ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET REQUESTING DCI APPROVAL ON REPLY TO OMB ON THE CHURCH BILL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76M00527R000700110008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 13, 1974
• Content Type: FORM

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Request your approval on the
attached reply to OMB on the
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Church bill.
The bill resulted from the
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election in Chile. We have no
problems on the bill as written;
.however, the reports of the
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Departments of State and Justice
could prompt the House to expand
the provisions so as to affect
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
Mr. James F. C. Hyde, Jr.
Office of Legislative Reference
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D. C. 20503
Dear Mr. Hyde:
requesting the views of the Central Intelligence Agency on the reports
of the Departments of Justice and State on S. 2239, a bill "Relating to
intervening in and influencing the political affairs of foreign countries
or political subdivisions thereof. "
This is in reply to your memorandum dat'd January 31, 1974,
funds to influence the election. Further, the testimony confirmed
t at CIA 1 accepted or solicits private funds to finance any
of the activities proscribed under the bill. Accordingly, we offer
no comments on the bill, as it does not affect Agency operations.
We are, however, concerned about the broad statements in the
I note that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on
S. 2239 refers to testimony on the ITT and the Allende election in
Chile, as the basis for the legislation. During testimony before the
Committee, Agency witnesses teslified that CIA refused an offer of
reports of the Departments of State
scope of the bill and if liberally inter
to expand the language of the bill to
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hlaional-ge-suxi_ty: We feel thist;rVmatter of serious concern
to the Administration ar the National Security Council.
We understand that the Department of State report has been
cleared by OMB.-' Any efforts to revise that report probably would only
serve to highlight and prejudice those activities not affected by the bill.
Since the Justice report has not yet been cleared, we would urge that
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Justice reconsider its report and confine its comments to the bill as
written. I understand that OMB representatives share our concern
and will seek to .have Justice revise its report accordingly. It should
be emphasized that if the Justice report is unchanged, the impact of
both the Justice and State reports could prompt the House Judiciary
Committee to amend the bill.
With respect to the report of the Department of State, I would
like to confirm a point clarified by of our office with
Mr. Gilbert of your staff. CIA did not concur in State's report to the
Senate on the bill in July of last year. At that time, CIA orally registered
in effect a "no objection" when queried by OMB on a draft of the bill.
We did not see or offer comments on the State report.
Sincerely,
George L. Cary
Legislative Counsel
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