OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: December 12, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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Thursday - 12 December 1974
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1. I I Called Norm Cornish, Staff Director,
House Government Operations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and
Government Information, and discussed the vote in the House yesterday passing
S. 3418, the Senate privacy bill, and sending it back to the Senate with the text
of the House bill, H. R. 16373, substituted. I advised him that OMB called us
last night alerting us that we would be receiving the latest compromise bill
version for comment either today or tomorrow before it is submitted to the
Congress for a vote. Cornish explained that when the compromise bill is agreed
upon the Senate managers of S. 3418 will then amend the bill to conform it to
the compromise version. The measure will then be voted on in the Senate and
go back to the House for a final vote. This will clear it for submission to the
President. Cornish added that he doubts OMB can circulate a compromise of
the bill since they will not have a final version until later today or tomorrow.
He again assured me that the Agency exemption is unchanged and as stated in
H. R. 16373. I stressed that we would most appreciate reviewing a Committee
copy if time does not permit circulation by OMB.
2. Talked to Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, late in the afternoon and brought him uptodate on the status
of section 660 in the Foreign Assistance Act, and the problems pertaining thereto,
Preston asked that he be kept advised.
3. Talked to Mr. Stought, Office Manager,
Alderson Reporting Firm, and made the necessary arrangements for security
overview of the transcription of the reporter's notes and delivery of the
transcript of today's briefing before the Subcommittee on National Security
Policy and Scientific Developments, House Foreign Affairs Committee.
4. Met with William H. Hogan, Counsel,
Intelligence Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee, and received
from him the declassified transcripts of the following: Schlesinger/Cushman
transcript of 11 May 1973; David Young's transcript of 18 July 1973 and
James McCord's transcript of 22 July 1973.
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5. Together with Mr. Cary met with Jack
Brady, House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, and reviewed with him
Agency problems concerning section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act
and left with Brady a corrected copy of the proposed subsection (c)
concerning protection of information; possible language for the conference
report to be used as a fallback in the event that subsection (c) is not
accepted; and a copy of the Zablocki amendments to the Bolling/Hansen
resolution adopted 8 October by the House of Representatives concerning
House Foreign Affairs Committee oversight over intelligence activities
relating to foreign policy.
6. After the completion of the briefing before
the Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments,
House Foreign Affairs Committee, confirmed with Chairman Clement J.
Zablocki (D. , Wis. ) the fact that the reporter's notes, transcription and
return of the transcripts to the Agency would be handled under Agency
security controls and the transcripts will be retained by the Agency subject
to call by the Chairman. Chairman Zablocki thought this was excellent.
7. Called Paul Corwin in the office of
Senator James L. Buckley (R. , N. Y.) and discussed the Senator's amend-
ment to limit access to educational records. See Memorandum for the Record.
8. I I Accompanied Carl Duckett, DDS&T, to a
briefing o the Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific
Developments of House Foreign Affairs, on SALT and related subjects.
See Memo for Record.
9. Bob Hull, State Department, called to
discuss the status of the legislation eliminating the Federal tax exemption
of Governmental allowances (H. R. 17488). He agreed even though the
issue was dead this year, we should be working out positions to assure
that the matter was not reported during the next Congress without due
consideration of the merits. I informed Hull that the Director has, in a
letter, expressed his concern to the Director of OMB, the Secretary of
State and the Secretary of the Treasury.
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10. I Sam Goldberg, State Department,
returned my call of yesterday concerning developments in conference
committee on the Foreign Assistance Act but he did not know why
germaneness had not been raised on section 22 in connection with
the words "any other act" dealing with Chile except that there was some
type of problem with Chairman Dante Fascell, Inter-American Affairs
Subcommittee, House Foreign Affairs Committee
11. I I Bud McFarlane, NSC staff, called
reporting that Everett Bierman, staff assistant on the Foreign Affairs
Committee, will be glad to work with the Agency on its problems under
the pending Foreign Assistance Act. I told McFarlane that Mr. Cary
was then on the Hill working on this very problem and reviewed with
him our proposal including colloquy, conference statement, and Presidential
statement upon signing and several of the technical amendments including
a new subsection to the provision limiting intelligence activities which
could be used to safeguard and control access to the sensitive information
covered, including override of House Rule XI, Clause 27(c) granting
members access to all committee records. McFarlane was concerned
lest we do nothing which would result in a backlash on the floor against
the Foreign Assistance Act and I assured him that we were working with
Chairman Thomas Morgan, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representatives
Clement Zablocki (D., Wis. ), Peter Frelinghuysen (R. , N.J.), and on the
Senate side, Senator Hubert Humphrey (D. , Minn.) and even Senator Harold
Hughes (D. , Iowa), who originally proposed the provision, were concerned
with the security aspects. I told McFarlane that the Director had called
Senator Humphrey and received assurances in this respect and also has
a call into Chairman Thomas Morgan, House Foreign Affairs Committee,
as well. McFarlane said that having these members involved should
eliminate any possibility of backlash.
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