U.S. Department of J ustic.e Federal Bureau oflovestigation Wushi11gto11. D.C. 20535 May 5, 2004 MR JOHN GREENEWALD JR • : .!. .. !. • .!.le .!.: RS Request No.: 0997068· 000 Subject:"ROLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. USA IN SOVIET INTELLIGENCE"IFEBRUARY 1953 Dear Mr. Greenewald: m This acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of lnformatlon·Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request to the FBI. The FOIPA number listed above has been assigned to your request. () For an accurate search of our records. please provide the complete name. alias. date and place of birth for the subject of your request. Any other specific data you could provide such as prior addresses. or employment information would also be helpful. If your subject is deceased, please include date and proof of death. I ~ To make sure information about you is not released to someone else, we require your notarized signature or, in place of a notarized signature, a declaration pursuant to ntle .l 28, United Slates Code 1746. For your convenience, the reverse side of this letter .! contains a form which may be used for this purpose. > c If you want the FBI's Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) to perform a search for your arrest record. please follow the enclosed Instructions in Attorney General Order 556-73. You must submit fingerprint Impressions so a comparison can be made with the records kept by CJIS. This is to make sure your information is not released to an unauthorized person. c We are searching the indices to our central records system at FBI Headquarters for the information you requested, and will inform you of the results as soon as possible. o Processing delays have been caused by the large number of requests received by the FOIPA. We will process your request(s) as soon as possible. Your request has been assigned the number indicated above. Please use this number in all correspondence with us. Your patience is appreciated. Sincerely yours. David M. Hardy Section Chief, Record/Information Dissemination Section Records Management Division U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of I nvestigation Washington. D.C 20535 September 13. 2004 JOHN GREENEWALD JR .:!. .. .!..!.I • .!.! RS Subject: "ROLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. USA IN SOVIET INTELIGENCE"/FEBRUARY 1953 FOIPA No. 0997068· 001 Dear Mr. Greenwald: The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA). Title 5. Un~ed States Code. Section 5521552a. Deletions have been made to protect information which is exempt from disclosure. with the appropriate exemptions noted on the page next to the excision. In addition. a deleted page information sheet was inserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to wllhhold information are marl<ed below and explained on the enclosed Form OPCA·16a: Section 552 Section 552a O(b)(1) C(b)(7)(A) CJ(d)(5) O(b)(2) D(b)(7)(8) O(j)(2) O(b)(3)_______ _ ®(b)(7)(C) O(k)(1) D(b)(7)(D) O(k)(2) D(b)(7)(E) D(k)(3) O(b)(7)(F) C(k)(4) O(b)(4) O(b)(8) D(k)(5) O(b)(5) D(b)(9) D(k)(6) D(b){6) D(k)(7) 58 page(s) were reviewed and 58 page(s) are being released. o Oocument(s) were located which originated with, or contained information concerning other Government agency(ies) (OGAJ . This information has been: o referred to the OGA for review and direct response to you. o referred to the OGA for consultation. The FBI will correspond with you regarding this information when the consultation is finished. ®You have the right to appeal any denials in this release. Appeals should be directed In writing to the Co-Director, Office of Information and Privacy, U.S. Department of Justice, Flag Building, Suite 570, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 within sixty days from the date of this letter. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Appeal" or "Information Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA number assigned to your request so that it may be easily identified. o The enclosed material is from the main investigative flle(s) In which the subject(s) of your request was the focus of the investigation. Our search located addiUonal references. in files relating to other individuals, or matters, which may or may not be about your subject(s). Our experience has shown, when ident. references usually contain Information similar to the information processed in the main file(s). Because of our significant backlog, we have given priority to processing only the main investigative lile(s). If you want the references, you must submit a separate request for them in writing, and they will be reviewed at a later date, as time and resources permit o See additional information which follows. Sincerely yours, David M. Hardy Section Chief Record/Information Dissemination Section Records Management Division Enclosure(s) EXPLANATION OF EXEI.IPTIONS SUB SEC I!OilS OF TITLES. UNITED STATES CODE. SECTION SS2 (bl( II A, SPQC!!. t•~ ); t~<.1ftiC<O "'11;.. , t.tJIF;fl._l ('::01CH '!a~" E •K 1Nto 'Jidet '" ~ lcepl S«ret ..n ~""e ~~-'~l!$i 'un,·..q• po .,. •" • tE\1 I i.'lfl f 1(J[Xolly -t' I' J,l•ll :o :;.1 ' ( •1X:u' C )r(ji"' •.' !(Y u' {b) {3t .p("C•fl (II 'r' •'• o•rn.,,IL.-l1 IJ!>III dl:~<, lOSI<I(: b•; (.ftililh' H~IIIPI lh.ll\ !i~tl'ott'o ')~._)!) ()j IIW.> li!1!1l J)IO'·I!decl lhil! 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