JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL - THURSDAY - 25 OCTOBER 1973

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000400100017-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: October 25, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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Thursday - .25 October 1973
4.1 I In response to his request, met'with
Garner Cline, House Judiciary Committee, who told me off the record
that the Judiciary Committee will at some point be forwarding a formal
request to the Armed Services Committee for release of all Watergate
material to the Committee in their study of possible grounds for impeach-
ment of the President of the United States. John Warner, OGC,has been
advised.
5? I I Talked with Frank Slatinshek, Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who told me that DOD has
been requested to return tomorrow for an additional briefing on the
Middle East crisis. He has not requested DCI attendance. I gave
'S.latinshek a copy of t.h TASS report of the DCI STATSPEC
testimony of CIA actions in Chile . and iscussed with him the handling
of the transcript of the Director's briefing of 23 October. Slatins.hek
had no question on our handling of the transcripts. I told him of the
noon time briefing of Mr. Nedzi concerning the Soviet alert of their
forces and gave him the same information that I had given to Ned.zi earlier.
Committee, and delivered a letter of 25 October from Charles Briggs, Director,
TASS report of the DCI testimon on CIA ctions in Chile. STATSPEC
In brief, Preston was somewhat upset with OMB for the position 25X1
taken on the Agency payroll. increment. He told me he would discuss the
matter with Guy McConnell, Senate Appropriations, and talk with me further
when he has talked with Guy.
OPPB concern ng Agency budget. I also left with Preston a copy of the
7? I I Met with William Hogan, House Armed
Services Committee, and gave him
. L. C. Arends,
Hogan told me that Chairman Nedzi plans a public
release of the Intelligence Subcommittee report on the Watergate hearings
next Wednesday. Copies of the release will be made available to the press
and ourselves on Tuesday. Hogan told me off the record that the matter
of review of the report by the Agency was discussed in the Subcommittee
meeting, but there; was a very strong determination by the Members that it
should not be..release'd to the Agency prior to final release by.the' Committee.
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TASS report of the CIA testimony on Chile. Czarnecki told
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8. JGO) Met with Marian Czarnecki, Chief of Staff,
House Foreign Affai ommittee, and gave him a copy of the
me a the Chairman is again out of town and he had not had time to
return Mr. Colby's call before he left the city. Although a meeting
between Dr. Morgan, Representative Mailliard, and Representative
Fascell with Representative Harrington is intended, Harrington has been
out of the city and it was not possible for the meeting to take place prior
to Harrington's departure from the country for Chile, last night. He has
been out of the city since sometime last week. Chairman Morgan can-
celled Mike Finley's travel to Chile with Harrington. I also discussed
with Czarnecki in some detail other possible areas that had occurred to
him on.the subject of release of the transcript to the press.
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9. JMM) Called Chairman Lucien Nedzi, Intelligence
Subcommittee, ouse rmed Services Committee, in response to his earlier
call inquiring about the basis for the U. S. "alert. " I told him there had been
some activity on the part of Soviet military elements which had caused some
concern but there might well be other information of a diplomatic nature with
which I was not familiar which could also be a factor. I suggested he might
get a more up to date and complete rundown on the military situation from
the Defense Department.
10. - JGO) In response to his second call to John Maury,
I talked to Chairman Lucien Nedzi, Intelligence Subcommittee, House Armed
Services Committee, and filled him in on the "Soviet alert" mentioned in
Dr. Kissinger's statement.
developments in the Middle East in which Senator Jackson had expressed a
11. JMM) Called Dorothy Fosdick, Senate Permanent
Investigations Subcommittee staff, and gave her a brief rundown on overnight
desire to be kept up to date.
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Mr. Houston Mr. Thuermer
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