JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUEDAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R001100070022-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: October 7, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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CON EI DENTIAL
Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 7 October 1975
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9.. I I LIAISON Left with Dorothy Fosdick,
Permanent su c ee on Investigations, Senate Government Operations
Committee staff, correspondence concerning the 11February 1975
transcript before the Arms Control Subcommittee, Senate Armed
Services Committee, as a result of the 30 September meeting of
Agency representatives with Richard Perle, of the Subcot-nmittee staff.
I also provided her a short background on this subject covered in the
Beecher article in the Boston Globe.
10? LIAISON William Allen, in the office
of Representative on n 17. Murtha (D. , Pa. ), called to say that he was,
preparing a weekly column for Mr. Murtha on certain things to try
to counter some of the negative. reports that have appeared in the press.
He said he was trying to come up with good things that the Agency had.
done which could be talked about. I told him there wasn't much that
could be said that was unclassified but I pointed out the Director's reference
in his television appearance on Sunday to the work which the Intelligence
Community had performed in alerting our policymakers to the threat of
offensive missiles in Cuba. at the time of the "Cuban Missile Crisis."
I told Allen I would check for other instances and let him know if. I
came up with anything.
11. I I LIAISON Charles Snodgrass, on the
staff of House Appropriations 5uOcommittee on Defense, called to relay
a message from Ralph Preston, also. of that Subcommittee, that the
Subcommittee wishes to keep in its files, at least for the time being,
the letter the Director sent to Chairman George Mahon (D., Texas)
yesterday and the enclosed memorandum. I told Sn.odgrass that I would
talk to the Director about this and if he has any objections, I would be
back in touch with him.
I
12. I ADMINISTRATIVE Called Max
I riedersdor , Assistant or . egislative Affairs at the White House,
to express our very deep concern over the action contemplated by the
House Ways and Means Committee regarding tax reform. legislation now
before the House Committee including a provision which would eliminate
the current exemption of overseas allowances from. the taxable income
of Government employees. (See Memo.?andu.na for the Record)
CON --iDENTIAL
CRC, 11/7/2003
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