JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 10, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL.
Wednesday - 10 December 1975
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1. I I LIAISON FOIA I took a call from.
Walter J. Sheridan, Chief Investigator, Subcommittee on Administrative
Practice and Procedure, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Sheridan
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Edward M. Kennedy (D. , Mass.) regarding the Agency's failure. to
respond to their FOIA request. I said I would check, and call. back later..
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2. LIAISON Received. a call, frorn Vince
Morelli, on the staff of Representative Jack Kemp (U.., N. Y. ). The Congr?essn,a
is preparing to introduce proposals and speak. about: congressi.ona.1 over. sight: of
CIA, and Morelli asked to meet with an Agency representative to hear our views
on the subject. I agreed to meet with Morelli sometime next week,.
3. LEGISLATION Called Sheridan iarai.nle-,
in the Office of Legislative Affairs at AID, regarding congressional. a.ctior:,,
on amendments to curb covert activities in Angola. Such arnendrament:s., to the
foreign military assistance legislation, are before both the Senate; oreign.
Relations Committee and Ouse International Relations Committee.. Brinley
said he expected votes in both Committees M.s 77,e k on these amendments.
4. 1 (LEGISLATION Called Everett: Bierman,.
had not yet dealt with the amendment, but was unable to give me a firm prof nosi.:
on it. He said Ted Dobbs was handling the bill in. rnarlc- up for the Statee
Department.
mmittee staff, about: the
IIa.r?ringtonIBorlcc.r,s;
amendment to the foreign military assistance legislation, which would halt.
U. S. Government aid to any group in Angola. Bierman said the Committee-
5. LECGIS.LATION Called Ted Dobbs, Congr?ession
Relations, Department of State, regarding the I :ey ration-al Re 1at:is_r.~_... r:}r'tr~iit:te- mark-up on the foreign military assistance legislation. lie outlined State's
position against the Harrington/Bonkers amen.dmen.t: which is that: massive. Soviet:
and Cuban aid to the MPLA threatens political stability in all of soul-he rn Africa
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Ho, Iations +Co, staff, and alerted him to the call
has received rom e Finley, staff of House International
Relations Subcommittee on International Political and Military Affairs,
asking for an intelligence briefing on Angola for Representatives
Dante Fascell (D., Fla.), Donald Fraser (D., Minn. ), Jonathan Bingham
(D., N.Y.), Lee Hamilton (D., Ind.), and Charles Whalen (R., Ohio).
Czarnecki asked what areas were to be covered and I said Angola, Zaire,
Somalia and Ethiopia. He said to go ahead with the meeting but to keep
it strictly to an intelligence briefing. I told him I would clear it with
the Director.
11. 1 1 LIAISON Called George Ingram,
and told him it was alright with
House Inteernataoz aX o.na
I'Aw
us oriembint eC' ctober1975, "Background Information re
Soviet Oil Developments Since October 1973" in their printed hearings,
with attribution of the publication to the Agency.
12. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING I received
a call from Mike Finley, on the staff of the Subcommittee on International
Political and Military Affairs, 5, izoto t ).._ A-,; , Apes( ra U&
requesting that a briefing on Angola and related African matters be
given to Representative Dante B. Fascell (D. , 'Fla.) and other Congressmen,.
See Memorandum for the Record.
13. LIAISON I called Dick White, Admini-
strative Assistant to Representative Dale Milford (D. , Texas), and set
up an appointment for 10 December at 1330-hours to brief the Representative
on follow-up questions to the briefing 0.ven Milford by Admiral Donald
Showers, IC Staff.
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CONFIDENTIAL
LIAISON Called Marian Czarnecki,
EORGE L. GARY
Legislative Counsel
Ex. Sec. DDA DDI DDS&T
Mr. Warner Mr. Thuer:ner IC Staff
Mr. Thuermer EA/DDC Compt
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 9 December 1975
1. I I ADMINISTRATIVE,, - DELIVERIES Delivered
the Director's letter on t lie status of the reserve to Jane McMullan, Senate
Appropriations Committee staff; Clark McFadden, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff; and Frank Slatinshek, House Armed Services Committee staff.
2, I LEGISLATION Talked to Clark McFadden,
Senate Armed Services Committee staff, about the medical 3-nalpractice
immunity legislation. He said that the Committee definitely would not consider
the issue before the Christmas recess and probably would schedule hearings
in early 1976 on the subject. They will ask an Agency representative to testify
on our need for inclusion within the bill. He said either Senator Sam Nunn'a
(D. , Ga.) Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel or Senator ITarry Byrd's
(I. , Va. Subcommittee on General Legislation would handle the bill,. depending
on the relative work load of the two Subcommittees. lie said a Justice Departmen
proposal to give all Federal doctors malpractice immunity had come to the
Committee's attention, and indicated this would be one argument against
inclusion of CIA within the present legislation.
3, I I LEGISLATION Called Dan Spiegel,
Legislative Assistant to Senator Hubert Humphrey (D. , Minn.. ), regarding
the mark-up hearings scheduled tomorrow before Senator Humphrey's
Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance and Economic Policy, Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations. I inquired about Senator Dick Clark's (D. , Iowa)
amendment no. 1194, which would ban covert aid to Angola. Spiegel said the
Subcommittee is expected to consider the amendment but may not do so at
tomorrow's meeting. He recommended that the Agency get a paper to the
Committee on the amendment.
4. I I LIAISON Accompanied the Director to
a briefing of the IAA t /app } E Al h4 Ti.~,ttce on several
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covert action programs. (See Memo for the . ecorc
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