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United States Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 October 21, 2 0 0 3

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MEMORANDUM FOR DANIEL MARCUS GENERAL COUNSEL NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS -- NUMBER SIX (U) (SBU) This is in response to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States' request for Department of State documents dated October 3, 2003. (SBU) Attached are forty-three documents meeting your request. They include five documents (nos. thirty-five through thirty-nine on the list) that commission staff requested following a briefing by TIPOFF Director John Arriza on September 30. (SBU) Under Executive Order 12958, the Department of State may not disseminate classified information outside the Executive Branch except under conditions that ensure that the information will be given protection equivalent to that afforded to such information within the Executive Branch. We ask that only appropriately cleared members of staff be granted access to the materials and that it be protected by applying standards at least as stringent as E.O. 12958 on the handling of classified information. (U) We hope this information is useful to you. As always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have further questions.

Karl Hofmann Executive Secretary

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October 7, 2003

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MEMORANDUM FOR MR. DANIEL MARCUS GENERAL COUNSEL NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES SUBJECT:

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Request for Documents (Request for Documents No. 6)

This is in response to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States' October 3, 2003 Request Number 6 for Department of State documents. This installment has four documents consisting of classified and unclassified documents. Under Executive Order 12958, the Department of State may not disseminate classified information outside the Executive Branch except under conditions that ensure that the information will be given protection equivalent to that afforded to such information within the Executive Branch. We ask only that appropriately cleared members of your staff be granted access to the material and that it be protected by applying standards at least as stringent as E.O. 12958 on the handling of classified information. Although some of the material is not classified in and of itself, its designation as "Sensitive But Unclassified" requires special handling. Therefore we request that all of these documents be protected from unauthorized disclosure. We hope this information is useful to you. As always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have further questions.

Karl Hofmann Executive Secretary Attachments: 1. Incoming Request for Documents. 2. Index and 4 Documents Responsive to Request No.

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78.38MB / 476.84MB (16.44%) Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:20:27 -0400 From: "" <sdunne@9-11 commission.gov>4P To: "" ^F Cc: "" ^,"" ^,"" 1* 4P Subject: DOS document request no. 6 Part(s): g2 DOS Document Request No 6.doc application/msword 82.47 KB (^ Karl: Attached as a word document is DOS document request no. 6. Please call Niki Grandrimo at 202-331-4702 with any questions about this request and to arrange for production. Feel free to Dan or me as well if any issues arise. Thanks. Steve

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DOS DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 6

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 'Commission") requests that the Department of State (DOS or the 'respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following documents no later than October 17, 2003 (the "production date"): 1. The following State Department cables: Thomas H. Kean a. 95 Amman 000590 HAIR b. 95 Amman 000611 ee H. Hamilton ;. 94 Amman 006741 VICE CHAIR d. 94 Amman 008556 Richard Ben-Veniste Max Cleland Fred F. Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Gorton John Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R. Thompson Philip D. Zelikow EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

2. The entire file on Usama bin Laden contained within the State Department's TIPOFF database. The Commission requests that the documents requested above be provided as soon as they are available, even though all requested documents may not be provided at the same time, through means of a "rolling" production. [f any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily, based on an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that the respondent, as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date, identify and describe each such document or class of documents, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it, with iufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any such withholding. If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any requested documents but has information about where such documents may be located, the Commission requests that the respondent provide such information as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date. If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope of these document requests, the Commission requests that any such questions or concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues can be addressed and resolved prior to the production date. October 3, 2003 Daniel Marcus, General Counsel

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