JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000200090016-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: December 5, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 5 December 1973
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7. (Confidential - LLM) I called Bill Jones, Government Activities
Subcommittee, -House Committee on Gnvernment Qn,-ratwns, in follow up
of my last contact with him concerning SAT and Air America and told him
that Air America was not certificated and responded to his question that
the sale of SAT was going forward. He did not respond to my observation
that he was maybe in a better position than I to know whether interveners
were now satisfied.
I asked Jones how he would like us to handle the letter to
Chairman Jack Brooks (D. , Texas) concerning the Agency's disposal
authority which GSA Administrator, Arthur F. Sampson, had referred to
Mr. Colby. In light of my prior offers in this connection, Jones said he
would check with Brooks to find out what the next steps might be, i. e. ,
briefing of Brooks or of Jones, a written reply, or a possible joint meeting
with Brooks, CIA and GSA. In connection with the possible joint meeting
with GSA, Jones differed with my interpretation of Sampson's letter to
Brooks, saying that he thought the GSA was saying that the Agency had no
authority for the disposal, and I said, while the letter could be interpreted
as such, I thought the letter recognized that perhaps the CIA. was in
the best position to present the legal authorities relied upon for disposal.
Mr. Warner was advised and is preparing a legal brief setting forth the
Agency's position for possible use with our oversight committees, if this
becomes necessary.
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8. (Confidential - JGO) Met with William Hogan, Counsel, Special
Subcommittee on Intelligence, House Armed Services Committee, who told
me that if we had no objection he would send the transcript of the hearing on
S. 2714 on to the printers without review by the Agency. I told him we had
no objection and we appreciated his expediting the publication so that the bill
could be presented at the earliest possible moment to the full Committee.
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