NOV 01 2000


Central Intelligence Agency
Washington D.C. 20505


Reference: F-2000-01932

Dear Mr. Wolf

This is in response to your letter dated 23 October 
2000 and received in this office on 31 October 2000. You 
are appealing our 22 September 2000 response to your 9 
September 2000 Freedom of Information Act request for 
records pertaining to:

Jorge Eliecer Gaitan,  who was born in Bogota, Colombia, 
died in 1948, and was a Colombian presidential candidate.

Specifically, you appealed our determination that we can 
neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence 
of records responsive to your request on the basis of 
Freedom of Information Act exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3).

Your appeal has been accepted and arrangements will be 
made for its consideration by the appropriate members 
of the Agency Release Panel. You will be advised of the 
determinations made.

In order to afford requesters the most equitable treat-
ment possible, we have adopted the policy of handling 
appeals on a first-received, first-out basis. At the 
present time, our workload consists of approximately 
305 appeals awaiting completion. In view of this, some 
delay in our reply must be expected, but I can assure 
you that every reasonable effort will be made to 
complete a response as soon as possible.

Sincerely,



Kathryn I. Dyer
Information and Privacy Coordinator