CIA PARTICIPATION IN OPEN HEARINGS ON GSA IMPROPRIETIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00156R000300020080-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: July 16, 1979
• Content Type: MF

Approv For Release 2004/01/29: CIA-RDP8 0156R0003
OLC 79-1477/9
16 July 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for Administration
FROM : Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT : CIA Participation in Open Hearings on GSA Improprieties
1. Action Requested: None; for information only.
2. On 18 July Director of Logistics James McDonald and two other
STAT witnesses of Logistics, an Office of
Security, will appear before the Subcommittee on Federal Spending
Practices and Open Government, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
We have been advised by the staffers that the first day of the hearings,
the 18th, would be a fact finding session with the following two days
being designed to prove criminal culpability on the part of certain GSA
employees. The attached statement accurately reflects the Agency's
dealings with GSA concerning the purchase of safes from Hillside Metal
Products (now Art Metal). Other Agencies to testify include: State,
Agriculture, Commerce and Bureau of Standards. The statement which was
coordinated with OGC, PA and IG will be submitted for inclusion into the
record and the staff indicated that we would be involved for no more
that ten minutes answering questions from Subcommittee Chairman Lawton
Chiles. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence have been advised accordingly.
Attachment:
As Stated