JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000400100019-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 23, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 23 October 1973
1. GLC) Checked with Jack Ticer; Senate Armed Services
Committee MIT, , a out the matter of a briefing of Frank Sullivan, of the
Committee staff, on Soviet general forces and Soviet and Chinese nuclear
programs. I reminded Ticer that we were awaiting word from him. that
Sullivan's top secret security clearance had been reinstituted through the
Department of Defense before proceeding to grant him compartmented clear-
ances and provide him with the briefing. Ticer recalled our prior conversation
on this subject and assured me he would let me know when they have final word
from DOD.
25X1 2, I I- GLC) Dorothy Fosdick, Senator Jackson's Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations staff, called to say that Senator Jackson wanted
Richard Perle and her to get a briefing on the "cease fire line" in the Middle
East. I told her it was my impression there was no cease fire line as such
but I would check and be back in touch with her. Later in the day, after
25X1 conversations with and Mr. Maury on the subject, I told
Fosdick and Perle that indeed there were no clearly defined "cease fire lines"
or clear lines establishing relative positions of the Arabs and Israelis. Perle
asked what kind of a map Kissinger, State, had before his discussion in Moscow
and I told him I had no idea. I went on to say that with respect to Kissinger's
maps, he might want to check with the State Department or, as Maury had
suggested to Senator Jackson the other day, they might want to contact the
Department of Defense to see if they had any more specific information on
the relative position of the Arab/Israeli forces. Perle's only comment was
that he would go back to Senator Jackson and perhaps check with the "military
people. "
3. I I- GLC) In response to a call from Scott Cohen,
Executive Assistant -o senator Charles Percy (R., Ill. ), Mr. Maury and I
talked with him about the situation in the Middle East and Maury briefed him
on the scale of military activities of both th using
the latest situation reports and the prepared statement which the Director
used before the House Armed Services Committee this morning.
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4. (Secret - GLC) Left with Guy McConnell, Senate Appropriations
Committee staff, the unclassified statement prepared by IC Staff on the
functions and responsibilities of the Agency and the classified material
prepared by OSR on Soviet military weapons which have been used in the
Arab /Israeli war.
5. (Unclassified - PLC) Called Ralph Malvik, in OMB, to determine
the status of H. R. 7135, which raises the ceiling for claims of employees
of civilian agencies from $6, 500 to $12, 000. Ma.lvik _ did not know the
status of the bill. Under new procedures established 1 July, GSA handles
for OMB all proposed legislation involving claims against the Government.
He refused to disclose who in GSA was handling the bill. I explained our
interest. Malvik stated that when the positions of the executive agencies
are received by OMB, he will give us an opportunity to submit an Agency
position if a stronger case for civilian agencies is needed.
6. (Unclassified - JMM) Accompanied the Director who briefed
the House Armed Services Committee. This was a joint session with
;Department of Defense officials. See Memo for Record and transcript.
7. (Unclassified - JMM) Called General Ray Furlong, _DOD Legislative
Affairs, to ask that we be provided copies of whatever follow up material
Deputy Secretary Clements et al were providing the House Armed Services
Committee in the wake of today's hearing.
8. (Unclassified - LLM) Hilda Schreiber, Legislative Reference
Division, OMB, said she has farmed out for comments the Agency's
proposed amendments to the CIA Retirement Act and requested that we
send a copy of the classified five-year cost figures to Hugo A. Ranta,
Assistant General Counsel, Treasury Department, which has been done.
She noted that the funding amendments provided for interest payments
on unfunded liability for fiscal year 73 and appeared to appreciate the
reasons, therefore, and the adjustments that would be necessary if the
date slipped forward to fiscal year 74.
I told Schreiber that we expect to get the cost of living amendment
over shortly and she said she is expecting it and will push it along,.
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Tuesday - 23 October 1973
16. (Confidential - JGO) Met with Jack Marsh, Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Legislative Affairs, and confirmed with him the security
handling of the transcript of today's briefing by the Director and Secretary
Clements. Three copies of the transcript will be produced- -one for the
Committee; one for DOD; and one for the Agency. The DOD copy will be delivered
to Marsh.
17. (Confidential - JGO) Talked to Charles Andrews, of Columbia
Reporting Service, and confirmed with him Agency security control of the
transcript of the briefing of 22 October 1973, House Armed Services Com-
mittee, by Mr. Colby, Director of Central Intelligence, and William P.
Clements, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
18. (Confidential - JGO) Received a call from Dave Phillips, C/WH,
who said he had received a request from Jack Kubisch, Bureau of Inter-
American Affairs (State), for a review of the Director's testimony before the
House Foreign Affairs Committee reported in Tad Szule's column of
21 October in the Washington Post. Phillips will advise Kubisch that the
transcript is being held under special arrangements with the Committee and
is not available for review.
JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
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