JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 27, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 27 August 1975
1.1 ~ INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Called Dorothy Fosdick an cart Statler, both on the staff of the
Senate Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
and advised them that we have a revised estimate on Soviet grain.
I explained that it was no big deal but we. thought we should. let them
know about it as a follow-up to our earlier briefing,. I told them we could,
handle it over the phone and would have OER, call STAT
them both. However, if they want more detail, we can arrange a briefing.
2, I HEARINGS Took a call from. Walter
Sheridan, on the staff of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative
Practice and Procedure. I to im that I had not yet gotten a cozrnplete
report on his inquiry about Agency drug testing activities. I will call
him as soon as I get the information.
3. I IINTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Took a
call from 1arc McFadden, Counsel on the staff of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, who wanted some background. on the NID article
of 27 August 1975 concerning Soviet missiles and arms limitation. I
arranged .for OCI, to call him to elaborate on his
interest. McFadden had said that he was preparing a report for the
Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Senator. John Stennis
(D., Miss.), to put this whole thing in perspective. He wanted a
briefing at 11:00 a. m. on 28 August 1975.
4. LIAISON Called John Allen, Legislative
Assistant to Representative o ert L. F. Sikes (D., Fla.), to advise
was a liar and that the FBI had a record on him.
him that
Should he wish to pursue the matter, he could take it up with the Bureau.
This involves a very wild story that Ihad been peddling to Representat TAT
-Sikes and Allen asked us to check it out.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 26 August 1975
1. HEARINGS Called Walter J. Sheridan,
Chief Investigator of the Senate Judiciary & bcommittee on Administrative
Practice and Procedure, and advised him that I would not be able to
respond to his request until tomorrow or the day after. I stated that
there have been no LSD testing on unwitting persons since 1963. Further-
more, the Director had issued instructions on this subject in 1973 and
as far as.I know there are no such programs in being today. He said
that they are now trying to identify whether hearings are required and
should there be hearings on this subject it would be government wide and
not directed at CIA. DDS&T, is pulling together
the status of any programs or me.
2. 1 -1 INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Accompanied OSI, to a, STAT
briefing of Doro y Fosdick and Richard Perle, of the staff of the
Senate Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
on technology transfer to the Soviet Union. There were no major
problems with the briefing. (See Memo for the Record to be prepared by
3. I I LIAISON House Appropriations Committee.
Took a call from Ialph Preston, staff assistant for the house Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense, who said that a former House Select Committee
staffer, Edward Roeder, who is a free lance writer, was writing an article
which would include comments on how the Agency handles the transcripts
of testimony before congressional committees. Roeder wanted to know
whether this method was classified. I explained that we were storing the
transcripts at the request of the Committee and from our point of view,
that fact was not classified but the judgment on this classification rests with
the committee. Preston said he would check further, but: he was inclined
to consider it unclassified.
STAT
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 25 August 1975
1. LIAISON Took a call from William
Nichols, Acting Genera counsel, OMB, who said he had received
our letter of 11 August: 1975 on the Agency's position concerning
garnishment. Mr. Nichols felt that our request for a legislative
exemption would exacerbate the Agency's position in this connection.
He said that a new Executive Order would soon be issued announcing
new Civil Service regulations on this subject. The new regulations
will also be issued very shortly. He recommended that we read the
regulations carefully as it will permit us to continue to handle our
special problems in the usual way. For the moment, requests for
legislative relief should be held in abeyance.
2, I HEARING Took a call from Walter J..
Sheridan, Chief Investigator of the Senate Judiciary_ Subcommittee on
Administrative Practice and Procedure. He said that his Subcommittee
and the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Health were
planning to hold joint hearings. He asked whether the Agency was conducting
any drug testing at this time and what sort of programs, including (Ainical
behavior research, were being conducted by the Agency. I said we were
not now conducting any drug testing but would have to check on the latter.
He wanted to know when our last drug testing program was and what: it
involved. He suggested that I go back five. years in responding to his request.
for both drug and behavior testing. I said I would check and call him back
on the 26th. A check of the Congressional Staff Director showed that
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D., Mass.,) chairs both committees.
QTAT
3. EMPLOYMENT REQUESTS Arranged
an employment interview or A.RC
at 1515 hours this afternoon. was re erre by Scott Love, ac-?TAT
in the office of Representative Ray Roberts (D., Tex.).
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Thursday - 21 August 1975
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5. I I INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING In response
to her call, made arrangements tor OWI, to brief Dorothy STAT
Fosdick and Richard Perle, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
Senate Government Operations Committee staff, at 2:30 p. m. today on
SALT. STAT
6. LIAISON Called Mike Oppen.heimaaer,
GAO, in follow-up of his-earlier conversation with lon GAO's
request for documents concerning the Ma a uez- incident. Oppenheimer
advised that the National Security Council had agreed to release to the GAO
the documents and that this should free us from any constraints in providing
the material requested of us. During his absence on leave, Oppenheina.er
suggested we contact Walter Ochinko or Stan Rothhouse.
7. I I LIAISON Called Les Janka, NSC, who
confirmed that indeed the decision had been made to release documents to
GAO on the Mayaguez incident but it was limited to only the material that
had already been released to the Congress. Janka said a copy of their
report had been sent to the Agency.
8. I LIAISON In response to his earlier
call, J. Sourwine, Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Internal Security,
Senate Judiciary Committe . was advised that the Martinez document in
which he had expressed an interest had been delivered to Al Ta.rabochia, of
the Subcommittee staff, on Friday.
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Friday - 15 August 1975
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7. LIAISON/FOIA George C. Armstrong,
Research Assistant to Representative John M. Ashbrook (R., Ohio),
called and asked for the telephone number of retired Agency employee, STAT
Armstrong said he wanted to discuss with II a
resolution supporting CIA which Representative Ashbrook is contemplating
submitting to the American Legion Convention now bein 7 held in
Minnesota. I gave him the telephone number
after checking STAT
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with Angus Thuermcr
s office.
I told Armstrong that we hope within the next few days to get
a reply to Representative Ashbrook's letter as to our problems in
implementing Freedom of Information within the Agency. Armstrong said
anytime this week or the next would be fine as they are also writing to
other agencies and had not yet heard from all of them and also the
Congressman is now out of town.
8? CONSTITUENT Gordon H. Hayes,
Staff Assistant to Representative John J . LaFalce D. , N. Y, called STAT
to discuss a case of a constituent, I I a professor
at New York State University. The letter dated 7 January 1975 had been
mistakenly overlooked in their office. See Memorandum for the Record.
9. I I ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES
Delivered a package to Al Tarabochia, Senates dicia iernal Security
Subcommittee staff, per arrangements made by STAT
STAT
LIAISON Called John Seibert,
Litigation Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice.
Special
OGC, gave me Mr. Seibert's name and encouraged me to call him. I
explained to Seibert that we had received a congressional inquiry on behalf of
a constituent for the names of all plaintiffs suing the Agency over our
domestic activities. I asked Seibert if there would be any Justice Department
position or objection to us providing the names. After checking with some
colleagues, Seibert phoned back and encouraged us to release the names,
explaining that they were a matter of public record.
11. I LIAISON Called the congressional
liaison office at the Energy Research and Development Administration. I
spoke with Ray Marble who explained certain procedures regarding ,:heir
association with the Joint Committee on. Aton-zi.c Energy. . These neat, ors
were of interest to the task force now developing the policy on Government
Accounting Office audits of the Agency. Marble could not answer all my
questions and referred me to George Murphy, Staff Director of the Jent
Committee. I called Murphy later in the day and he was very helpful, on
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a witness who recently testified
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Sourwine will publish the
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would translate the material to
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
',i hursday - 14 August 1975
1, I I LEGISLATION Called Bob Hull,
State Department, to inquire whether State Department doctors were pressing
for malpractice protection such as currently being considered by Congress
for Armed Services medical personnel, and whether he knew of any moves
within the Administration to protect all civilian Government: medical personnel.
Hull said he knew of no moves toward this end, but that State Department
doctors were grumbling over their need for additional protection. and the
Department would certainly support such a move. We also discussed the STAT
issue of doctors' salaries, which Hull says is a problem at State as it
is with Agency physicians. I have been in communication with
of OMS about both of these problems.
2, LEGISLATION Jim Oliver, OMB, called
to inform that he would be working with Hilda Schreiber, OMB, on our
proposed legislation to amend CIARDS. He said that Schreiber would be
on leave for two weeks and asked that the proposal be held up since the President:
is expected to make a decision in the next two weeks regarding the proposed
"one percent kicker" legislation. In the interim, we will submit: revised
pages reflecting the agreed upon pages which will facilitate securing clearance
in OMB. Oliver said he would present the strongest: case possible for the
Agency when it is submitted to Mr. Lynn, OMB for final clearance.
3, I I FO IA Al Tarabochia, Chief Investi-
gator of the Senate a :hciary, u cQmrriittee on Internal Security, called and
asked if we had any information on the organization, "World Council, for
Peace. " He also asked if there had been any updating of the publication,
International Communist Front Organizations prepared in 1957 which we had
then provided to the Committee.
4, I IDelivered to the offices of
Senators Charles H. Percy (R. , Ill. ), Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R. , 'refill. ),
Mike Mansfield (D. , Mont. ). and Jacob K. Javits (R. , N. Y. ) and
Representatives Lester L. Wolff (D. , IT Y. ) and Carl Albert (D. , Okla.. )
I Iitems in which their names were :~~entioned. STAT
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