RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY REQUESTING EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO FURNISH CERTAIN INFORMATION ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD CHILE

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on~rsstonaL PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 94th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1975
House of Representatives
The House met at 12 o'clock noon.
The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch,
D.D., offered the following prayer:
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
matter; fear God and keep His Com-
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with insight and integrity, to relate our-
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as we keep in mind the highest good of
our Nation.
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help them to lead our Republic in the
paths of peace, freedom, and good will.
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leadership they may not shrink from the
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dedicated to Thee and to the best inter-
ests of our beloved land.
In the spirit of Him who came to bring
life to all we pray. Amen.
THE JOURNAL
The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam-
ined the Journal of the last day's pro-
ceedings and announces to the House his
approval thereof.
Without objection, the Journal stands
approved.
There was no objection.
OIL DEPLETION ALLOWANCE WITH-
IN TAX REDUCTION MEASURE
(Mr. HANLEY asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. HANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I voted
against the effort to deal with the oil
depletion allowance within the frame-
work of this important tax reduction
measure.
It is absolutely vital that the House
and Senate speedily send to the President
this measure which will greatly stimulate
the purchasing power of American citi-
zens and the ability of American business
to expand and improve production. All
of us are banking on the assumption that
these tax rebates and reductions will take
the steam out of the economic nosedive
the country is in. This bill Is one of the
essential building blocks in a program to
restore and revitalize the American econ-
omy.
The matter of the oil depletion allow-
ance, is also of great importance. It will
be dealt with in either an energy. or a
tax reform package early this year.
It is absolutely essential that the House
send this tax reduction bill to the Sen-
ate unfettered by other matters. I hope
that a majority of my colleagues can ap-
preciate the prudential nature of this
approach.
(Mr. BRADEMAS asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute, to revise and extend his remarks
and include extraneous matter.),
[Mr. BRADEMAS addressed the House.
His remarks will appear hereafter in the
Extensions of Remarks.]
A message in writing from the Presi- f, QUESTING EXECUTIVE BRANCH
dent of the United States was communi- TO FURNISH CERTAIN INFORMA-
cated to the House by Mr. Marks, one of
his secretaries, who also informed the
House that on February 28, 1975, the
President approved and signed a joint
resolution of the House of the following
title:
H.J. Res. 210. Joint resolution makilig fur-
ther urgent supplemental appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for
other purposes.
TION ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD
CHILE
(Mr. MORGAN asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks and include extraneous matter.)
Mr. MORGAN. Mr. Speaker, on Feb-
ruary 27, 1975, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs met in open session to consider
House Resolution 206 and House Resolu-
tion 207 which were introduced by the
Honorable MICHAEL HARRINGTON.
The committee voted 19 to 9 in favor
of a motion to lay the resolutions on the
table.
House Resolution 206 directs the Sec-
retary of State to furnish to the Commit-
tee on Foreign Affairs certain informa-
tion on U.S. policy toward Chile from
1964 through 1973:
H. REs. 206
Resolved, That the Secretary of State is
hereby directed to furnish to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Repre-
sentatives, within ten days, the following
Information:
1964 ELECTIONS
1. Did the . Forty Committee authorize
funds for payment to opponents of Salvador
Allende, prior to the Chilean national elec-
tions of 1964? If so, what were the specific
dates of the authorization (s), to what in-
dividuals or organizations were payments
made, and what was the amount of each of
these payments? In what currency or cur-
rencies were the payments made? Describe
the method through which each such pay-
ment was made.
1970 ELECTIONS
2. Did the Forty Committee authorize the'
expenditure of approximately $1,000,000 in
1969 and 1970 to attempt to prevent the
election of Salvador Allende as President of
Chile? If so, what were the specific dates
of the authorization(s)? What was the exact
amount of the funds distributed? To what
individuals and organizations were pay-
ments made, and in what amounts? In what
currency or currencies were payments made?
Describe the method through which each
such payment was made.
SCHEME To BRIBE CHILEAN CONGRESS
3. Did the Forty Committee, on Septem-
ber 18, 1970, authorize a plan to spend
$350,000 for the purpose of bribing members
of the Chilean Congress so as to prevent
the ratification of the election of Salvador
Allende as President of Chile? If so, were
the funds expended? What was the disposi-
tion of this plan?
1970: ANTI-ALLENDE MEDIA CAMPAIGN
4. Did the Forty Committee authorize the
expenditure of approximately $500,000 in the
summer of 1970 to finance anti-Allende
media? If so, what were the specific dates
of the authorization (s) ? What was the exact
amount of the funds distributed? To what
Individuals or organizations were payments
made, and in what amounts? In what cur-
rency or currencies were the payments made?
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Describe the method through which each Development Bank, the International Batik
such payment was made. for Reconstruction and Development, or the
PosT-1970: $5.000.000 International Monetary Fund? If so, wheal
5. Did the Forty Committee, subsequent ""? ?""" " I"-`"y - ?pr1--. """
to the Chilean national elections in Sep- plemented? If estimates were made by State
tember 1970, authorize the expenditure of Department officials as to how much such
approximately $6,000,000 for the purpose of sanctions would cost the Government and
assisting groups and individuals, including economy of Chile, please supply these esti-
political parties, organizations, and news mates. Did any United States representative
media, opposed to the government of Presi- to the aforementioned financial institutions
receive any instructions, memorandums or
dent Allende? ?If -so, what -was the exact other documents or communications cone
dividuals or organizations were payments
made, and in what amounts? In what cur-
rency or currencies were the payments made?
Describe the method through which these
payments were made.
1973: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
6. Did the Forty Committee authorize the
expenditure of approximately $1,500,000 for
or+ of c ndiAa+n? in
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the 1973 municipal elections who were op- ----p v-
to the this group? List and provide copies s of any
posed government of President Al- documents or memorandums re ared or is
lende? If so, what was the exact amount of sued by this group in which economic policy
the payments made? To whom were pay- toward Chile is discussed.
ments made, and in what amounts? In what
currencies were the payments made? De- CHILE'S CREDIT
scribe the method through which each pay- 12. Did the Government of the United
ment was made. States seek and receive the cooperation of
1973: $1,000,000
7. Did the Forty Committee, in or about
August 1973, authorize the expenditure of
$1,000,000 for the purpose of assisting groups,
individuals, political parties, organizations,
and news media opposed to the government
of President Allende? If so, what was the
exact- amount of funds expended? To what
individuals or organizations were payments
made, and in what amounts? In what cur-
rency or currencies were the payments made?
Describe the method through which each
payment was made.
NOTICE TO' MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
8. What Members of the United States
Congress, if any, were informed of each op-
eration authorized by the Forty Committee
to provide funds or assistance to opponents
of Salvador Allende, before such operations
were carried out? On whatdates were Mem-
bers of Congress so informed? How were
Members of Congress so informed?
STATE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATION
9. What were the names and positions of
members of the Department of State who
were informed before September 11, 1973, of
covert operations of American agencies, as
authorized by the Forty Committee, to pro-
vide funds or other assistance to opponents
of the government of President Allende, from
cerning economic assistance to Chile, and if
so, list and provide copies of such documentsa
or communications.
INTERAGENCY ECONOMIC POLICY GROUP
11. Was there an interagency group, in
which a representative of theDepartment of
State participated, established in or after
November 1970, to consider, evaluate, anal
formulate American economic policy toward
American banks and other financial institu
tions in reducing the line of credit available
to Chile from American banks and other
financial institutions, and in preventing the
renegotiation of the Chilean foreign debt?
If so, with which banks or financial institu-
tions did representatives of the Government
of the United States discuss private as well
as public economic policy toward Chile?
Which banks or financial institutions actual-
ly cooperated and participated in the policy?
What officials in the executive branch par-
ticipated in .such discussions? When were
such actions-authorized, and by what agency?
13. Did officials of the Department of State,
tween 1963 and September 11, 1973, object
n writing to plans of the Forty Committee
'and/or the Cenrtral Ip.t llisep ownlW .
provide funds or other assistance to anti-
Allende organizations or individuals? Pro'-
}vide copies of all such objections, including
'those memorandums or documents dated
August 30, 1970, September 4, 1970, and July
25, 1973. To which specific plans did the
State Department object, and what were the
reasons cited in the objections?
STATEMENT OF HENRY KISSINGER
14. On what facts did you base your state-
ment of September 17, 1973:
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1963 to September 11, 1973? nothing to do with the coup, t t1ie best of
(a) Which members of the staff of the my knowledge and belief, and I only put in
American Embassy in Chile were informed i that qualification in case a madman appears
of these operations during their tenure ink down there who, without instructions, talked
Chile, and were these staff members informed + to somebody. I have absolutely no reason to
of the operations before or after they were suppose it.".
carried out?
(b) Was Assistant Secretary of State House Resolution 207 directs the Presi-
Charles Meyers informed of any such opera-
tions, prior to March 27, 1973?
(c) Was former Ambassador to Chile Ed-
ward Korry informed of any such operations,
prior to March 27, 1973?
(d) Was Deputy Chief of Mission Harry
Shlaudeman informed of any such opera-
tions, prior to June 12,1974?
(e) Was Nathaniel Davis, Ambassador to
Chile from 1971 to 1973, informed of any
such operations, prior to November 9, 1973?
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
10. Did the Government of the United
States adopt a policy of economic sanctions
against the Government of Chile after the
election of Salvador Allende as President of
Chile in 1970? Did the United States Govern-
ment seek to deny loans and other forms of
economic assistance to Chile from the
Export-Import Bank, the Inter-American
committee similar information:
H. RES. 207
Resolved, That the President of the United
States is hereby directed to furnish to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives, within ten days, the fol-
lowing information:
TITLE I-UNITED STATES POLICY
TOWARD CHILE
TOTAL AID To ALLENDE OPPONENTS
1. What was the total value, in then-year
dollars, of assistance authorized by the Forty
Committee, and expended, for purposes of
assisting individuals, groups, or organizations
opposed to the candidacy, or subsequent gov-
ernment, of Salvador Allende, during the
period beginning in 1962 and' ending with
the overthrow of the Allende government on,
September 11, 1973? Provide an itemized ac-
counting for these expenditures on an annual
basis. In addition, provide an itemized an-
nual accounting of the "value" of such as-
sistance, such value to be computed by com-
paring the annual expenditures, in United
States dollars, with the official as well as
prevailing unofficial (black market) rates of
exchange for United States currency and
Chilean currency.
INTERAGENCY POLICY GROUP
2. Was there an interagency group, chaired
by Doctor Henry Kissinger, then the National
Security Advisor to the President, established
in or shortly after November 1970, to con-
sider, evaluate, and formulate American eco-
nomic policy toward Chile? - If so, what was
the membership oc this group? List and pro-
vide copies of any documents or memoran-
dums prepared or issued by this group, in
which economic policy toward Chile is exam-
ined, reviewed, analyzed, or discussed.
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
3. Did the executive branch of the Govern-
ment of the United States adopt a policy of
economic sanctions against the Government
of Chile after the election of Salvador Allende
as President of Chile in 1970? Was the goal
of that policy to. destabilize the Chilean
economy and the government of President
Allende? Did the executive branch of the
United States Government, in pursuance of
that policy, seek to-
(a) deny loans or delay the consideration
of loans to Chile;
(b) limit or deny credit to Chile;
(c) prevent or hinder the renegotiation of
the Chilean national debt;
(d) restrict the availability of export or
credit insurance so as to restrict foreign and
United States investment in Chile;
' (e) cause a worsening of Chile's foreign ex-
change position;
(f) limit trading with Chile by American or
America-based corporations;
(g) limit the availability of credit to Chile,
for the purchase of agricultural commodities?
When was such a policy implemented? How
were these policies implemented? How were
the specific objectives achieved? If estimates
were made as to how much such sanctions
would costthe Government and economy of
Chile, supply copies of these estimates. Who
participated in the development of this pol-
icy? Who participated in attempts to accom-
plish the specific objectives? Under what au-
thority of law were these activities carried
out?
UNITED STATES BANKS
4. Did representatives of the executive
branch of the United States Government,
including but not limited to Federal bank
examiners, discuss private as well as pubic
American policies toward Chile, pursuant to
the plan to impose economic sanctions on
Chile, and seek the cooperation of these
banks in the plan, with any or all of the
following banks. Chase Manhattan, Manu-
facturers Hanover Trust, Bank of America,
First National Bank of (New York), or Mor-
gan Guaranty Trust? If so, which banks were
contacted? When were the contacts initiated,
and how often were such contacts made? Who
ordered the contacts, and under what au-
thority of law? Who actually made the con-
tacts?
MULTILATERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
5. Did representatives of the executive
branch of the United States Government,
pursuant to the plan to impose economic
sanctions on Chile, seek the cooperation of
American officials of or delegates to the fol-
lowing multilateral financial institutions, in
carrying out the plan: the Export-Import
Bank, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the International Bank for. Reconstruc-
tion and Development, or the International
Monetary Fund? If so, which institutions
were contacted? When were the contacts ini-
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tiated and how often were such contacts
.made? Who ordered the contacts, and under
what authority of law? Who actually made
the contacts? What were the results of the
contacts?
ECONOMIC POLICY DOCUMENTS
6. Provide copies of all memorandums,
studies, instructions, Cables, or other docu-
ments which pertain to the policy of eco-
nomic sanctions referred to in questions 3,
4, and 5 of this title.
ASSISTANCE OF UNITED STATES CORPORATIONS
7. Did the United States Government seek
or receive the cooperation of any domestic
corporations, or foreign subsidiaries of do-
mestic corporations, to act as conduits for
providing financial assistance to anti-Allende
groups, organizations, or individuals? If so,
provide a list of the names of such corpora-
tions and their place of Incorporation or, in
the case of foreign subsidiaries, the name of
the subsidiary as well as that of the domestic
parent corporation. Describe the type and
method of assistance provided by such cor-
porations or subsidiaries.
(a) Did such corporations or subsidiaries
assist in converting United States currency
into foreign currencies? If so, list those cor-
porations providing such assistance together
with the amount of United States currency
supplied.
(b) Were such corporations or subsidiaries
solicited by officials or agents of the execu-
tive branch of the United States Govern-
ment? If so, list those corporations or sub-
sidiaries, solicited, as well as the name and
position of those officials or agents of the
United States Government who solicited such
assistance.
(c) List any corporation or subsidiaries
which, without prior solicitation by an official
or agent of the Government of the United
States, volunteered to assist efforts opposing
the Allende Government in Chile.
ASSISTANCE OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
8. Did the United States Government use
any foreign corporations as conduits for pro-
viding financial assistance or other aid to
anti-Allende groups, individuals, or organiza-
tions in Chile? If so, what are the names. and
places of incorporation. of these foreign cor-
porations, and what type of assistance did
these corporations provide? Did'such corpo-
rations assist in the conversion of United
States currency into Chilean or other for-
eign currency? If so; what was the total
amount of funds converted? On what dates
were payments of United States currency
made to such corporations, and in what
amounts? Describe the method through
which these transactions were made. Was the
assistance of such corporations solicited by
officials or agents of the executive branch of
the Government of the United States? If so,
list the names and positions of those officials
or agents.
NSC-FORTY COMMITTEE DECISIONS
9. Did the Forty Committee after January
1, 1969, authorize expenditures to assist op-
ponents of Salvador Allende, candidate for
and later President of Chile? Who partigi-
pated in these decisions? List and. provide
copies of any and all National Security Study
Memorandum (NSSM), National Security De-
cision Memorandum (NSDM), National Se-
curity Council Intelligence Decision (NSCID)
memorandum, and Director Central Intelli-
gence Decision (DCID) memorandum, in
which American policy toward the candidacy
and subsequent government of Salvador Al-
lende are examined, Including:
(a) NSSM-97, prepared In July 1970, study-
ing United States policy options in the event
Salvador Allende was elected President of
Chile;
(b) NSSM-131, prepared in or about Feb-
ruary 1971, examining, among other Issues,
termination of economic assistance to the
Government of Chile;
(c) NDSM-136, issued In October 1971, re-
lating to termination of economic assistance
to Chile, among other issues..
TITLE II-UNITED STATES ANTI-ALLENDE
OPERATIONS
AID TO THE NATIONAL PARTY
10. Did the Forty Committee authorize
payments of funds intending that the recip-
ients, through direct or indirect means, be
members of the National Party of Chile? If
so, what was the total amount of such pay-
ments? On what dates were such payments
made, and what was the amount of each such
payment? To whom were payments made,
and in what currencies? Describe the method
through which each payment was made.
AID TO PATRIA Y. LIBERTAD
11. Did the Forty Committee authorize
payments of funds intending that the recip-
ients, through direct or indirect means, be
members of the Patria y. Libertad in Chile? If
so, what was the total amount of such pay-
ments? On what dates were such payments
made, and what was the amount of each
such.payment? To whom were the payments
made, and in what currencies? Describe the
method through which each payment was
made.
AID TO CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
12. Did the Forty Committee authorize
payments of funds intending that the recip-
ients, through direct or Indirect means, be
members of the Christian'Democratic Party
in Chile? If so, what was the total amount
of such payments?
On what dates were such payments made,
and what was the amount of each such pay-
ment? To whom were the payments made,
and in what currencies? Describe the method
through which each payment was made. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Am TO STRIKING SHOPKEEPERS AND COUP
PROFESSIONALS 19. Were any American civilian personnel,
13. Did the Forty Committee authorize including personnel attached to or in the
payments of funds intending that the pay- employ of the Central TntpiHaence Agency,
ments, through direct or indirect means, be serving as advisors to Chilean military units,
used to support truckers, shopkeepers, and or commanders, during the two months prior
professionals on strike in October 1972, in
Chile? If so, what was the total amount of
such payments? On what dates were such
payments made, and what was the amount
of each such payment? To whom were the
payments made, and in what currencies? De-
scribe the method through which each pay-
ment was made.
1973 TRucKERs STRIKE
14. Did the Forty Committee authorize
payments of funds Intending that the pay-
ments, through direct or indirect means, be
used to support the trucker's strike in July,.
August, and September of 1973, in Chile?
To what individuals, groups, or organizations
were such payments made? What was the
total amount of such payments? On what
dates were such payments made, and what
was the amount of each such payment? In
what currencies were the payments made?
Describe the method through which each
payment was made.
CHILEAN INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
15. Did the Forty Committee authorize the
^s tral intelli c A enc or any of its
employees or agents, to make payments to
SOFOFA, an industrial association in Chile,
for the purpose of assisting opposition to the
government of Salvador Allende? If so, what
was the total amount of such payments? On
what dates were such payments made, and
what was the amount of each such payment?
in what currencies were the payments made?
Describe the method through which each
payment was made.
PAYMENTS TO PROTExA/GRupo MENDOZA
16: Did the Forty Committee authorize, or
did the gen.rsl T t ?1Tpnpp .g arrange,
for payments to be made to Protexa, a com-
pany based on Monterey, Mexico, for pur-
poses of providing assistance to anti-Allende
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individuals, groups, or organizations in
Chile? Were payments made to Grupo Men-
doza,. a company based in Caracas, Vene-
zuela, for such purposes? If so, what was the
amount of these payments, and when were
the payments made to each company?
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FREE LABOR
DEVELOPMENT
17. Did the Central Intelligence Agency,
between the years 1962 and 1973, provide
financial or organizational assistance to trade
union groups in Chile opposed to the gov-
ernment of Salvador Allende through the
assistance or use of the American Institute
for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) ? If so,
describe the nature of assistance provided
through the use of AIFLD. Did the Forty
Committee authorize the expenditure of
funds to be used to provide financial assist-
ance and otherwise support individuals,
groups, or organizations opposed to the gov-
.ernment of Salvador Allende, with the expec-
tation that AIFLD would be used as a con-
duit for this assistance and support? if so,
what was the total amount of payments
authorized, and what was the actual amount
of payments made to or through the use of
AIFLD? Provide a list of the separate dates
and amounts of payments to or through the
use of AIFLD.
PAYMENTS TO EL MERCURIO
18. Between 1962 and 1973, what was the
total amount of financial assistance provided
the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio by or
through the direction of the. entral Intel-
Describe the me o
through which such assistance was provided.
In what currency was such assistance pro-
vided? Was such assistance requested of
solicited, and if so, by whom?
overthrow of the Chilean Government of
Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973?
How many such personnel were assigned as
advisors? Did any participate in the fighting
that followed the coup of September 11,
1973? Were any killed or wounded? If so, how
many? Provide copies of all documents, In-
cluding NSCID's, DCID's, or other orders
which authorized the American civilian and/
or Central Intelligence Agency personnel to
serve. as advisors.
STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT FORD
20. On what facts did you base your state-
ment of September 16, 1974:
"In a period of time, three or four years,
there was an effort being made by the Allende
government to destroy opposition news
media, both the writing press as well as the
electronic press. And to destroy opposition
political parties.
"And the effort that was made in this case
was to help assist the preservation of oppo-
sition newspapers and electronic media and
to preserve opposition political parties.".
On February 20, the day when the
resolutions were referred to the commit-
tee, the Chair forwarded them to the
President and to the Secretary of State
requesting their prompt replies. Those
replies were received on February 26,
1975. The correspondence follows:
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Washington, D.C., February 20, 1975.
Hon. GERALD R. FORD,
The White House,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I am writing to re-
quest your comments on a Resolution of
Inquiry which was introduced in the House
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on February 19, 1975, and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Enclosed are two copies of the resolution,
H. Res. 207, directing the President of the
United States to provide information, and
to answer certain questions, relating to
American policy toward Chile between 1964
and 1973. Also enclosed are two copies of
H. Res. 206, directing the Secretary of State
to provide similar information.
As you know, the Committee must act on
this resolution within seven (7) legislative
days beginning today. We will appreciate
receiving your comments as soon as possible,
but no later than Tuesday, February 25,
1975.
I am attaching for your information a
copy of my request for comments on H. Res.
206, which I am sending to the Secretary of
State.
Sincerely,
THOMAS E. MORGAN,
Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Washington, D.C., February 20, 1975.
Hon. HENRY A. KISSINGER,
Secretary of State,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I am writing to re-
quest your comments on a Resolution of In-
quiry which was introduced in the House
on February 19, 1975, and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Enclosed are two copies of the resolution,
H. Res. 206, directing the Secretary of State
to provide information, and to answer cer-
tain questions, relating to American policy
toward Chile between 1964 and 1973. Also
enclosed are two copies of H. Res. 207, di-
recting the President of the United States
to provide similar information.
As you know, the Committee must act on
this resolution within seven (7) legislative
days beginning today. We will appreciate re-
ceiving your comments as soon as possible,
but no later than Tuesday, February 25,
1975.
I am attaching for your information a
copy of my request for comments on H. Res.
207, which I am sending to the President of
the United States.
Sincerely,
THOMAS E. MORGAN,
Chairman.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, February 26, 1975.
Hon. THOMAS E. MORGAN,
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs,
House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The President has
asked me to respond to your letter of the
twentieth, and to tell you how much he
appreciates the opportunity to comment on
H. Res. 207.
A considerable portion of the information
requested by this Resolution was previously
supplied to the Foreign Affairs Committee
and to other committees of the Congress by
the Executive Branch. To assemble the ap-
propriate information from the relevant
agencies and individuals, moreover, would
require substantial time. An important addi-
tional fact that might be considered is the
establishment by the House of a Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence which may choose to
consider some of the matters raised by H.
Res. 207.
The Committee may also wish to consider
whether such a resolution is an appropriate
instrument for exploring any United States
activities that might have affected Chile or
any other country, for considering the extent
to which namesof particular persons or com-
panies ought to be disclosed, or for consider-
ing the degree to which advice exchanged
within the Executive Branch should wisely
be spread on the record.
The President hopes that H.
not be approved.
Sincerely,
PHILLIP AREEDA,
Counsel to the President.
DEPARTMENT Or STATE,
AMBASSADOR AT LARGE,
Washington, February 26, 1975.
Hon. THOMAS E. MORGAN,
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs,
House of Representatives.
DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I am writing in re-
sponse to your letter of February 20, 1975 to
the Secretary, requesting our comments on
House Res. 206, a resolution of inquiry intro-
duced in the House on February 19, 1975. The
Honorable Phillip Areeda, Counsel to the
President, has recently forwarded to you the
views of the White House on a similar reso-
lution (House Res. 207) directeii to the
President.
The Department at State hopes that the
Foreign Affairs Committee and the House of
Representatives will not approve House Res.
207 for the reasons set forth in Mr. Areeda'a
letter, as they are equally applicable with
respect to this resolution.
Sincerely,
ROBERT J. MCCLOSKEY.
At the outset of the meeting, the com-
mittee heard a statement by the spon-
sor of the resolutions (Mr. HARRINGTON)
in which he recounted his past efforts to
obtain information such as that set forth
in the two resolutions.
In the course of debate, the following
points were made in the committee's
consideration of the resolutions:
The 94th Congress has created special
mechanisms for the purpose of obtaining
the type of information sought In House
Resolutions 206 and 107 in a logical and
orderly manner:
On February 19, 1975, the same day
the resolutions of inquiry were intro-
duced, the full House approved House
Resolution 138, establishing a Select
Committee on Intelligence to conduct an
inquiry into the organization, operations,
and oversight of the intelligence com-
munity of the U.S. Government. The
select committee can investigate past
and present intelligence activities, in-
cluding all allegations relating to U.S.
involvement in Chile. In the process, the
select committee is empowered to-
Require by subpena or otherwise, the at-
tendance and testimony of such witnesses
and the production of such books, records,
correspondence, memorandums, papers, and
documents as it deems necessary.
All agencies of the executive branch
involved with intelligence activities may
be investigated by the select committee,
A similarly empowered select com-
mittee was established by the Senate on
January 27, 1975.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs is in
the process of instituting procedures for
.the exercise of its new, special re-
sponsibility for the oversight of foreign
intelligence.
On January 14, 1975, the House of
Representatives adopted rules which as-
sign to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
special oversight of U.S. Government
foreign intelligence activities in accord-
ance with the Bolling-Hansen commit-
tee reform measures agreed to by the full
House on October 8, 1974. This special
oversight function was enlarged by see-
1974 (Public Law 93-559, 93d Con-
gress, S. 3394, Dec. 30, 1974) which
states:
No funds appropriated under the author-
ity of this or any other Act may be ex-
pended by or on behalf of the Ce ,gl a,-
ttl14pace_ Agauey for operations in foreign
countries, other than activities intended
solely for obtaining necessary intelligence,
unless and until the President finds that
each such operation is important to the
inational security of the United States and
reports, in a timely fashion, a description
Kiid scope of such operation to the appro-
pi iate committees of the Congress, includ-
ing the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the United States Senate and the Commit-
tee on.Foreign Affairs of the United States
House of Representatives.
In the adoption of its rules on Feb-
ruary '20, 1975, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs vested oversight of foreign
intelligence activities in its Subcommit-
tee on Oversight. In the course of the
fill committee's consideration of House
Resolutions 206 and 207, assurances
were given by the chairman of the Sub-
committee on Oversight that the ques-
tion of U.S. Government involvement in
Chile during the period cited in the
resolutions would be brought up before
the Oversight Subcominittee.
House Resolution 206 and House Res-
olution 207 are drafted in such a
manner as to cast doubt on their stand-
ing as bona fide "privileged resolutions
of inquiry" under House rules and
precedents.
According to "Deschler's Procedure"
(15/1;24/3), a resolution of inquiry
directing a head of an executive agency
to furnish information to a committee
rather than directly to the House may
not be entitled to privileged status.
house Resolutions 206 and 207 direct the
Secretary of State and the President,
respectively, to furnish certain informa-
tion to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, not to the full House.
According to the Rules of the House of
Representatives (para. 857), a resolution
of inquiry may not be accorded privi-
leged status if It requires investigations.
Both House Resolution 206 and 207 re-
quest information covering a period be-
tween 1962 and 1973 and Involving the
activities of four Presidents, three Sec-
retaries of State, numerous Government
agencies, international organizations,
and foreign and domestic bodies. The
accumulation of such material will re-
quire investigative procedures on the
part of the executive branch. Moreover,
the large volume of information in ques-
tion would require much longer to pro-
duce than the 10 days called for In the
resolutions.
The sponsor of House Resolution 206
land House Resolution 207 Is currently
the plaintiff in a civil suit against the
Director of the Central Intelligence
Y4e'ency?t al., charging that certain ac-
`vities of that Agency are illegal and
beyond its statutory authority. United
totes involvement in Chile is specifically
referred to in the plaintiff's petition. A
question was raised whether the use of a
resolution of inquiry to obtain Informa-
tion which is also involved in pending lit-
igation, would be appropriate.
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.Mr. Speaker, I am making this state-
ment in order to apprise the House of
what has transpired in the Committee
on Foreign Affairs on February 27, and
to draw attention to those major issues
which motivated the committee to, table
House Resolution 206 and House Resolu-
tion 207.
At this point, I ask leave to include in
the record the texts of the two resolu-
tions and the exchange of correspond-
ence with the President of the United
States and the Secretary of State.
MAIL SERVICE
(Mr. DE LA GARZA asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. DE LA GARZA. Mr. Speaker, it is
hardly a secret to any Member of this
body that Americans generally are deep-
ly unhappy about the poor quality of our
mail service:
It is bad. It is getting worse. It has
grown steadily more costly.
On any given day I can be sure of re-
ceiving letters from my south Texas dis-
trict-arriving a week after they were
mailed-complaining about the deteri-
oration- of what used to be as good a
postal system as could be found anywhere
in the world. The complaints come not
only from business and individual users
of the mails but from postal employees
as well.
Yes, from postal employees-although
as a postmaster in. south Texas wrote me
recently-
Of course you know we are not supposed
to contact you-and are threatened with ad-
verse action if we do.
He went ahead to give details about
personnel reduction 14, his office and low
morale among the employees. A letter
carrier had to resort to a letter to editor
to explain why the mail was delivered
late.
Of course most of the letters I receive
about poor mail service do not come from
postal workers. They come from bewil-
dered men and women who are unable to
understand why a letter is received in
the Rio Grande Valley 2 weeks after it
was mailed in St. Joseph, Mo. They come
from people in south Texas who have
received parcel post packages almost a
month after they were sent from New
York City. They come from pensioners
whose monthly checks are unconscion-
ably delayed. They come from business-
men who must depend on the mails to
stay in business.
I have found, as I am sure other Mem-
bers have found, that there is little point
in forwarding such complaints to the
U.S. Postal Service. The response is al-
most without exception a nonresponse,
unsatisfactory ih every sense of the word.
Mr. Speaker, the transformation in
1970 of the old Post Office Department
into a publicly controlled corporation,
the U.S. Postal Service, simply has not
worked. The change was supposed, as we
were told, to improve service magnifi-
cently by "taking politics out of postal
service." But it has not worked out that
way. Instead, the service has been taken
out of our mail system. There is no way
today that you can mail a letter from
here to there with any assurance that it
will be delivered within a reasonable
time.- There is not much assurance that
it will be delivered at all.
This nonservice, ironically, is proving
hideously expensive. Postage rates have
climbed as service declined. Congress has
been asked repeatedly to increase the
Federal appropriation for the postal sys-
tem. So far as we can tell, the money has
gone down the drain with no benefit to
the average user of the mails, and this
was one of the reasons we were asked to
"take the politics out" now the very same
people complain bitterly about the "poor
service."
Nearly all Americans have a stake in
adequate mail service. They are not re-
ceiving it at this time. It is my feeling
that Congress has a clear. responsibility
to take steps to remedy this situation.
I believe it is time to admit that a mis-
take was made in creating the U.S. Postal
Service. I believe it is time to correct that
mistake. What we have now is far in-
ferior to what we used to have-and
much more costly as well.
Accordingly, I have introduced a bill
to abolish the Postal Service as now con-
stituted and to reestablish the Post Office
as an executive department of the Gov-
erriment. I respectfully urge my col-
leagues to consider this proposal on its
merits. We owe it to the people we rep-
resent to answer their cries for help in
restoring decent mail service.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK
OF THE HOUSE
The SPEAKER laid before the House
the following communication from .the
Clerk of the House of Representatives:
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
February 28, 1975.
Hon. CARL ALBERT,
The Speaker,
House of Representatives.
DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I have the honor to
transmit herewith a sealed envelope from the
White House, received in the Clerk's Office at
11:45 A.M. on Friday, February 28, 1975, and
said to contain a message from the President
of the United States in which he transmits
the Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Na-
tional Science Foundation.
With .kind regards, I am,
Sincerely,
W. PAT JENNINGS,
Clgrk, House of Representatives.
24TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NA-
TIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION-
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC.
NO. 94-65)
The SPEAKER laid before the House
the following message from the President
of the United States; which was read
and, together with the accompanying pa-
pers, referred to the Committee on Sci-
ence and Technology and ordered to be
printed with illustrations:
To the Congress of the United States:
I am pleased to submit to the Congress
the Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the
National Science Foundation, covering
fiscal year 1974.
One of the clear lessons of the past few
years is that our society, as well as that
of the rest of the world, is intimately tied
to technology and the science that pro-
duces it. Certainly our own approaches
to problems in energy, environment, food
production, and the well-being of the na-
tional economy will include substantial
contributions from science and technol-
ogy. As a Nation we are fortunate to
have an extraordinarily strong science
and technology base to draw on in deal-
ing with these and other important na-
tional problems.
The National Science Foundation has a
key role in ensuring that the Nation
maintains leadership in all fiields- of basic
science from which our technological ad-
vances of the future will be derived.
The National Science Foundation pro-
grams in basic research range" over fun-
damental studies of the structure and
behavior of matter, the process of living
things, the dynamics of the Earth and
universe, energy and materials and many
other areas described in this report. In
addition, as this report shows, the Foun-
dation is continuing, through its pro-
grams in science education, to assist in
the development of the scientific man-
power needed to meet tomorrow's tech-
nological challenges.
. The research results contained in this
report remind us of the changes that we
have seen in our lives as a result of our
investments in science. It is, I believe,
a preview of many beneficial develop-
ments that will occur in coming years. I
commend this report to you.
14TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE U.S.
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMA-
MENT AGENCY-MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES
The SPEAKER laid before the House
the following message from the President
of the United States; which was read
and, together with the accompanying
papers, was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs`:
To the Congress of the United States:
America's traditional optimism about
the manageability of human affairs is
being challenged, as never before, by a
host of problems. In the field of national
security, arms control offers a potential
solution to many of the problems we
currently face. The genius of the Ameri-
can people may be said to lie in their
ability to search for and find practical
solutions, even to the most difficult of
problems; and it is no accident that this.
country has helped lead the world in the
quest for international arms control
agreements.
Safeguarding our national security re-
quires a dual effort. On the one hand,
we must maintain an adequate defense
against potential great-power adver-
saries; for although we are pursuing a
positive policy of detente with the Com-
munist world, ideological differences and
conflicting interests can be expected to
continue. On the other hand, we share
with them, as with the rest of the world,
a common interest in a stable interna-
tional community.
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Over the past year, we have made con-
siderable progress in our arms control
negotiations with the Soviet Union. The
Vladivostok accord which I reached with
Chairman Brezhnev will enable our two
countries to establish significant limits
on the strategic arms race and will set
the stage for negotiations on reductions
at a later phase. The United States and
United Socialist Soviet Republic have,
over the past year, also reached agree-
ment on the Threshold Test Ban Treaty
and on a limitation on ABM deployments
to one complex for each country.
The negotiations being held at Vienna
on mutual and balanced force reductions
in Europe (MBFR4, while they have not
yet produced conclusive results, are also
an important endeavor to limit and re-
duce armaments safely through mutual
agreement. For our part, we shall make
every effort to achieve such an outcome.
Even as we see some encouraging prog-
ress in our relations with the Soviet
Union, we still face a growing danger in
the potential proliferation of nuclear
weapons to more countries. The U.S.
will constinue to seek practical steps to
avert this danger, while providing the
benefits of nuclear energy for peaceful
purposes.
The fourteenth annual report of the
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, which I herewith transmit to the
Congress, sets forth the steps which have
been taken over the past year to meet
these and other national security prob-
lems through arms control.
GERALD R. FORD.
THE WHITE HOUSE, March 3, 1975.
APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS OF
THE PRIVACY PROTECTION
STUDY COMMISSION
The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro-
visions of section 5(a) (1), Public Law
93-579, the Chair appoints as members
of the Privacy Protection Study Com-
mission the following Members on the
part of the House: the gentleman from
New York, Mr. KOCH, and the gentle-
man from California, Mr. GOLDWATER.
A BETTER ORDERING OF THE
PUBLIC'S BUSINESS
The SPEAKER. Under a previous
order of the House, the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. FINDLEY) is recognized for
30 minutes.
(Mr. FINDLEY asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his
remarks and to include extraneous
matter.) -
Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, the sub-
ject of my special order is the need for a
better ordering of the public's business
by this Chamber. I was Inspired to ask
for this time after reading a very ex-
ceptional statement prepared by the mi-
nority clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, Mr. Joe Bartlett, whom we all know
and admire. Mr. Bartlett came to the
statement after a lifelong dedication to
this institution which began in high
school days as a Page in the House, and
with the exception of two brief periods
of military service with the U.S. Marine
Corps, Mr. Bartlett has devoted his en-
tire working life to this institution. He
now occupies the senior professional staff
position on the Republican side. Prior to
being elected clerk to the minority in
1970, Joe Bartlett served for many years
as the highly skilled reading clerk of the
House.
So, his examination of the way in
which this body conducts the public's
business is that of an affectionate friend.
I know of no one who is more jealous of
the institutions of the House of Repre-
sentatives than Joe Bartlett, nor one
more eager than is he to see the House
enhanced as an effective instrument of
democracy. The title of his commentary
is "Everybody's Business," and I hope
it will become just that. Since the text
of Mr. Bartlett's treatise was inserted
in the RECORD by our minority leader, Mr.
RHODES, last week, I have heard a num-
ber of my colleagues, as well as several
people beyond this Chamber, comment
favorably on it. My purpose in taking
this time is to direct attention of others
who might have missed it, because I be-
lieve it deserves the thoughtful, earnest
and prompt consideration of all who
prize this institution.
The points Mr. Bartlett makes are, in
my view, eminently sound. His recom-
mendations have nothing to do with his
position as a professional aide to the mi-
nority. His perspective is free of all petty,
personal or partisan considerations. His
proposals should be equally appealing to
all Members of Congress, and to all con-
cerned citizens.
In it he makes some very challenging
suggestions on how we can better serve
the people that we are called to repre-
sent. He, first of all, recommends that the
Congress go back to the original date
contemplated by the Constitution for the
convening of Congress. Congress would
meet on the first Monday in December,
and at that time they would carry for-
ward with the organization of the House,
the election of officers, the adoption of
rules, the selection of committees, and
the receiving of the President's budget
message. After that business is done, Mr.
Bartlett sugegsts that this body adjourn,
as a body, until early in February.
This period would permit the commit-
tees of the House to immediately get
down to work without the distractions
and Interruptions of sessions of the
House. It would also be the time for con-
gressional budgeteers to conduct a broad
appraisal of the President's budget, and
to publish a statement of overall excep-
tions and limitations for the general
guidance of the authorizing committees.
So that when the Congress resumed In
February there would be well-considered
grist ready for the legislative mill.
This would be a period exclusively for
authorizing legislation, establishing pro-
grams, enunciating policy. Mr. Bartlett
has proposed some incentives which
would surely work to encourage the
timely reporting of measures, and per-
haps prevent some of the ill-considered
measures that find their way into the
final rush of a session, and which ought
to be postponed for the more deliberate
attention of the next session.
One of the most attractive features of
his recommendations is the "breather"
between the authorizing and funding ses-
sions, to permit an exchange of views
between the people and their representa-
tives about the programs authorized be-
fore we commit their tax moneys. This
period of 6 weeks or so might prove to
be the best investment in time in the
whole legislative calendar year.
At least, when the Congress came back
for its appropriating session in June, it
could claim some guidance from the peo-
ple, and it ought to be able to complete
all funding measures in less than 2
*ionths of orderly work.
By this means the House, I 'believe,
would be ordering its time much more
f.Mciently than under the present Proce-
dure. We have the spectacle this year
cif still having not authorized certain bills
for the fiscal year which is nearly three-
fourths completed.
It is impossible for this institution to
function efficiently when it does not even
complete the authorizing process, de-
:.vite the fact that three-fourths of the
fiscal year for which the authority is re-
quested has been consumed. .
In any event, I think our good friend,
.soe Bartlett, has rendered us all a great
service In putting down in precise lang-
uage the recommendations that he feels
would make for a much more efficient
handling of the public business, and I
.commend the text of the presentation
to the attention of the Members of the
House.
Mr. Speaker, the presentation follows:
"EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS"-THE WORK OF
CONGRESS
(By Joe Bartlett)
"That which is everybody's business, is
x'.obody's business," or so Izaak Walton
quoted the .wisdom of a friend. He probably
did not have- in mind the people's business
as performed by $_Ieir representatives in
Congress assembled, but it bears some com-
parison.
In our own special, ingenious, brand of
democracy-our elected, representative, re-
publican form of government-the responsi-
bility for the fundamental conduct of the
people's business is so broadly shared as
to lose identity and to escape attention.
To describe our representative system as
merely "ingenious" is to vastly understate
the tremendous respect and admiration that
a third of a century of working within that
system h" engendered. It is brilliant; it is
beautiful; and I am thoroughly convinced
that such a visionary plan of self-govern-
nient could only have been the Inspiration
of Divine collaboration. Still, I stop short
of declaring it sacred. After all, it was de-
vised as an arrangement among fallible
and mortal men. And it is to be respected
and appreciated not so-much as a venerable
national institution, but rather for its ef-
fectiveness and usefulness as an instrument
serving our citizens so very well for such a
long time.
However, even the finest Instrument Is no
batter than the hands that guide it, and
while I can find precious little fault with our
basic system of government, I must admit we
have not always used that system as wisely
nor as well as we might have.
Even some who are not as prejudiced as I,
regard the House of Representatives, or at
least, the Congress, as the heart of the Amer-
ican body politic. It Is to this vital organ of
government that I would Invite your exami-
nation.
Many have a cursory concern for the Con-
gxess, and many-so very many-have diag-
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