PRINCIPAL LETTERS SIGNED BY MR. BLAKE IN YOUR ABSENCE

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• Publication Date: September 19, 1977
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MEDRANDUM FOR: Admiral Turner
SUBJECT , Principal Letters Signed by
Mr. Blake in Your Absence
2. ^ The Acting DCI wrote the Ch/Senate Government Affairs
Corrurdttee on 13 September stating that S. 61.9, the "Federal Reports
Authorship Disclosure Act of 1977," is unnecessary since all or most
of the information covered by this Act can be obtained under the Freedom
of Information Act and noted that this Act may be in conflict with the
DCI's authority to protect intelligence sources and methods (Tab B).
(Copies to Acting DDA, GC, Comptroller, DDI, II and LC)
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4. ^ In three separate letters to the Ch/Senate Foreign Relations
Committee cPated 14 September, the Acting DCI informed him that the CIA has
no objection to the release of transcripts of 16 January 1964, 20 and 21
October 1969, and 11 November 1969 Committee hearings held in executive
session on United States Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad and
a World Situation briefing by former Secretary of State Rusk (Tab D).
(Copy to LC)
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that he advise the State Department, FBI, and selected Congressional leaders
that eaders plan to use contacts with US legislators to
convey t e 1 ea that conducted his lobbying activities on his
own initiative and wrote so advising the Secretary of State and D/FBI (Tab E).
(Copies to DDO and LC) T
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6. 0 The Acting DCI wrote the Ch/SSCI on 14 September
forwarding responses to questions concerning the case of
(Tab F), (Copies to DDO and LC)
7. The Acting DCI wrote the Ch/SSCI on 15 September for-
warding ad tional information requested during the open hearing on
MKULTRA held on 3 August and informed him that information on individuals
associated with MKULTRA subprojects at safehouses was forwarded to the
Committee staff on 13 September (Tab G). (Copy to LC)
8. 0 The Acting DCI wrote informing Representative Quayle
(R., Indiana) on 14 September that the CIA records do not contain
the names of unwitting subjects involved in Project MKULTRA, but
if any institution notifies us that his constituent has been such
a subject, the CIA will notify the Congressman immediately (Tab H).
(Copies to Acting DDA, DDSEIT, GC, IG, LC, and OTS)
9. The Acting DCI wrote the D/OMB forwarding the FY 1979
CIA zero-base budget estimates for use in the joint review of the NFIP
(Tab I). (Copy to Comptroller)
10. ^ The Acting DCI wrote the D/OMB forwarding the FY 1979
budget request for the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund (Tab J).
(Copies to Acting D/DCI/TC and Comptroller)
11. The Acting DCI wrote informing the Ch/Subcommittee on
Health and cientific Research of the Senate Htmian Resources Committee
on 15 September that we are providing all materials that we have identi-
fied in our files relating to Project M NAOMI and forwarded a copy of a
summary report and a talking paper used by former DDS&T Duckett (Tab K).
(Copies to DDS&T, GC, IG, LC, and OTS)
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14. The Acting DCI wrote the Ch/SSCI on 16 September
informing TON research is continuing on the requested list of all
individual projects which have been reclassified from covert action
to collection and vice versa since 1 July 1972 and advised that-the
budgeted for covert action in was
pace in a fund used to finance all reprogramming actions (Tab N).
(Copies to SA/DDO and LC)
15. The Acting DCI' wrote informing Representative Horton
(R., New Yore on 16 September that a letter from one
man's constituents regarding CIA sponsored research on
which resulted from publicity of the MKULTRA program has been referred
to the appropriate office for direct correspondence with this constituent
(Tab 0). (Copies to Acting DDA, DDS&T, GC, and LC)
16, 0 The Acting DCI wrote Representative Pease (D., Ohio)
forwarding our comments on the ramifications of a possible US boycott
of (Tab P) . (Copy to LC)
17. 0 The Acting DCI wrote the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs and the Secretary of State setting forth
several options for responding to the recent expulsion of two CIA
officers from Moscow with the recommendation that nothing be done
unless the Soviets publicize either of these compromises (Tab Q).
(Copies to Acting DDO and C/SE/DDO)
18. ^ The Actin R wrote the D/FBI forwarding information
volunteered y a former II employee on operations of the corporation
(Tab R). (Copies to Acting DDO, GC, SIA/DDO, and C/DCD/DDO)
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