NARA DOJ General Records on Church of Scientology (SA-ASG Caruso/Bucknam files)

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Dear R. M. Seibert,

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated
March 9, 2019 for records in the custody of the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). You requested access to the folder labeled
[Caruso, Ken and Bucknam, Robert] Church of Scientology located in box 4
within entry P3 Subject Files of the Special Assistants to the Associate
Attorney General, 1/1981 – 6/1983 in Record Group 60: General Records of
the Department of Justice. Your request was received in this office on
March 11, 2019 and assigned FOIA case number *RD 60671*.

We located and surveyed the folder labeled [Caruso, Ken and Bucknam,
Robert] Church of Scientology. The folder contains 46 pages regarding the
Church of Scientology. The documents are dated from 1981.

The folder that you requested as well as all of the other folders in the
box required screening for categories of information exempted from
disclosure under the FOIA. All of the folders in the box including the
folder labeled [Caruso, Ken and Bucknam, Robert] Church of Scientology were
previously reviewed under the terms of the FOIA (5 USC 552). There are no
restrictions on access to any of the folders in the box so they are open
and available for research use.

You or your designated representative may view box 4 in Room 2000, the
reading room operated by the Textual Reference Branch at our College Park
facility. You may request the box in Room 2000 upon your arrival at our
College Park facility.

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standard rate for reproduction orders is $0.80 per page regardless of
format. Please contact the Textual Reference Branch at Archives II if you
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Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001.

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Accessioned Executive Branch Records – Washington, DC Area
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Sincerely,

Jennifer Namsiriwan Crabb
Archivist
Special Access and FOIA Branch (RD-F)
National Archives and Records Administration
https://www.archives.gov/research/foia

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Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RDT2)
National Archives at College Park, MD

R.M. Seibert,

Thank you for your inquiry. We received your request for an invoice to the
records which were opened under 60671. As Ms. Namsiriwan Crabb noted, the
entire box is open and available to review, should you wish to review it in
our Textual Research Room.

Otherwise, we would be happy to produce an invoice for this specific file
unit; we will, however, require a preferred billing and shipping address.

Please provide this information to archives2reference@nara.gov, along with
the following citation:

RG 60
Entry P 3
Box 4
File Unit-- Church of Scientology
230/61/03/04

Sincerely,
Textual Reference Operations
NARA College Park

Thank you for your inquiry to the Textual Reference Branch of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in College Park, MD. Please note that our standard response time is approximately 3 weeks.

To avoid overwhelming our system, we ask that you please do not submit another request until your initial request has been answered. We apologize that we are unable to respond to status update requests if your initial request is still within the 3-week timeframe.

If you are planning a visit to our facility, please see our webpage for more information: https://www.archives.gov/college-park/researcher-info

Also please note any possible upcoming scheduled closures: https://www.archives.gov/news/federal-holidays

Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RDT2)
National Archives at College Park, MD

Dear R.M Seibert,

Thank you for this information. We have attached an invoice for the file
unit, "Church of Scientology." If you wish to order, please follow the
instructions on the form. Our current fee for electrostatic (paper),
digital (on disk), or electronic delivery (scanned) copies is $0.80 per
page with a minimum mail order fee of $20.00. Allow 30-60 days for
delivery. The price quoted on the enclosed service order is only an
estimate; we will determine the actual cost at the time of copying. We look
forward to providing you with the records that you have requested.

We hope this has been helpful in your search. Please let us know if you
have additional research concerns.

Sincerely,
--
Haley J Maynard | archivist
Textual Reference
National Archives at College Park, MD

Dear R. M. Seibert:

Your digitized reproductions order from the National Archives and Records
Administration is now available. You may view, print, and/or download the
file here https://ws.onehub.com/files/qa1rno93 .

This link will be available for 30 days. After that, it will be deleted.

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