DEAR SIR/MADAM:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070002-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 14, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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VICTOR RA61NOWITZ
LEONARD ?. tOUOIN
MICHAEL N. STANDARD
MICHAEL KRINSKY
K. RANDLETT WALSTCR
MER?ERT JORDAN
ERIC N. LIE?ERMAN
September 14, 1978
Centza71 Intelligence Agency
Freed of Information Coordinator
TashirIgton, D.C. 20505
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Re: FOIA Request
North American Congress an
Latin America (NACLA)
On behalf of our client, the North American.Congress
on Latin America, also known by the name NACLA, we hereby request,
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act, all
records in the possession. of the Central Intelligence Agency
concerning, mentioning or containing information about the North
American Congress on Latin America, the N.& t.A N ;wa 1 Pttar
La ], ~tltcsri ~,~ 3nd Fmnir~ ~eprpr a ITACLA s
41. and the N.~IGLA Report nn tha
?. For your information, NACLA has existed in New York City
since 1967 and, additionally, had offices in Berkeley, California
from 1970 to 1977 and in Oakland, California from 1977 to the present.
Enclosed is our authorization to act on behalf of
NACLA in this matter.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ?? 552a, we hereby request a
waiver of all search and reproduction fees. NACLA is a not-for-
profit organization engaged in research and publication of informa-
tion concerning, inter al a, Latin America, which is in the public
7interest. The disclosure of records reflecting the government's
interest in such an organization would primarily benefit the
public's understanding of important public issues concerning govern-
mental conduct and is sought primarily for that purpose.
Yours truly,
MK: lb
Enc.
RABINOWITZ, BOUDIN & STANDARD
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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30 EAST 421P STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017
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north American congres on lain ar nerica
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I, STEVEN S. VOLK, as Vice President of the North American
Congress on Latin America, hereby authorize the law firm of
Rabinowitz, Boudin and Standard, New York, New York, to act
as the attorneys for the North American Congress on Latin
-,America for purposes of requesting and obtaining any and-all
information concerning said organization-which may be possessed
by any agency of the federal government, and I hereby authorize and
direct all such agencies to release to Rabinowitz, Boudin and
Standard, or to any attorney who is a member or associate of
the said firm, any and all such information as may be requested by
the said law firm or attorney.
S
VOLK, Vice President,
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
North American Congress on Latin
America
On the bkavy of July, in the year One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Seventy-eight, before me personally came
STEVEN S. VOLK, Vice President of the North American Congress
on Latin America known to me to be thedividual described'
in the foregoing instrument, who perspfiWlly execy ed before
.me the foregoing instrument.
QEORGE GROSSMAN
80TARY PUBLUC, STATE OF NEW YOR'
pa,, 30-1587800 Quat. In Nass:u Cu.
witiute Filed in Kew York Coup
Comris rA Expires March 30.197
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