JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: January 29, 1976
• Content Type: NOTES

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CIA INTERNAL CONFIDENTIAL
Journal Office of Legislative Counsel Page 4
Tuesday - 27 January 1976
16. (Unclassified LIAISON Called Don Cogman, Senator 25X1
Dewey Bartlett's (R. , Okla.) staff, and told him that General Waiters would
speak to the 300 students from. Oklahoma in Oklahoma City on 13 February..
I said General Walters wanted to clear this with Ambassador- Bush when he
is on board, but we doubted there would be any problem. Cogman said he would
wait to hear definitely from us. He asked if we could send him a picture and
biography of General Walters, and I agreed to do so.
17. (Unclassified II LIA SON Gu McConnell. Senate A 3ro riatior.
Committee staff, called an asked for
iairman John McClellan (D. , Ark. ). I told him we would send one up this
afternoon, is handling this.
18. (Unclassified
BRIEFING Had several. phone conversations
with Bruce Van Voorst, Senator Dick Clark's (D. , Iowa) staff, re their desire
to have an Agency representative testify in open session on Thursday,
following Dr. Kissinger, I did not seem to
be making much headway in convincing Van Voorst that this waa s not a good
idea, so I read him a letter I had drafted for Mr. Colby' s signature, stating
that, under the circumstances, he thought an appearance on Thursday would
be inappropriate.
19. (Unclassified II ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES
Deliver to a ' se on the staff of the use Office of the Minority
Leader,
Also delivered to Guy McConnell's secretary, Senate Appropriations
Committee staff,
20. (Confidential LIAISON Picked up from Dick Kimmel,
on the staff of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, a sealed envelope
addressed to Director Colby.
21. (Unclassified LIAISON I met with Representative Dale 25X1
Milford (D. , Texas) and discussed with him various aspects of the House
Select Committee report and possible parlimentary motions in connection
therewith.
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Monday -- 26 January 1976
1. (Confidential I LIAISON Met with Dorothy Fosdick,
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Government
Operations Committee, and provided her the Z4 February 1973
memorandum which was the subject of
in the New York Times this morning. Fosdick was very upset that
Senator Henry Jackson (D., Wash.) had not had prior notice of the
release of the memorandum to the Mouse Select Committee and I
said it was our policy to assure that such not be printed but that the
Select Committees have devoured vast quantities of data and this is
one of those which was scooped up. She said that she requested for
Senator Jackson that all similar matters involving him which have been
transmitted to the Select Committees be,forward.ed to the Senator
immediately. F
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and Guy McConnell, Senate Ap
the story
Review Staff, has been advised.
LIAISON Met with. Jim Calloway
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ropriations _ ttee staff, concerning
in this morning's New York Times.
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called to express concern about S. 2662 which contains a provision
prohibiting any U.S. Government support to narcotics control efforts
of the foreign police.
4. (Unclassified 1I LIAISON Received a call from
Paul Leventhal, Senate Government Operations Committee staff, and
I told him we would be in touch later in the morning for a briefing an
nuclear safeguards.
5. (Secref~ LIAISON Called Fred Ruth, Legislative
Assistant to Senator Dewey Bartlett R., Okla.), and advised him
that in the paper I provided the
Senator was a bit spongy-and suggested a change that would put us on
solid ground. He advised that the Senator and lie have decided to v:.sit
I land intend to leave on Thursday. He realiycs that he can call
upon us anytime for a briefing or other information if time permits,
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Friday - 23 January 1976
10. (Unclassified LIAISON Called Mike Kraft, in
the office of Senator Clifford Case (R. , N.J.), who said that the
statement referred to by Senator Jacob Javits (R. , N. Y.) was
carried in the Trenton Times but that there must have been a mis-
understanding by the reporter since Senator Case was directing the
statement not at CIA but the Administration. We then had a rather
lengthy conversation with Kraft indicating why he felt that the story on
had been leaked by Administration sources although he acknowledged
that this would not excuse confirmation by anyone who participated.
in the briefing.
11. (Unclassified IILIAISON In the absence of
Marian Czarnecki, Chief of Staff, House International Relations
Committee, advised Jack Brady, Staff Consultant, of briefings on
being scheduled for Representatives Larry Winn (R., Kans.)
and Jo n Buchanan (R., Ala.), which had been requested by
John Holstein, of the Committee staff.
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12. (Unclassified BRIEFING Called Guar McConnell, Senate
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Appropri staff, and confirmed the 9th and 10th of
rc i 1976 for the Director to brief the Committee- on the. intelligence
community and Agency budgets.
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I also advised Mr. McConnell that who was
referred to the Agency by McConnell, will be entering on duty on
10 May 1976 as was very. STAT
appreciative o this information. STAT
13. (Unclassified LIAISON Received a call from Chuck Snodgrass
House Appropriations Committee staff, who said Chairman George Mahon
said he saw a newspaper article about an interview with John McCone and
asked me for a copy of that article. I told hirri I didn't recall such. an
article, but there had been a full page in the Evening Star the other night
in which the TV Guide article by Mr. McCone was reprinted. I said I would
check further and be hack in touch. Mr. Thucrnaer's office advised this
was the only article in recent weeks concerning Mr. McCone. Before I
had a chance to call Snodgrass, he called rue and said it was the TV Guide
article and they did have a copy of that. He thanked r. e for checking on it.
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18. (Unclassified -I LIAISON I called Mike Van Dusen,
on the staff of the Special. Subcommittee on Investigations, House.
International Relations Committee, with follow-up answers to questions
posed at the briefing session on 20 January 1976 on the subject of the
last days of the Vietnam War.
19. (Unclassified
and told her
LIAISON After checking with
I called Candy, on the staff of Representative Edward IIutchi.nson R.
of 8 March 1976. McConnell said the dates 9, 10, and 11 March are open.
They want the Director to start the hearings with the intelligence community
budget on the morning of th.e first clay, followed that afternoon by Mr..
Ellsworth (DOD). The following morning will be Mr., Plummer (DOD),
followed in the afternoon by the Director with the Agency budget. McConnell
asked that we decide which two consecutive da s we want and let him know
so they can firm up the schedule. Is checking Ambassador' 25X1
Bush's calendar and will let us know.
20. (Confidential IILIAISON Guy McConnell., Senate
Appro ria o efcnse Subcommittee staff, called and said Chairman
Jo inMcClellan (D. , Ark.) wants to have the budget hearings the week
21. (Secret II LIAISON Called Ral h Preston, 1-Iouse
Appropriations Committee, and told hi of our office, was
talking with the Defense Subcommittee's associate members and signing
them up for the clearances they will need. to attend tomorrow's briefing
by the Director. Preston said that Angola will be discussed in the
afternoon and he hopes the Director will use his best arguments since
t:he issue will come up on the douse floor on Tuesday,
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22. (Secret LIAISON Nancy Greenbaum, in the office of
Representative Pat:ricia Schroeder D, Colo. called an.d ::1:1::::::: o
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her, but if it had anything to do with t1r 2 programs which fall. under Section 662
of the Foreign Assistance Act, it woulc be repor'tecl_to the various cornnxittces,
including House International Relations Com mi.ttee, arid the best place to
check would be there.
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