JOURNAL- OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000300100044-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: April 18, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday - 18 April 1975
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Talked to Paul Summit who handles
Senator _Tnhn L. Mc e an s (D., Ark.) .Tt,d; ciary Committee affairs,
about S. 1259. He thanked me for alerting him to the bill., said, that he
would take a close look at it, and suggested I get in. touch with. Senator
Roman L. Hruska's (R., Nebr.) ma.xA, J. G.. Argetsinger.
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Mr. Thuermer
Mr. Lehman
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15. (Unclassified - GLC) Mr. Hepworth and I met with Chairman
John Stennis, Senate Armed Services Committee, for our weekly briefing.
See Memo for Record.
16. (Unclassified - GLC) Accompanied the Director to a briefing of
Chairman Sparkman, Senator Case and Mr. Pat Holt, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, on a new Presidential finding on a covert action program. See
Memo for Record.
17. (Unclassified - GLC) Attended an LIG meeting in the Situation
Room of the White House. See Memo for Record.
18. (Unclassified - JMD) Richard Moose, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee staff, called and asked if Mr. Layton, NIO/SEA, could brief
Senator Dick Clark at 2:30 this afternoon on Vietnam. After checking with
Mr. Cary and Mr. Layton, I called back and said Mr. Layton and Mr. Miller
would be there at 2:30.
19. (Unclassified - GLC) Guy McConnell, Senate Appropriations
Committee staff, called and asked that I drop by to see him tomorrow and give
him an update on our evacuation of our people. I mentioned to McConnell that
we were going to be in touch with Chairman McClellan, qt-nafnrs Thur,rinnrl and
n some legislation introduced by Senator Kennedy which would liberalize
the FOIA. McConnell agreed it would be best to handle this with members while
the legislation is in Committee rather than wait until. it gets to the floor.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Monday - 14 April 1975
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Called Jan Alberghini, Staff Assistant,
~S. n 7commit.tee on Administrative Practices and Procedures,
to order two copies of hearings, source books and the conference report
concerning the Freedom of Information Act,
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 SUBCQ` 1IITTEE PUBLICATIONS AVAILFy" E ON FOIA
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Hearings
U. S. Congress. Senate Committee on Government Operations and
Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
on the Judiciary
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Relations and Separation of Powers and Administrative
Practice and Procedure. Executive Privilege Secrecy in
Government Freedom of Information. April,-May, June 1973.
, II,
I. Limited quantity.
U. S. Congress. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee
on Administrative Practice and Procedure. IRS Disclosure.
April,July 1974.
Source Books
Freedom of Information Act Source Book-1: Legislative Materials
Cases, Articles. 1974.
Limited quantity.:
Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1.974
Source Book
Legislative History, Analysis and Documents..
- - Freedom of Information Act
Conference Report
accompany. H.R.,12471) September 25E 1974.
Public Law 93-502. 93rd Congress, H. R. 12471. November '21 , 1974.
Freedom of Information Act as Amended in 1974 by Public Law 93-?592.
March 1975.
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26. (Confidential - PLC) Met with J. Sourwinc-:, Chief Counsel,
c~r,tP r,1ra;. ^rL Subcommittee on Internal Security, and discussed his
Regarding his :request concerning t:: e hook, -ow to , py on
the United States" by Alexander Steele, Sourwine said he was aware that
the author was Peter N. James.
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I told him I would check on both. of these matters.
and get back to him.
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Mr. Thuermer
Mr. Clarke
Mr. Warner
Mr. Lehman
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Journal - Office of LegislativeCounsel
Thursday - 10 April 1975
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7. Accompanied I IA/DDA., to a 25X1A
meeting with Tom ussrnan, Counsel, and Jan Alberghini, Staff Assistant,
caf- r.--j. Subcommittee on Administrative Practices and Procedures,
to discuss the Agency's problems in implementing the FOI amendments, 25X1
See Memorandum for the Record.
8. John Swigert, Staff Director, House
Science and Astronautics Committee, called to confirm the arrangements
for the briefing by several Committee members of a DDS&T career
development group at 1:30 p. m. on 17 April. He indicated that they
would provide a rundown of the activities of the Committee and the U.. S.
space program.
James M. Hanley (D., N. Y.) called on behalf of a constituent and asked.
to whom the person should write to determine if the Agency has any information:
concerning him. I gave him the address of the FOI Coordinatore..
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