JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00957A000100020037-8
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: December 2, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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1, Received a call from George Berdes,
on the staff of the Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific
Developments, House Foreign.Affairs Committee, who asked if the briefing
next week on SALT for the Subcommittee could be changed to Thursday,
12 December, at 10:00 a.. m. in H. 236 of the Capitol. After checking with
Mr. Duckett's office, I told Berdes that this time appeared to be fine, but
I would confirm later with Mr. Duckett.
2 In the absence of William H. Hogan, Counsel,
commi ee, oa.se Armed Services Committee, I gave
Intelligence Subcommittee,'
Rita Argenta, his Personal Secretary, a proposed response for Chairman
Lucien N. Nedzi's use in replying to Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier
D. Wis; concerning a letter from a constituent,
3. Received a call from Rita Argenta, Personal
Secretary to William H. Hogan, Counsel., Intelligence Subcommittee, House
Armed Services Committee, who told me the transcripts of the testimony of
Dr. Schlesinger, General Cushman, James McCord and John Young are
.ready to be picked up for sanitization by the Agency. Miss Argenta also
told me that Mr. Hogan would appreciate the return of the transcripts of
4. et with Guy McConnell, Senate Appropriations
Committee staff, an e livered to him the Director's letter of 29 November 1974
relating to a withdrawal from the Reserve. McConnell will brief Chairman
McClellan at his earliest opportunity.
5. et with Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and delivered to him the Director's letter of 29 November 1974
concerning a Reserve withdrawal. Preston needed no further briefing since he
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6. I I Accompanied OCI,
to a meeting with Norvill Jones, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
staff, who will be leaving on Friday, 6 December, for China. He will
be travelling with Senator Mike Mansfield (D. , Mont.) and Frank Valeo,
Secretary of the Senate, and some six or seven other persons. Since
Jones had visited China with S for Mansfield in 1972, the dialogue
between himself and as a rather cryptic question and answer
session which was enjoyed by both parties. There are no follow ups from
today's session.
7. Talked to Art Kuhl, Chief Clerk, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, who told me there are no definitive plans
for floor action on the Foreign Assistance Act. The Committee report
was filed on Friday and it is expected there will be further discussions
in the Committee today with regard to various aspects of the floor action.
Although it is always possible that the bill could be called up during the
week, more than likely it will be scheduled for the week of 9 December.
8. Called Paul Summitt, Chief Counsel,
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, and
requested an extension of a few days for the submission of our comments on
the latest Committee Print of S. 1 and S. 1400, the revision of the criminal
laws. Summitt said anytime this week would be fine. We discussed briefly
section 1124 of the bill, which establishes criminal sanctions for the
unauthorized disclosure of classified information. Summitt said there has
been considerable pressure from liberal groups against the measure. Senator
John L. McClellan (D., Ark.) is intent on keeping the provision strong in
Committee. Any changes will have to be made on the floor. Summitt personally
feels that section 1524 will be defeated with the present climate in Congress.
9. et with Charles Holmes, Administrative
Assistant to Representative Bob Eckhardt (D. , Tex. ). I mentioned Mr. Eckhardt's
reference, during the House debate on the privacy bill, H. R. 16373, to the
problems of an unnamed female Agency employee which caused him concern.
I made it clear that I was not probing or conducting an inquiry but only wanted
to be of assistance if Mr. Eckhardt wanted to pursue the matter. Holmes said
he had no knowledge of the case but will discuss it with Mr. Eckhardt and asked
that I call him in a few days.
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10.1 I Bill Skidmore, OMB, returned my call of
Friday and I questioned him regarding the procedure for handling the submission
Yef comments on S. 1, the bill to revise Title 18 of the U. S. Criminal Code.
Skidmore said under the circumstances they had waived OMB clearance
procedures, that reporting agencies should submit their reports directly to
the Committee as well as to the Department of Justice which is coordinating
all comments for the Executive Branch. Skidmore said the bill was just too
voluminous a. to go through the normal clearance procedures.
I have advisedi OGC, who is preparing our reply on this.
Called Guy McConnell, Senate Appropriations
Committee staff, and alerted hi n to the possible problems that might be
Lncou.ntered with the Hughes amendment to the Foreign Assistance bill as
modified by our language. I raised the Committee jurisdiction question with
McConnell since the bill would cut off all funds under the Foreign Ass istance
Act or any other act for purposes of covert activities unless the President
makes a finding and a subsequent report to the Congress. McConnell did not
recall this amendment and thanked me fo:c letting him know about it.
12. Talked with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
L,Armed Services Committee, about the implications of the Hughes amendment to
? the Foreign Assistance bill, S. 3394. I suggested some possible alternatives
by which Senator Stennis might tackle this problem including the possibility of
moving to delete the Hughes amendment with the understanding the Senate would
then take up Stennis' amendments to the National Security Act,..:S. 2597. I said
conceivably the House committee could then add the Director's Intelligence Sources
and Methods legislation for acceptance by the Senate either on the floor or in
conference, I told him I thought this was not too extreme a procedure in view of
the fact that Senator Proxmire had successfully obtained Senate passage of a
measure comparable to the Stennis bill although it failed in the House. Braswell
said he tho}ight it would be difficult to do ::his since Stennis would have to report
his bill out of committee without having held hearings on it. In any event we
agreed I would provide Braswell with a talking paper and possible colloquy
for use on the Senate floor on this.
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13. When notified there would be a Legislative
Interdepartmental Group meeting at the White House tomorrow morning, I
strongly urged Bud McFarlane, of the NSC staff, to have a member of the
Justice Department present in view of the constitutional issues over the Hughes
t/amendment. He thanked me for the suggestion and said he would take care of it.
14. Received a call from Don Henderson, Senate
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had been informed by someone who they considered to be reputable (although
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15.1 Received a call from Greg Rushford, in the
office of Representative Clarence Long, who was most apologetic and said he
found that through a scheduling error, Mr. Long would not be able to receive
our briefing on the Persian Gulf area on Wednesday. He suggested that we try
a date sometime next week or the following week. I told him I would check
on the availability of our briefers and be back in touch with him.
16. alked to a number of officials at
OMB and State Department concerning steps the Administration would be taking
bin connection with the amendment in H. R. 17488 to phase out the tax exemption
for overseas allowances for Government employees. General indications were
that effective steps are being taken and there is little likely prospect for
favorable action on this amendment this Congress, but we will have to stay
on top of it. See Memorandum for the Record.
17. In connection with his call of Wednesday,
27 November 1974, advised PFIAB staff, that
there was nothing in our records inconsistent with what he had reported to
Governor Rockefeller based on PFIAB records, e. g. , that the 3 and 4
December 1970 briefings of PFIAB on-Chile. were post mortem in nature. See
Memorandum for the Record.
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