JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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January 27, 1978
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Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941A000500030004-4 SECRET Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3 Friday - 27 January 1978 10. FOIA Bob Bernstein, in the office of Senator Harrison i iams D. , N.J.), called on behalf of a constituent, Steven A. Sussman, regarding mind control experiments involving the University of Rochester. I advised Mr. Bernstein that Mr. Sussman should send his inquiry to our Information and Privacy Coordinator and provided the appropriate address. 11. LIAISON Received a call from Dorothy Fosdick, on the staff o the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, who requested unclassified and classified bios on Chinese leaders. She said these were for use by Chairman Henry M. Jackson (D. , Wash. ). I alerted NFAC/CSS. 12. LIAISON Called Marsha Matts, House Appropriations Committee staff, and asked that she advise Mr. Charles Snodgrass, of the Committee staff, that we were checking to find out what happened to the cassette which Representative Joseph Addabbo (D., N. Y.) gav I told her we were hoping it would be in the pouch tomorrow, but if it isn't, we will send a cable and find out where it is. I told her we would let them know as soon as possible. 13. 1 BRIEFINGS Received a call from Jane McMullan, Senate Appropriations Committee staff, who said the Committee would like to have the Director appear on two consecutive days on the NFIP posture and the CIA posture. She gave me the time periods of 1 to 23 March or 3 to 14 April for us to pick the two days. I told her I would check with the Director's office and get back to her. 14.1 LIAISON Called Tom Latimer, Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to see if he had any problem with the position we planned to take regarding the letter to the Director from Chairman John D. Dingell (D., Mich. ), House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, and he had none. ST Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941A000500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/OWilgn "-RDP80-00941 A000500030004-4 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 4 Friday - 27 January 1978 15. LIAISON Accompanied the Director and Ted Shackley, ADDO, to a meeting with Chairman John D. Dingell (D. , Mich. ), House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, regarding the Chairman's letter to the Director dated 20 January. Also present were Frank Potter, Peter Stockton, and Michael Ward, all on the Subcommittee staff. Chairman Dingell, for his part, said he would not operate through other committees. The Director, for his part, made his position equally clear. It appears that we will be able to work out an accommodation mutually satisfactory to both and in the event of any disagreement it should be brought to their attention for resolution. Mr. Potter raised the question on the accuracy of some information provided by the analytical side of the house and the Director said if there is any question on this or any other matter, for Potter to get in touch with me to be brought to the Director's attention to be resolved. 16. LIAISON After a discussion wit I returned the call of Robert Beck, staff of House, Interior Committee, and made tentative arrangements fo with Beck and staff associate, Henry Myers, at 2-00 p.m. on Monday, 30 January, to discuss the Agency' Chairman Morris Udall's letter requesting a further meeting 25X~ 17. LIAISON Received a call from Skip Endres, 25X1 House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization. Endres called and asked if I would look into arrangements that were being made for a briefing on illegal immigration from Mexico into the U. S. to be given by Averill Farley, NFAC. Endres had been given Farley's name by the Library of Congress as having prepared a report on the subject and Endres called her directly. Farley told Endres she would have to submit the request through proper channels. Endres asked that the briefing be held sometime next week. I said I would check and that someone from our staff would get back to him. I reminded Endres that our office still has the classified notes that Committee staffer Peter Regis had taken sometime back and that we had further material prepared for Regis' review whenever convenient for him. Endres made no comment, but did inquire as to the status of the review of the summaries by the GAO investigating team. I said this was coming right along and should be completed within the month. Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941A000500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 SECRET Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 5 Friday - 27 January 1978 18. LIAISON Called Tim Ingram, House 25X1 Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights staff, and alerted h' r review of the Committee's galley proofs of the report of th case disclosed a very serious 25X1 problem which I would want to discuss wit im. He said there is a complete hold on the galleys and he asked that we discuss the problem when he comes out on I February. 19. LIAISON A meeting was held in my office from 8:30 a. m. until 10:00 a. m. to discuss Gary Cornwell's, Deputy Staff Chief, House Select Committee' on Assassinations, letter from Chairman Louis Stokes to the Director setting forth revised procedures for Committee staffers to review unsanitized CIA documents and Secr Also present at the meeting wer 25X1 DDAI OGC, an I' I O/SA/DO/O. Certain ~;Kl additional changes were agreed to which 'Cornwell will clear with Professor G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, and which Agency representatives present will clear with their principals. Later in the day, I received a call from Cornwell confirming full acceptance of the changes with one minor exception in the fifth paragraph of the Secrecy Agreement. All of the representatives concurred in the Chairman's letter. A letter confirming the Director's acceptance and approval will be prepared for transmission to the Director for his signature. 20. BRIEFING Susan Kniss, in the office of Senator Richard C. Clark (D., Iowa), called to say that in addition to the Senator, Pauline Baker, on the Subcommittee on African Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bruce van Voorst, on the Senator's personal staff, would attend the briefing scheduled for this afternoon. 21 LIAISON Jim George, House Government Operations Committee sta , ca led to request any unclassified information the Agency has on the Soviet Navy, going all the way back to World War II. I said I would check into it and get back to him. SECRET Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 Q Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 ? Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 scr ''T Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 7 Friday - 27 Journal 1978 25 LIAISON Jim Davis, in the office of Representative Dawson Mathis D. , Ga. ), called to request background information on an Australian journalist by the name of Burchett. The information was requested by a constituent who was attempting to develop facts which could be presented to the Department of State in an attempt to get Burchett deported. I told him I was n "ure we could be of any help but would look into it. GEORGE L. CARY cc: O/DDCI Ex. Sec. DDA DDS&T Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu IC Staff SA/DO/O Comptroller NFAC GET Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00 Cad FIDENT1AL l'i@005000367004-44 Ins Outs ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Friday - 27 January 1978 I LIAISON Received a call from Rod Moore, in the office of Representative Don Young (R., Alaska), who requested a copy of "Soviet Commercial Operations in the West. " I told him that a copy would be forwarded to him. 21 I LIAISON Received a call from Jim George, House Governmen pera ions ommittee staff, who requested a copy of "A Dollar Cost Comparison of Soviet and U. S. Defense Activities, 1967-77. " I told him that a copy would be forwarded to him. 3.1 j LIAISON Received a call from Peter Almquist, in the of ice of Representative Jim Lloyd (D., Calif. ), who requested two copies of the mistakenly released SNIE on nuclear proliferation. I told him that we would look into the matter and have someone call him back. OLC, is following up on it and will call Almquist back. 4.1 LEGISLATION In the company of Geor e Car Le islative Counsel Assistant to the DCI; and I OGC, attended a meeting chaired by IC Staff, and attended by representatives from other Community agencies and departments to discuss charter legislation generally and particularly the SSCI draft Title II. The consensus was that the SSCI drafts overall were overly detailed and restrictive and that Title II in particular was completely unacceptable in its present form. It was agreed tha would draft a memorandum t:) the Director reflecting this position and recommending that he seek to have the probable SSCI sponsors of the legislation delay imminent introduction of the charter bill so that further efforts could be made to narrow disagreement and possibly reach agreement on a set of general charter principles. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 5. LEGISLATION Discussed briefly with 25X1 Elliot Maxwe , on e stall o. e Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the following issues relating to provisions in the latest SSCI draft Title I: The Director's hiring and appointment authority, transfer to the DNI under the charter legislation of Executive level and equivalent positions, and the "Office of the Director of National Intelligence" included in the SSCI draft Title I. 1 ENTIAL _- IMPDET CL BY Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/Q!1/1"j'4QQ@O. 00941A000500030004-4 Addendum to Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Friday - 27 January 1978 6. I ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES Delivered to te o' i.ce o The House International Relations Committee, House Appropriations Committee, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee, copies of a biography of DDCI-designee, Frank Carlucci, and copies of his statement to be presented to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today during his confirmation hearings. 7. ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES Delivered __ =crivrvr _A, ranusin Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff, legal opinions regarding the open budget issue. 8. I krmanent IAISON In the absence of Thomas K. Latimer, Stan Direc or, House Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike O'Neil, Patrick Long and other various other senior Committee staff members, I gave to Sharon Leary, of the Committee staff, a copy of the document released erroneously recently under FOIA dealing with the nuclear capabilities of several nations. I explained what happened in this case and Leary agreed to bring this to the attention of Latimer. 9 LIAISON Met with Dick Giza, House Permanent e ect Committee on Intelligence staff, who said t evening with Representative Charles Rose (D., N. Car. had been quite successful. He said that Representative d in determining I agreed to try to get a list for him. Giza said he would meet wit on 1 February at 2:00 p. m. regarding DDA data processing. He would then like to see Ed Hineman, D/OWI, to follow up on his meetin re arding OWI's use of telemetry, immediately after the meeting with I said I would try to set this up. 10. LIAISON Received from Carol Wiiks, House Permanent Select ommi ee on Intelligence staff, the transcript of Intelligence Community testimony before the Subcommittee on Legislation, on 18 January on S. 1566 and other electronic surveillance bills. 11.1 LIAISON Met with Loch Johnson, House Permanent Committee on Intelligence staff, regarding his meeting Wit'~h SA/DO/O, yesterday on Agency media programs. Johnson 25X1 felt a meeting had gone quite well and he had learned a great deal from the session. Johnson elaborated on the follow up items. FIE i AL Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941A000500030004-4 Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941A000500030004-4 mFIDFNT1AL Addendum to Journal - Of ice o Legislative Counsel Page 3 Friday - 27 January 1978 12. HEARING Along with George Cary, 25X1 Legislative Counsel, an PA Office, I attended the first 25x1 day of Ambassador Frank Carlucci's nomination hearings for DDCI before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D. , Hawaii), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, opened the hearing by announcing his resignation had been accepted by the Democratic Caucus and that Senator Birch Bayh (D., Ind.) had been appointed the new Chairman. Ambassador Carlucci read his prepared statement and then answered questions from Senator Bayh which dealt primarily with Executive Order 12036, from Senator William Hathaway (D., Maine) which dealt primarily with his previous Government career, especially in the Nixon Administration, and from Senator Walter Huddleston (D., Ky. ). Senator Richard Schweiker (R., Pa.) made a brief statement in support of the nomination. Because of a late start and numerous interruptions for floor votes, the hearings were recessed until 30 January at 2:00 p. m. when there will be another open session followed by an executive session. 13.1 1 LIAISON Delivered to Patrick Long, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff, the world map which he had requested. I discussed with Long his request that Representative Robert McClory (R. , Ill. ) n 11 February. 25x1 Long gave me several spe 14. LIAISON Met with Abram Shulsky, Senate Select Committee on In e igence staff, who gave me approximately 10 pages of Russian script which had been turned over to Senator Daniel Moynihan's (D., N. Y.) New York office by a Russian immigrant. The paper is a discussion of the Soviet missile program. I agreed to pass this to Agency analysts and then return the paper to Shulsky. 15.1 LIAISON Met with Mike Epstein, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, who gave me pages from Fred Malek's, former Nixon Administration official, testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee. The testimony referred to the "responsiveness program" which Ambassador Frank Carlucci had been asked about at today's confirmation hearing. 16.1 1 LIAISON Met with Hal Ford, Senate 25X1 Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and told him we would like the opportunity to meet with Senator Adlai Stevenson (D., Ill.) to get feedback from his recent tri Ford said he would try to set this up. 25X1 ON U Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941A000500030004-4 Approved For Release 20TOMWE 80-00941 A000500030004-4 INTERNAL USE ONLY Addendum to Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 4 Friday - 27 January 1978 17. LIAISON Met with James Gehrig, Subcommittee on Science and Space, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and showed him an Agency paper on COSMOS 954. Gehrig asked me about radiation from the satellite and I put him directly in touch withF7 NFAC, for an answer to his question. 18. L, I LIAISON Picked up from Earl Eisen hower, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, a copy of a letter from Louis Rutstein to Senator Howard Baker (R., Tenn.) which had been forwarded to Eisenhower by Howard Liebengood, Legislative Assistant in the Minority Leader's office. The letter charges that either the Agency or FBI was investigating Rutstein's client, Sheryl Crain. Eisenhower asked for a report on the allegatigtr.-" A~ting Legislative Counsel cc: O/DDCI Ex. Sec. DDA DDS&T Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O IC Staff Comptroller NFAC INTERNAL USE ONLY Approved For Release 2006/09/10: CIA-RDP80-00941AO00500030004-4