BOLAND-ZABLOCKI AMENDMENT STRATEGY MEETING 30 JUNE 83

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 30, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD:
SUBJECT: Boland-Zablocki Amendment Strategy Meeting, 30 June 83
1. Attendees at subject follow-on meeting to the Wednesday meeting
attended by the DCI, included Congressmen Jim Wright, Zablocki, Broomfield,
Robinson, Young and McCurdy. Chairman Wright attended for the first half
hour; the meeting continued for another 30-40 minutes after he left. Other
attendees included Ken Dam, Bud McFarlane, Powell Moore, M.B. Oglesby, (Dep.
Asst/President Legislative Affairs), Jack Brady (HFAC Staff Director), and
myself.
2. In conversation with Dam before the meeting, I conveyed my
instructions from the DCI not to settle on a final version until the return
of the President and Secretary of State. Ken noted that the thrust of
Chairman Wright's thinking was favorable and if he desired to finalize at
this meeting, Ken suggested we ought to think seriously about doing so. The
problem was solved when the Chairman announced slippage of the House secret
session by about a week (13 to 19 July).
3. Ken noted problems with "the Wright text" (Tab A: a version sub-
mitted by the Chairman to replace the text cabled to the DCI). The bulk of
the discussion concerned Page 2, Section 802 (b) (1) and =fib) (2). Zablocki
agreed with the others that it was not intended that simply an agreement to
negotiate would suffice, but more explicit action was required. After fairly
extensive semantic debate, it was decided to insert a sentence ensuring
provision of an "effective multinational verification" capability and to
revamp para (b) into three sub-paragraphs.
4. A good bit of the debate, particularly that of Young and McCurdy
(Chairman Wright having left) concerned their view that the text should not
enumerate too many required conditions or it would never fly. Also, said
McCurdy, it would leave the door open for CIA to start up again on the basis,
say, of conditions 1-6 being met but not 7, etc. There was discussion of
amnesty, of what the San Jose convention includes, how one ensures verification
et al.
5. Conclusion: Section 802 (b) would be revised and a new draft circulated.
6. Then there was more spirited discussion of Section 801, including,
a question by Ken as to whether/why it was needed at all. He did, however,
reflect less concern about this Section than 802. McCurdy, Young, Zablocki
and, I think, Broomfield all defended its retention as a deliberate strategy
to get a number of others who had voted for the Boland amendment on board.
All agreed that Boland would stand firm. Ken Dam said the Administration had
real problems with retention of language that inferred a breaching of law.
Robinson said that he still hoped some language change was possible. Both he
and Dam said they thought "Bill Casey would have problems" with the overthrow
language and should have a crack at it. I showed Robinson a suggested language
change on that issue (developed by and run by es Robinson 25X1
liked it; he showed it to Zablocki an o me Zablocki liked it. State
apparently did too - they copied it too.
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7. Brady was designated as focal point for pulling together a
new text. Powe.11 Moore was to get the Executive Branch copies distributed.
[Received ca 5:30 p.m. attached Tab B]
8. Nothing was said about'another meeting or deadline for response
to the latest text.
9. At Tab C are Stan Sporkin's comments.
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