JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: January 6, 1976
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Journal Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 6 January 1976
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19. LIAISON Dick Moose, enate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, called concerning two foreigners
who claimed connection with Senator Hubert Humphrey (D., Minn.) and
wanted to meet with Moose concerning a central African country. Moose
asked if we could give him a reading on a
and a
I got the rundown from)
AF Division, that these individuals were trying to peddle a coup in the
Congo (Brazzaville) which we had handled on a don't call us we'll call
you basis following their attempt to contact General Walters, DDCI.
I attempted to contact Moose but he had gone for the day.
20. LIAISON Frank Schwartz, Survey
and Investigation Staff, House Appropriations Committee, requested the
distribution, in round numbers, of the National Intelligence Bulletin
for their DIA investigation. Mr. Parmenter, OCI, has been advised.
21. LIAISON Called General James
Lee, Department of the Army (Legislative Liaison) on a personnel matter
which I had previously discussed with General James Donovan, of his staff.
General Lee believes the matter will be satisfactorily resolved, was
appreciative of the Director's interest, and will advise us if and when we
might make a constructive contribution.
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16. BRIEFING Mark Moran, in the
office of Senator John Tunney (D., Calif.), called advising that he
and another staffer were going to Angola this weekend to assess the
situation and requested a briefing on who he should be on the look out
forl With the concurrence of Mr. Nelson, DDO,
AF Division, will brief Moran at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon.
17. LIAISON In response to his call, a
list of the people who we believe will be testifying before the Senate
Government Operations Committee on congressional. oversight was
sent to Jim Oliver, OMB.
18. LIAISON Charles Lombard, Senate
Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee staff, called wanting to
know what the highest post held. while he worked. for the
Agency. After checking with OP, I passed on the
information tol and he will call Lombard.
19. I ILIAISON Don Henderson,. Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, called on a request from Bill Bader,
Senate Select Committee staff, for the Agency' s reply to a 20 February
1967 letter from Senator J. W. Fulbright (D., Ark.) on the Agency's
relationship with certain educational institutions. I told Henderson. that
we would check our Archives and since the Committee has misplaced
the 20 February letter we would provide a copy of it also if we can
locate it.
20. HEARINGS Allison Brenner,
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Subcommittee on Investigations, House International R.elations Committee
staff, called to arrange a session with Mr. Thomas Polgar on the last
days of Vietnam. I said I assumed that they would be satisfied with anyone
who would be knowledgeable of the subject and she agreed.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 13 January 1975
1, ) ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES Delivered
to Sue Huck, in the office o Representative Larry McDonald (D. , Ga. ), her
ERTS photograph of Magadan USSR. Huck had loaned us the photograph in
hopes we could identify Soviet labor camps on it, but we were unsuccessful.
2. LIAISON Picked. up from David Martin.,
Subcommittee on Internal Security staff, Senate Judiciary Committee, one of
three parts of a Committee study on USSR labor camps.
3. ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES Delivered
to the office of Emilio Daddario, D/OTA, an STIC study entitled, Views on
Emerging Areas of Science and Technology Potentially hnportantto National
Security. I will pick up the study from Mr. Daddario when. he ha.s finished
with it.
4. LEGISLATION Picked up from Bob Mantel,
Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance and Economic Policy staff, Senate Foreign
C
Relations Committee, a copy of the Clark amendment on Angola.
5. LIAISON Ted Van Gilder, on the staff
of Representative William S. Cohen (R., Maine), requested an unclassified
analysis on the various oversight proposals which have been put forward
in Congress recently. provided an excellent summary and
I called Van Gilder and told him we would put it in the mail to him today.
6. LIAISON I met with Representative Charles E.
Bennett (D. , Fla.) in. his office to discuss the referral. of a constituent's
inquiry and action the Agency has taken and plans to take in this matter.
I told him that we hope to have a resolution shortly. He expressed his
appreciation for the briefing. (See Memorandum for the Record. )
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7. I I LIAISON After checking with
the Executive Registry, Mr. Angus Thuermer's office (Assistant
to the Director), the Office of Personnel, the Office of Security,
the Information and Privacy Staff, and our office records, I called
Diana Meyer, on the staff of Representative John F. Seiberling
(D. , Ohio), and told her that the Agency had no record of receiving
a letter from Randy Peton, per her inquiry of 9 January. I told her
that she could have Mr. Peton address his inquiry to this office or
send the letter that they had received from Mr. Peton to us.
8. LIAISON Called Bernie Engel,
Congressional Relations, Sta e Department, and requested that they not
include specific CIA briefings on Angola when they release the list of
briefings provided the Hill but instead for CIA briefings include a state-
ment that other briefings have been provided in compliance with Section
662 of the Foreign Assistance Act to six appropriate committees of
Congress. Engel agreed.
9. I IBRIEFING Called Richard Fryklund,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs) Department of Defense,
to determine if Secretary Rumsfeld planned to appear in open session before
the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations Committee-,
concerning Angola, explaining that Chairman Dick Clark (D., Iowa) had
sent a letter to the Director asking him to appear along with Secretary
Rumsfeld. Fryklund said that so far they have made no commitment.
Later, I advised Fryklund of the plan for Secretary Kissinger
to appear after his return from the Soviet Union and that we would
attempt to get agreement that the Director should follow and not precede
the Secretary. Fryklund said they would be happy to follow also.
10. (Unclassified - LLM) LEGISLATION Jim Oliver, OMB,
called and we discussed the Director's letter to James Lynn, Director,
OMB, on our intelligence sources and methods, especially several
sections of the draft bill.
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11. LIAISON Paul Fridenberg, a
professor at u ane niversx y serving a six month stint in the office
of Senator Bennett Johnston (D., La.), called for unclassified information
on Israeli defense and economic needs and I provided him the names of
several publications which would be available from the Library of
Congress and he was most appreciative.
12. I LIAISON Called Allison Brenner,
Subcommittee on Investigations, House International Relations Committee
staff, concerning interest in a staff interview of Mr. Thomas Polgar
in connection with the Subcommittee's investigation into the final days
of Vietnam. I told her that Mr. Polgar was out of the country but if
she could more specifically identify their interest we would be able to
provide a substitute. The Subcommittee is planning a hearing on
26 January with Ambassador Graham Martin involving the plans for
evacuation, the United States' role and that of the various Federal agencies
in the closing days,, the planning for the evacuation of American and.
Vietnamese citizens, inter -Governmental decision making, early evacuation
by certain Federal agencies, the general assessment of the last days,
and the reasons for holding the Americans there until. the end. I told
Brenner that I would do what we could and be back in touch.
Congressional Relations, State Department, to determine if Secretary
Kissinger had agreed to appear before the Subcommittee on African
Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and was informed that
in a conversation between Secretary Kissinger, Senator Dick Clark
(D., Iowa) and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, William E.
Schaufele, Jr. , postponement of the hearing was discussed so that
the Secretary could participate.
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14. LEGISLATION David Allen,
Legislative Assistant to Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D., Texas), called and we
discussed at some length the absence of laws detering the publication of
names of CIA employees and the legal requirements for such a law.
Senator Bentsen is considering introducing such legislation.
BRIEFING Called. Kempton Jenkins,
LIAISON Les Janka, NSC staff, called
for General 13rent cowcro , 7, 717 said we would send to him, as Soon as
it was dry wn together, a package on the legal alternatives for aid tc,
Anao1a ani what it means.
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10. LIAISON Jack Brady, House
International Relations Committee staff, called to ask for the return
of all transcripts of Sections 662 briefings for Representative Leo Ryan
(D., Calif.) to review at 2:00 p.m. today. I told Brady we would get the
transcripts up to him.
11. LIAISON Called Jim Oliver, OMB,
to alert him that the Director was going to call James Lynn, Director,
OMB, on the release of our intelligence sources and methods package.
12. LIAISON Frank Sullivan, Senate Armed
Services Committee staff, called requesting an update on Soviet spending
and manpower and I explained that we were pulling together a comprehensive
paper on dollar/ruble comparisons, that manpower would be a part of it,
but it will not be finished until March. I said we recognized that this
may not be timely for Committee purposes and we were seeing what we
can do to speed it up without sacrificing quality.
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LIAISON David Allen, Legislative
Assistant to Senator Lloyd Bents
discussed legislation on the publi
en (D., Texas), called and we further
cation of the identity of CIA employees.
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LIAISON Called Jack Ticer, Senate
Armed Services Committee staff,
on the timing of Ambassador Bush's
confirmation. Ticer said because of the press of other business it
looks as though the Senate vote most likely will not occur before the
week of 2 February, but they are hopeful it will occur before Congress
recesses on 6 February.
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15. LEGISLATION Called Jim Oliver, OMB,
and further discussed the points he had raised on the intelligence sources
and methods proposal.
16. HEARING Bruce Van Voorst, on the
staff of Senator Dick Clark (D., Iowa), called saying they believe
Secretary Kissinger will appear before the Subcommittee on African
Affairs, Senate Foreig.i Relations Coinmittee,around the 26th of January,
but Van ,, oorst will let us know definitely.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 15 January 1976
1.1 1 BRIEFING Bruce Van Voorst, on the
staff of Senator Dick Clark (D., Iowa), called and said Secretary
Kissinger would be testifying before the Subcommittee on African
Affairs, Senate Fo-reign Relations Committee, ' on 26 January at 10: 00 a. m.
on Angola. They would like Mr. Colby the following day. I said I
would check the Director's calendar and be back in touch.
and discussed legislation and funding of the Sinai agreement.
to a call from Representative William Harsha (R., Ohio), requested
OP, to arrange an employment interview for the
Government Operations Committee staff, called and we reviewed problems
on the proposed hearings on congressional oversight.
When things quiet down, Childers wants to meet with us to be
sure there is adequate protection for our employees in the financial
disclosure section of the Watergate Reform legislation which the
Committee will probably report favorably.
5? I I LIAISON Met with Frank Slatinshek, Chief
Counsel, House rme Services Committee, and reviewed expenditure figures on a Section 662 program in response to his recent request.
6. LEGISLATION Met with. Charles Mitchell,
Executive Secretary to Senator James Allen (D., Ala.), to review
problems and recommendations on congressional oversight. Senator Allen,
in his role on the Senate Government Operations Committee, will be
considering oversight legislation.
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Relations Committee staff, called to see if we could update him on
the situation in Angola so he could brief Senator Hubert Humphrey
(D., Minn.). I told him I was sure we could arrange this and could
also arrange a briefing for Senator Humphrey as well if this is
desired.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, on the current situation in
Angola. '
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and I met with Bill Keis, of Representative Robert Mic e s R. , Ill.) office, to
explain the language of a bill protecting intelligence personnel from identification
drafted for the Congressman.
DIA, who informed mne that the secret-level photos of Soviet labor camps
had been turned over to John Holstein, on the staff of the House International
Relations Subcommittee on International Political and Military Affairs, where
there was appropriate storage for secret-level materials. I told Geisen that
it was not our policy to leave such photos anywhere on Capitol Hill, and he
said it was his intention to pick them up today or tomorrow. He also informed
me that Fred Smith, Administrative Assistant to Representative Larry
McDonald (D. , Ga. ),did not have a security clearance and that one would not
be completed for him until February.
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Vince Morelli, in the office of Representative Jack Kemp (R., N. Y.), to
discuss the question of congressional oversight. Representative Kemp originally
planned to introduce an oversight bill of his own at the beginning of the Second
Session, but apparently now is waiting to see the outcome of the Administration/
Senate Select Committee negotiations regarding oversight. We relayed our
chief concerns regarding oversight, and Morelli, although understanding,
responded with some traditional congressional viewpoints.
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