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£ Admin. _ tes Soseph Pe tag ALL INFORS*ATION CONTAINET © = = New York. tes cert 0003 HiKels iS CAGLASSIFIED oe ae BSN TOEEe New Fork 20003 DATE {j.2-3% BY with enclosure, directed to Attorney General Edward H. Levi, 2305 - - which was referred to the FBI and received on April 8, 1976.50 This is to acknowledge your letter of April S, 1976 I have been informed you were contacted - telephonically by Special Agent Thomas H. Bresson of our _ Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOI/PA) Section and you were notified that your request would be handled under the ‘provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. As you were advised, the information within the scope of your request is not subject to retrieval from our records without conducting considerable research. I regret our backlog of thousands of FOI/PA requests preclude the handling of your ; request within the short time your publishing deadline would - allow; however, I am sure you can appreciate the fairness _ of our handling these matters in chronological order according — MAILED 10 —_ (> APRO3 1976 | FBI Sincerely yours, C. M. Kelley, Clarence M. Kelle Director oe Assoc. Dir. 1 ~ The Deputy A - Enclosure — fo Me 6 Dep. AD Adm. _ Attention: oo _ eg a: Note: During referenced telephone conversation of 4/20/76, Lash acknowledge/ difficulty in describing the records he. " Cong. Sret.__SOUGht, but understood the backlog situation in the FOI/PA Ent cvs —Section. He hoped to be able to converse with an FBI --- Files. & Com, "Gen. ww. __ representative to obtain a refutation of information contained ident. in Mr. Stevenson's book which apparently conflicts with —-~ ne ww ~Lash's book. He was advised that because of the age of the “ Laewoy information, no FBI representative would be able to comment 7 _ Pim eect -with out supporting record data, and this would involve 7 trum research time. Lash's book is already scheduled for - Lege! Com, Publica ig e is Se Telephone Rm... 2-0 ORK LG rr eer | WLALL, BRON | y TELETYPE UNIT MBS [qa 6 oN is request. - Dies Seer coniaheemetet nanan