JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: March 28, 1978
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Tuesday - 28 March 1978
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18. ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES
slivered to 0 Cooke, S ena e Select Committee on Intelligence staff,
a copy of an acknowledgement of compartmented briefing signed by
Howard Liebengood, former Minority Staff Director of the Committee.
1 LIAISON Met with John Elliff, Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and info that the Agency
had no evidence for Soviet support for terroris This was a
follow-up from the 23 March briefing of Ellif and David aw also o the
Committee staff, on problems confronting thel
F Ind their effect on U. S. security.
20. I ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES
Delivered to Martha Mac ona c, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
staff, Headquarters Instruction Sheet #1105 fond an HIS fo
a memorandum from Robert Gambino, Director o ecurity, regar ing
clearance access for Thomas E. Crowley, a member' of the Committee
staff, anthe CIA Records Destruction Policy, and a copy
of a letter w is was sent to Representative Louis Stokes (D., Ohio),
Chairman, House Select Committee on Assassinations from the Director
regarding destruction of documents, all for Bill Miller, Staff Director,.
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
21. LIAISON I called Pete Kinsey, in the
office of Senator Lowell P. Weicker (R., Conn.), and referring to the
request made by Senator Weicker to Mr. Frank Carlucci in a telephone
conversation regarding information o I told him that
CIA had no information other than tha which appears in press reports.
He said he would pass it on to Senator Weicker.
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22.1 I LIAISON I called Bob Dockery, Acting
Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and told him of Hans
Binnendijk's, on the staff of the Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance,
request for the Agency's study on the Middle East air balance. I told
him we would be sending him a copy and asked him to restrict. the report
to himself, Norvill Jones, Committee Chief of Staff, Hans Binnendijk, and
any Members of the Committee who desired to read the report and to return
it when they no longer needed it. He said he would be happy to.
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23.1 I LIAISON DIA, called and 25x1
with regard to epresen vie Iles Aspin's (1). , Wis. current trip to Europe
asked if we had any indication that the Conte would be seeking meetings
with Defense attaches. sked whaepxesentative Aspire was 25x1
using for his trip. I tol at he was going under the auspicies of the 25x1
House Armed Services Committee and that he wanted a meeting with a couple
of country team representatives and that he might possibly seek a meeting
with Defense attaches but that he. had not made any such requests to date.
24. LIAISON Called Brian Atwood, State
Departmen , ana e my conversation with Hans Binnendijk, Senate
Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance staff, regarding the
Committee's air balance study and asked if he would send us a copy. He
said he would be happy to and I arranged to have a courier pick it up
tomorrow morning.
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request and based on i t orma on provided b C/CSS/NFAC,
I called Martha Tally, House Committee on Stan ar s of Official Conduct staff,
and gave her the names of Edwin Reischauer of Harvard; Philip Habib,
former U. S. Ambassador to Korea; and Donald McDonald, East Strasburg
College, Pennsylvania, as suggested qualified witnesses that the Committee
may want to contact. The Committee 4*,,,planning hearings covering a historical
perspective of what events in South Korea caused that Government to engage
in a large scale program to solicit U. S. support of South Korea and had
asked us to suggest qualified witnesses.
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26. LIAISON Took a call from Melanda, in the
office of Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D., Texas), who inquired about tours of CIA for
constituents. I indicated that tours were not available but that we would be
happy to provide a briefing for a group of constituents on the Hill.
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27. LIAISON Dan Hardway, House Select
Committee on Assassinations staff, visited C&R Conference Room to.
interview two current Agency employees. Notes were taken, will be
sanitized and then forwarded to the Committee.
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9. I (LIAISON Called Carl Wesloski, in
the office 6iRsaZi'Pe Aspin (D. , Wis. ), and asked her to
please forward me a copy of Representative Aspin's study on SALT.
She said that she would be happy to. When I receive-.the paper, I shall
forward it t I NFAC/CSS.
10 LIAISON Talked to Thomas K. Latimer,
Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and
told him that I had sent him a letter o with several.
intelligence reports enclosed with it. I said at I was hopeful that the
intelligence reports would help, satisfy the Committee's needs on the areas
of concern Ind Soviet erception
of U. S. peripheral reconnaissance). I indicated tha =:Fad been
re-settled and that we would rather not bring him up for an interview by
the Committee, but that I would be pleased to push further if there was
continued Committee interest. Mr. Latimer said that he doubted that
the Committee would push for a direct interview. N
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ll. LIAISON Accompanie
NFAC/CS to a meeting vvi o Roberts, Counsel for Senator Harry
Byrd (D., Va.), Subcommittee on Intelligence within the Senate Armed
Services Committee. Mr. Roberts said that Senator Byrd wants to
energize the Subcommittee and beginto.hold some hearings and briefings.
He suggested that Mr. Roberts set up a CIA briefing on Africa and the
Middle East and the Soviet and Cuban presence and activities therein.
We suggested that this would be too much material for one session.
Mr. Roberts was not sure whether he would want to have the DCI or DDCI
attend these sessions or would want "expert level" witnesses. He tentatively
suggested the 10th or 11th of April as suitable dates, probably between
10:00 and 12:00 a. m. He said that he would consult with Senator Byrd's
office and get back with us. I gave hi of our office, name and 25X1
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4. I FOIA/LIAISON Received a call from
Miss Lois d, Maine district office of Senator
Edmund S. Muskie (D., Maine), asking how to proceed with obtaining
information for a constituent, Mr. Ken Kantro, who thinks because of
his past association in the 1960's with the Student for a Democratic
Society (SDS), CIA might have information on him in our, files. I gave
Miss Smith the name and address to pass on to the constituent and
suggested she also have him send along a notarized statement as to his
identity for purposes of expediting his request. I also mentioned to her
that we have a very large backlog of cases and it would probably take
several months to complete any search for Mr. Kantro. She thanked
me and said she would so advise the constituent.
5.1 LIAISON Spoke to Jim Smith, on
the Senate Armed Services Committee staff, to inform him that
William L. Ball, III, of the Committee staff, for whom clearances
were requested, would require a current background investigation.
Mr. Smith said he would ask the Defense Department to institute
the same.
6 LIAISON Don Richbourg, on the staff
of the House Appropriations u ommittee on Foreign Operations staff,
called to check on the clearances of Barbara Rowan and Martha Talley,
on the staff of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,
who were going to review documents in the Subcommittee offices that
afternoon. Richbourg was provided the information.
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FAC/CSS, an OWI, to a briefing of the ouse Permanent 25X1
Select Committee on Inte igence. Attending tine re: Thomas K. Latimer,
Staff Director, and two other staff members: Mike O'Neil and Diane LaVoy.
The briefing was on Soviet space shuttles and a current intelligence review.
The briefing lasted from 10:00 to 11:00 and took place in Room 407, The Capitol.
There were no outstanding questions.
8, LIAISON Lisa Kennedy, in the office 25x1
of Representative Christopher odd (D. , Conn. ), called to ask whether there
was any truth to the recent article claiming that missiles have been introduced
into Cuba. After checking wit NFAC/CSS, I told her that we 25X1
have no evidence that there has been an introduction of missiles into Cuba;
similarly, we have no evidence that submarine pens have recently been
built in Cuba. She expressed her appreciation and said that she would
be passing this information on to Congressman Dodd.
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19. LIAISON Spoke with Ira Goldman,
on the staf ea ~ve o ert McClory (R., Ill.), and told him
that if Mr. McClory wanted us to deal with him on charter matters, as
has been suggested, we would make every effort to be responsive to
his needs.
20. LIAISON Spoke wi DIA,
an concerning coordination and ormationa
exc es sional matters.
21. LIAISON Called John Nields, on the
staff of the ouse on-um ee on standards of Official Conduct, and he
told me that the paper he had been discussing with our office over the
past several says had been provided by the Attorney General in connection
with a case that had been referred to the Committee. He felt the
additional information he was seeking should be supplied to him and that
he believes he already has it from another source. -y,
22. LIAISON Brian Atwood, Congressional
Relations, Epartment o State, called to set up a briefing on the Middle
East arms balance for the State task force. This to
I INFAC/CSS, and Atwood agreed wi there
was no neect or a briefing at this point.
23. LIAISON John Roberts, General Counsel,
Senate Arm Service omnu ee, on a referral from Frank Sullivan,
Staff Director of the Committee, called on behalf of Senator Harry Byrd
(I., Va.), Chairman, Intelligence Operations Subcommittee, Senate
Armed Services Committee, in connection with a proposed hearing in the
next couple of weeks on Cuban, USSR activities in the Middle East and
Africa. I told Roberts that I thought it would be helpful if we had an
early p r lirn' ary exchange on this matter arrangements were made for
NFAC/CSS, an o see Roberts.
24. 7LTAISON Called Michael Glennon, Legal
Counsel, S e a ?ions Subcommittee on International Operations,
to tell him that some of his notes had already been sent to him and that the
rest were on their way.
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. LIAISON I accompaniedi
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ORPA, to a briefing o Jim Washburn and Ron Tammen, on e stalt
Senator William Proxmire (D., Wis.), on the subject of what will happen
when the Shah of Iran passes from the scene. There were no follow-ups,
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and it can be expected that we will receive a request from the Senator's
office for the paper. .
16. CONSTITUENT Mrs. Marguerite Noll,
on the staff of Representative Fred B. Rooney (D. , Pa.), called saying
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the Senate Foreign e ations Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance, called and
said that he had heard about the Agencyls paper on the Middle East air balance
and asked on behalf of the Committee if we could forward a copy to the
Committee for review by himself, the Chief of Staff, and Members of the
Committee who had an interest. I told him I would look into it and get back
to him.
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and discussed the status of our
letter concerning
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by CIA but cannot be located by the recipients and is a pending matter of
interest to Senator Lowell W Bicker (R., Conn.).
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Monday, - 27 March 1978
5.1 1 LIAISON Julie Romero, Secretary
within the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, called
asking for a listing of all Directors of Central Intelligence Agency
and their dates of office. I obtained a copy of the listing from the
Office of Public Affairs and read it to her.
Acting Legi tive Counsel, I called John Roberts, General Counsel
. LIAISON On instructions fro
for the Senate Armed Services Subcorhmittee on Intelligence, chaired by
...Senator Harry Byrd (D., Va.). I told Mr. Roberts tha ad
discussed the Subcommittee's interest in ho ding hearings an o Bred my
services (along with those o NFAC/CSS) subsequent to
the Committee's biweekly brie 1ng we wou be attending the following
morning. Mr. Roberts agreed to meet us sometime prior to noon on
28 March and clearly appreciated the call.
7. I I LIAISON Mike O'N?i1, Chief Counsel,
House Permanen 6elect Committee on Intelligence, called with two
questions: (a) are we currently engaged in r - ? cr fhi- ncy entry-on-
duty secrecy agreement. After checking wit DC/Office of
Security, I told him that we were not, that the secrecy agreement had
withstood at:least one court case and that it was considered adequate, and
(b) what is the DCI position on budget disclosure? Mike had received a new
version fro 7urce and vcwanted to be sure about it. After
checking wit of our office, I told Mike that the DC-I's position,
simply stated,- is that the Executive will not object if Congress determines
that it is in the national interest to publish one overall figure for the
Intelligence Community, but would draw the line there: e. g. , the Executive
would object to providing the individual budget figure for any of the
individual Intelligence Community member agencies.
81 LIAISON Sent by courier to Richard Giza,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff, a four page paper
explaining the CRAFT and COMET systems.
LIAISON Sent by courier to Pauline Baker,
Senate Foreign Relations committee staff, copies of charts used during the
10 February 1978 hearing on Foreign Military Presence in Africa.
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09 LIAISON Called Hal Ford, Senate Select
Committee on intelligence staff, and rearranged his briefing on the Soviet
space shuttle from 29 March to 30 March so that the Agency would only be
giving one briefing to Senate staffers. A similar briefing has also been
requested by Jim Gehrig, of the Subcommittee on Science and Space, Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation..
10. I LIAISON Sent a copy of the Agency
publication "it4a i . lae 'gence Factbook" to Bob Turner, in the
office of Senator Robert Griffin (R., 'Mich. ), per his request.
U. LIAISON Sent a copy of the Agency
publication "International and Transnational Terrorism: Diagnosis and
Prognosis" to Debbie Steinmeyer, in the office of Senator John Glenn
(D., Ohio), per her request.
12. EMPLOYMENT REQUEST Received a
call from ~rea c uc ie, in the office of Representative Austin Murphy
(D., Pa.), requesting employment applications, both professional and
clerical. I told him they would be sent to him. OLC Registry vas advised.
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LIAISON Received a call from
Don Sanders, Special Counsel, Morg ..,ft.Sehmitt Subcommittee, Senate
Select Committee on Ethics, regarding a compartmented security briefing
for a new member of the Subcommittee staff. The matter was checked
with Office of Security and the briefing arranged for the following Monday,
27 March.
14. I LIAISON Took a call from Michael
Goldsmith, House Select Committee on Assassinations staff, who advised me
that a former Agency employee may have taken his story about an Oswald/ CIA
connection New York newspaper.
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were interviewed by Messrs. Howard Leap and Dan Hardway, House Select
Committee on Assassinations staff, in the C&R Conference Room.
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16. I I LIAISON Took a call from Leslie, in
the office of Senator Mark O. Hatfield (R., Ore.), who inquired about a
tour of the CIA for four constituents. I advised her that no tours were
available but that we would be happy to forward press kits for each of the
constituents. Leslie indicated she would call back if she wanted us to do so.
methods for further interviews of a former Agency source.
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17 LIAISON... Gary Cornwell, Deputy Staff Chief,
House Select Committee on Assassinations, visited Headquarters to discuss
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18. LIAISON Betsy Wolf and Robert Genzman,
House Selec Committee on Assassinations staff, visited Headquarters to review
acceptable and we agreed to get back in touch with one another at that time.
Agency material.
19. LIAISON Received a call from Louis
Hunter, G O, who requested the status of their request
information on technology transfer. After checking wit
NFAC/CSS,-;I told Hunter that there was a National Intel igence Officer
who could sit down with the GAO people but he would be occupied on
another project for about two weeks. Hunter said this would be
letter, regarding suggested statutory changes, with which OMB was concerned,
was not included.
20. LEGISLATION Spoke with Bob Carlstrom,
OMB, and told him that the substance of the letter from Jack Blake, DDA, to
Representative Bill Burlison (D., Mo.) had been included as a submission
for the record in the transcript of Mr. Blake's testimony on 7 March before
Representative Burlisonts Subcommittee, and that the final portion of the
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Mr. Lapham
Mr. Hetu
Ex. Sec. SA/DO/O
DDA DDS&T IC Staff
NFAC Comptroller
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Acting Legislative Counsel
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5. I I LIAISON Received a call from
Herbert Ro Me ice of Representative Larry McDonald
(D., Ga.), requesting three copies of the National Basic Intelligence
Factbook. I said I would send them to him.
6. LIAISON At the request o
called Els intrnent Secretary to Represe
Donald Fraser (D., Minn.), and arrangements were made fo
to meet with Mr. Fraser at 1:30 p. m. on 6 April.
7.1 CONSTITUENT Received a call from
Michelle Merlo, in the office of Representative Clarence D. Long
(D., Md.), who had a constituent request for the Agency study on world
oil demand and production. I told her that the constituent was probably
referring to "The International Energy Situation: Outlook to 1985. " I
gave her the number of the document and referred her to the DOCEX
Project at the Library of Congress.
8. LIAISON Received a call from
Dave Barton, House International Relations Subcommittee on Europe
and the Middle East staff, who had five copies of an unclassified
transcript of testimony by the Agency before the Subcommittee and
he wanted to send copies to the Agency briefers who testified. I
told him that I would arrange to have a courier pick up the transcripts
and we would see that the proper people received them.
9. EMPLOYMENT Received a call from
Mary -Jolly, who works for airman Birch Bayh (D., Ind.), Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, whq asked for an application
form for a constituent. OLC Registry will handle.
10. EMPLOYMENT Received a call from
Wanda Sco , in me o ice o Representative Gunn McKay (D. , Utah), who
wanted to know the name and address of the Director of Personnel for a
constituent. I provided the information to her. I told her, however, that
if the constituent was interested in employment with the Agency, I would be
happy to arrange to have an employment package sent either directly to the
constituent or to Ms. Scott for the constituent. Later in the day, Ms. Scott
called back and asked that we forward an ern 1 o ment Package directly to
the constituen Office of Personnel, is
handling.
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11. CONSTITUENT Received a call from
Ed Smith, in e o ice o Senator Lawton Chiles (D. , Fla. ). The
Senator's office had been contacted by a law firm who was interviewing
applicants for a job. One of the applicants had stated that he used to
work for the CIA. The law firm wanted to know how to go about
contacting the CIA for the purpose of checking out his past employment
with the Agency. After checking wi Office of Personnel,
I called Mr. Smith back and told him to have the law firm write to
.the Director of Personnel to request this information and to enclose
a statement from the applicant which authorizes that information on him
may be released to the law firm.
Mr. Smith then said he had been asked recently by a constituent
who was an applicant for a position with the Agency how the constituent
could obtain the information acquired on him during his background
investigation. I told Mr. Smith to have the constituent write to our
Information and Privacy Coordinator, Mr. Gene IF., Wilson, and
furnished the address. , f
12. FOIA/LIAISON As promised, I called
Ms. Theresa Gentry, in the Knoxville office of Senator Howard Baker(R.,
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to give a status report on a constituent's
Ms. Gentry '
Privacy Act request. I told
snow complete and a letter
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hands by next week advising
her that CIA has no information
on her. Ms. Gentry was very grateful
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away because she has been much
concerned. (See Journal Item 2
of 28 February 1978).
13.1 LIAISON Met with David Pickens,
of the House Select Committee on Narcotics & Drug. Abuse Control staff,
to discuss the follow-up items from the Committee hearing of Monday,
20 March 1978.
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20. LIAISON Received from Don Sanders, Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence staff, a letter from Senator Robert Morgan
(D., N. Car.) forwarding the recommendations of the Subcommittee of
Special Investigations resulting from the Subcommittee's look at Agency
activities in Australia.
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both of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, on th
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Ic0n5tituted a threat to U. S. security. There was one follow up item. 25x1
22.1 ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES
Delivered to Susan er, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff,
a letter for Senator Birch Bayh (D., Ind.), Committee Chairman, from
the Deputy Director regarding reprogramming funds?.j
23.1 LIAISON Sent by courier to Loch
Johnson, House Permanent Committee on Intelligence staff,
the Operational Directives #o along
with hard target presence lists and Mr. Johnson's notes from the
23 March meetings. Also sent by courier to Mr. Johnson this date
was a Headquarters Notice dealing wit destruction of files.
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Latimer, Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
copy 86 of NFIB-5.1/65 dated 9 March 1978 concerning Notice of Changes
in Priorities.
J 25. I BRIEFING Accompanied Howard Stoertz, 25X1
NFAC / NIO, to a briefing o' Representative Norman Y. Mineta (D., Calif.),
Member of Subcommittee on,Program and Budget Authorization, on the
Strategic Balance of Forces in Room 407, The Capitol, from 10:00 until
11:30. The Congressman was a good listener and asked excellent questions,
which displayed both his interest in the subject matter and the itensity
with which he followed the highly technical briefing. I believe that the
Congressman really meant his expressions of appreciation and that he got a
lot out of the briefing. .,
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14. LIAISON Delivered a reprogramming
request on to the Senate Appropriations Committee,
House Appropriations Committee and House Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence (re. OLC 78-0290).
15.1 HEARING Returned the corrected
transcript of the 7 March DDCI appearance before the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization to Jim Bush, on the Committee staff.
16. LIAISON Talked to Chuck Snodgrass,
on the staft o the House Appropriations Committee, about delivery of
his safes tomorrow.
17. I LIAISON Called Lot Cook, on the staff
of the Sena lee ect Committee on Intelligence, and requested in accordance
with the memorandum of understanding with the Con'raittee that the FBI
summaries for Rosemary C. Tascione and Alexandra M. Tomalonis,
applicants for staff position on the Select Committee, be sent directly to
the Director of Security for adjudication in connection with the Committee's
request for their security clearances. Cook said he would do so right
away.
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18. IAI
SON Bob Stoner, on the staff of
the House international Relations Committee, called to request some
Agency publications which were sent to him; "Chiefs of State and Cabinet
Members of Foreign Governments, " "Economic Indicators Weekly Review, "
"International Energy Biweekly Statistical Review, " and "Research
Aid, Handbook of Economic Statistics 1977. "
~19. I LIAISON Called Hal Ford, Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence staff, who filled me in on the interest he and
Ted Ralston, also of the Committee staff, have in the Soviet sace shuttle.
Ford had requested a briefing on this subject throug
CSS/NFAC, office. Ford indicated Senator Adlai Stevenson (D., Ill.) is
interested in-space developments and Ford may want the briefing given
to Senator Stevenson personally.
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26 TRAVEL Saw Mike O'Neil, House
Select Committee on Intelligence staff, who told me that the planned
trip for Representative Morgan F. Murphy (D., Ill.) has been cancelled.
Don Gregg, SA/DO/O, has been advised.
2.1 LIAISON Pat Long, House Permanent
Select Comma ee on Intelligence staff, and Thomas K. Latimer, Staff
Director, both called me with requests about the status of Herbert
Romerstein, currently on the staff of-Representative John Ashbrook
(R., Ohio), and about to become a staffer of the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence. He is scheduled to report to work
(he will sit in Pat Long's office) on but we have not reported back
to the Committee on his clearance. of our office, has looked
into this and apparently the file is un er review by the Office of Security.
I have informed Thomas Latimer that the file is still being reviewed.
28. LIAISON Loch J61~nson, House 25X1 L Permanent Select Committee on telligence staff, requested that I
obtain a copy of a Studies in Intelligence article by John Warner on
CIA's legal position with regard. to Marchetti. I said that I would look
into it and get back to him.
..---,29. BRIEFINGS Accompanied Loch Johnson, 25X1
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House Permane o'n
'Intelligence staff,
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and 2) C/.SE; Division o Bot
briefings went well and there were no outstanding questions.
30.1 LIAISON Saw Pat Long, House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and told him that we
have an expert on terrorism and someone (same person) who has prepared
psychological profiles on terrorists. I added that this individual would be
available to talk to Representative Bob Wilson (R., Calif.) at the latter's
convenience. I also told Pat that the CIA does not have any knowledge of
pipelines for dissidents to escape from the USSR.
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