JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78M02660R000200030081-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: August 6, 1976
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
.Friday - 6 August 1976
1. (Secret - REH) LTATSON Frank Slatinshek, Chaef Ce~unsel,
House Armed Servic _~ omm_'ttee, called referring to an. a,rticle~
whxc appeared zn the NID on 5 August describing a recent Soviet
nuclear test. Slatinshek said several of the members had questioned
this article and asked if we could prepare ham. a short Japer ~;iviz~g
more background on it.
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Thursday - 5 El.ugust 1976
7. (internal Use Only - KJ'K) .LI1~,x5d:L~F :Per Mr. Cory's
instx-~tctions, I called Bill Hogan, on the staff of the House .A.rrr~.ec1
Services Cornrriittee, to brief him. oxi the Library of Congress'
legislative data retrieval system. known as SCCJR.P:[O, which had
come to the attention of our library personnel. I told Hogan, that
we were taking a look at the program in a tentative `aay to determine
whether or not it might be useful :for us. Z asked 1-Iogaxx if he would
speak to Representative Lucien. N. Nedzi (D. , Mir..h. ), who is Vice
Chairman of the point Committee on the La:V~rary, about this xx~atter
to see if he had any problems tivith Agency use o# this facility shaulcE
we decade to pursue it, .T told Hogaz-z that, of course, we would zn.ake
no final steps without advising tkiem first. Hogan. said he tivas acquainted.
with the system but was not awax?e that it was 1~eirxg used by Covernxx7eni:
agencies other than Congress and said he would ckzeck with the Vice
Chairman and get back in touch with us.
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Thursday - 5 August 1976
18, (Unclassified - JKj LIAISON Called I3i11 Hogan, Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee staff, and .13111 Miller, Senate Select
oxrxrrxxttee sta , to ac vise them. of the transrxz.ittal~ of mail ir~tercept
information to Chairwozxxan Be11a Abzug (D. , N. Y. j House Government
Operations Subcommittee on Government Information and 7xadividual
Rights, including a copy of a letter from Mrs. Marguerite Oswald to
.Lee Harvey Oswald which was intercepted in 1c3a9. Miller asked if that
letter had been seen by the Church Gommittee. I said that I undexsi:ood
it had been among items available to the Committee but did not. know if
they actually saw the letter. Hogan wanted. to know if and when the letter
had been turned over to the FBI and under-what circux~n.stances_ :!: informed
him that the letter 'was turned over to'the.;L3ureau on Novezxxber 23, 1963
together with other CIA references to Os~~vald?
I also informed Miller a.nd Roan that Mrs. Oswald is being
.notified at her last known address and is beixzg provided wifh a cagy of
-the intercepted letter.
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Thursday - 5 August 1976
7, (Internal Use Only - R.JK) LIAISON Yer Mr, Gary's
instructions, I called Bill Hogan, on the staff of the House .Armed
Services Gommittee to brief him an the. Library of Gon~;ress'
legislatzve data retrieval system known as SCORPIO, wlzich had
come to the attention of our library personnel. I told Hagan that
we were taking a look at the program in a tentative way to cleterrnine
whether or not it might be useful for us. I asked IIogan if he would
speak to Representative Lucien N. Nedzi (D. , Mich. ~, who is Vice
Chairman of the Joint Committee an the Library, abot~.t this matter
to see if he had any problems with Agency use of this facility should
we decide to pursue it. I told Hogan that, o.f course, we would _ta~~e
no final steps without advising them first. Hogan said he was acquainted
with the system but was nat aware that it was be~.ng used by Government
agencies other than Congress and said he woiuld check ~x~ith the Vice
Ghairznan and get back in touch with us,
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JOURNA.I.~
C7F~'SCE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 5 August 1976
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1. AA 1~.IaER.T Reported the
fact of today's Presidential finding to the fallowing Committees axxd in
the absence of the Chairmen was assured that the Chairmen would be
informed of the place and nature of the program. arzd of the fact that
the Director stands ready to provide the Carr~.zx~.ittees with a briefing
on the description and scope of the prograxx~.. The Coxnrriittees
contacted were: House Armed Services (Frank Slatinshek); I-louse
Appxapriatians (Charles Snodgrass); House In.ternatianal Relations.
(Jack Brady); Senate Foreign Relations (Don I-Iendexsan); Senate
Armed Services (Ed Braswell), and Senate..ls,.ppropriations (Guy
McConnell. ). In sevexal instances there was discussion whether
programs of this nature were really suitable for a specific
Presidential finding and whether this type of prograxsx could be .
conducted under the so~called Omnibus section of the 10 ;lanuary 19?~
Presidential finding.
2. LIAISON Ca7.l.ed 13111 Ragan, Gaunsel,
I-Iouse .Armed Services Committee, to thank b.ixn far his halp on CSARDS
on Tuesday. He is aware of the need to move swiftly on the Hause floor
prior to consideration of the conference report on the Defense Appropriatioais
bill to avoid problems with a point of order.
I advised him of the inquiry to the Executive Branch by Representative
Leonar Sullivan (D. , Mo.) concerning Cuban presence in Panama and told
him that in lig'~~.t of the Committee's earlier interest in the subject, we
would provide the Committee with the substance of the response. Hagan
indicated that Mrs. Sullivan's staff persoxaxxel had been badgering the
Commttee on this subject; that some of the leads being run down are
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Preside~:t of the Chamber of Commerce, anal Mr. Drurnm.and (phonetic},
President of the Zone Police. The above was passed on to
NIO/Lr"...
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Journal -Office of .Legislature Counsel
-LVednesday - ~ f~.ugLxst 1976
Page; 3
1l. LIAISON I rn.et vr9.th T3a.11 Ilog~.n, on t'kie
staff of the House Armed Services Commit-tee, and revic~~vc:d vrith hirn the
briefing of Representative Toby :Moffatt (D. , Conn,) and Representative
Ronald V. Dellums (D. , Calif.) o# 2 Augusf. 1976.
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4fout-nrLl - Of:Eice of I~egzslat9.ve Counsel
Tuesday -- 3 .f~.u~usL l;'76
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