Request for Informtion on the White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan

Dear Mr. Stokes:

Thank you for submitting your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) via email to
foia@nara.gov. We received your request on June 8, 2023. Your request
states:

*DIRNSA message to JCSJJRC, subject: White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan,
serial P04-184-64, 1 April 1964*
*(TSC); Cryptologic Archival Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box
H03-0504-1, NSA.*
*Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO); Cryptologic Archival*
*Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box H03-0504-1, NSA.*
*DIRNSA message to JCSJJRC, subject: White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan,
serial P04-184-64, 1 April 1964*
*(TSC); Cryptologic Archival Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box
H03-0504-1, NSA.*
*Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO); Cryptologic Archival*
*Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box H03-0504-1, NSA.*
*Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO).*
*Operations Plan, UHF Air/Air Advisory Warning Plan, Serial No. 6-61, 31
May 1961 (TS); Cryptologic*
*Archival Holding Area; Accession No. 15157, box CBRE67, NSA.*

*Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO). *

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College Park, Maryland, 20740-6001
301-837-3642

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 4:34 AM
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Request for Informtion on the
White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan
To: NARA General Counsel FOIA Office <foia@nara.gov>

Nat'l Archives & Records Admin
FOIA Office
Room 3110
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740

June 8, 2023

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
records:

DIRNSA message to JCSJJRC, subject: White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan,
serial P04-184-64, 1 April 1964
(TSC); Cryptologic Archival Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box
H03-0504-1, NSA.

Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO); Cryptologic Archival
Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box H03-0504-1, NSA.

DIRNSA message to JCSJJRC, subject: White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan,
serial P04-184-64, 1 April 1964
(TSC); Cryptologic Archival Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box
H03-0504-1, NSA.

Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO); Cryptologic Archival
Holding Area; Accession No. 43050, box H03-0504-1, NSA.

Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO).

Operations Plan, UHF Air/Air Advisory Warning Plan, Serial No. 6-61, 31 May
1961 (TS); Cryptologic
Archival Holding Area; Accession No. 15157, box CBRE67, NSA.

Correspondence and papers relating to the White Wolf Plan, 1961-1964
(TS-CCO).

In response to a FOIA request to the National Security Agency I have been
informed that the National Security Agency no longer holds these records as
they were transferred to NARA.

I was further advised by the National Security Agency that the accession
and transfer numbers for these records are Accession 43050 -
TR-457-2017-0005, and Accession 15157 - TR-0457-2016-0011.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Samuel E. Stokes

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June 13, 2023

Reply to RR2RR 23-47102LT

MuckRock News
DEPT MR 147290
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

Dear Mr. Stokes,

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request of June 8,
2023 for specified files relating to the White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan
in Record Group 457. Your request was received in this office on June 9,
2023 and assigned FOIA case number 23-47102.

Your request was forwarded to the National Archives at College Park Textual
Reference Branch (RR2RR) for identification of the records. We have
identified the two collections containing the records specified by the
transfer numbers as being in the following locations:

*Accession 43050 - TR-457-2017-0005 *

Record Group 457

Entry UD-17D 10

"Special Projects, Target and/or Crisis Records"

Boxes 1 - 3

Location: 630A/902/19/00

Fully Restricted - File list is stored with the records in appropriately
graded space.

*Accession 15157 - TR-0457-2016-0011 *

Record Group 457

UD-16D 28

"Documents Related to National Cryptographic Policy"

Boxes 1 - 14

Location: 630AL1/35/08/04

Fully Restricted - Box list is classified and stored with the records in
appropriately graded space.

These records are still fully restricted and classified. We have forwarded
your request back to the National Declassification Center (NDC). That
office will respond to you separately.

We do not consider this a denial of your FOIA request. However, if you are
not satisfied with our action on this request, your options for appeal and
dispute resolution are outlined in the attached enclosure.

This concludes the processing of your request.

Sincerely,

LAUREN THEODORE

Archives Specialist

Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

National Archives at College Park, MD

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Archives, Washington DC area is as follows:

Accessioned Executive Branch Agency Records - Washington, DC Area
FOIA Public Liaison: Rebecca Calcagno
8601 Adelphi Road, Room 5500
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Email: DC.foia.liaison@nara.gov
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agencies. The contact information for OGIS is:

Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
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College Park, MD 20740-6001
Email: ogis@nara.gov
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Phone: 202-741-5770 or 1-877-684-6448
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LAUREN THEODORE
Archives Specialist
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
National Archives at College Park, MD

Hello Mr. Stokes,

I am writing in regards to your request for White Wolf Advisory Warning Plan

Our reference office identified 2 potential series that have responsive
records. Are you amenable to me conducting a folder level review of these
two collections to identify possible responsive folders so we can log in
requests for each series, or are you wanting us to process the entire
collections.

I look forward to hearing back from you

Sincerely,

David Fort
National Archives and Records Administration
Deputy Director of the FOIA/MDR Division
David.Fort@nara.gov
301-837-0627

Your request was forwarded to the National Archives at College Park Textual
Reference Branch (RR2RR) for identification of the records. We have
identified the two collections containing the records specified by the
transfer numbers as being in the following locations:

*Accession 43050 - TR-457-2017-0005 *

Record Group 457

Entry UD-17D 10

"Special Projects, Target and/or Crisis Records"

Boxes 1 - 3

Location: 630A/902/19/00

Fully Restricted - File list is stored with the records in appropriately
graded space.

*Accession 15157 - TR-0457-2016-0011 *

Record Group 457

UD-16D 28

"Documents Related to National Cryptographic Policy"

Boxes 1 - 14

Location: 630AL1/35/08/04

Fully Restricted - Box list is classified and stored with the records in
appropriately graded space.