Ernest Medina

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Dear Ms. Best,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information Act request of July
20, 2018 for records in the custody of the National Archives and Records
Administration. Your request was received in this office on August 6 and
assigned FOIA case number RD 57974.

You requested access to FBI case file number 61-HQ-6341, identified by the
FBI as potentially responsive to your request for records relating to
Ernest Lou Medina. My initial assessment indicates that Soviet / Russian
Propaganda is in fact the subject of this file. The file has an estimated
2,400 pages, compiled as part of a treason investigation conducted between
October 1927 and March 1981.

While FBI case file number 61-HQ-634 is not *about *Medina, I was able to
find reference to him in a clipped newspaper article located in Subsection
A of the file. Subsection A is where the FBI typically filed newspaper
clippings, magazine articles, press releases, and similar materials. For
your convenience, I am including a courtesy copy of this article as an
attachment to this message. I also searched documents dating from 1968 to
1971 in the main body of file FBI case number 61-HQ-6341 but was unable to
locate any additional references to Medina.

Additionally, I searched all of our available FBI indexes for a main file
with Medina as the subject. I searched "Ernest Medina," "Ernest L. Medina,
"Ernest Lou Medina," "Lou Medina," with no result. I also searched the same
terms with the given and surnames reversed (i.e., "Medina, Ernest L.")
again to no result.

Regardless, I was able to locate a few additional references to Medina
among the holdings of the National Archives. Here are the associated links
in the NARA catalog:

RG 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Motion Picture
Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, News Conference - Captain
Medina, 12/4/1969

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/33279

RG 319: Records of the Army Staff, Records Relating to the My Lai Massacre,
Administrative Review - Captain Ernest L. Medina

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/953900#.W3V8lc303Eg.link

RG 338: Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support
Organizations (World War II and Thereafter), Records of Investigations of
Accused My Lai Massacre Participants

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1275616

This concludes the processing of your request. If you have questions
concerning my review, please contact me directly at
christopher.abraham@nara.gov or 301-837-2958.

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Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 4200, College Park, Maryland
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explain why you believe this response does not meet the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act. All communications concerning this request
should reference FOIA tracking number 57974.

If you would like the opportunity to discuss my response and attempt to
resolve your dispute without initiating the appeals process, you may
contact our FOIA Public Liaison for assistance:

Accessioned Executive Branch Records – Washington, DC Area

FOIA Requester Service Center: 301-837-3190

Acting FOIA Public Liaison: Britney Crawford

8601 Adelphi Road, Room 5500

College Park, MD 20740-6001

Telephone: 301-837-3270

E-mail: dc.foia.liaison@nara.gov

If you are unable to resolve your dispute through our Public Liaison, the
Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is the federal FOIA
ombudsman. OGIS offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between
FOIA requesters and federal agencies. You may contact OGIS at the following
address:

Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)

National Archives and Records Administration

8601 Adelphi Road, Room 2510

College Park, MD 20740-6001

ogis@nara.gov

202-741-5770

1-877-684-6448

Sincerely,

*Chris Abraham*
Archivist
Special Access and FOIA Branch (RD-F)
301.837.2958
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