1987 FOIA Request on NSC/MJ-12 Special Studies Project

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

JAN 11 1988

Dear Mr. Graham:
This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request to
Peter Keisler, Associate Counsel to the President.
As I ·explained in my letter to you dated November 23, 1987, the
White House, as an entity whose "sole function is to advise and
assist the President," is not an "agency" subject to the Freedom
of Information Act. Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom
of the Press, 445 U.S. 136, 156 (1980). Accordingly, we respectfully decline to comply with your request.
Moreover, the White House is not in a position to "authenticate"
upon private request documents which purport to be governmental
records. The White House records of prior Administrations are
stored at private libraries or at the National Archives and
Records Administration. Other departments and agencies of the
government are responsible for the storage of their own historical documents. I suggest that you contact those repositories if
you wish to pursue your inquiry.
Sincerely,

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Jay B. Stephens
Deputy Counsel to the President

Mr. Lee M. Graham
526 W. Maple
Monrov ia, CA 91016

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WASHINGTON

January 5, 1988

MEMORANDUM FOR JAY B. STEPHENS

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FROM:

PETER D. KEISLER

SUBJECT:

Freedom of Information Act Request from
Mr. Lee Graham

Mr. Lee Graham wrote to me at the suggestion of the Freedom of
Information Office at the Air Force. He is seeking information
on UFOs, and has in his possession several documents which have
the appearance of declassified government records and which refer
to UFOs.
Mr. Graham sought information on these matters from the
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board by filing a
Freedom of Information Act request. By letter dated November 23,
1987, you informed him that PFIAB was part of the White House and
that the White House is not an "agency" subject to FOIA.
His letter to me is styled as a FOIA request, but he is in fact
requesting information, not records. Specifically he wants to
know whether the documents he has on UFOs are authentic, and
which agency he can turn to for "complete uncensored copies."
I have attached for your review and signature a draft letter in
response.
Attachment

27 May 1987
Freedom of Information Act Request
(5 u.s.c. 552)
ATTN: PETER KEISLER
Associate Counsel to the President
Culzahouse
Washington, D.C.
20500

Dear Mr. Keisler:
Sir, I have been referred to you by Anne W. Turner, Freedom
of Information Manager, Department of the Air Force (see
enclosure D).
Please note the enclosed documentation (see enclosure A-A7)
which is currently being circulated within the Aerospace
community in which I am employed.
This document (see enclosure A) confirms the existence of an
"NSC/MJ-12 Special Studies Project" and may be authenticated
by contacting Mr. Edward Reese at the National Archives in
Washington, D.C.
His number is 202-523-3220.
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The release of THIS memo/document (see enclosure A)
ostensibly authenticates THESE other documents which contain
references to the "MJ-12" "Group" (see enclosure A2, A3, and
A4).
This CIA document (see enclosure A3) relates the existence of
an Executiv e_O rder JEO 01156 which was ostensibly cited to
prohibit me from acquiring documentary proof that an
extraterrestrial intelligence exists (see enclosure B-Bl).
The "Satellite System" that I here (see enclosure B #3) make
reference to HAS been widely publicized (see enclosure C)!
I understand that there IS an OPSEC Department of Defense
Directive #5200.1 TH that prohibits the circulation of
disinformation ffnd/or improperly declassified material.
THAT
Directive would obviously apply to this documentation (see
enclosure A2, A3 and A4); I, therefore, respectfully request1. An "OFFICIAL'' declaration as to the authenticity of THIS
documentation (see enclosure A2, ~3, and A~~-

And if authentic2. The identity of the SPECIFIC agency to whom I should make
a request for a complete uncensored copy of THESE
records/documents (see enclosure A2, A3, and A4).
Thank you for your time Sir.

Sincerely

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Lee M. Graham
526 W. Maple
Monrovia, CA

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Investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Identified
Alien Cra:fts (IAC).

The Project was originally established in

195~, by order of President Eisenhower, under control of XXXXX
and MJ12. In 1960, the Project's name was changed from Project
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Dec 1969 a:fter Project Blue Book ~s closed.

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medical and intelligence information from UFO/IAC sightings
and contacts with alien life forms.

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collected information has been used to advance the United
States' Space Program.
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was to establish communication with Aliens.

Its mission

This Project met with positive sucess

(sio) when in 1959, the United States established primitive co1I1Dunications with the
Aliens.

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1964, a USAF intelligence officer met two aliens at a pre-

arranged location in the desert of Nelt.· ·Mexico.

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three hours.

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officer managed to exchange basic information with the two Aliens (Atch 7).
project is continuing at an Air Force base in New Mexico.

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PROJECT SNOWBIRD:

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{ leadquarters Forefgn Technology Ofvfsfon
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Dear Sir:
I am wrftfng thfs letter as a Freedom of Infonnatfon Act request (whfch I understand permits a person access to non-classified pictures and data about various aircraft},
to you because the Forefgn Technology Dfvfsion fs alleged to be the origfn Qf much of the '
following. - .. · ;
With the crash of Lt. Gen. Robert M Bond· (See •A•). there are now circulating within
the Aerospace Industry a number of very curious rumors. l!'ey are~~i~~

1. That Lt. Gen. Bond was flying I company configured derivative of the Lockheed F-19
"Stealth• ffghter featured in the mvfe- •Deal of the Century•, as the F-Jqx. See •e•.
--~~s-~~-~s cor:r,e~_~;:.~.nd~ar:e . any,._s_~fffca~fon~-~-!!~fu~t.!t~r.J>j~~-~~~s ,a~~..!Ja~l~, o~-!~.f ~f~~~!?,;.,.~ ._, __ .,

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code nataed •Have Blue• (See •o•), fro• the study of cras~ed •Flying Saucer• artifacts,
. under the code name •slue Room• (See•£•) whfch were sequestered at fTI) from Senator
. ~ - · -~arry Goldwater (See •F"). Is thfs correct and are photographs of the Lockheed F-19
\ 'Stealth• .fighter avaflable yet?
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has analyzed records of same, which could demonstrate the existence of extraterrestrial
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when will pictures of this aircraft be available to the publfc?
5. What does the code na111e •e1ack Brant• CURRENnY refer to?
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526 W. Maple
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Dear Mr. Grah111
This responds to portion of questi~ in paragraph 3 of your June 6. 1984.
Freed011 of Inforaation Act (FOIA) request to Foreign Technology Division:
•That the satellite system detailed in •G• can and has detected lFOs ••• is
this correct?• The Space Division of Air Force Systems Ca1111and referred that
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Act because it would reveal defense
capability or lack thereof. Knowl ge of our capability in this area would
give nations whose interests are in ■ ical to ours an insight into our capability and would give them a •ilitary advantage they otherwise ■ight not
possess. We are withholding confira tion of existence or non~xistence for
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By Craig Covault

Washington-The Soviet Union's first
flight test of a Saturn 5 class booster May
15 will accelerate the launch schedule of
the country's space shuttle, and gives the
USSR the capability to launch 220,000-lb.
space station modules and military satellites.
The 6.6-million-lb.-thrust Energia, the
world's largest operational booster, will
support planning of future USSR manned
missions to the Moon or Mars, White
House officials said.
The vehicle eventually will launch elements of a new heavy Soviet space station
.expected to house a dozen or more cosmonauts, Defense Dept. officials said. It
also is expected to be used for large military space and strategic defense operations. Additional test flights are planned
for the vehicle, designated the SL-W by
the U.S.

Payload Malfunction
A massive test payload carried piggyback on the Energia had a malfunction
unrelated to the booster, and was observed by U. S. Air Force infrared missile
warning satellites as a fireball falling into
- the .Pac,~..: Ocean.
Launch of the Energia capped a week
of intense activity at the Baikon ur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam, including a visit to
the site by Soviet General Secretary Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The Soviet leader was
there May 11-13 and witnessed as many
as three Soviet space launches, two of
them only 15 min. apart. Gorbachev
toured the Energia pad and saw the Soviet
space shuttle undergoing checkout, but
left before the heavy-lift vehicle was
launched.
Development of a heavy-lift booster has
extended the Soviets' lead in space over
the U.S., which abandoned its Saturn 5
operations in 1973. The Energia payload
capability is about IO tons greater than
the two-stage Saturn 5 that launched the
Skylab space station 15 years ago.
The U. S. will not be able to regain a
heavy-lift booster capability until its Advanced Launch System (ALS) becomes
operational in about seven years. "It is a
tremendous achievement for the Russians.
I think it reinforces the need for this
country to move ahead with the ALS,"
NASA Deputy Administ rator Dale D.
Myers told AVIATION WEEK & SPACE
TECHNOLOGY. "It gives the Soviets the
opportu nity to put up some very significant increases in space capability and if
we do not chase them hard they are really
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AVIATION WEEK a SPACE TECHNOLOGYIMay

Soviet Energia booster and launch complex at Tyuratam (above) shows the 6.6-million-

lb.-thrust vehicle from the side opposite its piggyback payload. The core is 198 ft. tall
with four oxygenfhydrogen engines. Four strap-on boosters using oxygen/kerosene are
in two sets on either side of the core. Picture at right shows pad swing arms, the oxygen
tank portion of the core and upper part of the strap-on boosters. The Energia will launch
220,000-lb. payloads and the Soviet space shuttle.

going to establish a tremendous lead in
space."
Energia boosters will be able to orbit
a payload five times as great as that
of the Soviet's next largest rocket, the
Proton. Energia can launch more than
three times the payload of the U. S. space
shuttle.
The Soviet Union attempted development of a Saturn 5 class vehicle during
the late I 960s, but it failed in three launch
attempts in 1969, 1971 and 1972, preventing the USSR from challenging the U. S.
in manned lunar exploration.
The Soviet heavy-lift project was revived at least seven years ago (A W&ST
June 16, 1980, p. 26). The vehicle's first
flight was expected following a recent static firing test (Aw&ST Mar. 16, p. 21 ).
The U. S. Central Intelligence Agency,
Na tional Security Agency, Defense Intelligence· Agency and U.S. Space Command
were prepared for the Soviet flight, and
mobilized analysts to study data from a
variety of ground and space-based radio
and imaging in telligence systems.
Liftoff of the 198-ft.-tall vehicle came

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less than 24 hr. after the Soviet Union
broke years of secrecy on the project and
an nounced that it was about to test "a
new powerful rocket that could put in
orbit reusable spacecraft and othC'I' heavy
space vehicles." Announcement in advance of a high-risk Soviet space test was
unprecedented.
The Soviets then released television
views of the Energia, its launch pad and
liftoff of the 4.4-million-lb. vehicle in
darkness at 9:30 p. m. Moscow time.
Those views confirmed earlier U. S. reconnaissance satellite imagery that
showed the new booster uses a large core
element much like the external tank on
the U.S. space shuttle (Aw&ST Aug. 27,
1984, p. 18). Unlike the U.S. version,
however, the Energia core has four large
engines in its base.
Attached around the core are four large
liquid-fueled strap-on boosters.
Mounted piggyback on the core between the two sets of boosters was a large
cargo pod that will be used to carry payloads up to 220,000 lb. on unmanned missions, although Defense officials said the

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own rocket engines and continue into orbit while the core fell into the Pacific
Ocean. At this point the serious payload
malfunction occu rred, unrelated to the
Energia booster.
"The satellite model was supposed to be
put into orbit by its own engine," the
Soviets said. "However, it failed to go into
orbit because of inadequate performance
of on-board equipment and landed in the
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testing the Energia booster was achieved,
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vehicle ultimately could carry more tha~
300,000-lb. payloads.
On manned missions, the pod will be
replaced by the Soviet space shuttle. This
combination shuttle/unmanned heavy-lift
approach provides the USSR with more
commonality and operational flexibility
than comparable U.S. systems.
U.S. intelligence analysts reaffirmed
last week that the Soviet shuttle could be
launched on its first mission by the Energia as early as late 1987 and that the
booster flight is a key Soviet shuttle test
milestone in its own right. Unlike the
U. S. shuttle, all of the boosters and main
engines for the.Soviet shuttle are mounted
on the Energia, so the May 15 test proved
the Soviet shuttle propulsion system in
flight.
U. S. reconnaissance satellites photographed Soviet shuttle/booster mate tests
several months before Energia's reconfiguration for its first flight in the unmanned
mode.
The Energia core vehicle has four liquid
oxygen/liquid hydrogen-powered rocket
engines that Soviet officials described as
"the most powerful engines in the world."
The use of high-thrust oxygen/hydrogen engines represents a major technical
achievement in Soviet propulsion. The Energia marks the first use by the Soviets of
oxygen/hydrogen powerplants, in contrast
with U. S. development of Saturn 5 oxygen/hydrogen second and third stages
more than 20 years ago. The new Soviet
engines have a higher thrust than the
400,000 lb. produced by the U.S. space

shuttle main engines, but the Soviet
powerplants are not reusable.
Intelligence sources said the Energia's
four strap-on boosters, however, are not
powered by oxygen and hydrogen, but instead use advanced high-thrust liquid oxygen/kerosene powerplants like those in
the new Soviet SL-16 medium booster.
The Soviets characterized Energia's liftoff
thrust as 170 million horsepower.
After liftoff the vehicle was powered
through Mach 4-6 by the strap-on boosters and the core. The strap-on boosters
then separated and the core vehicle with
its cargo pod continued the ascent, much
like the U. S. space shuttle operates during second-stage flight.
The core vehicle achieved its propulsion
and guidance objectives, shut down its

Blackjack Bomber
Crashes in USSR
Washington-A Soviet Blackjack advanced strategic bomber undergoing
flight test crashed in the USSR this
month, according to U.S. intelligence
sources.
Several of the variable-geometry longrange bombers are being tested and the
loss of one aircraft could be a short-term
setback to flight test operations.
The Soviet plant at Kazan continues to
produce Blackjacks in preparation for introducing large numbers of the aircraft
into the Soviet strategic nuclear force.

The Soviets stressed that the payload
was a "full size and weight mock-up of a
sat.~4it~,". indicating the spacecraft.Jnay
have been in the 220,000-lb. class. U. S.
intelligence sources said, however, they
doubted the Soviets attempted to launch a
maximum-weight payload on the vehicle's
first flight.
The mission of the satellite payload is
unknown but it was complex enough to
have its own large propulsion capability
and other systems.
Intelligence analysts also interpreted the
Soviet statement that the payload had
"various problems" as another indication
of satellite complexity.
Using large infrared telescopes, USAF
Space Command/TRW missile early
wamiq satdlites in geosynchronous orbit
over the Pacific Ocean were able to observe the reentry of the payload.
Infrared data from these USAF Defense
Support Program spacecraft showed the
payload as an "intense" hot object for an
unusually long period of time as the satellite reentered the atmosphere. The data
indicate the vehicle may have had a shallow reentry angle, and could have had
significant mass or a large propellant load
that caused the unusually bright and
lengthy fireball.
The Soviets also highlighted the use of
a new computerized launch processing
system to fuel and check the booster on its
pad. Soviet descriptions indicated the system is similar to thf computerized shuttle
launch processor at Kennedy Space Center and Vandenberg AFB, Calif. U.S. officials said the Soviets have at least two
Energia pads at Tyuratam.
The Soviets said the number of comput-

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<ers and software used to process the Energia is double the number used on their
previous booster prog, ams. During the
countdown, the Soviets said ground-based
computers monitored 2,hoo critical parameters on the vehicle.
Launch observers included Defense
Minister Sergei L. Sokolov, and the Soviets acknowledged military participation in
development of . the vehicle. They also
stressed the Energia development helped
to stimulate work on new materials and
other technologies and involved hundreds
of Soviet research, test and analysis facilities and organizations.
Launch officials demonstrated the potent capability of the Soviet space program to Gorbachev during his three-day
visit.
On May 11, the Soviets launched a Proton booster that placed a Gorizont spacecraft into geosynchronous orbit.
On May 13, the Soviets launched a
large electronic intelligence satellite designated Cosmos 1,844 on an SL-16 booster,
and used a different pad 15 min. later to
launch an SL-6 booster carrying a reconnaissance satellite designated Cosmos
1,845.
On May 19, the Soviets conducted another major launch of an SL-4 booster
carrying the Progress 30 tanker toward
the Mir space station.
Before returning to Moscow Gorbachev
delivered a speech on the Soviet space
program at Leninsk, the city adjoining the
launch site.
·
· HEverything here -at the cosmodrome,
from sophisticated launching structures,
testing stands and laboratories to the powerful carrier rockets, space vehicles and
their life support systems are fitted with
modern computers and highly sensitive instruments. All of this is Soviet-made, everything is of a high quality and modern
technological standard," Gorbachev said.
"Everything I saw here once again
deeply convinces me that . . . there is no
need for us to go cap in hand to foreign
lands," Gorbachev said. D

Proton Marketing Team Finds
U. S. Interest, Opposition
Washingto.-A USSR space team touring
the U.S. to market launch services on
Soviet boosters found strong opposition
from the U. S. government to such endeavors, but some U.S. satellite sponsors
plan to evaluate the concept.
A six-member team representing the Soviet Glavkosmos space agency and Licensintorg, the Soviet foreign trade agency,
met with numerous satellite manufacturers and users as well as federal officials in
Washington, Houston and New York on a
trip that concluded last week.
The U.S. marketing swing is part of an
international effort by the Soviets to market not only launch services but materials
processing payload space on unmanned
Soyuz missions and on the Mir space station. The· Soviets said a large materials
processing module will be docked to Mir
within two years.

age the U. S. commercial launch vehicle
base.
Daniel Santos of the State Dept.'s Office of Munitions Control said all satellites, regardless of their commercial
applications, are on the U. S. government's list of munitions and other technologies prohibited for export to the USSR.
He noted that the Soviets have offered
guarantees that customers using Proton or
other boosters could crate and protect
their satellites to assure that Western technology would not be compromised. But
the State Dept. is aware, he said, that
significant technology must be exchanged
before any satellite and booster could be
mated.
Courtney Stadd, the director of Commercial Space Transportation for the U.S.
Transportation Dept., took a similar view.
"There is no interest in allowing an adversary that type of access to U.S. technolInternational Meetings
ogy," he said. "The U.S. launch situation
The Soviets have just conducted similar is not so desperate that we have to turn to
marketing trips through France, Japan an adversary state for servicing of our
and Australia, and a Glavkosmos meeting commercial payloads."
with an international group of corporate
The Soviets are quoting launch prices of
space executives was set for May 21 in about $30 million for a 4,000-lb. spaceGeneva.
craft to geosynchronous orbit-a rate no
In addition, a Glavkosmos science team more than half of what U.S. commercial
was in Los Angeles last week trying to booster companies or Europe's Arianeinterest an· intemati01Thrgroup of SClctl~Space- can"'c>lfcr." · tists in flying research payloads on Soviet
Another senior U. S. trade official said
boosters.
the U.S. government will not recognize a
U.S. officials rejected the idea that an lower launch price quoted by the Soviets
export license would be granted to any as the reason for allowing U.S. satellite
U.S. sponsor seeking launch of a satellite sponsors an export license.
on a Soviet booster.
"The Soviets view price as their ticket
U.S. officials said the transport of any into the market," he said. "We [in the
U.S. spacecraft to the Soviet Union for Administration] view their price as a key
launch is illegal under current export reg- reason we do not want anybody to fly
ulations. The officials also said that to with them."
allow the Soviets to launch U. S. satellites
would be politically naive and would dam- 'Market Price'
"The Soviet price is not a market price,
but a Soviet government subsidy to beat
any Western competitor. That is not free
and fair trade, and U. S. companies that
fall into that trap just because they want a
cheap ride would be doing it to the det riment of the commercial U. S. launch inlion in replacing William P. Lipscomb Co.,
Inc., of Arlington, Va., as contractor for an
dustry," the senior official said.
expansion of Intelsat's headquarters.
Dimitry Poletaev, head of the Soviet
Board Chairman Tadashi Nishimoto
delegation and chief of the Glavkosmos
said Intelsat had reached agreement with
Launch Dept., said his team did not come
to the U. S. to negotiate any agreements
former Deputy Director General Jose Luis
but rather provide booster technical data
Alegrett, who returned more than $1 miland start a dialogue on the possibility of
lion that he controlled with Colino in a
Swiss bank account. Lipscomb waived
lessening U.S. export restrictions.
Poletaev said the U. S. position not only
$800,000 In claims and repaid Intelsat
$250,000. , Capitol Hill Associates',«.·:, . affects U. S. satellite sponsors but indirectWashington returned $100,000. · All ,'!.
ly influences other governments to be reagreed to cooperate with Intelsat.
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strictive as well.
"I believe the U.S. government must

Intelsat Board Files Suit
To Recover Funds From Colino
Washington-The Boerd of Governors of
the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization filed suit here May 20
in U. S. district court to recover funds
that, according to Intelsat, former Director
General Richard R. Colino obtained fraudulently (AW&ST Dec. 1, 1986, p. 42).
Intelsat alleges that Colino obtained the
funds while arranging refinancing of a real
estate loan and expansion of the organization's headquarters. :The complaint said
Intelsat suffered nearly $5 million in direct losses and may lose another $6 mil20

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Dear Mr. Bothwell:
Your letter to the "Freedom of Information Officer" at the White
House was referred to my office for a response. There is no
Freedom of Information Officer at the White House because the
White House, as an entity whose "sole function is to advise and
assist the President," is not an "agency" subject to the Freedom
of Information Act. Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom
of the Press, 445 U.S. 136, 156 (1980).
You requested copies of communications from 1967 between former
President Nixon and former Vice President Humphrey regarding the
People's Republic of China. We do not maintain at the White
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and managed by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey ' s agreement , that
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China on behalf of Nixon in 1969 . "
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People's Republic of China on behalf of Nixon in 1969. According to
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WA S H I N G TO 1'1

June 12, 1987

Dear Mr. Trott:
In response to your letter of June 2, 1987, to Alan Kranowitz,
Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs,
enclosed please find a copy of the President and Mrs. Reagan's
1986 federal income tax return.
I hope this will respond to
whatever questions your constituent, Mr. Joseph Weiss, may have
regarding this matter.
Thank you for your courtesy and interest in writing.
S_incerely,

. Original Signed by ABC
Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr.
Counsel to the President
Enclosure

Mr. John Trott
Staff Assistant to
The Honorable Anthony C. Beilenson
U.S. House of Representatives
11000 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
cc:

Alan M. Kranowitz

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

June 12, 1987

MEMORANDUM FOR ARTHUR B. CULVAHOUSE, JR.
FROM :

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SUBJECT:

Request for Copy of the President's
1986 Federal Income Tax Return

As requested, the attached letter is for your signature.

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June 9, 1987

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WA S HIN G T O :'i

June 9, 1987

Dear Congressman:
Thank you for your recent correspondence
requesting information for y our constituent,
Mr. Joseph Weiss.
I was pleased to forward this request to
the appropriate White House office for
prompt attention.
With best wishes.
Cord i ally,

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Alan M. Kranowitz
Deputy Assistant to the President

The Honorable Anthony Be i lenson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
20515

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June 2, 1987
Mr. Alan Kranowitz
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Legislative Affairs
112 East Wing, The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Kranowitz:
I am writing to request a copy of President and Mrs. Reagan's
1986 income tax return and refund for our constituent, Mr. Joseph
Weiss.

We will greatly appreciate it if you can send a copy of

this document to our West Los Angeles office so that we can forward
it to Mr. Weiss.

If you have any questions in this regard, please

feel free to call me at FTS 793-7801.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Sincerely,

John Trott
Staff Assistant to
ANTHONY C. BEILENSON
Memb er of Congress
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ABCulvahouse
CCCox
Chron.

WASHIN G TON

July 23, 1987

Dear Mr. Trott:
Thank you for your letter dated June 29, 1987, addressed to Alan
Kranowitz, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs, in behalf of your constituent, Mr. Joseph Weiss,
concerning the President and Mrs. Reagan's 1986 Social Security
benefits.
Your letter has been referred to this office for
response.
In response to Mr. Weiss's inquiry, neither the President nor
Mrs. Reagan received any Social Security benefits in 1986.
I hope this information will be helpful to Congressman
Beilenson's constituent. Your courtesy and interest in writing
are very much appreciated.
Sincerely,

Original Signed by ABC
Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr.
Counsel to the President

Mr. John Trott
Staff Assistant to The Honorable Anthony C. Beilenson
U.S. House of Representatives
11000 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
cc:

Alan M. Kranowitz

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

July 23, 1987

MEMORANDUM FOR ARTHUR B. CULVAHOUSE, JR.
FROM:

c. CHRISTOPHER coa _ ___

SUBJECT:

Inquiry Regardin0.he ~esident and Mrs. Reagan's
Social Security Benefits

As requested, the attached letter is for your signature.

THE WHITE HO U SE
W AS HIN G T ON

July 2, 1987

Dear Congressman:
Thank you for your recent correspondence
concerning your constitue~t, Joseph Weiss.
Your special interest is appreciated~ and
I was pleased to direct your letter to the
appropriate White House office for careful
consideration.
Cordially,

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Alan M. Kranowitz
Deputy Assistant to the President

The Honorable Anthony Beilenson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
20515

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June 29, 1987
Mr. Alan Kranowitz
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Legislative Affairs
112 East Wing, The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Kranowitz:
Thank you for your assistance in getting President and Mrs.
Reagan's 1986 income tax return for our constituent, Mr. Joseph
Weiss.

Mr. Weiss has subsequently inquired as to whether or not

President and Mrs. Reagan had received any Social Security benefits
in 1986, and if so, the amount.

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call me at FTS 793-7801.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Since r ely ,

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Staff Assistant to
ANTHONY C. BEILENSON
Member of Congress

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JBStephens
PDKeisler
Chron.

WASHINGTON

DEC I 5 1987
Dear Mr. Cross:
This letter responds to your Freedom of Information Act request
for "access to documents relating to the purpose and goal of the
National Security Council." Please be advised that the White
House Office, as an entity whose "sole function is to advise and
assist the President," is not an "agency" subject tn the Freedom
of Information Act. Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom
of the Press, 445 U.S. 136, 156 (1980).
As a matter of general policy, however, the White House regularly
provides information of the sort you have requested. The National
Security Council was established by the National Security Act of
J947, and its members include the President, the Vice President,
the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense. The
President presides over the National Security Council, and he may
invite other officials, such as the Director of Central Intelligence or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to participate in its meetings.
According to the National Security Act, "[t]he function of the
Council shall be to advise the president with respect to the
integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating
to the National Security so as to enable the military services
and the other departments and agencies of the government to
cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national
security." Furthermore, it is the duty of the National Security
Council "to assess and appraise the objectives, commitments, and
risks of the United States in relation to our actual and potential military power, in the interest of national security, for
the purpose of making recommendations to the President in connection therewith" and "to consider policies on matters of common
interest to the departments and agencies of the government
concerned with the national security, and to make recommendations
to the President in connection therewith."
I hope this information is helpful to you .
Sincerely,

ORIGINAL S!GrJED BY J.!3.S.
Jay B. Stephens
Deputy Counsel to the President
Mr. Larry Cross
8875 Buckhorn Drive
Atlanta, GA 30338

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WASHINGTON

December 14 , 1987

MEMORANDUM FOR JAY B . STEPHENS

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FROM :

PETER D. KEISLER (>

SUBJECT:

Freedom of Information Act Request from
Mr . Larry Cross

In the attached correspondence to the President, Mr . Larry Cross
requests under the Freedom of Information Act '' access to
documents relating to the purpose and goal of the National
Security Council . " It appears that he is a child or a teenager.
He has nevertheless mastered Freedom of Information Act legalese,
as you can see from his letter.
I have attached for your review and signature a draft letter in
response explaining that the White House is not subject to the
Freedom of Information Act but prov iding him with some general
information on the subject of his letter .
Attachment