HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BREAKFAST, 13 AUGUST 1974 AT 8:00 A.M.

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• Publication Date: August 12, 1974
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director
12 August 1974
SUBJECT: House Foreign Affairs Committee Breakfast,
13 August 1974 at 8:00 a. m.
. Arrangements.
We will have one Agency host at each four-place table and two
Agency hosts at each six-place table. I would expect that we will wind up
with a total of about 20 members present. At the present time we have
-1-& acceptances, 19 regrets, and k6 pending.
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I would like to have the Agency hosts in the dining room by
7:45 a.m. so we can take the members directly there. as they arrive and
the hosts can fill their tables. Coffee can be served while other members
are arriving.
As you agreed the Agency hosts will be, in addition to yourself, 25X1
Messrs. Duckett, Proctor, Nelson
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2. Agenda.
The Committee members are scheduled to leave by 9:30 a. m.
Therefore, I suggest you start introductory remarks as soon as you have
finished breakfast even though some members may be still finishing their
breakfast. (There are always late comers and if you wait for all of them
to finish breakfast before talking you will lose valuable time.) I recommend
that you give a short briefing. on the Agency's organization, identifying each
Deputy Director and office head present as you talk about his organization.
I think you should also cover the relationship of the Agency in the govern-
mental structure, explaining something of the USIB mechanism. Hopefully
this can be accomplished in about 20 minutes leaving the balance of the
time for the Congressmen to ask questions.
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3. Items of Agency Interest to be Covered.
While we do not want this to appear to be a lobbying session,
there are several legislative matters which the Committee will be consider-
ing in the next few days in which we have a vital interest. I think they can
be covered in the course of your organizational briefing.
b. Limitation on contact with foreign police, law
enforcement, and internal security services.
Senator Abourezk has submitted to the Foreign Relations
Committee an amendment to the foreign aid bill prohibiting such
contacts by U. S. Government personnel. (Tab B contains a copy
of the amendment and your letter to Chairman Morgan.) In the
course of your briefing on our overseas activities it may be
helpful to point out that such contacts are vital to our foreign
intelligence collection function. Exchanges between these
services and the Agency also affect our capability to collect
information on international drug traffic and international
terrorism.
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c. Harrington amendments.
We expect at least two amendments of possible interest
to this Agency to be introduced by Representative Harrington in
Committee mark-up this week.
(1) Police training.
This amendment is much narrower than Senator
Abourezk's and applies only to funds authorized in the
Foreign Assistance Act. Therefore it gives us no
problems, although Representative Harrington apparently
believes that we get some funds under that Act.
(2) CIA covert action.
According to remarks made by Representative
Harrington on the floor, he intends to introduce an
amen ment ro affectin Agency covert
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overseas. In addition, the amendment will attempt to
restate the Foreign Affairs Com,ra tte?gIss jurisdiction
to oversee CIA activities abroad affecting foreign
re,icons Attached at Tab C is a copy of Representative
Harrington 's floor statement.) To the best of our knowl-
edge Representative Harrington has not settled on the
exact language of this amendment.
d. Bolling report (House Select Committee on Committees).
As you know, Chairman Nedzi spoke to Representative
Hays about the proposal in this report that the, Foreign irs
Committee exercise an overview authority (not legislative over-
sight) over foreign and military intellience. Representative
Hays originally supported this- proposal, but we understand he
has withdrawn that support as a result of Chairman Nedzi's
conversations with him.
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Legislative Counsel
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