JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78M02660R000300060022-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: June 14, 1976
• Content Type: NOTES

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Monday -- 14 June 1976
15. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Talked several times to
Ted Ralston and Bill Miller, both on the staff of the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence, regarding their request for a co of an NIE. After
discussing this with D/DCI/NIO, it was
decided not to send the NIE, but to offer to have Mr. Bush bring one and
show it during his briefing of the Committee on 16 June. This did not satisfy
Ralston, but he said the Committee would not go to battle over a ten-year-old
NIE.
16. (Unclassified - NDL) LIAISON Per a request submitted to
Mr. Angus Thuermer's office, Assistant to the DCI, I mailed to Toni
Inniello, on the staff of Senator Jacob K. Javits (R. , N. Y. ), two copies
of the Agency publication entitled "A Study of Cl.imatologi_cal Research
as it Pertains to Intelligence Problems.
17. (Unclassified - RLB) LEGISLATION Spoke with Dr. Benjamin
Cooper, on the staff of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee,
regarding a pending amendment by Senator Floyd K. Haskell (D. , Colo. )
to the Federal Energy Administration Extension Act of 1976. The amendment,
which is similar to an earlier bill by Senator Henry M. Jackson (D. , Wash. ),.
would establish an Energy Information Office in FEA that could draw on
energy-related information and work-product of other agencies. I discussed
with Dr. Cooper the matter of ensuring that any Agency interests be taken
care of and we agreed to be in touch at such time as the FEA bill goes to
conference.
18. (Unclassified - THW) LIAISON I took a call from Rick Gilrriore,
on the staff of the Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations,, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, who stated that the Chairman of the Sub-
committee, Senator Frank Church (D. , Idaho), was inviting Director Bush,
Dr. Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, and Mr. Earl Butz, Secretary
of Agriculture, to testify before the Subcommittee on 28 June on the subject
of international grain trade. The session is to be open. Senator Church would
like the Director to testify on the implications of increased export of grain,
changes in world production, changes in e sport/import patterns, climate
effects, etc. I thanked him for the alert.
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25. (Unclassified - JMD) LIAISON Called Elly Vogtmann, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, and advised her that I had received
the transcripts she was returning. These had been given to Senator Frank
Church's (D. , Idaho) Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental
Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities during their investigations.
I pointed out to Ms. Vogtmann that the transcripts had obviously been taken
apart and she said she had noticed that.
26. (Unclassified - PLC) LEGISLATION Called Bill Hogan,
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, and inquired as to when
H. R. 13615, to amend CIARDS, would be scheduled for House floor action.
Hogan said the calendar is quite jammed but he and Frank Slatinshek,
Chief Counsel, will press the Rules Committee for floor action next week.
27. (Unclassified - PLC) CONSTITUENT Received a call from
Georgia Shubat, in the Los Angeles, California, office of Senator John
Tunney (D. , Calif. ), requesting on behalf of a constituent, a copy of the
12 March 1964 CIA document concerning Lee Harvey Oswald which she
understands has been declassified and released under the Freedom of
Information Act. I acquired a copy fromi IPS,. and called
Ms. Shubat back to advise that a copy would be sent to her.
Legislative Counsel
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off, a transcript to Richard Kaufman, General Counsel, Joint Economic
Committee, and picked up a letter from Tom Smeeton, on the Minority
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11. (Unclassified - RC) ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES Dropped
off three sets of intel reports for Chuck Snodgrass, House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense staff, for his review and return. Also dropped
staff of the House International Relations Committee, for
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12. (Unclassified - SK) EMPLOYMENT At the request of Pam Guffain,
in the office of Representative Joe D. Waggonner (D., La. ), I made
arrangements with the Office of Personnel to have the regional recruiter
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contact a constituent, F
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s interested in employment with the Agency.
Ms. Guffain was notified that OP would send a letter tol and
that a letter would be sent to the Congressman thanking him for his interest.
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13. (Unclassified - BAA) LIAISON Ron.Caridi, House Select
Committee on Education staff, called and asked if the Agency has a publication
entitled "Crop Production in Europe. " I said I would check and let him
know.
14. (Unclassified - RC) BRIEFING/INTEL Sat in on the briefing
of two GAO officers, Messrs. John K. Spencer and Dr. Diter Schweibes
at CIA Headquarters. The briefing concerned USSR chemical warfare
threat and was given by OSI. Also present was Perry Miles,
Intelligence Community staff. GAO's main interest was how serious was
Soviet intention regarding the use of chemical/ biological warfare and how
solid was our evidence. A follow-on briefing was planned for next week.
This briefing was arranged as a result of a request from Senator John
L. McClellan (D., Ark.).
15. (Internal Use Only - RC) LIAISON/NSC Took a call from
Bob Wolthius, of the White House staff, who asked whether the Director
planned to appear before Chairman Frank Church's (D., Idaho) Senate;
Foreign Relations,Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations. He
said Earl ? Butz, Secretary of Agriculture and Henry A. Kissinger,
Secretary of State, had also been asked. I explained we had only gotten
a phone call from the Subcommittee anc as yet had not received a letter.
Accordingly, it has not been decided whether the Director or someone
else would appear. Wolthius said they will send us guidance on the
matter soon.
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