JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS REPORT LANGUAGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 8, 1978
• Content Type: MFR

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8 August 1978
SUBJECT: Justice Department Appropriations Report Language
1. The undersigned met on the morning of 7 August 1978 with Representatives
of the Department of Justice in order to discuss report language in the Senate
Appropriations Report for Justice which requires that the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, under the control, and guidance of the Attorney General,
deny entry visas to Soviet Bloc intelligence personnel seeking admission to the
United States. In attendance at the meeting were,
Michael Wenk, Department of Justice, Office of Program Review
and Budget
Michael Roper, Department of Justice, Office of Program Review
and Budget
2.1 explained to the Justice representatives the
probable deliterious effect of such legislation on CIA's overseas operations..
We specifically pointed out that any such denials and/or explusions would
almost certainly result in a tit-for-tat retaliation on the part of the Soviets
and other blot rations. uather stated that not only would this STAT
drastically reduce, if not eliminate our operational capability irfi the bloc
nations, but that it also would not serve to make the job of the FBI any easier
in the long run. To illustrate he utilized the British example wherein after
Britain expelled lOS Soviet KGB/GRU officers they found that these officers
were replaced, at least in part, by officers in either an illegal. (NOC) status
or "clean" officers under diplomatic cover. The result, being not'-'to eliminate
the hostile intelligence presence but rather making it. more difficult to detect.
There is no reason to believe that a sirnialr result would not come about should
the U.S. conduct mass expulsions.
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3~ The Justice representatives are under clep.r orders from the Office
of the Attorney General to the effect that the objectionalbe language not
appear in the conference report ~vi.th conference expected to occur later this
week or early next).
The language, in the opinion of the Office of the Attorney-General, not
only severely limits his current discretionary authority, regarding this
type of matter, but is clearly not in the national; interest; thus the strong
Justice positions.
5. Legislation staff is currently working with both the Department of--
Justice and the Department of State in order to arrive at a unified strategy
so as to insure that this provision is struck (that is, contrary language
included in the conference report) or at least greatly modified allowing
for broad. discretion on the part of the Attorney General in consultation
with the Department of State and Intelligence Comm unity.
6. Towards this end this office is preparinga talking points paper
so that Deputy Director Carlucci may telephone Senator Ernest Hollings
(D., S. Car.), the provisions author, and express to him this Agency's
concerns with the report language.
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