JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: May 17, 1977
• Content Type: NOTES

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1. LIAISON Sent to the office of Representative
James T. Broyhill (R., N. C.), a copy of the Agency publication entitled,
"The International Energy Situation: Outlook to 1985," per his request.
2. LIAISON Received a call from Rick
Asplund, Senator John C. Culver's (D., Iowa) office, requesting Mr. Colby's
address in order to write a thank you note. Mr. Colby's address was given
to him.
3. LIAISON Stewart Brahs, in the office of
Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff (D., Conn.), called to request a copy of the
Agency publication entitled, "The International Energy Situation: Outlook
to 1985. "
4. LIAISON Don Robinson, of the office of
Representative Mike McCormack (D., Wash.), called to request information
for a constituent graduating from high school, interested in preparing for a
career with CIA. I lof this office will forward the information.
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6. LIAISON Eric, in the office of
Representative Frederick W. Richmond (D., N.Y.), called and requested
two copies of the publication "The International Energy Situation: Outlook
to 1985." I said I would send him the copies.
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7. LIAISON Brad Georges, an employee of
the Conti Commodity Services in New York, called requesting a report
on tin production and consumption in the Soviet Union. I told Mr. Georges
that publications released by the Agency are available to the general public
through the DOCEX program in the Library of Congress. Mr. Georges
also asked to speak with the analysts who prepare reports on lead,
zinc, and synthetic rubber in the Soviet Union and China. After checking
with CSS, I called Mr. Georges back and told him
that he should go to the Department of Commerce for that information.
8. LEGISLATION Spoke with Mr. Vern Jennings,
INR/State Department, to give him some background on two bills, H. R. 6051
and H. R. 6195, which would reorganize the Intelligence., Community and limit
intelligence activities. I told Mr. Jennings we were preparing views letters
on these bills, essentially holding off on commenting specifically until the
NSC/PRM-11 review is completed. Mr. Jennings apparently is in the process
of preparing responses to these bills also.
Meissner, on the Foreign Assistance Subcommittee, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, to make sure that certain provisions in H. R. 6884 restricting
the provision of security assistance to certain countries were not contained
in S. 1160, the Senate International Security Assistance bill. Mr. Meissner
said there were no such provisions presently in the Senate bill, which probably
would go to the Senate floor sometime in the next few weeks.
10. LEGISLATION Called Mr. Mike Dolan,
in the Legislative Affairs Office at the Department of Justice, to find out his
Department's position on legislation now pending before both Houses of
Congress that would establish a special prosecutor mechanism to investigate
and prosecute high-level Government wrongdoing. Mr. Dolan said the White
House essentially was supporting this legislation and that Justice was
representing the Administration before Congress, although the Department
opposed a provision in the Senate bill that would establish an Office of
Government Crimes in the Department.
11. LEGISLATION Colonel Don Bennett, DOD,
called and said he had finally been able to obtain the necessary clearances for
the report language on H. R. 10, which we had sent him earlier. I told
Mr. Bennett that the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee report
had already been prepared and that we would be receiving a printed copy this
afternoon.
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12. LIAISON Received a call from Guy
Grant, of Representative Don Bonker's (D. , Wash.) office, requesting
copies of the following Agency publications: "National Basic Intelligence
Fact Book"; "The International Energy. Situation: Outlook to 1985";
"Non-OPEC LDCs: Terms of Trade Since 1970"; "Major Petroleum
Refining Centers for Export"; "The Cuban Economy: A Statistical
Review, 1968-76"; "INDONESIA. - 1965 - The Coup that :Backfired";
"Socialist Republic of Vietnam - Party and Government Structure";
and. "Lao People's Democratic Republic - Party and. Government
Structure". I told him I would. forward them to him.
13. LIAISON Met with Jack Swigert,
Executive Director, House Science and Technology Committee, in
his office to discuss possible briefings for the Committee. Three topics
were offered: Soviet and Chinese space programs; technology transfer;
and foreign civil air developments. I indicated that all topics would
require a minimum of 30 days lead time and would likely run about an
hour each. Mr. Swigert will discuss these areas with Representative
Olin Teague (D. Texas), Chairman of the Committee. (See Memorandum
for the Record.)
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17. ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES
Delivered to Martha MacDonald, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
staff, for Joe Kirchheimer, Committee consultant, a list of OER reports
since 1971 on the Soviet Union. Kirchheimer had requested such a list
last week.
18. LIAISON Delivered to Bill Miller, Staff
Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Records Control
Schedule 38-76; a letter from Mr. Robert Gambino, Director of Security,
regarding clearances for Committee employee Dave Bushong; a letter
to Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D., Hawaii) from Admiral Turner regarding
declassification of the title of an Intelligence Community component; and
Agency documents regarding
I discussed with Miller the Agency's handling of the request from
Senator William W. Proxmire (D., Wis. ), as a member of the Joint Economic
Committee, for information on Agency resources devoted to economic
intelligence and Miller had no problem with this approach.
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19. LIAISON Received from Evelyn Chavoor,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, a copy of Senator Daniel K.
Inouye's (D. , Hawaii) 2 May 1977 address before the American Society of
Newspaper Editors entitled "The American Intelligence Community and its
Future".
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Delivered to Martha MacDonald, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
staff, an interim response to Senator Charles McC. Mathias (R. , Md. )
concerning his inquiry from constituent Robert D. Kracke. I asked
Ms. MacDonald to be sure that Jean Evans, also of the Committee staff, sees
the response and she said that she would.
21. I LIAISON Met at length with John Elliff,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, to discuss the activities
of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and the Rights of Americans. Elliff has
assumed the principal staff role of this Subcommittee. Elliff cited the
Committee's 3 November 1976 letter to the Attorney General asking for
regular detailed information on FBI activities and indicated that such a request
would be forthcoming to CIA. In order to work out some of the details
in advance, however, he, Anne Karalekas and Mike Epstein, also of the
Committee staff, are meeting with Tony Lapham, General Counsel, and
DDO officials on 19 May to discuss the Committee's interest. The
Subcommittee wants to assure that it understands the standards and procedures
for counterintelligence investigations involving Americans, clandestine
collection operations involving Americans, and the use of American citizens
for intelligence operations. In addition, the Subcommittee wants to assure
that it has adequate information to insure that the standards and procedures
are being adhered to.
22. EMPLOYMENT REQUESTS Received a
call from the office of Senator William S. Cohen (R., Maine), regarding a
constituent request for information on employment with the Agency. Employment
brochures were forwarded to his office.
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Congressional Support Staff, John Helgerson, Center for Policy Support,
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International Relations Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
(See Memorandum for the Record.)
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and I met with Jack Swigert, Executive Director. House Committee on
Science and Technology, and discussed proposed briefings of certain
Subcommittees. (See Memorandum for the Record written by
Swigert later called me after he had talked to the
Chairman and requested that we postpone the hearings indefinitely at
this time. The postponement includes the briefing on Soviet military
and civilian space programs of Representative Don Fuqua (D., Fla. ) and
several other Committee members which was requested several months
ago by staffer Jim Wilson and for which I was awaiting word of a definite
time.
I left with Swigert the unclassified paper prepared by
this was proprietary information and not for public disclosure. He
said he would brief the Chairman and treat the information accordingly.
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DD/OER, on nuclear material reserves as a follow-up to the
luncheon of the Chairman with the Director. Per I I
showed Swigert the last page of the CONFIDENTIAL Agency study on
oil indicating the private sector input in the study and cautioned that
Swigert asked if he could openly use the comment by
He also mentioned that the
Committee plans hearings on the oil crisis and asked if the Agency
could provide the names of any responsible witnesses other than
Dr. Schlesinger and others who have testified to date., They are
looking for "new faces. " He thought that the recent MIT study would
provide good leads. I will check with I on both items.
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29. I LIAISON Per Mr. Cary's request, I met with
Keith Adkinson, Senate Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations staff, and expressed the Director's concern that
Senator Sam Nunn (D., Ga.) not include the Agency in his planned
hearings to surface the effects of restrictive guidelines on CIA, FBI,
and local police intelligence organizations in countering domestic
and international terrorism in the United States, in view of the
extensive ongoing inquiries by the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence. Adkinson said he clearly appreciated the political
sensitivities and he would convey the Director's position to Senator
Nunn. He mentioned that Senator Nunn may wish on his own to discuss
this matter with Chairman Inouye since he is deeply concerned that
the Church Committee and others swung the pendulum too far and the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence may be caught in the strong
sentiment to keep the Agency in check and this will lead to overly
restrictive legislation making it almost impossible for these agencies
to operate effectively. Adkinson emphasized that Senator Nunn has
the highest interest in the Agency and will not do anything that will cause
the Agency any more problems than we now have. If they do go
ahead with their investigation, they will concentrate on the domestic
scene which will principally involve the FBI. However, the Agency
could become involved when their investigation leads to international
terrorist groups. He assured me that if they do go through with their
investigation, and the Agency became in any way involved, it would be
very carefully handled directly with us to protect our interests. I made
as strong a case as I could with Keith; however, Senator Nunn does
feel very strongly and he may very well call the Director to get his
reaction. Mr. Cary was advised.
30. LIAISON Spoke with Jim Fellenbaum,
Senate Appropriations Committee staff, and Danny Childs, staff of Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence, to determine where an appeal would lie on budget
authorization action by the Select Committee. Fellenbaum does not believe
the Senate Appropriations Committee would use the exigency powers of that
Committee to override Select Committee authorization levels and Childs'
personal opinion was that an appeal may lie with the Chairmen of the Armed
Services Committees.
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32. LIAISON Called Sam Hoskinson, NSC,
to alert him to the "Role of the Ambassador" letter currently being reviewed
in draft form and to remind him that the statutory framework for this
letter currently subjects the Ambassador's authority to the statutory phrase
"under the direction of the President. "
33. LIAISON In response to an earlier call to
IC Staff, I called Kathy McCormack, in the office of Representative
James T. Broyhill (R. , N. C. ), and told her we were sending Mr. Broyhill
a copy of the Agency publication entitled, "The International Energy Situation:
Outlook to 1985. "
35. LIAISON Returned Gilbert Keyes', former
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee staff, callto Mr. Cary.
He has left the Committee and is now with Boeing and I will arrange
appropriate security debriefings.
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38. LIAISON I called ]3i11 Ashworth, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, to answer his question with respect to
Soviet deployment of MIRV's which he had asked of OLC, after
having discussed the matter with of the SALT staff.
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