Welburn Mayock (NARA)

JPat Brown filed this request with the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

53064

Due April 17, 2019
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: JPat Brown

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

A copy of the FBI's files on Democratic Aide Welburn Mayock, which according to the FBI were moved to NARA under the file 58-HQ-3075

I am journalist who writes extensively about FBI files - https://www.muckrock.com/project/subjects-matter-fbi-files-10/, which have received national and international attention - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3219376/Undercover-FBI-agents-spy-annual-Burning-Man-festival-light-ongoing-war-terrorism-use-test-new-intelligence-collection-technology.html

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,

JPat Brown

From: Wanda Williams

*RE: FBI **​58-HQ-3075*

Dear JP at Brown,

Thank you for submitting your Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act
request to the National Archives and Records Administration.

Due to the nature of your request, we have forwarded your *FOIAonline*
request to our Office of Research Services, Special Access and FOIA staff,
for appropriate handling. Federal records are transferred to NARA no
earlier than 15 years and as late as 30 years from the date the document
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National Archives and Records Administration
Office of General Counsel
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301-837-0773

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Date: Wed, May 17, 2017 at 6:03 PM
Subject: Freedom of Information Request: Welburn Mayock (NARA)
To: foia@nara.gov

May 17, 2017
National Archives and Records Administration
FOIA Officer
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, Room 3110
College Park, MD 20740

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request
the following records:

A copy of the FBI's files on Democratic Aide Welburn Mayock, which
according to the FBI were moved to NARA under the file
​​
58-HQ-3075

I am journalist who writes extensively about FBI files -
https://www.muckrock.com/project/subjects-matter-fbi-files-10/, which have
received national and international attention - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
news/article-3219376/Undercover-FBI-agents-spy-annual-Burning-Man-festival-
light-ongoing-war-terrorism-use-test-new-intelligence-
collection-technology.html

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,

JPat Brown

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From: Rebecca Calcagno

Dear JPat Brown:

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
of May 17, 2017 for records in the custody of the National Archives and
Records Administration. Your request was received in this office on May 22,
2017 and assigned FOIA case number 53064.
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You requested access to case file number 58-HQ-3075, identified by the FBI
as potentially responsive to your request for records relating to Welburn
Mayock. My initial assessment confirms that Welburn Mayock is in fact the
subject of this file. The file has an estimated 2,500 pages, compiled as
part of an internal security investigation conducted between August 1953
and December 1969.

This file requires screening for categories of information exempted from
disclosure under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, prior to
public release. In particular, there are documents that may be redacted to
protect the identities of confidential sources, including FBI informant
codes and informant file numbers.

Your case has been assigned to our second-tier processing queue. Requests
for FBI case files that exceed 500 pages are assigned to our second-tier
processing queue. In addition, requests for more than 1,000 pages are
processed on an incremental basis. To give you an indication of our
existing backlog, we are currently processing requests in the second-tier
queue which were received in September 2012.

If you would like to narrow your request to potentially reduce the
processing time, here is a breakdown of the main sections of the file by

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