JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000300050066-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: August 22, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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CONFIDE'N'TIAL
JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 22 August 1975
1. ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES -
Dropped off with Charlotte Wilmer, Administrative Assistant to
Representative John Breaux (D. , La.), material which
OCI, had pulled together for the Representative on Cuba,
2. ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES
Dropped off a copy of the communique concerning Representative Margaret:
Heckler's (R., Mass.) visit to the People's Republic of China with Ed Rice
of Representative Heckler's office.
3. I I LIAISON In view of their Chairmen.s'
longstanding interest in this subject, called to the attention of James
Calloway (Senate Appropriations Committee staff); Ed Braswell. (Senate
Armed Services Committee staff); Ralph Preston (House Appropriations
Committee staff), and Frank Slatinshek (House Armed Services Committee
staff) recommendation number 29 in the Rockefeller Commission Report
concerning civil application of overhead photography and the possibility
of its implementation. Their reactions were pretty much as expected
and concern was expressed about the cost and the big brother appearances.
briefings on grain with the understanding that either. Meissner or Gilmore
would be back in touch with us on.crop forecasting.
Gilmore, of the Committee staff on what he (Meissner) had learned from our
BRIEFING Called Chuck Meissner,
Sen Fn-",A;"n xrittee staff, and he agreed to fill in Rick
5. LIAISON In response to an earlier call
from Kent Krause, Republican Study Committee, told Daphne Miller,
Counsel, that we would be pleased to submit a list of the unclassified reports
which we have made available to newsmen.
6. FBIS Received a call frorxi Sylvia
Castellanos, Senate Steering Committee staff, who had requested sub_
scription to all eight FBIS Daily Reports about three weeks ago and had not
received any yet. After checking with FBIS Liaison, I called Ma. Castellanos
back and told her that since we had no record with FBIS of her request that
we would initiate service which would take effect in about 10 days.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday 20 August 1975
1. (Unclassified - WPB) LEGISLATION Bob Carlst:rom, OMB,
who has been working on clearing our various reports on criminal justice
information bills, called to say that he had some comments from Justice
Department on our report which he would be forwarding to met.
2. (Unclassified - DFM) LEGISLATION Called George Gilbert,
OMB,. to report that the Agency agreed with the Administration's position
in the State Department's letter to the Senate e n.
on S. 1341, to establish a 200-mile Marine Pollution Control Zone. The
letter had been reviewed b of OGCR. STAT
3. (Unclassified - DFM) CONSTITUENT Dropped off at the
office of Representative Norman Mineta (D., Calif.), for. Dan Murphy,
a listing of people suing the Agency for alleged illegal domestic activities.
OGC provided the list. STAT
4. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Met with Everett Bierman, on the
staff of the House Committee on International Relations, and passed along the
information he had requested earlier in the week on
5. (Unclassified -- DFM) ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES
Dropped off at the office of Representative Lucien Nedzi (D. , Mich. ),
for Cindy Szady, a copy of Mr. Colby's interview with Martin Agronsky,
dated 19 August 1975.
6. (Unclassified - DFM) ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES
Dropped off at the office of Chairman Jack Brooks (D., Texas), Subcojnmi.t.tee
on Legislation and National Security, Committee on Government: Operations, a
letter from Mr. Colby concerning the Agency's hiring of special. counsel
for the congressional hearings.
7. (Unclassified - DFM) ADM NISTRATIVE -- DELIVERIES
Delivered to Bob Boyer, staff member of the House Committee on Inter--
on an alleged
national Relations, a confidential memo prepared by
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memorandum prepared in the Office of ';h.e President: of the Philippines on
Philippine -Ame rican Base Agreement.
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9. (Unclassified - JMD) LIAISON Mrs. Josephine Weber, Staff.
Assistant, House International Relations Committee, called and said the
Chairman wanted to know, immediately, if the Agency had "different area
desks for Africa--is North Africa included in, the South African desk? "
After checking, I told her they were separated.
10. (Unclassified - JMD) ADMINISTRATIVE John Lepley, Purchasing
Clerk, House of Representatives, called to advise he had mistakenly received
an invoice which belongs to CIA. I told him to send it to me and I would get
it in the right hands. (This was sent to 604 Key Building upotTAT
11. (Unclassified - LLM) CONSTITUENT Called Mark Bronson,
Caseworker in the district office of Senator John Tunney (D., Calif.), and
closed out their request on behalf of a former contract employee STAT
I I I told Bronson to advise to contact the STAT
Civil Service Commission in about 45 days to resolve a creditable service
matter. Bronson will call us if there are any other problems. No further
action is required with Senator Tunney's office,
12. (Unclassified - LLM) CONSTITUENT. In response to her
request, provided Margaret Keller, in the office of Representative Gilbert
Gude (R., Md.), suggestions for responding to questions raised by a.
constituent concerning the Agency's budgetary and appropriations process.
13. (Confidential - LLM) LIAISON Les Janka, NSC, called and
advised that the material we had sent him on the M a. r uez (Post Mortein
and Situation Reports) were being sent to Dr. Kissinger. Janka was highly
complimentary of the Post Mortem but felt it had more than may be
necessary to respond to Chairman__Johu Sparkman's (D. , Ala.) letter
Dr. Kissinger and the Director will discuss this matter before the Director
meets with Chairman Sparkman.
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