L. Fletcher Prouty (FBI)

Dear Mr. Best,

The FBI has received your Freedom of Information Act/Privacy (FOIPA) request and it will be forwarded to Initial Processing for review. Your request will be processed under the provisions of FOIPA and a response will be mailed to you at a later date.

Requests for fee waivers and expedited processing will be addressed once your request has been assigned an FOIPA request number. You will receive written notification of the FBI’s decision.

Information regarding the Freedom of Information Act/Privacy is available at http://www.fbi.gov<http://www.fbi.gov>/, http://www.fbi.gov/foia/ or http://www.justice.gov/oip. If you require additional assistance please contact us at foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov.

Thank you,

David P. Sobonya
Public Information Officer/GIS
Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS)
FBI-Records Management Division
170 Marcel Drive, Winchester, VA 22602-4843
Ofc: (540) 868-4593
Direct: (540) 868-4286
Fax: (540) 868-4391/4997

An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.

Dear Mr. Best,

Please check the status of your FOIPA Request at http://www.fbi.gov and access the (Freedom of Information Act) link at the bottom of the page, or http://www.fbi.gov/foia, or https://vault.fbi.gov/fdps-1/@@search-fdps, and follow the instructions below.

Check the Status of Your FOIPA Request

If your FOIPA Number is [1195846-0] please enter [1195846-000] into the system. If your FOIPA Number is [1195846-1] please enter [1195846-001] into the system. If you have any questions about the status of your FOIPA request, please e-mail foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov>.

FIND STATUS OF FOIPA- LAST UPDATED ON July 6, 2016

Please enter the whole FOIPA number-Example: [1234567-000]

FOIPA:

Results will show the Request Number, Case Type and Process Description shown below:

FOIPA:

1234567-000

Case Type:

FOIPA

Process Description (Will display the current progress of the request)

The FBI’s FOIPA Program is searching the FBI’s indices for potentially responsive documents.

You may be contacted via formal letter for all fees and/or negotiation issues that may apply.
NOTE: Recent requests are entered into the FOIPA database in the order that they are received. Before you can check the status, you must have received correspondence assigning a FOIPA request number and the information transferred to the online database. Status information is updated weekly. If a request has been closed within the last six months the online database will display the following: The FOIPA number entered has been closed, and appropriate correspondence has been sent to the address on file.

Thank you,

Holly Early
Government Information Specialist
Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS)
FBI-Records Management Division
170 Marcel Drive, Winchester, VA 22602-4843
PIO: (540) 868-4593
Direct: (540) 868-4854
Fax: (540) 868-4391/4997
E-mail: foiparequest@ic.fbi.gov<mailto:foiparequest@ic.fbi.gov>
Questions E-mail: foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov>

Do you have further questions about the FOI/PA process? Visit us at http://www.fbi.gov/foia

Please check the status of your request online at http://www.fbi.gov/foia by clicking on the CHECK STATUS OF YOUR FOI/PA REQUEST under the FOIA INDEX located on the right side of the page. Status updates are performed on a weekly basis.

Dear Mr. Best,

Please check the status of your FOIPA Request at https://vault.fbi.gov/fdps-1/@@search-fdps, and follow the instructions below.

Check the Status of Your FOIPA Request

If your FOIPA Number is [1195846-0] please enter [1195846-000] into the system. If your FOIPA Number is [1195846-1] please enter [1195846-001] into the system. If you have any questions about the status of your FOIPA request, please e-mail foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov>.

FIND STATUS OF FOIPA- LAST UPDATED ON August 3, 2016

Please enter the whole FOIPA number-Example: [1234567-000]

FOIPA:

Results will show the Request Number, Case Type and Process Description shown below:

FOIPA:

1234567-000

Case Type:

FOIPA

Process Description (Will display the current progress of the request)

The FBI’s FOIPA Program is searching the FBI’s indices for potentially responsive documents.

You may be contacted via formal letter for all fees and/or negotiation issues that may apply.
NOTE: Recent requests are entered into the FOIPA database in the order that they are received. Before you can check the status, you must have received correspondence assigning a FOIPA request number and the information transferred to the online database. Status information is updated weekly. If a request has been closed within the last six months the online database will display the following: The FOIPA number entered has been closed, and appropriate correspondence has been sent to the address on file.

Thank you,

Holly Early
Government Information Specialist
Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS)
FBI-Records Management Division
170 Marcel Drive, Winchester, VA 22602-4843
PIO: (540) 868-4593
Direct: (540) 868-4854
Fax: (540) 868-4391/4997
E-mail: foiparequest@ic.fbi.gov<mailto:foiparequest@ic.fbi.gov>
Questions E-mail: foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov<mailto:foipaquestions@ic.fbi.gov>

Do you have further questions about the FOI/PA process? Visit us at https://www.fbi.gov/services/records-management/foia.

Please check the status of your request online at https://vault.fbi.gov/fdps-1/@@search-fdps. Status updates are performed on a weekly basis.

A fix is required to perfect the request.

Good afternoon Mr. Best,

My name is Leslie Wilson and I'm with the FOIA section of the FBI's RIDS/RMD. I have been assigned your FOIA # 1358147-0 for the subject "Communist Influence in Racial Matters". Please contact me via phone at 540-868-4894 so we can discuss the processing of your request. Material found responsive to your subject has been previously reviewed and released as well as material currently in processing. This may help streamline your request.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully,

Leslie Wilson
540-868-4894
GIS Analyst/FOIA Section
RIDS/RMD
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mr. Best,

Good morning and thank you for getting back to me.

The file for the subject of your request is 100-HQ-442529. It is currently in processing for another requester with a timeframe of 1964-1967, sections 1-130. To date, 13 releases have been made consisting of approximately 5,800 pages. We can provide this material to you as a preprocessed item. This other FOIA has potentially responsive pages set at 33,000. Please note not all sections were able to be located. If you are interested in the material from this other FOIA request, after receipt of the current released material, please consider reopening your request over time to pick up newly released materials. It may be a more efficient way to receive preprocessed material at intervals of 6 months or a year. Please let me know if this approach is acceptable to you.

Otherwise, if you want to pick up additional file sections following the 1967 timeframe, I’ve estimated approximately 5,731 pages. This page count would still be in the large track queue, which currently has an estimated completion date of 33 months. If we limit the size to move into the medium track (estimated 8 months for processing(), we could move forward with your request addressing sections 131, 134, 136 serial 2588, and section 137. These sections are reflective of activity in 1968.

Please let me know how you would like to process.

Respectfully,

Leslie Wilson

Good afternoon Mr. Best,

My apologies, I just realized I was using the wrong FOIA # for your case. The correct FOIA # is 1358147-000 for your subject on Communist Influence in Racial Matters. Please excuse any confusion that may have stemmed from this. Also I stated the extra large case track of 33 months instead of 22 months for processing of large cases in the queue. Your request narrowed down is estimated at 5,731 pages and would be placed into the large track queue. Thank you for your understanding for my misquoting here.

Leslie Wilson

Good morning Mr. Best,

I will be moving your FOIA request concerning Communist Influence in Racial Matters. Though your request indicated all materials on this subject and you have not indicated if receiving the processed material is acceptable or indicated selecting later sections of File 100-HQ-442529 to have processed, I will move your case forward for the preprocessed material of about 5,700 pages to be sent out to you. Once materials are received, you can reopen this request for additional materials to be processed for this subject.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

Leslie Wilson
540-868-4894
Government Information Specialist
Negotiation/RIDS/RMD
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Hello again Mr. Best,

Well I certainly overlooked the fact that your request came in as an appeal. In the email I sent this morning, the last sentence referencing closing case upon completion of receipt of the preprocessed material should not have been added. To clarify, your case will remain open and move forward with all responsive documents to be processed. The preprocessed material should be made available to you. Your request will be linked to the other FOIA case for the remaining material to be reviewed in that case. In addition, there are sections to the 100 file that will need to be also added to your request for review.
I do apologize for informing you that the case would be closed, I was in error.
Thank you for your understanding. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Leslie Wilson
540-868-4894