OCTP 2.1.22

To Whom It May Concern:

You are receiving this correspondence as a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. subsection 552. I am requesting the following:

All records, documents, and communications relating to the California-based newspaper the Orange County True Press (OCTP). According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memoranda, the OCTP operated out of the Santa Ana and Anaheim areas during the spring and summer of 1970. During that time, a Bureau informant, Howard Berry Godfrey, reported on the newspaper and its editor, Eugene Brown, to the FBI, and identified that at least three issues of the newspaper were turned over to the Bureau, for the months of May, June, and July 1970. In addition to all documents about the OCTP, I am also requesting copies of these issues and any others that may be in the FBI's possession. I have attached supporting documents as verification of all statements made herein.

I am asking you waive any fees associated with this request. I am a member of the news media, with bylines including CovertAction Magazine, Philly Voice, and Atlas Obscura. Please take note of the Office of Management and Budget guidelines published March 27, 1987 (52 FR 10012) that include electronic publications and other nontraditional publishers as representatives of the news media.

This request is not being made for commercial purposes. All documents will be provided to the general public without charge.

In the event that there are fees, I am willing to pay up to $100. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as the statute requires. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Sincerely,

Robert Skvarla, Jr.