JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000600070019-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: August 27, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 27 August 1975
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
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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.
them both. However, if they want more detail, we can arrange a briefing.
2. I I HEARINGS Took a call. from Walter
Sheridan, on the staff of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on. Administrative
Practice and Procedure. I told him that I had not yet gotten a, complete
report on his inquiry about Agency drug testing activities. I will. call
him as soon as I get the information.
3. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Took a
call from Clark McFadden, Counsel on the staff of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, who wanted some background on the NID article
of 27 August 1975 cance n Soviet missiles and arms 1innitat:ion, I
arranged ',for I lOCI, to call him to elaborate; oat. 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. ILIAISON Called John Allen, Legislative
Assista-pt to Representative o ert L. F. Sikes (D., Fla. ), to advise
him tha as a. liar and that the FBI a record on him.
Should he wish to pursue the matter, he could take A up with the Burea.u..
This involves a very wild story thatiad been peddling to Representative
-Sikes and Allen asked us to check it out.
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7. (Unclassified - RJK) ADMINISTRATIVE Received a call from
Sue, on the staff of Representative William J. Hughes (D., N. J. ), who
requested page size maps of several Middle East countries. I told her I
would put these in the mail to her along with a brochure outlining the maps
available from the Government Printing Office.
8. (Unclassified - DFM) LEGISLATION I.n labsence, STAT
took a call from Bill Jones, INR /State' Department, regarding the Agency's
comments to OMB on the State Department position. on H. R. 1311. OMB bas
sent our letter to the National Security Council for comments and the State
and Instice Departments for information. Jones does not agree with the
position in our letter, i. e. that the bill could be interpreted to prevent certain
covert actions, but was unsure regarding how the State Department would
respond.
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