HOPEFUL, STEPS IN MIDDLE EAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000300060021-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: February 27, 1968
• Content Type: OPEN

Approved For Release 2005/07/25 : CIA-RDP70B00338R000300060021-6
February 27, 1968 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE
H 1453
Because of the tremendous number of MORE COOPERATION IN PERSIAN and public opinion leaders there and also
credit reports handled, the possibility of GULF at the prior Ditchley House Conference
error is always present. Perhaps the most fre- in England led me to the conclusion that
quent error involves mistaken identity; that (Mr. MONAGAN asked and was given a failure to negotiate now would have
is, a derogatory item is entered on the record permission to extend his remarks at this serious consequences not only for the
of one individual which, in fact, involves an- point in the RECORD.) parties but for the United States.
other individual with a similar name. Mr. MONAGAN. Mr. Speaker, on Feb- Therefore, the news that the extreme
Incompleteness also is characteristic of the ruary 21, 1968, in this Chamber I spoke of
system. Staff Reporter Stanford N. Sesser of positions of the antagonists had been
the wall -Street Journal pointed out in a re- the critical situation in the Middle East- modified came as an encouraging and
cent article that in the New York City met- and particularly in the Persian Gulf- hopeful development.
ropolitan area each year about 780,000 derog- which has arisen because of the prospec- With the objections to the form of the
atory items are filed. The vast majority of tive withdrawal of the British from this prospective meeting removed, it seems
them, about 550,000, are information on law- area before 1971. At that time I stated quite that progress can now be
suits filed, gleaned from court records. How that cooperation of the Trucial States, made toward a discussion of the substan-
the lawsuits are settled never gets recorded. Iran and Saudi Arabia in effect or in tive matters in argument: refugees, firm.
An industry official, interviewed by Sesser,
claimed that checking the disposition of cases actuality would be a necessity if subver- to be resisted. I boundaries and free passage of the Suez
would be too expensive. Sion or aggression were Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba.
The opportunity for malicious derogatory also pointed out the vital interest of the Although no real progress on the main
reports is also ever-present. Suppose a man United States in that area and the danger issues can be claimed at this time, the
gets a transmission job on his car, drives which a radical disturbance of current fact is that the logjam blocking discus-
three blocks and has the transmission fall arrangements there would hold for us. sions has been broken and real move-
out on.the street. He feels he shouldn't have I also expressed the pleasure which all ment is now possible toward a permanent
to pay for this, and he doesn't. But the trans- interested parties felt in the announce- arrangement that will provide a greater
mission shop can-and in many cases does-
retaliate by turning in a derogatory report to ment that two of the Trucial States, Abu guarantee of permanent peace in that
the credit agency. Dadabi and Dubai planned to join for- area.
A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE eign policy, defense, and citizenship. This We must recognize, of course, that the
When consumers rae refused credit for no seemed to be a substantial step in the obstacles to complete agreement on all
apparent reason, their natural reaction is to right direction. subjects are very great. Nevertheless, the
attempt to find out why. In most cases it is Now has come the statement in this emphasis now can be put upon "bargain-
all but impossible to do so because the credit morning's press that the seven Trucial ing in good faith" rather than upon a
bureaus and their customers have erected a States and the Sheikdoms of Qatar and possible return to war to settle the mat-
wall of silence around their operations to Bahrain are planning a federation to ters under dispute.
protect them from law suits. Although for control defense, foreign affairs, and cul- Under unanimous consent ices a I include
$25-$50 one can buy a credit bureau's sere- tural matters. Of course, this position the article at this point in the RECORD:
ices and get information on perhaps millions assumes the irrevocable character of the [From the Washington (D.C.) Post, Fa. 27,
of other persons, an individual is never al-
lowed to see his own credit report. The most British decision which is violently dis- 19681
any agency will do is accept a written com- puted in Great Britain itself and which MIDEAST TALKS UNDER U.N. SEEN NAB
plaint which may or may not be checked out. just conceivably might be reversed. How- (By Robert H. Estabrook)
Again and again there have been reports ever, planning must be carried on with UNnED NATIONS, N.Y., February .6.-A
from individuals who have unsuccessfully the premise that British withdrawal, if possible new initiative in Arab-Israel'peace
sought information upon refusal of credit, anything, may even come before 1971. discussions appeared to be opening today
or have obtained information only after great This is encouraging news indeed and I with the announcement that Unitedlations
effort. Recently, for example, a New York
State assemblyman introduced a bill into the am sure that all of us hope that this con- Special Representative Gunnar V. Jarring
Legislature calling for disclosure to an in- federation will be implemented and that will return to New York briefly for casulta-
dividual of his own credit report. His action the work of creating a new structure to tions.
What seems likely is that Jarring as pro-
by a personal incident. Turned down replace that of the British will be swiftly Vg
p Wh a form likely negotiations erring Egypt,
by a major credit card company, he was able pursued. Jordan and Israel each would send negates
to obtain information on the reason why only All the support which the United to meet in Cyprus under his chairmiship.
after considerable trouble and after identify- States ban give should be offered to sup- Israeli Foreign Minister Abba l n said
ing himself as a legislator. He then intro-
port this eo federation. today in Jerusalem that his governEnt had
h
t
'
a
W
duced a bill because as he put it:
agreed to "a form of negotiations"f a sort
happens to the poor guy who walks off the 'which Arab governments have u'ized in
street with no leverage?" HOPE STEPS IN MIDDLE EAST the past and which does not deft from
THE ZABLOCKI PROPOSAL precedent."
The measure proposed by Congressman (Mr. MONAGAN asked and was given This was interpreted as a referee to the
ZABLOCKI simply would give every American permission to extend his remarks at this procedure employed in 1949 by RalpEunche
citizen and consumer the right to see, and point in the RECORD.) now U.N. Under Secretary Oenerawvhereby
where necessary, to take steps to correct, his Mr. MONAGAN. Mr. Speaker, I read Israeli and Arab representatives Ir, on the
own credit records. It is based on the belief with great happiness the news in this Island of Rhodes to conclude anmistice.
that a person should have the right to know Bunche often served as a "messger" be-
the evidence used against him by potential morning's paper with the statement of
tween delegations.
creditors-just as he has a Constitutional Abba Eban that there finally seemed to [President Nasser of Egypt was N under-
right to confront witnesses against him-and be some movement. toward discussions stood to be ready to send represeltives to
to have the report corrected or amended if between the Arabs and Israelis under the such U.N. negotiations, the Lond Sunday
it is wrong or incomplete. In a sense then, auspices of Gunnar V. Jarring, the spe- Times reported from Cairo.]
the bill would establish some right of "due cial representative of the United Nations. Any face-to-face meeting now uld be a
process" in credit for American consumers. On February 12, I pointed out to the substantial concession on the p- of the
It would affect only credit reports made by House the urgent need for compromise Arabs, who have declared that theiould not
credit agencies which operate in interstate by the parties to the June 5 war if any talk directly with the Israelis. Butformula
commerce or make use of the facilities of whereby Jarring would share thneetings
interstate commerce. It would not, therefore, meaningful negotiations were to be might enable them to say they helot par-
have any impact on merchant-to-merchant achieved. I emphasized the serious results ticipated in direct negotiations.
credit inquiries within a community. Fur- that might flow from a return of Mr. Similarly, the recognition of a T. role in
ther, the Federal Reserve Board would be em- Jarring to the United Nations with a re- peace talks would be a concessio)y Israel,
powered to oversee the operation of the law port that his efforts had been fruitless which heretofore has insisted th.rt would
and to make exceptions in it if certain re- and that the disputants were holding to discuss borders and troop withd'al only
quirements are an undue burden on credit radically divergent and unrealistic posi- In direct negotiations.
transactions. However, attempts to block dis- A spokesman for Secretary GeneU Thant
closure by denying that an agency has made Lions. said Jarring was returning to 1, U.N. at
a report on an individual would be pro- My recent visit to the Middle East and Thant's request to consider "pole next
hibited. my discussions with political, business, steps and the prospect for_ enter upon a
Approved For Release 2005/07/25 : CIA-RDP70B00338R000300060021-6
 H 1454
Approved For Release 2005/07/25 : CIA-RDP70B00338R00030006'0021-6
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE February 27, 1968
new stage in the discussions." Jarring then
will return to his headquarters in Nicosia,
Cyprus.
Despite the limited tangible results so far
from his frequent meetings in Jerusalem,
Amman, and Cairo, diplomatic sources say
that no party has wanted Jarring's mission
to end. Reports that Israel has termed the
mission a failure have been denied by Israeli
sources here.
The Swedish diplomat arranged the release
of 5000 Egyptian prisoners held by Israel, but
his efforts to free 15 ships trapped in the
Suez Canal collapsed after renewed fighting.
Egypt ignored Israeli warnings in attempting
to send a survey ship through part of the
Canal.
Jarring was in Amman today and will visit
Jerusalem Tuesday.
PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC
ENERGY
(Mr. HARRISON asked and was given
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD.)
Mr. HARRISON. Mr. Speaker, the
nuclear genie unloosed by the necessities
of World War II holds both potential for
our destruction and promise for our bet-
terment. -
The peaceful uses ofatomic energy are
many and varied.
We know today that nuclear-run elec-
trical powerplants are feasible. Nuclear
power may eventually desalt the waters
of olr oceans for irrigation and con-
sixmttion. We know from the success of
projwwt "Gasbuggy" in New Mexico last
year, that a nuclear explosion can be
safell used in stimulating the production
of mural gas.
We'eel as well that nuclear power can
help l extract oil from shale in the
enorm3lsly rich Green River Formation
of Wycping, Colorado, and Utah.
We bow too little of what lies ahead
of us ft the full development of peace-
ful usejf atomic energy.
Theri is evidence, however, that ex-
tractiofof the key ingredient of nuclear
power--iranium-can be extremely haz-
ardous I the health of miners. These are
among a reasons why I today introduce
a jomtcesolution to create 'a Federal
Commi -e on Nuclear Safety and Peace-
ful Dev;pment.
Envished in this resolution is a 15-
membei?ommittee composed of a chair-
man, t vIembers of the House of Rep-
resentat}ts, two Members of the Senate,
the Sec aries of Interior, Commerce,
Labor, F lth, Education, and Welfare,
and six tubers of the general public
who ar ecially qualified to consider
and eval the technological, economic,
and socpgical impact of the atomic
energy pgram.
The Ctmittee on Nuclear Safety and
Peacefu:evelopment will consider and
assess:
First. Iw best to accelerate projects
invoivin.fe and peaceful uses of atom-
ic energ,i'ith emphasis on the use of
nuclear donations to retort oil from
shale airstimulate the production of
natural 4,
Seconc'he health hazards encoun-
tered by ons engaged in the mining of
uraniummd other radioactive elements,
and howst to safeguard against such
hazards, z
Third. Methods of effectively lntegrat-
Ing atomic energy into the general energy
complex of the United States so that rea-
sonable priorities may be determined,
and
Fourth. The impact of the subsidized
atomic energy upon competitive indus-
tries not subsidized.
Whether nuclear power will continue
to be simply an efficient means of mili-
tary annihilation, or whether it will be
allowed to better show the bright side of
its Janus face and become the willing
servant of industrial technology and
economic expansion, will depend, to a
great extent on actions taken by Con-
gress.
I believe that the creation of a Federal
Committee on Nuclear Safety and Peace-
ful Development would be one more
means for us to not only understand, but
to shape, the nuclear future of America
and the free world.
PROTECTION OF DEFENSE FACIL-
ITIES AND CLASSIFIED INFORMA-
TION
(Mr. WILLIS asked and was given per-
mission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD.)
Mr. WILLIS. Mr. Speaker, a number
of recent decisions in the Federal courts
have had the serious effect of undermin-
ing the national effort to maintain the
security of defense facilities, the secur-
ity of classified information released to
industry, and the security of vessels and
waterfront facilities, against espionage,
sabotage, and other subversive activity.
The decisions, among others, to which
I refer are United States against Eugene
Frank Robel, decided December 11, 1967,
in which the Supreme Court voided sec-
tion 5(a) (1) (D) of the Subversive Ac-
tivities Control Act of 1950 which made
punishable employment of members of
Communist-action organizations In de-
fense facilities; Herbert Schneider
against Willard Smith, Commandant,
United States Coast Guard, decided Jan-
uary 16, 1968 in which the Supreme
Court declared that the President's se-
curity screening program which he ap-
plied to vessels of the United States
lacked specific congressional authoriza-
tion under the provisions of the Magnu-
son Act (50 U.S.C. 191 (b) ) ; and the Feb-
ruary 1968 decision of the Federal Dis-
trict Court at Los Angeles in the case of
Dexter C. Shoultz against Secretary of
Defense, in which the Secretary was re-
strained from suspending a secret clear-
ance to classified information, on the
ground that the procedures adopted were
not authorized by the Congress.
The latter decision particularly. cast
grave doubts upon significant and vital
features of the industrial security pro-
gram authorized by the President in 1960
under Executive Order 10865, following
the 1959 decision of the Supreme Court In
Greene v. McElroy, 360 U.S. 474, which
struck down in part provisions of the
industrial security clearance review
program established for some years
prior thereto under regulations of the
Secretary of Defense. The Greene case
held that in the absence of congressional
or Presidential action, the regulations of
the Secretary of Defense were without
sufficient support in law. The decision,
however, made clear that the court did
not decide then whether the President
had inherent authority to create such a
program or whether congressional action
was necessary. While the House has ad-
dressed itself to this problem in the past,
no bill has been enacted into law to re-
solve this ambiguity.
Obviously these security programs are
of the most vital importance to the se-
curity of the United States. No one can
deny that in this period of protracted
conflict, forced upon us by aggressive ele-
ments abroad, it would be the utmost
folly to relax our precautions. Neverthe-
less, our most vital installations and ef-
forts are placed in serious jeopardy un-
less Congressi acts promptly to remedy
the monstrous consequences threatened
as a result of deficiencies revealed in the
aforementioned and other related deci-
sions of the courts.
I have, accordingly, today introduced a
bill in which I am joined by 24 Members
of the majority party. The provisions of
this bill will give express congressional
sanction to the President to issue neces-
sary regulations and to institute such
safeguards as may be necessary to pro-
tect sensitive defense facilities and clas-
sified information, together with the pro-
tection of vessels, ports, and waterfront
facilities. This bill is, I believe, prepared
with the most scrupulous attention to
decisions of the courts and within the
limits of the powers, and in response
to the duties, imposed on us by the Con-
stitution of the United States. In light
of the urgency of the situation. I assure
the House that the committee of which
I am chairman will promptly conduct
hearings on this and related bills refer-
red to us, with a view toward expediting
action by the Congress.
UNSEEN FINGERS
(Mr. ASHBROOK asked and was given
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous- matter.)
Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, recent-
ly I received a sales letter advancing the
merits of a piece of office equipment and
suggesting a possible explanation for the
outcome of a 20-year-old Texas election
now famous in political history. The pos-
sibility was offered that the unseen
fingers of a bank of automatic type-
writers composing thousands of cam-
paign letters might have been the differ-
ence at the ballot box. The lead para-
graph from the above-cited letter reads
as follows:
AMERICAN AUTOMATIC TYPEWRITER CO.,
Chicago, Ill., February 15, 1968.
Hon. JOHN M. ASHBROOK,
House of Representatives;
House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN: Twenty years ago this
month a congressman from South Texas,
named Lyndon B. Johnson, called me on the
phone and ordered eight Auto-typists for an
office he was opening in Austin for his cam-
paign for the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator. We got him off the
eight Auto-typists and he sent out thousands
of personal letters. For your information, he
won the primary by 82 votes out of 2,000,000.
If he had only bought seven Auto-typists, he
might have lost.
Approved For Release 2005/07/25 : CIA-RDP70B00338R000300060021-6