c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 Tucson [zip code exempt] ARIZONA REPUBLIC November 5, 1996 Mr. Gerald R. Ryan Special Assistant Assistant Chief Counsel Disclosure Litigation Department of the Treasury "Internal Revenue Service" Washington, D.C. Subject: FOIA for PMRS records Control Number: 249346-96 Dear Mr. Ryan: Thank you for your letter to me, dated October 24, 1996. As you can see from my original FOIA request, dated July 26, 1996, (copy attached), I requested certified copies of the PMRS records. My FOIA appeal was based, in part, on your organization's failure to provide certified copies, so as to render them admissible in a court of law, if necessary. Secondly, Mr. Mark L. Zolton, Tax Law Specialist in the FOIA Branch, wrote to me on September 12, 1996, explaining that my original FOIA request was not specific enough to allow you to conduct a search for the records that are of interest to me. A transcription of his letter is attached, for your information. Evidently, Mr. Zolton needed specific years for which I was interested in obtaining records. I timely responded to Mr. Zolton in writing on September 19, 1996 (see attached). Thirdly, Mr. Zolton's letter contained an amazing admission that awards made under PMRS took the form of cash payments or quality step in-grade promotions. If there are no records of said cash payments, this raises the ugly specter of widespread federal income tax evasion by recipients of these cash payments, including possibly the President. The American People have a right to know who received these cash payments, when, and how much. The FOIA imposes no requirement upon me to demonstrate relevance or materiality of these records, however. Therefore, I am entirely unsatisfied with the response(s) of your organization to date, and demand that you refrain from closing your administrative appeal file in this matter. Finally, please be advised that I do not accept U.S. mail from the federal government, or from any of its agencies, assigns, colorable trusts, or instrumentalities, with two-letter federal abbreviations (e.g. "AZ") or with unqualified ZIP codes. Since you may not have known this, I have made an exception solely for the purpose of explaining my position and future intent to you. This is to inform you that I will refuse any such mail from you in the future, unless it is directed to the correct mailing location shown above. Please see USPS Publication #221 for details. Thank you very much for your consideration. I will look forward to your continued cooperation in this matter. Sincerely yours, /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. Citizen of Arizona state, federal witness and Counselor at Law copies: The Internet Judge Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit (supervising) # # #
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