STAFF MEETING MINUTES OF 14 JULY 1980

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• Publication Date: July 14, 1980
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14 July 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Staff Meeting Minutes of 14 July 1980
The Director chaired the meeting; Mr. Carlucci was out of the city.
McMahon said he has been requested to address the "U.S. Commission on
a Proposal for a National Academy for Peace and Conflict Resolution" chaired
by Senator Matsunaga and reportedly endorsed by the President. McMahon asked
if perhaps it would be more appropriate for Mr. Carlucci or the Director to
address this body. The Director noted his calendar is full and said he had
no problem with Agency participation. Hitz said he would look into the event,
which is to ta~ace at the Rayburn Building in the middle of next week,
and advi co
Fitzwater reported four deaths over the past weekend:
Fitzwater reminded attendees of the SIS promotion ceremony to be held
in the auditorium today, noting it is one of the largest promotion lists
r i i
eve
Fitzwater announced that a Handicap Advisory Board has been established
to assist Agency management and handicapped employees re job placements.
Also, a Family Liaison Service has been established to aid dependents who are
going to or returning from overseas posts; the Director observed that both
ff
e
orts seemed very worthwhile.
In response to a query from the Director, Fitzwater said the recruitment
backlog is being reduced to a manageable number of about 0 prospective
employees continually in process. Hineman noted the problem this is presenting
to NFAC; he said job skill priorities, e.g., engineers, favor other directorates.
Accordingly, some applicants for NFAC positions are being asked to apply
again at a later time. Fitzwater explained how the improved processing
system is being handled and requested a meeting with DD's to ensure balanced
satisfaction of Agency needs. The Director supported Fitzwater's efforts to
maintain a manageable and Droduc ive processing level despite the occasional
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Hetu called attention to the rule which prohibits foreign journalists
from entering the Headquarters building has recently caused a member of the
Washington Journalism Center to make this ruling a contentious issue (see
attached)
Hetu called attention to George Lardner's column "An Identity Crisis"
in today's Washington Post (attached) re the Agency's recent request that
Snepp delete a true name from his latest manuscript--a name which has appeared
in other publications we had approved. Silver explained the situation, and
Briggs said the Agency does not have an adequate system for searching all
names in manuscripts, etc., submitted for review. Hetu noted also today's
New York Times editorial "Getting at the Spy Hunters" (attached) re Agee and
Wolf; he said this editorial does little to help our cause in gaining Identities
Legislation. Relatedly, the Director said he was approached during his
recent trip to the West Coast by Tom Johnson, Los Angeles Times, seeking
comment from the Director re two American correspondents who were detained
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IA. The Director said he provided no comment.
Hitz said he is pleased the Director will be able to visit Senator
Goldwater who is convalescing at the Andrews AFB Hospital and said, if
desirable, he will be available to accompany the Director, who advised that
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The Director remarked briefly on the SIS promotion ceremony, noting
officers will enter SIS-1 today and that there have been SIS promotions
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VISITING
CANADIAN SCRIBE,
An editorial writer for the- -Winnipeg
Free Press had h
d tim
bel
ar
e
ieving
Canada was an American ally after the"
+ chilly reception he received from the
I CIA while visiting Washington last
month-
Journalist -David MacDonald, "41,-
1 was one of a handful of reporters from
forth American newspapers who at-
tended a four-day Washington Jour-
nalism Center seminar on America in
the 1980s. Part- of the- program in-
cluded a short, unclassified briefing at
CIA headquarters in Langley for everyone oneexcept MacDonald -No foreign .
nationals invited, said--the -CIA, be-
cause someone might spot-an under-
cover agent walking -around the
compound
.
"I called and asked why a
Canadian was being treated like
?
. gressional figures at the White
very embarrassed about- the whole
thing," says McClendon, referring to--
the exclusion of her 'son-in-law.
"Canada loves the United States, and
we treat it like a dog half the time."
- - Footnote. A CIA spokeswoman says :
foreign nationals are not permitted in-
side the Langley headquarters because
background checks are too,difficult to
do quickly. -But in the case of David
MacDonald, intelligence officers might
be interested in his next night's activi-
an East German," MacDon-
ald says. "I -mentioned the
fact that, we were part of
the Olympic and grain-boy-
cotts. I didn't mention the
Tehran embassy- -thing.-
They told me it_ was just a.
security rule."
MacDonald also happened to
mention the affair to his mother-in--t
law, Sarah McClendon, the sassy
Texas reporter -who - thinks
nothing of lecturing presidents
during national press confer
an awesome figure - to
McClendon, who picked up the
telephone to give CIA chief
-
Stansfield Turner a piece of her
mind..- Turner - missed. a
McClendon tongue-lashing only:
because a security man - answering
Turner's phone hung up on her. _
"It was stupid and asinine, and I'm
ties. Along with-McClendon, Mac
House. McClendon - and
MacDonald - chatted . with
Attorney General
Benjamin Civiletti and ran
into Jimmy and Rosalynn
Carter. The president insisted
the foursome pose for a picture.
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THE WASHINGTON-POST
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Monday, July i4, 1980
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An ld8n'',
CIA to -Stepp: Delete Name
Of (Knowit) A ea' ;i% .--,Novel s
By George Lardner. GJr::.'+ p::.="
washin?tou Post Staff. wrftek
The CIA. insists. it is no "big deal," but its review-.`
ers stubbed- their toes this month. on a piece of fic
tion. 4
They demanded the deletion-from 'a novel i
the name of an -operative. whose cover had already:
been "blown" by the CIA itself.
The situation, was disclosed yesterday by'former
CIA officer Frank Snepp. who-, had submitted -them ?
manuscript of a new book
-to the agency. forprepu-.~
blication review that the CIA'. demands 'bf - its,,
The CIA's. censors found 'no legal `'problems wit[ ;
the book-a fictional account ?of President Kenne-
dy's assassination in 1963-except for'one. thing.- Ong"
July 3, they, informed Snepp that the 'name of. -a
CIA officer, whose real identity Snepp? had chosen
to use along. with a nurrber,.of others, "must.be de
leted.,,
"As you may be aware," CIA Assistant General
Counsel John F. Peyton Jr. wrote Snepp in the July
3 letter, "you have used the correct name of an
agency officer whose association with the agency-re-
,aains-class ified.",
Snepp was astounded. A. CIA critic.-hi had been
sensitized by a Supreme Court- decision in February, ,
ordering him, to relinquish $140,000 in profits from
his first oooK tor taning to submit it to CIA review.
This time, he said, he had been especially careful--to.
tell no tales out of school. The name of`the man in,
question, he said;' had been plucked out of another
book on the Kennedy assassination, "Legend: The
Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald," by Edward
Jay Epstein.
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What's more, Snepp said,. the man hadralso;been
named in several other books, including- one, that":,
h
d
a
been cleared by the CIA. Snepp refused; foe the
sake of good form, to identify that tome; but he said
it was written by David A. PhiIlips;
former -CIA'sta-
.
tion chief in Mexico City and currently a&airman.