JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00818R000100060040-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: October 2, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 2 October 1974
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him of the status of H. R. 1281, which protects the constitutional rights of
Federal employees. e elt assured that we both were adequately covered
by exemption. He informed that he had been attending the hearings on
S. 2820, which establishes procedures for wire tapping in Government.
He hoped that the bill did not move since NSA would be seriously affected.
I informed him that the Senate Judiciary staff had. advised me that the bill had
little chance of being reported out but that there was always the possibility
that Senator Gaylord Nelson (D. , Wis.) or others could introduce the 25X1
substance of the bill as an amendment on the Senate floor to other legislation.
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OCI, I called Ray Haddox, INR, State Department, in response to his call
yesterday. (See item #10, 1 October 1974 Journal.) I informed Haddox that
the two publications were prepared by the Agency and were available only
through the Government Printing Office and further that no other CIA similar
publications were available through the GPO. Haddox said he would inform
Representative G. William Whitehurst's (R. , Va.) office that no other CIA
publications were available through the GPO and that this should close out
the request.
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Wednesday - 2 October 1974
4. Kempton Jenkins, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Congressional e ations, Department of State, returned my
call of yesterday and I explained 'to him the problem of section 28 to the
Foreign Assistance Authorization bill,_ S 3394, on ii.rnitation on expenditures
in Laos, and what would appear to be a imp e solution of incorporation similar
to that which was used in the conference report in connection with a similar
provision in previous Defense Procurement Authorization bills. It was agreed
that I would sera him the relevant material so he could evaluate whether
State would have any problem making the necessary representation to
Chairman Thomas Morgan "and Representative Peter Freli'ng'huysen, House
Foreign Affairs Committee.
Jenkins tsaid he was reviewing the check list on the` State Authorization
bill prior to a session with Chairman Wayne'Hays (. Ohio) and asked if
I could review *ith him our work with the Foreign Affairs Committee and
Representative Hays on this provision, which I did. 1Jenkins is fearful that
this work may be undone in the wake of the revelations on Chile.
25X1 5 I ICharles Meissner, Professional Staff
Member, Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, Senate Foreign
Relations Comrii.ittee, called. We tentatively set up =s;'briefing on the
international oil' problem `for Senator Charles H. Pey's ;R Ill. )
Committee and'per'sonal 'offi'ce- staff, on an unclas'siikied'level, for
8 October at 2:.V0' p. m. Meissner will callus earlyiiext v#e'ek and let us
know where we fill meet. Scott Cohen, Executive'}lisistantttto Senator Percy,
will be in attendance unless he is 'in New York with t?f!e' Seiatbr'bn U. N.
delegation business.
25X1 6e Called Bttd' McF''2rlane NSC, concerning
the Hughes amendment to the Foreign Assistance Authorization bill, S.% 94,
which may be' taken up today, which would prohibit covert actions except upon
a finding in a report to oversight committees by the?Ptesident. I told
McFarlane we 'were busy pulling together backgrourst1 material and possible
arguments for'$ur Senate' committees; that there wa's a certain appeal to the
proposition since it parallelled actual practices and` ommitments by the
Administration but that on the larger questions concYrni'dg the encroachment
upon the P:resi4ent's constitutional authority, there is a need?for, some guides,
particularly insight of the current atmosphere of conciliation. McFarlane
had not heard of the amendment and said he would get it to Scowcroft's
attention and let us know the results.
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12. John Martiny, General Counsel, House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee, called in response to my request
for the status of I1281, which protects the constitutional personal
rights of Federal employees. Martiny said that a committee print similar
to H. R. 1281 is on the agenda of the full Committee for consideration at its
meetingthis Thursday. Martiny assured me that the committee print grants
CIA, we well as the FBI and NSA, an exemption similar to H. R. 1281. If
a quorum is present, he is quite sure that the bill will be reported out. There
is no indication at this time that Representative Morris K. Udall (D. Ariz. )
will introduce an amendment to require all agencies to submit annual reports
to the Congress on the implementation of the bill.
13.1 Called Paul Summitt, Chief Counsel,
Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, Senate Judiciary Committee,
and inquired as to whether he knew what the position of the Attorney General
would be when he testifies tomorrow on S. 2820, which establishes procedures
for Government wire tapping. According to Summitt, the Attorney General
will strongly oppose the bill as an encroachment on the President's inherent
constitutional authority to engage in wire tapping, without a warrant, in
matters of foreign intelligence. We briefly discussed the Agency's position
and he made clear that Senator John L. McClellan (D. , Ark.) fully supports
the Attorney General. OGC, was advised.
14. Talked to Mary E. Flanagan, Executive Secretary
to Representative Lucien N. Nedzi (D. , Mich. ); Bill Hogan, Counsel, Intelligence
Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee; Berniece Kalinowski, Secretary
to Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee; Mrs.
Charlotte Norris, Personal Secretary to Representative Clement J. Zablocki
(D. , Wis. ); and Marian Czarnecki, Chief of Staff, House Foreign Affairs
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visiting members of Congress and senior staff with regard to his problem
The calls were appreciated.
15. Received a call from Dorothy Fosdick,
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations staff, Senate Government Operations
Committee, who requested a briefing for Senator Henry M. Jackson (D. , Wash. ),
if he is available, Richard Perle and herself on Portugal and the circumstan2(l
that led to the change in government last Monday, The meeting was scheduled
for Wednesday, 2 October, at 9:30 a. m.
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16. Met with Chairman Lucien N. Nedzi
(D. , Mich. ), Intelligence Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee,
and separately with Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House Armed Services
Committee, concerning Representative Jack Brooks (D. , Texas) letter of
23 September 1974. See Memorandum for the Record.
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