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eget fe, 1976 20 taste 9th Street. | New York, New York 10003 Pata Ce Fe ee : Dw eS x ae Sot 74a Tati ne -F may Beer acme og oO USES de tg to aektiogledge receipt by the PRI on - «March 22, 1976, of your letter dated March 18, 1976, me | Fimmssting- information about-the-British Security coordination. : You were advised that due to the heavy volume of 8 FOIPA requests received by the F3I in recent months and a because of court imposed deadlines in certain historical - cases of considerable scope, there ts a large backlog of. FOIPA requests, In an effort to deal fairly with any request. requiring the retrieval, processing and duplication Of docu- ments, each request ig being handled in chronological order based on the date of recaipt. Consequently, as you were told, the information you seek, if it does exist in FBI files, would not be available to you for several months, . Fad = "You stated to the FOIPA representative that release — of documents or information was needed promptly to be of value to you and that since the existing backlog prevented an early release, you would withdraw your request. We re t external factors prevented us Your understanding is appreciated, .- | Ore aD ber - Sincerely yours, Oe 7 Asst. Dis: : weveewne ere Setamegeme Files & Com. _ Clarence M. Kelley =s_ = rer utienen jré Director iol. —____$ = The Deputy Attorney General <- Enclosure. ; pit peepee att tion: oe A Pin. Beate oe / Vas 33 . ¢. : . fF - s Soec- tow, Te ite, a a rn ae (had)