Eric M. Larson
        P.O. Box 5497
        Takoma Park, Maryland 20913
        (301) 270-3450
        larsone@erols.com

November 7, 1998

Dorothy Chambers
Office of Disclosure
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
650 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20226

Dear Ms. Chambers:

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

I would like to request a copy of all ATF internal reports, memorandums,
final report or reports, and other documentation of ATF's "March 1995
project to clean-up (review and amend) the entire National Registry."  I
am particularly interested in any documents which disclose the extent, if
any, to which the March 1995 project directly or indirectly caused ATF to
"review and amend" the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record
(NFRTR).  The latter information would, of course, be legally necessary
to retain in exhaustive detail in order to prove the chain of evidence
for documentation of the registration and/or transfer of every firearm in
the NFRTR.

I already have obtained some documentation of this project, and presented
it to the House Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General
Government Appropriations on April 8, 1997, and they are reproduced in
the printed testimony on pages 101 to 104. [Footnote 1] I already have
approximately 200 more documents similar to these.

When I requested information about the March 1995 project recently, my
request was returned with a letter stating that no records could be
located.  After consulting with counsel regarding ATF's response, I was
advised that my original request may not have been specific enough; that
is, I didn't say exactly where within ATF I thought these records may be
filed, nor did I identify any ATF employees who worked on and/or were
knowledgeable about the March 1995 project.  The latter would include
reviewers of the project, the reports, progress reports, final report or
reports, and memorandums created and so forth.  The documents reproduced
in my 1997 testimony are pretty

[footnote 1] Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1998.  Hearings before a Subcommittee of
the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, 105th
Congress, 1st Session.  Part 5, Testimony of Members of Congress and
Other Interested Individuals and Organizations.  Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1997.

page 2

specific, and I am sure that at least some of the persons I have listed
below would be familiar with them.

Accordingly, I respectfully suggest that you look in the following
places, and talk with the following ATF employees, to learn the exact
location(s) of the above-described documentation of the March 1995
project.  These places and employees are as follows.  Locations within
ATF: (1) National Firearms Act Branch; Office of Chief Counsel; Office of
the ATF Director; Office of Inspections; Firearms and Explosives
Division; and Audit Services Division.  Current ATF employees
knowledgeable about the March 1995 project: Thomas B. Busey; Nereida
Levine; Gary N. Schaible; John W. Magaw; Dexter V. Gould; Jack B.
Patterson, Terry Cates; Steve Weinberg; Jeff Heckel; Gerry Crispino;
Shelia Fitzgerald; Dave Kreigbaum; Jerry Nunziata; Carmen Lewis; Tony
Hanes; and Lavonda Parker.

I am willing to spend up to $50 for this information.  If you expect the
costs will exceed $50, please advise me and I will decide how to proceed.

Thank you.

        Sincerely yours,

        (signed--Eric M. Larson)