JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000500010011-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 14, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF' LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday -? 1.4 October 1975
1. I ILIAISON At instructions,
sent via courier to Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, I-louse Armed
Services Committee, a draft letter to Comptroller General Staats
from Chairman Lucien Ned::i. concerning the sale of
HEARINGS Tool-, a call from Jim. Michi 25X1
of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and
Procedure . He reminded me of an earlier talk with
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about an interview of the current Chief BAB/OTS, and
where the request stood. In answer to my question, he said the talk would
be informal and will be limited solely to the destruction of records on CIA's
drug and other human experimentation programs. 'He said the Subcommittee
had information that Mr was knowledgeable of the matter. I
said preliminary discussions around the office indicate that such a meeting
might be possible but that I would have to clear it with my boss as well as
determine the legal implications. COMMENT: Discussion with OTS and
ORD evoked no objections. Mr. Cary will check with OGC and/or
on the legal implications in connection with the use immunity
granted by the Senate Select Committee to Dr. Gottlieb.
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3.1 LIAISON In response to his call last 25X1A
week to I called Hite McLean, on the Senate Judiciary
Committee staff. McLean had inquired whether had
ever been a CIA employee as laimed. McLean said Senator
James Eastland (D. , Miss.) personally intended to set up a meeting with
CIA on this matter and that the Senator would be in touch with our office
upon his return next week.
4. I LIAISON John Walsh, Investigator for
Senate Government operations Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations,
called concerning a request the Subcommittee made for information on the
foreign activities of a particular individual under investigation.
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5.1 LIAISON Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, called and said the point of contact
25X1A for at GAO concerning the ;z-Arne3' :er would
be Mr. Gail Woods, phone [phone]. I thanked Slatinshek for the
assistance.
Later Slatinshek advised that Chairman Lucien Nedzi (D., Mich.
sent a letter requesting GAO to review the matter and Bill Hogan,
Counsel of the Committee, advised that the letter was being picked up
by GAO today.
6. I I LIAISON Called Keith Kennedy,
Legislative Assistant to Senator Mark Hatfield (R., Ore.), and he said
they had no further information on the so-called internal directive
issued during the Eisenhower Administration involving the use of
missionaries. I told him that a search of our records had failed to
disclose any information on this subject and that they would be
receiving a reply to this effect.
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in addition to himself he intended to have I OCI,
present at the briefing.
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7. I (INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Mike
Van Dusen, Consultant, Special Subcommittee on Investigations, House
International Relations Committee, called concerning the upcoming
briefing bf the Subcommittee on Tuesday, 21 October on the Middle East
and he suggested that maps and charts would be helpful to the members,.
In response to his query, I said we would not object if professional
staff members of other subcommittees, for whom he could vouch and who
had an appropriate clearance, attend the session but that our only
concern was that there not be leakage or attribution of the briefing.
He mentioned the staffers he was including: Mr. Ward, Minority Counsel
of the full Committee for Representative William Broomfield (R., Mich.);
George Berdes and Jack Brady, both of the House International Relations
25X1A Committee staff. NIO/ME, was advised and he said that
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Office of Personnel, was advised. He will talk with
14. 1 I LIAISON Attempted to place a
call to Jaime Benitez, Delegate from Puerto Rico, and was told
that he was unavailable. This was the last of several calls to
Benitez's office, all of which were to no avail. The receptionist
suggested that I put our request in writing.
on EEO business at the University of Puerto Rico.)
to see if we want to take any further action.
attempted to set up an interview with Benitez for
(We
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15.1 I CONSTITUENT Spoke with Sharon
Siegel, on the staff of Represents ive Charles E. Bennett (D. , Fla. ),
regarding the letter from a constituent I told her
that the Agency had no information but we were pursuing
the matter through liaison with the FBI. She asked for an interim
response, which will go forward shortly.
16.1 ILIAISON Spoke with Bill Kclder,
on the staff of Representative Don 13. Young (R. , Alaska), in connection
with his inquiry of late Friday afternoon about whether the Agency had
any information about the crash of a Trans Avia International Airline
flight in the vicinity of Adak, Alaska on 22 September 1975. He had also
asked whether one of the victims of the crash, was an
Agency employee. er c .ec ing with the Office of Personnel, the Office
of Security and I DDO, I advised Kelder that based on the
information given me I could tell him that the Agency had nothing to do
with the Trans Avia. International Airline and, in addition, that 25X1
had never been employed by the Agency. I told Kelder this
infnrmation was, as he had requested for his Congressmans information
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