JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000300100001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 8, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 8 July 1975
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7. (Internal Use Only - DFM) I land I met with Torn Hart
who is Senator Robert C. Byrd's (D., W. Va.) aide on the-_qc-natt--J11r1ii-inv_w
#mm ii We discussed four areas of legislation before the Committee
of concern to the Agency: S. 1210, to amend the Freedom of Information
Act; S. 1289, "Open Communications Act;" congressional approval of
executive agreements; and electronic surveillance. Hart was quite friendly
and seemed to support our position on a number of points. He strongly
recommended, as have other staff members of the Committee,, that we
continue to see the legislative assistants to the Senators on the Committee
regarding our interests, and particularly suggested that we meet with. the
aides to those Senators whom we do not believe will support us..
8. (Internal Use Only - KKH) Arranged a personnal interview
25X1A for 1 -1 referred by Representative William L. Armstrong's
(R. , Colo.) office, with at 1500 hours on
Wednesday, 9 July 1975.
9. (Unclassified - GLC) Mark Fox, in the office of Senator Patrick
Leahy (D. , Vt. ), called to say that for some reason they had omitted the
Agency in a.questionnaire to various Government departments on the number
of congressional inquiries they receive from the Congress. Fox said they are
doing this as part of a study on the burden of the workload of constituent cases
on their office. We talked at some length about this and I brought up the
subject of the workload imposed by the Freedom of Information Act. I told
him I would be happy to give him a note on the number of congressional and
FOIA inquiries we receive.
10. (Confidential - GLC) Following up on discussions at this morning's
9:00 a. m. meeting, the Director advised he had called Chairman George Mahon,
House Appropriations Committee, and Representative Robert Giaimo regarding
possible cuts in the Agency budget (Comptroller's Office has the details on this).
11. (Unclassified - GLC) Called Clay Swanzy, Press Aide to
Representative Jack Edwards (R. , Ala. ), in response to his call the other day
relaying a request that General Walters appear on a television program conducted
by Representatives Edwards, Robert L. F. Sikes and Trent Lott. I told Swanzy
the General would not be able to do this on 16 July as suggested but would be
happy to do it at some other mutually convenient time. We finally settled on
28 July at 11:00 a. m. Swanzy said he will send a letter confirming this. He
also said all three of these members have expressed concern. about the treat-
ment CIA has been getting of late and he hoped this program might be useful.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Monday - 7 July 1975
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9. (Unclassified - DFM) Called Tom Hart,
Committee staff, and rescheduled the meeting originally scheduled for
July 3rd for July 8th at 2:00 p. m.
10. (Unclassified - DFM) Received a call from Terry Modglin,
on the staff of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,
who inquired whether the Agency might be able to provide a general back-
ground briefing on the economic and social conditions in Panama and how
they relate to Panama's negotiating position on the Canal treaty for the
members of the Subcommittee on Panama Canal. I.told him I thought
there would be no problem, that I would check and call him back.
11. (Internal Use Only - DFM) Accompanied, OGC, to
a meeting with Irene Margolis and Marshall Goldberg, staff members of
the The Committee is investigating
the qualifications of Earl Silbert to be United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia and is looking into information provided by the Agency
to the Justice Department and United States Attorney regarding the Watergate
break-in. It was agreed at the meeting that I would seek the release of
four documents which Margolis and Goldberg thought would. be useful to the
Committee. (See Mr. II Memorandum for the Record. )
Dr. Chamberlain, IG, approved release of the documents.
12. (Internal Use Only - FMC) Called Mike Cavanagh, Staff
Assistant, House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal
Facilities, Mail, and Labor Management, and confirmed with him the
the Director's appearance before their Subcommittee on Thursday, 10 July
at 9:45 a. m. in room 304 Cannon House Office Building.
13. (Internal Use Only - FMC) In response to a call. I made earlier
to the office of Senator John V. Tunney (D., Calif. ), I received a call from
Doug Lea, also on the Senator's staff, who told me the Senator received
copy #282 of the book, "Where's What" which was enclosed in the Director's
letter to the Senator dated 25 June 1975.
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