1980 Summer Olympics - Australian boycott

Harry Blutstein made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
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Harry Blutstein
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Dear Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,

I ma interested in documents/files that relate to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the possible boycott of those Games.

Yours faithfully,

Professor Harry Blutstein

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outreach, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

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Thank you for your email.  Per section 7(2A) of the Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (FOI Act), ASIO is exempt from the operation of the FOI Act.  As
such, we are unable to assist with your FOI request.

 

Commonwealth records on this topic, if any, may be available from the
National Archives of Australia, by request made to that institution under
the Archives Act 1983.  Details about this process can be found on their
website:www.naa.gov.au.

 

 

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Harry Blutstein
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Dear outreach,

While ASIO is exempt from the FOIA, it voluntarily provides documents and files, provided they do not compromise their operations and they redact names. I received all the files on the 1956 Olympics without any problems.I would hope that I could do the same for the 1980 Olympics.

I therefore ask for the relevant files to be identified and provided to me.

Yours sincerely,

Harry Blutstein
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Dr Harry Blutstein
Adjunct Professor
RMIT University
PO Box 1170
Collingwood   Vic    3066
Australia

Phone:      +613 9489 1812
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outreach, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

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Hello,

 

We refer to your email of 15 July 2020 seeking an internal review. We
reiterate that:

 

o under section 7(2A) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act),
ASIO is exempt from the operation of the FOI Act, including the
mechanism afforded by the Act to seek an internal review, or an
Australian Information Commissioner review; and
o Commonwealth records on this topic, if any, may be available from the
National Archives of Australia, by request made to the National
Archives under the Archives Act 1983. Details about this process are
available on their website [1]www.naa.gov.au.

Please be advised we consider this matter closed and do not intend to
respond to future correspondence in relation to this request (whether an
FOI or an administrative release request). Requests received for documents
via the National Archives of Australia are processed as per requirements
of the Archives Act 1983.

 

Kind regards,

 

ASIO Outreach | Email: [2][email address] | Web:
[3]www.outreach.asio.gov.au

 

 

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