American reaction, i.e., Hoover, Donovan to the trip
made by both Fleming and Admiral Godfrey during that time period.
Regards,
Peter Kross
Editor-Back Channels magazine
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