JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000300100026-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: May 27, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 27 May 1975
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9. (Confidential - LLM) J. Bryan Atwood, in the office of
Senator Thomas Eagleton (D. , Mo. ), called to arrange a briefing for the
Senator and himself on the situation in Asia, particularly Korea, Thailand
and the Philippines, in preparation for the Senate debate scheduled next week
on U. S. foreign policy. Senator Eagleton is interested in identifying the
next "domino" (a word per Atwood not in the Senator's foreign policy
vocabulary). Atwood said they would treat our information as background
and not for attribution. Atwood said he has a DOD Top Secret clearance.
The briefing is scheduled for Thursday, 29 May at 10:30 in the Senator's
office.
10. (Unclassified - FMC) Received a call from Rita Argenta,
Secretary to Bill Hogan, Intelligence Subcommittee, House Armed Services
Committee, who has some material for someone to pick up at the Committee
when they have a chance this week, I told Mr. STAT
11. (Confidential - PLC) Bob Hull, Department of State, who
handles retirement matters called and requested a copy of the Agency's
package amending the CIA Retirement Act which is now in OMB. Hull
indicated that State will be soon sending their proposal amending the
foreign service retirement act to OMB. The package will be substantially
the same as was submitted to the last Congress. A copy of the retirement
package was sent to Hull.
12. (Secret - PLC) Called Duke Short _Pnat Tiic~iriartr Subcommittee
on Internal Security staff, and gave him the name and tele hone number of
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13. (Confidential - PLC) Ran into Paul Sumrnit---Sv!nafp T?r1jr in -.T
Subcommittee staff on Administrative Practice and Procedure, He alerted
me to the upcoming hearings in late June on the Nelson and Kennedy bill on.
electronic surveillance, They intend to call the Attorney General and perhaps
one or two other witnesses, This would clear the bill for reporting out.
However, Senator John L. McClellan (D. , Ark.) feels the bill goes too far
as concerns requiring warrants in all cases of foreign intelligence. They
hope not to have the bill reported out of subcommittee, however, he said
there is a good chance that Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D. , Mass.) and
Gaylord Nelson (D. , Wis.) will get it out as an amendment to S. 1, when it
is reported out or as a floor amendment to S. 1, codification of criminal laws.
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9. (Confidential - PLC) Called J. Sourwine, Chief Counsel,
tcTi,,I;-ia +-,T Subcommittee on Internal Security, and informed him
that his interest on behalf of the Committee to interview
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noted, however, there is no intelligence interest in him and I expressed
doubt that he would ever come under Agency control.
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10. (Confidential PLC) Aaron Vogel, in the office of Representative
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I erbert E. Harris II (D. , Va. ), called on behalf of a constituent,
is a former Agency employee who has had a workman's
compensation claim for injuries sustained while employed by the Agency
pending for at least three years, had been a communicator and the 25X1A
injury involves loss of hearing. Ms. Vogel asked why the Agency was
requiring to take a second hearing test at the site in Europe where
the hearing loss occurred, since the first test appears adequate. I told her
I would look into the matter and call her back. I I O/PERS, has
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11. (Confidential - PLC) Sat in on a briefing given by
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in Venezuela and Mexico. The briefing was unclassified and was requested
by Te1son for his background in connection with. his trip in a few weeks to
Central and South America as part of a cultural USIA program. The trip in
no way concerns congressional matters. Telson was most appreciative and
displayed considerable background in Central and South America having
been raised in Cuba. At the conclusion of the briefing he added that energy
and the environment will be his areas of interest on the Budget Committee.
He volunteered that Representative Elizabeth Holtzman. (D., , N. Y.) had
attempted to have the Agency budget reviewed by the Budget Committee,
however, the effort was defeated principally by Representative Robert N.
Ciaimo (D. , Conn.) and feels that Agency matters must be handled securely
by a select group within the Congress. He felt that undoubtedly the CIA
budget will in some way eventually be reviewed by the Budget Committee.
12. (Confidential - FMC) Called Marsha Matt, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and asked that she check with either Mr. Preston or
Mr. Snodgrass, on the Committee staff, to request approval for the Agency
to destroy the typewriter ribbon used by the shorthand reporters in transcribing
the 6 May 1975 transcript of the Director's appearance before the Defense
Subcommittee. We subsequently received their approval to destroy the ribbon.
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14. (Confidential -- PLC) Left with Marsha, Secretary to Al
Tarabochia, Chief Investigator, -" f T,-I-;, - -Subcommittee on Internal
Security, two photos requested by Tarabochia in connection with his study
of the Venceremos Brigade,
16. (Internal Use Only - KKH) In the absence of Mr. Kelso,
arranged for Tom Smeeton, Minority staff, I-louse International Relations
Committee, to receive all eight FBIS Daily Reports until he notifies us
that he doesn't need them any longer. FBIS Liaison has been. notified.
17. (Unclassified - GLC) Called Ben Marshall., Senate Select
Committee staff, and asked about a copy of the transcript of the Director's
testimony yesterday. He said he would check into it right: away.
18. (Unclassified - GLC) Called Bill Miller, Senate Select
Committee staff, and 1:a his absence, asked his secretary to tell him I
would meet him at the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy offices at his
convenience today to transfer some material to the Select Committee. She
said she would pass this message on,
Later, Bill Bader, of the Select Committee staff, called and. I met
with George Murphy, Executive Director, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
and worked out procedures for certain documents to be placed in Murphy's
custody as agreed in letters from the Director and the Chairman of the
Senate Select Committee to Senator John Pastore (D. , R. 1.) on this subject.
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