Case No. F-2012-38774 Ms Kate Bailey Judicial Watch 425 Third Street SW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20024 Dear Ms Bailey: I rer to our leter dated Februay 24, 201, regarding the release of certain Department of State records under the Freedom of Inrmation Act, 5 U.SC § 552 We have identied 1 additional documents that are responsive to your request Of these documents, we have determined that 25 may be released in ll and 16 may be reeased with excisions pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(),determined (b)(3), (b)(5) uponberther consideration, we have det ermined t hatand that addi(b)(6) additional tional Additionally, i nformation may information released in 3 documents that were previously released in pat An enclosure explains Freedom of Inrmation Act exemptions and other grounds r withhoding material All released material is enclosed Review of records of the United States Mission to the United Nations is now complete If you have any questions, you may contact Department of Justice attoey Rober Prince at (202) 3053654 Please be sure to rer to the case number, F-202-3877, and the civil action number, 13-95, in all correspondence about this case. S e ey,
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Mlitary plans, systems, or operations Foreign government government nrmation Intellgence activities, sources or methods, or cryptology Foreign relations or reign activties of the US, including condential sources Scientic, technologcal, or economic maters maters relating to national securty, securty, including dense against transnatonal terrorism 14( US Govement progra programs ms r saguarding saguarding nuclear nuclear materials or clites clites 1.4(g)) Vulnerabili 1.4(g Vulnerabilities ties or capablities of systems, installatons, inastructures, inastruct ures, projects, plans, or protection servces relating to US natonal security, includng dense against transnational terrorsm 4(h) Weapons of mass destruction
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Law enrcement nrmation whose disclosure would: (A) nterre nterre wth enrcement proceedngs proceedngs depre a person of a ir trial (C) constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy (D) dsclose confdential sources (E) dsclose investgation techniques (F) endanger li or physical saty of an an indvdual
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