18 August 2001

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
UNITED STATES ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY OFFICE
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-5995

August 2, 2001

Freedom of Information/
Privacy Office

Mr. John Young
CRYPTOME
251 West 89 th Street Suite 6E
New York, New York 10024

Dear Mr. Young:

References:

a. Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of March 29 2001 for records concerning various dossiers.

b. Our letter of April 20, 2001, informing you that additional time was needed to review the records and we were unable to comply the 20-day statutory time limit in processing your request.

We have conducted checks of the automated Defense Clearance and Investigations Index and a search of the Investigative Records Repository to determine the existence of Army intelligence investigative records responsive to your request. The records are enclosed for your use.

We have located the enclosed records pertaining to Alumni Association of the American Institute of Foreign Trade, ZF010830W. We have completed a mandatory declassification review in accordance with Executive Order (EO) 12958. As a result of our review, information has been. sanitized from the records as it is currently and properly classified SECRET and CONFIDENTIAL according to Sections 1.3(a)(2),1.3(a)(3) and 3.4(b)(1) of EO 12958. This information is exempt from the public disclosure provisions of the FOIA pursuant to Title 5 U.S. Code 552(b)(1). Fees for processing this request are waived. A brief explanation of the applicable sections follows:

Section 1.3(a)(2) of EO 12958 provides that information shall be classified SECRET if its unauthorized disclosure reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage to the national security.

Section 1.3(a)(3) of EO 12958 provides that information shall be classified CONFIDENTIAL if it unauthorized disclosure reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security.

Section 3.4(b)(1) of EO 12958 provides that classified information more that 25 years old is exempt from automatic declassification if it would reveal the identity of a confidential human source, or reveal information about the application of an intelligence source or method, or reveal the identity of a human intelligence source when the unauthorized disclosure of that source would clearly and demonstrably damage the national security interests of the United States.

Since the release of some of the information deleted from these records would result in an unwarranted invasion of the privacy rights of the individuals concerned, this information is exempt from the public disclosure provisions of the FOIA pursuant to Title 5 U.S. Code 552 (b)(6).

In addition, information has been sanitized from the records as the release of the information would reveal sensitive intelligence methods. This information is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to Title 5 U.S. Code 552 (b)(7)(E) of the FOIA. The significant and legitimate governmental purpose to be served by withholding is that a viable and effective intelligence investigative capability is dependent upon protection of sensitive investigative methodologies.

The withholding of information by this office is a partial denial of your request. This denial is made on behalf of Brigadier General Keith B. Alexander, the Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, who is the Initial Denial Authority for Army intelligence investigative and security records under the FOIA. You may appeal this decision to the Secretary of the Army. If you wish to file an appeal, you should forward it to this office. Your appeal niust be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days from the date of this letter. After the 60 day period, the case may be considered closed; however, such closure does not preclude you filing litigation in the courts.

We are coordinating with another government agency concerning the releasability of their information contained in the records. We will inform you as to the releasability of the information upon completion of our coordination.

We are continuing to review records regarding other titles you have requested and will respond to you by separate correspondence when our review is complete.

If you have any questions concerning this action, feel free to contact Mrs. Reilly at (301) 677-4742. Please refer to case #738F-01.

Sincerely,

[Signature]

Russell A. Nichols
Chief, Freedom of Information/ Privacy Office

Enclosure [described below:]

The enclosure is a 52-page dossier, INSCOM Number ZF010830W, on Alumni Association of the American Institute of Foreign Trade:

http://cryptome.org/aaaift.zip  (52 TIF-images; 2.3MB)

The dossier consists of reports from the mid-1960s on a plan to recruit members of Alumni Association of the American Institute of Foreign Trade for intelligence purposes. An unidentified person assesses the plan [page 9]:

Any attempt to approach an Alumni member under shallow cover would almost certainly backfire, with probably embarrassment. Businessmen of any stature would readily penetrate and expose shallow cover.

Use of Alumni members as Spotters/Assessors of denied target personalities is feasible; however, I feel their use as shoehorns is too risky. Also, their use to make introductions, even in the base area, is risky and they probably wouldn't risk their jobs to do it.

I feel that the best approach to cultivation of Alumni members would be to pass their names, addresses and all other available data to our field units, for those who reside in W/Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Sitzerland, Denmark (excluding France, England and Spain).

Whether the Alumni members were made aware of this distribution of information about them is not disclosed in this report.

Most of the dossier consists of 33 pages of hundreds of names of corporations, governmental agencies (such as US embassies) and non-profit organizations (such as CARE, International) where Alumni members were employed. Companies (and employee positions) listed on first three pages:

(J62) Moore-McCormack Lines, Copenhagen, Denmark
(J64) Goodyear International Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark

BELGIUM THUNDERBIRDS

(J54) Gates Europe, 40, Ave des Arts, Brussels
(J49) Motorola Overseas Corporation (Regional Director for Europe)
(J62) The Procter & Gamble Company (Industrial Engineer)
(J59) Wyandotte Chemical Company (Coordinator of European Sales)
(J52) Widow of Redacted, AMCEL Europe, S.A. (Products Publicity Coordinator)
(J63) Cessna Aircraft Company (District Sales Manager) 20A rue Emile Wittman, Brussels 3
(J63) Goodyear Aircraft Company (District Sales Manager) 6-9 Rue Pont Neuf, Brussels
(KM55) The Procter & Gamble Company (Manager, Products Research), 30 Avenue Marnix, Brussels
(KM56) The Procter & Gamble Company, 30 Avenue Marnix, Brussels
(J56) The Glidden Company (European Marketing Manager) 524 Ave Louise, Brussels
(J61) Beloit Corporation Integrated Projects
(J63) DOLE Corporation (Brussels) (Assistant to the Marketing Director) 5th & Virginia, San Jose, California
(F62) ARMCO (European Sales Coordinator) [address illegible]
(J56) Mgr. of Sales Planning -- Ford Int'l, 13-14 Ave des Arts, Brussels [also see Norway]
(J56) Tech. Sales Engineer, Union Special Machine Corp. of America, 90 Rue de la Caserne, Brussels, Belgium
(J59)
Goy, Raymond E. (formerly in England), c/o SISA Koenig Albert Laan 244, Brugge, Belgium
(F56) 1st Nat'l City Bank, 8 Rue Cardinal Mercier, Brussels, Belgium

AUSTRIA THUNDERBIRDS

(J52) International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Kaerntnerring, Austria
(J63) General Motors (Assistant Treasurer) 49-51 Obere Donaustrasse, Vienna 2, Austria