Report No. GN 96-1            GENERAL ACTION               January 30, 1996


       COMMISSION AFFIRMS BUREAU DECISION REGARDING LIBERTY CABLE'S
             REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF INFORMATION

     The Commission has affirmed a decision by the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau which denied a request by Liberty Cable
Company, Inc. for confidential treatment of information relating
to certain of Liberty's applications for Operational Fixed
Microwave Service (OFS).

     Liberty sought confidential treatment of an internal audit
report, along with its attachments, relating to certain OFS
applications for which it had requested Special Temporary
Authority to operate in New York City.  Liberty claimed that the
information was protected from disclosure pursuant to Exemption 4
of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the attorney-client
privilege and attorney work product doctrine, and in accordance
with general privacy concerns.  In its application for review,
Liberty characterized its privacy argument as one under FOIA
Exemption 6, which permits the withholding of "personal and
medical files and similar files" where the disclosure of such
information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy.

     Affirming the Bureau's decision, the Commission stated that
Liberty had failed to demonstrate that the documents at issue are
entitled to confidential treatment.

     Action by the Commission January 24, 1996, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 96-19).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Barrett, Ness, and Chong.

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