JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP79M00983A002200040008-3
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
9
Document Creation Date: 
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date: 
August 29, 2005
Sequence Number: 
8
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
September 27, 1977
Content Type: 
NOTES
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP79M00983A002200040008-3.pdf531.38 KB
Body: 
25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved b_._ i_i_lse 2005/11 V;!ER x] 00983Ab'62200040008-3- Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Tuesday - 27 September 1977 Page 3 10. LEGISLATI N Rece a call from Phoebe Felk, OMB, who requested a final copy of our views letter on H. R. 3793, the right to representation bill, which was sent to the House 25X1 Post Office and Civil Service Committee. A copy was forwarded to her. industrial security procedures involving the use of polygraph on Wednesday as we had tentatively agreed. Moore suggested 30 September at 10:00 a. m. I told him. I would check and let him know. LIAISON Met with Tom Moore, Senate ff, who said Senator Gary Hart (. ," oo ) not meet with Acting Director of Security, about new Approved For Release 2005/11/29 : CIA-RDP79M00983A002200040008-3 Approved For Release' 2005/1 040D079 M 009834102200040008-3 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Tuesday - 27 September 1977 Page 4 14. LIAISON Met with Jean Evans, Senate Select Co 'ttee lli ce staff, and told him the CI Staff a r a ww he ha requested was ready for is review. However, some additional material he had requested on a particular CI case will not be ready until 2 next week and Evans will wait for the entire package. 16. ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES Delivered to Mike O'Neil, General Counsel of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Bill Hogan, General Counsel of the House Armed Services Committee, the second annual report on the implementation of CIARDS prepared by I Mr. O'Neil alerted me that the House Select Committee will be holding hearings on CIARDS probably within the -next seven to ten days. This will be a full rundown of the program and how it has been implemented by the Agency over the years. DD/OP, was advised. 17. LIAISON Mr. O'Neil, General Counsel of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, advised me that Chairman Edward P. Boland (D., Mass.), of the Committee, will meet with the Director as requested. The time was set for 1:15 p.m. this afternoon in the Committee offices rather than tomorrow morning. advised the Director's office. 5X1 25X1 25X1 18. LIAISON Together with I OLC, met with Michael Nevens, Administrative Assistant, and Sarah Luna, on the personal staff of Representative Romano L. Mazzoli (D., Ky. ). We discussed the Agency's problems with H. R. 6954, the bill on financial disclosure, and the need to meet personally with Mr. Mazzoli. Mr. Nevens will set up a meeting for I land I as soon as possible. - - t '0 Approved For Release 2005/11/29 : CIA-RDP79M00983AO02200040008-3 SEC - } Approved For Relea Se 2005/11/29 CIA-RDP79M00983AM02200040008-3 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel SSGI J -Z~ 1 Page 6 Monday - 26 September 1977 SSMI 25? LIAISON Called Tom Moore, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, who said Senator Gary Hart (D., Colo.) would be glad to speak to the Latin America COS Conference on 3 October but could only do so from 8:30 a. m. to 9:30 a. m. instead of 9:30 a. in. to 11:00 a. m. as we had requested. I told Moore I thought this would be satisfactory. Moore said Senator Hart had received a number of letters from constituents who worked for a major defense contractor in Colorado about new industrial security procedures involving the use of polygraph. These procedures were apparently implemented as a result of the Christopher Boyce case. Moore said Senator Hart would like a briefing on the new procedure; and their effectiveness. I later informed him Acting Director of Security, would conduct the briefing and we tentatively agreed on the 25X1 afternoon of 28 September. 2 6? LIAISON Called David Bushong, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and asked him whether the Committee would be sending the Agency a letter with the follow-up questions from the Committee's Panama inquiry. Bushong was unable to say for sure but said he would check. 27. THIRD AGENCY Called Cliff Fowler, GAO, to advise him that the meeting he had requested with Mr. Shackley, ADDO, and others would be delayed until a time of mutual convenience during the week of 10 October. Mr. Fowler said he understood and we agreed on 13 October at 10:00 a. m. in Mr. Shackley's office, 28? LIAISON Met with Jerome Levinson, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, and Forrest R. Frank, I-louse International Relations Committee staff, to brief them on compartmented clearances for which they had recently received. security approval and obtain from them appropriate security documentation. 29. LIAISON Accompanied Ed Levine, Senate Select Committee or. Intelligence staff, who spoke to the Senior' e y the group and ILLEGIB Mr. Levine, a former professor e 'o his c tact with the group. There were no follow-ups. 25X1 Ac ino ,islative Counsel cc: AA0rbWdIFo Release 2005/1 /2c; DP f OQ9$W00MgVP0 Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O IC Staff Comptroller NIO 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/29 : CIA-RDP79M00983A%2200040008-3 Monday - 26 September 1977 1 SS Corp - 1. (Unclassified - ME) FOIA/PA Talked with David Shaw OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Select Committee on Intelligence staff, concerning the status of docum-` ern t arc of to t e Select ,ot '1'!a!'l or their approval to release under Privacy Act requests. Until some formal guidelines are set up, according to Mr. Shaw, there will be delays because Chairman Daniel Inouye (D., Hawaii), Select Committee on Intelligence, has to sign off on all Committee matters. He will try to expedite. 2. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Michael Murphy, in the office STAT of Representative Chalmers P. Wylie (R., Ohio), called concerning a request for information on MKULTRA activities I asked Murphy to please put his request in writing and he agreed to do so. 3. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Visited Professor G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, House Select Committee on Assassinations, and discussed with him a variety of matters. (See Memorandum for the Record.) 4. (Unclassified - MLG) EMPLOYMENT REQUESTS Cathy Johnson, in the office of Representative Paul Rogers (D., Fla. ), called to request an employment interview for their constituent, After checking with I STAT informed Cathy that the appointment has been set for 12 October, at 11:00 a. m. 5. (Unclassified - MLG) LIAISON Ron, in the office of Representative James Burke (D., Mass. )j called to request general information on the CIA and also to inquire about the CIA tours. I forwarded the publications to him and informed him that the tour program had not been approved yet but we would be glad to put his name on a list and be back in touch when we had firm information. STAT Approved For Release 2005/11/29 : CIA-RDP79PV100983AO02200040008-3 Approved For Releasle 2005/1 1 0 $ ,P~00983220b04000.-3 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Friday - 23 September 1977 Page 4 25X1 13. LIAISON Called Angelo Codevilla, Se_ Hate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, regarding his suggestion that Senator Malcolm Wallop (R., Wyo.) and he receive orientation briefings at the Agency on 30 September. Codevilla had checked with the Senator, who said he could not attend on that date. 14. LIAISON Called Pat Chapla, in the office of Senator William D. Hathaway (D., Maine), and told her the Director had agreed to be photographed with Senator Hathaway for an upcoming newsletter to his constituents. Chapla will make the arrangements and let me know. 15. ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES Delivered to Audrey Hatry, Clerk, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, a memorandum. for William Miller, Staff Director, from John McMahon, Acting D /DCI/IC, 25X1 regarding the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on 16 September 1977; Headquarters Instruction Sheet 1044 regarding Onotes of Hat . Ford, ' also of the Committee staff, from his review of DDO evaluations of DDO 'reports on China, and notes of Walt Ricks;- also of the Committee staff, ! from his review of I cables. lb. Brian Walsh, on. the staff of the Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open Government, called to say that.!he would call, me on Tuesday',... 27- S.epte caber, to let me know when he can meet with me and someone from the Office .,of. Logistics, to discuss S. 1264, the Federal Acquisitions Act of 1977. 17. LEGISLATION Spoke with John McLaughlin, Staff Assistant, House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance, and told him in my view there was little further that needed to be done at this time regarding our interest in H. R. 3815/ S. 305, the corporate bribery legislation. I told Mr. McLaughlin I had sent him in the mail copies of the material we had used in the Senate to obtain, our amendment to S. 305. We also discussed the matter of outside interest in the national security amendment to S. 305 and agreed there was nothing to be concerned about given the nature of our interest in this legislation, which is simply to protect the confidentiality of Agency relationships with private businesses. Approved For Release 11/20 f MUM", 983A002200040008-3 Approved For Release 2005/11 ~29 : CIA-RDP79M00983AM2200040008-3 SSG/ Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel SSCI Page 3 Friday - 23 September 1977 t/ 9. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Met with Hal Ford, Senate SeleTAT Committee on Intelligence staff, and gave him the addresses of former Director George Bush, former DDCI E. H. Knoche and former PFIAB member. Ford had asked for the addresses so that the Committee could recheck data in its report on the A Team-B Team episode. I also informed Ford that the clearances for William Van Cleave, former B Team member, had expired. Ford said he didn't know whether the Committee would ask that they be reinstated or not. Finally, I told Ford that an officer from the Office of Security would meet with him at his convenience to discuss the original leak about the A Team-B Team exercise. STAT 10. (Internal Use Only - DFM) BRIEFING Accompanied DDI/CPS/CSS, to a meeting with Bill Miller, Staff Director, STAT Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, regarding the planned 29 September briefing. The agenda for the session had grown too lengthy and and Miller agreed on deletions. I lalso informed Miller of the once TAT a week substantive briefings to the members of the staff on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Miller accepted suggestion for regular substantive briefings for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The briefings will be biweekly, and will begin on Tuesday, 4 October. I asked Miller whether he had reviewed the 20 July transcript of the Director's briefing and whether the deletions we had suggested were satisfactory. Miller said he had done so and the deletions would be made. Miller reviewed a draft letter to Senator James Abourezk (D., S. Dak. ), Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Senate Judiciary Committee, . in which we suggested some special arrangements for the Select Committee to handle papers for Senator Abourezk's Subcommittee to review. Miller said this approach was fine. 11. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Met with David Shaw, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and told him the class he had agreed to address on 7 October had been cancelled and would probably be rescheduled after the first of the year. Approved For Release 2005/11/29 : CIA-RDP79M00983A002200040008-3 Approved For Relea$ e 2005/11 A261A.1d009832200040008-3 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Friday - 23 September 1977 SSGI J" $ Page 77 O(D 77,6 LIAISON Jean Christoff, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, called with questions regarding documents supplied the Committee on the MKULTRA programs. handle this personally and I would ask her. of our office, to call 25X1 6. LIAISON Received a call from Mike Hodin, in the office of Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D., N. Y.), who said they had misplaced the copy I delivered of the unclassified report "World Steel Market Continued Trouble Ahead" and asked for another. I agreed to deliver one and did so later in the day. 7. LIAISON Received a call from Elliot Maxwell, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, who said he would be unable to address the Senior Seminar as he had previously agreed because of a meeting just called at the NSC on the new Executive Order. I asked Anne Karalekas, also of the Committee staff, to fill in but she is attending the same meeting Maxwell is. I next asked Ed Levine, also of the Committee staff, to fill in and he agreed. It is set for 26 September at 1:00 p.m. I asked Maxwell about Senator Walter D. Huddleston's (D., Ky.) letter of 19 September pertaining to use of Section 102(c) of the National Security Act. The letter asked for a 15 year breakdown on use of the section. I told Maxwell a five year breakdown was readily available but that a compilation of statistics for 15 years would require about three weeks of work. I asked Maxwell if he thought five years was a sufficiently lengthly period for the Committee's use. He said to send him the statistics for five years as soon as possible and he would see if anything else was needed and let me know. 8. LIAISON Called John Elliff, Senate Select C,o xrn ittee-cr - el-lig sfa 4 in an attempt to get a final word if Senator Birch Bayh (D., Ind.) could speak at a Latin America COS Conference on 3 October.' Elliff reported that he could not. I then called Torn Moore, also of the Committee staff, and asked him to check whether Senator Gary Hart . (D., Colo.) might appear before the group. Moore said he would let me know on 26 September. Approved For Release 2005/11/29 : CIA-RDP79M00983A002200040008-3 Approved F'or Tease 2005/11/29JT79M 6004A0-'. Journal - Office of Legislative Couns 1 5Sci1'2-age 6 Wednesday - 21 September 1977 SSC" Y i ti p ~ 26. LIAISON I OTR, called to see if we could provide a speaker for the Intelligence Process Course on Friday, 21 October at 10:15 a. m. until 11: 45 a. m. I recalled that Anne Karalekas, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, had recently expressed an interest in speaking at oneTour courses again so I called her and she accepted. I will contact her approximately a week before the engagement and finalize the details. I Iwas advised. 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/ RDP79M00983A002200040008-3 Approved For Release 20 5/11/29COWND9rp 83A` %2200040008-3 4 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Monday - 19 September 1977 ssci r-q v,SiT Page 3 LIAISON Met with Bill Miller, Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and reviewed again the list of subjects to be covered at the 23 September briefing. I also gave Miller an unclassified copy of a letter from the State Department to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee covering the transmittal of two international agreements under the Case Act. I discussed this with Miller last week. He indicated the agreements had not yet been transmitted to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 9. LIAISON I OTR, called to say 25X1 he had been unable to reach me and because a scheduled lecture was imminent, he had contact Elliot Maxwell, Senate Select Committee on Intelli e ?tall, directly. Maxwell had agree o e ot 'e gab minar on 26 September at 1:00 p.m. I told DI would make final 25X1 arrangements with Maxwell. 10. LIAISON Jean Evans, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, called to say he would like to meet this week, if possible, with IC Staff, to discuss counterintelligence matters. 12. LIAISON Called Hal Ford, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and told him the DDO internal evaluation of DDO reporting on China was available for his review. I told him a paper by the IC Staff on the same subject, which he had requested, was still in preparation. Ford said he would visit the Agency this week to look at the DDO evaluations. NF11.1m 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/29 : CIA-RDP79M00983A002200040008-3