Vadim Medish

To Whom It May Concern:

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

A copy of all CIA files, including 201 files, on Vadim Medish (DOB: 10/28/24), a CIA contract agent and history professor, who served in the Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1960 and taught at American University from 1963 to 1993.

In 1960 Vadim Medish was terminated from his CIA employment "after identification as a former NKVD agent, a former Abwehr agents, and subsequent agent activity on behalf of the Soviet Union." (See attached document "CIA on Medish.")

Please provide the "outgoing cable of 7 Sept 60," referenced in the attached document, requesting "further check-out" of a nightclub frequented by Medish and his colleagues

Vadim Medish is deceased. (See Washington Post, May 25, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vadim-medish-au-emeritus-professor-and-expert-on-soviet-history-dies-at-86/2011/05/25/AGJLfUBH_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.590bdfb67ef0)

Under Executive Order 13526 (https://www.archives.gov/isoo/policy-documents/cnsi-eo.html) signed by President Barack Obama in December 2009, and still in effect, classified documents 50 years or older, must be declassified unless they include the names of confidential intelligence sources or information on weapons of mass destruction technology.

As a 35 year veteran of Washington journalism who regularly contributes to Newsweek, AlterNet, Salon and other national news outlets, I request a fee waiver. The documents I seek concerns U.S. government operations and activities. Their disclosure is likely to contribute to understanding of these operations or activities. Specifically, disclosure will likely result in deeper understanding of CIA "mole hunt" of the 1960s, which has been the subject of many books and continuing controversy.

The contribution to public understanding of government operations or activities will be significant.

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,

Jefferson Morley