JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL THURSDAY - 25 AUGUST 1977

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP11M01422R000500030040-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: August 25, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 5
Thursday - 25 August 1977
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20. LIAISON I called Alan Bergreen,TAT
of Representative Frederick W. Richmond's (D., N. Y.) office,
referring to his request of 24 August for information on CIA analysis
of coffee prices. Based on advice from DDI/CSS, I STAT
noted that his reference to Dan Rather's comments in the "Sixty
Minutes!' broadcast of late July referred to speculation by Mr. Rather
on manipulation of coffee prices, etc., not to actual analyses being
undertaken by the Agency. I told Mr. Bergreen that there was almost
nothing on coffee prices activity that was not unclassified. I cited two
recent relevant CIA statements which I said I would send to him on
26 August. He then raised questions about some 1975 graphs credited
to CIA which he had seen in a Treasury Department memo dated I May 1975
on the 14-25 April 1975 Working Group Meeting of the International Coffee
Organization, and asked if he could have copies of the graphs. I referrf--S-4
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the request to
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21. LIAISON I received a call from
Pat Greer, in Senator Jake Gam's (R., Utah) district office. She
wanted to know who to address a letter to at the Agency concerning
employment for their constituent, I asked that she STAT
send it to the attention of Mr. George Cary, Legislative Counsel, and
we would respond accordingly. She said she would do this and thanked
me for my help.
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22. BRIEFING Called Mike O'Neil,
Counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and told
him that we had learned of a trip Representative Les Aspin (D., Wis. ),
a member of the Permanent Select Committee, was about to take to
the Far East and told O'Neil that we would like to be of service to the
Congressman if he had any need. He suggested that we call the
Congressman's office directly.
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23. LIAISON David Shaw, Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence staff, called with some follow-up details to
Senator Richard G. Lugar's visit to the Agency on 24 August.
I satisfied his requests.
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