JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: December 14, 1976
• Content Type: NOTES

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Tuesday - 14 December 1976
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14. BRIEFING Mike Madigan, Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence staff, called saying that he needed a briefing
or as soon as possible because Senator Howard H.
25X1 Baker (R., Tenn.), was getting a number of calls on it. I told him we were
in the process of setting up a briefing for him, Bill Miller, Staff Director,
and Howard Liebengood of the staff, which was supposed to take place at
11:30 a.m.
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15. LIAISON Tom Smeeton, Minority
Subcommittee Consultant, House International Relations Committee, called
reauesting the official sYovernment nnqifinn nf r?}.?? ?,...rnrnent official.
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16. 3RIEFIN. G I callec DIA, with respect to
the proposed 13 January 1977 appearance by the Director before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. He said it was his understanding that
Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rurnsfeld, had gone to the White House for
guidance on this. The DIA's position is that they will give a very brief and
3tatement hut will not answer questions in open
session. He said he had communicated this position to Bill Ashworth,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, who continued to insist on an
open statement and an open question and answer period.
25X1 17. LIAISON Tom Srneeton, Minority Subcommittee
Consultant,
Representatik-ie
Organizations
allegations
information
He said that
House International Relations Committee, called stating that
(It;t Mirn,gtii5'86inmittee on International
was exploring the possibility of holding hearings into the
of mass atrocities in Cambodia and wondered if we had any
which we could impart to the Subcommittee on the subject matter.
they would be willing to take such information in executive 25X1
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told him I would
get back to him.
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BRIEFING Accompanied C/CCS,
and CCS, to a briefing of Representative J. Herbert Burke 25X1
(R., Fla.) on the problems
associated with the program. He
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and somewhat upset about the program, but felt
that it was probably necessary to bring this matter out into the open at this time.
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Monday - 6 December 1976
18. FAA ALERT In the absence of Pat Holt,
Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I alerted Don Henderson,
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Committee, to the 3 December 1976 Presidential
finding.
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(D., Colo.), Howard Liebengood, on the staff of the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence, and Mik6 Madigan, also on the Committee staff, of the 25X1
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BRIEFING AND FAA ALERT Accompanied by
/CCS, and CCS, I briefed Ralph Preston,
Senior Staff Member, House Appropriations Committee, on the
program, gave him background on the proposed Woodward article on
On the
similar programs.
regarding the use of
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example of where funds were not in the Agency budget.
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He stated that we could expect queries from Members
He stated that all along we have continually
are located in the defense budget and here is an
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Chief Counsel, House
Presidential finding.
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of Staff, House International Relations Committee, to the
Presidentialfin^i.iii: - ,
) FAA ALERT I alerted Frank Slatinshek,
Armed Services Committee, to th(
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DIA,
with respect to the 13 January 1977 hearing by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on the USSR balance of forces. I told him that we are trying to
arrange to testify in executive session. He said that Lt. General Sam V. Wilson,
Director of DIA, was going to take the same profile since there was little
that could be covered in open session.
24. BRIEFING In the absence of Pat Holt, Chief
of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I discussed with Don Henderson,
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Committee, the request for the Director to appear
at a 13 January 1977 hearing to testify on the USSR balance of forces. I gave
him the reasons why the Director would rather not appear in open session.
He said he would work on the matter and see if there was some way the Director
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Monday - 6 December 1976
? 5. FAA ALERT Called Frank Slatinshek,
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, and alerted him to the
fact that the President had signed another finding under the Hughes/Ryan
amendment on 3 December.
Slatinshek told me that he would probably be leaving the Committee
in about two months and that John Ford would be Acting Chief Counsel.
told Slatinshek we wouldliave the necessary clearances set up for Ford.
6. FAA ALERT Called Don Henderson,
Acting Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and alerted
him to the fact that the President had signed another finding under the
I told Henderson that
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I also talked to Henderson about the letter we received from
Chairman John Sparkman (D., Ala.) asking the Director to appear before
the Committee on 13 January on U.S. /Soviet strategic balances and explained
the problems we had with this. Henderson said he would talk to Scott Cohen,
Executive Assistant to Senator Charles Percy (R., Ill.), about this and
be back in touch.
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FAA ALERT Called Jack Bra.dy, Chief
of Staff Hous,e International Relations Committee, and alerted him to the
fact that the President had signed another finding
ind that would be by to give him
further details on this matter.
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8. LIAISON Spoke with Frank Sullivan,
Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, and a meeting was
arranged for me to meet with Sullivan on Tuesday, 7 December, at 4:00 p.m.
to discuss a number of topics.
9. FAA ALERT Spoke with Mike Madigan,
Minority Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and alerted him
to the fact that the President had signed another finding under the Hughes/
and that Tom White would be by to give
him further details on this matter.
Madigan asked if we planned to provide the Committee with more
information on the Letelier case. Madigan said they were aware of some
fragmentary information that Mr. Knoche knew about and said they would
want more details, especially Senator Gary Hart (D., Colo.). I told
Madigan I would have to check on this and be back in touch.
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Monday - 6 December 1976
25X1 CONSTITUENT INQUIRY Apropos a
constituent letter to Senator Henry Bellmon (R., Okla.) on the Cubana
Air Lines crash, dated 7 November (forwarded to us 1 December), I
called Christy Caffrey, Senator Henry Belkmonts office, to say that
we would try to have a reply to her shortly.
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30. FOIA Per I called
Ms. Sharon Fallich, (305=945-7518), in the office of Representative William
Lehman (D., Fla.), back concerning Mr. Paul Rasmussen's FOIA request.
I informed Ms. Fallich that our response is in process and it should be
completed in a couple of weeks. When the letter is completed, we will
forward a copy to Ms. Fallich for her information.
25X1 ? 31 LIAISON Keith Aclkinson, staff member, of the
Senate Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
called and asked that someone pick up a letter from Senator Sam
Nunn (D., Ga.) to the Director requesting certain information
in connection with .Adkinsonis recent trip to the West coast following leads
on alleged illegal shipment of U.S. arms to Mexico in exchange for illegal
narcotics. He asked that I review the letter and to let him know if it presents
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32. LIAISON Met briefly with Jack Brady,
25X1 Chief of Staff, House International RelatiRxis .Commitke..e.,Jto thank him for
agreeing to speak-tO-biir Int-elligenCe-Pr-ocess Course on 15 December and to
brief him on th,e make up and objectives of the Course; what they expect to
hear from him and directions to the Chamber of Commerce Building. I told
him I would touch base with him a few days before just to make sure everything
was in order.
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33. LIAISON Met with Jane Kinney, staff
of Representative Paul Rogers (D., Fla.), and provided her with Mr. Gary's
response to the Congressman's letter requesting s,vhethei
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She said that she had not had a chance to discuss the case with the Congressman,
but would do so and be back in touch with us if necessary. I emphasized to
her that whatsoever for claiming retirement
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Wednesday - 8 December 1976
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25X1 19. LIAISON Ralph Preston, Defense
Subcommittee staff, House Appropriations Committee, called saying
the Committee would like to have their worldwide i.vra.pup sessions on
3 and 4 February 1977. Preston also said that he had a schedule for
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I said I would have stop by to pick it up. The Director
and Center for Policy Support, have been advised of
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20. BRIEFING Jack Brady, Chief of
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a request he had receive from ueorge-gerdes, also of the Committee
staff, for a briefing on Soviet killer satellites. I told Brady I would
have to check on this and would be back in touch.
25X1 21. LIAISON Danny Childs, Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence staff, called and we discussed at
great length alternatives on budget authorizations. It was agreed that
Childs would discuss this matter with Bill Miller, Staff Director of
the Committee, on his return from London and then would see about
arranging a meeting with Agency representatives.
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22. LIAISON Received a call from
Jenny Grindberg, in the office of Representative-elect Jim Mattox
(D., Texas), who advised that Mr. Mattox was tied up in meetings
and did not have an opportunity to return my call of yesterday. I
explained to her that Mr. Bush wanted to get word to the freshman
congressmen that he would make himself available to give them an
orientation briefing on the Agency if they wanted such a briefing.
I told her we had been advised that it would be best to be in touch
with Mr. Mattox and have him check with the other freshmen. She
said she thought this was an excellent idea and she would pass it on
to Mr. Mattox and ask him to bring it up at one of their meetings.
She said she would get back to me as soon as she could and let me
know the results. She had mentioned that it may not be possible to
arrange this until sometime late January or early February and I told
her that Mr. Bush would be leaving on 20 January but if that was the
only time they could arrange it, perhaps someone else could meet with
them. She said she would tell Mr. Mattox this and they would see if
it could be arranged before Mr. Bush leaves if the other members want
such a briefing. She thanked me for the call.
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Thursday -
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Marty Gold,
of Legislative Counsel
9 December 1976
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BRIEFING Accompanied Senator Mark Hatfield
Committee on Intelligence designee,
briefings at the Headquarters
and his Senate Select
to a series of CIA orientation
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building. Les Dirks, Zeke Zellmer,
DDS&T, Sayre Stevens, Pau125X1
Walsh, DDI, Bell
Wells, Ted Shackley, DDO, and Mike Malanick
and DDA, participated.
Mr. Knoche hosted a luncheon for the
Senator
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and Gold. Agency attendees included Jim Taylor, Comptroller,
John Waller, IG, George Cary and myself. Gold hopes to arrange future
briefings
/visits for the Senator with the IC Staff, Operations Center, and
NPIC.
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Senate Select
clearances
I told Marshall
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LIAISON Ben Marshall, Security Director,
called to ask the stafus of the
(....orrimittee
requested
that
on Intelligence,
for
After checking,
the Director
of Security's response to the Committee
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certifying acceptability, was
signed today and the Committee would be
receiving it shortly. It is therefore
appropriate for to assume his
consultant duties
with the Committee.
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International
LIAISON Met with George Bercies, House ?
Relations Comm itte ?0,a1f, and he signed the necessarT?'
ecuri y documentation for three compartmentep clearances.
While I was there, I also spoke with Jack Brady, also of the staff,
who indicated that he would be unable to speak to our Intelligence Process
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course on 15 December,
had agreed to take
but that Michael Van Dusen, of the Committee staff,
his place. I thanked him for letting us know and notified
of the Intelligence Institute, of the change.
13. LIAISON Nannette Blandin, OMB, called
25X1 to request information on the appropriate statutory citation for CIARDS;
I provided her the information.
14. ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES
25X1 Delivered to Mr. Dennis Causey, of Senator Paul Laxalt's (R., Nev.)
office, a map of China.
15. , LIAISON Accompanied Senator William
25X1 Hathaway (D., Maine) to a briefing by IC staff members held at Headquarters.
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Thursday - 9 December 1976
16.
SENSITIVE BRIEFING i and I sat in
as Chief, Center for Policy Support, DDI, briefed House
25X1 International Relations Committee staffers Jack Brady and Geocie-re-Mr'"
---stsat-ellit.ertelateelfzettrtrAgrdes had just been elevated to the staff
of the full Committee, and signed him up for new clearances
25X1 just before the briefing. Berdes made it clear that he reflected
Representative Clement Zablocki's (D., Wis. ) concerns in his questions.
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25X1 request of Jack Brady, staff of the Bousetio?,?,u1,,Watigur4C,orKiitte,e,
I talked briefly with Representative Charles Diggs (D., Mich.) al:lb-Lit
concernconcern over the American mercenaries reported, in the 9 December
Washington Post, to be in Rhodesia. We arranged for a briefing before
Representative Diggs leaves for Christmas on the 23rd. SA/D0/0 and
the Center for Policy Support, DDI, were advised. See separate
memorandum.
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18. LIAISON Received a call from Marie 25X1
Dickinson, Secretary to Edward Kenney, Senate Armed Services Committee
staff, saying that Senator Strom Thurmond (R., S.C. ) had called her wanting
25X1 19. LIAISON Bob Hunter, in the office of
Senator Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.), called concerning the Senator's
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Thursday - 9 December 1976
20. -_,IAISON Jack Brady, Chief of Staff,
25X1 House International Relation.Comniiittee, called concerning a call he
r-eceiVed-fre?Iri ire-Presentative Charles Diggs (D., Mich.) regarding an
article in today's newspaper about mercenaries in Rhodesia. I told
will
Brady I would check on this and be back in touch.
follow-up on this.
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25X1 21. LIAISON Called Carol Amato, Secretary
to Richard Sprague, Chief Counsel, House Select Committee on Assassinations,
and set Friday, 17 December, at 3:30 p.m. for the Director to meet with
Chairman Thomas Downing (D., Va.) and Representatives Henry Gonzalez
(D., Texas) and Samuel Devine (R., Ohio). The Director's office has
been notified.
25X1 22. LIAISON Called Frank Slatinshek,
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, concerning budget
authorizations. Slatinshek said unless things changed in the House, his
Committee would see no need for authorization legislation since permanent
authorization language is contained in Section 8 of the Central Intelligence
Agency Act of 1949.
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23. LIAISON Kempton Jenkins, State
Department, called in regard to the request from Chairman John Sparkman,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for a hearing to be held in January
regarding U.S. /Soviet military forces balances. I told him that it seemed
to us that Senator Charles Percy (R., Ill.) was the one mainly interested
in conducting the hearings, and in particular, his Executive Assistant,
Scott Cohen, was the one really pushing it. I said that the Director really
had no objection to testifying but did have serious reservations about
appearing in open session. I also mentioned to him that I had been in
touch with Russ Rourke, White House staff, to see how the Administration
feels on this but he hasn't been back to me yet. Jenkins said that
Secretary Kissinger was out of town and they were going to send him a
message saying that most of the Committee members are busy with the
inauguration and probably wouldn't have a sufficient number available
to merit holding the hearings. Jenkins also said that Secretary of Defense
Rumsfeld was out of town but would be back Monday and they would put the
question to him. He also said he would be in contact with General Brent
Scowcroft, NSC staff, and would let me know what his feelings are.
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Friday - 10 December 1976
10. LIAISON Jack Brady, Chief of
Staff, ,House International Relations Committee, called and asked about
He said that he has quite a few
in his safe and wondered if he could send them back to us. I told him
that would be fine and that when one of our men were on the Hill I
would have him stop by and pick them up. I asked Brady if the sessions
went okay on the laser b.usiness. He said yes.
11. LIAISON Steve Faills, House Select
Committee on Assassinations staff, called and said that there would be
a meeting at the Department of Justice (Room 1603) at 4:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, 14 December.
25X1 12. BRIEFING Mike Epstein, Senator
William Hathaway's (D., Maine) designee on the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence, came out to Headquarters to discuss an agenda of discussion
items for Senator Hathaway's briefing at Headquarters on 16 December 1976.
Epstein-had first met with SA/DO/0, and
25X1 C/SE/SAG, and then listed some additional items that the Senator would be 25X1
interested in. Epstein indicated that the Senator was extremely pleased with
all the Agency contacts he had and wished to express his appreciation for all
the preparation that had gone into making his trip such a highly successful one.
(See Memo for the Record.)
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Mr. Lapham
Mr. Falkiewicz
IC Staff
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Comptroller
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Tuesday - 14 December 1976
25X1 4. LIAISON Called Bill Jordan, Senate
Appropriations Committee staff, concerning a sensitive Agency project
he was interested in while on his trip abroad and offered to give him a
briefing to serve his needs. Jordan said there was no problem and it
was agreed that I would stop by and discuss the matter with him.
25X1 5. LIAISON Frank Slatinshek, Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, called concerning the
Reserve release letter Mr. Kronfeld had just left with him and also
the status of the clearances on John Ford, who will be the Acting Chief
Counsel of the Committee upon Slatin.shek's departure in late January.
25X1 I said I would check on both of these matters and be back in touch.
6. LIAISON In the company of Bob Gambino,
D/OS, and met with representatives of the Department
25X1 of Justice and the House Select Committee on Assassinations, and
discussed the proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the
Committee and the FBI on the subject of background investigations.
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7. LIAISON I was informed by
SA/DO/0, that the House Appropriations Committee Surveys
and Investigations Staff had added a sixth investigator to their DDO
team. This man, whose name is is an active duty
special agent of the FBI from the Washington field office who has been
loaned to the .Committee. 0/SA/D0/0, will take care
of the administrative details with this man, such as obtaining the
necessary clearances and getting a badge. .
25X1 8. LIAISON Received a call from
Nancy Carman, on the staff of the House International Relations
Committee, who wanted to know if it would be possible to get
a list of the material picked up today from Jack
25X1 Brady, Chief of Staff of the Committee. She said she needed the
listing so they could keep their records straight. I told her I
would make a list of the material and send it to her. She thanked
me for my help.
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9. ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES Delivered
25X1 finding to House Armed Services,
House Appropriations, Senate Appropriations Committees and the Senate
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