MEETING WITH MR. ED BRASWELL, CHIEF OF STAFF, SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, RE S. 782

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• Publication Date: February 4, 1969
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OLC 69-0101
4 February 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Meeting with Mr. Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff, Senate
Armed Services Committee, Re S. 782
1. and I called on Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff, Senate
Armed Services Committee, to advise him of our concern over the
reintroduction. of the Ervin bill (S. 782 - Constitutional Rights of Federal
Employees). We made the following points:
a. the bill in its present form, identical to the version
which passed the Senate by overwhelming vote in the last session,
presents the most serious problems to certain security safeguards
and management procedures which we feel the Agency must main-
tain if the Director is to discharge his statutory responsibilities;
b. we are reluctant to stir things up at this stage lest
we be accused of "lobbying" but wished to ensure that all proper
and feasible measures are examined to exempt the Agency from
the more troublesome provisions of this bill;
c. one course would be to seek either specific or general
exemptions from the application of the bill, and another would be
an amendment authorizing the President to grant exemptions for
certain agencies or categories of personnel involved in sensitive
activities;
d. because we want to take care not to move too rapidly
and stir things up on the one hand, or allow the bill to slip by without
adequately presenting our case on the other, we would appreciate
Mr. Braswell taking a discreet reading on its prospects.
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3. In parting, Mr. Braswell commented that the Committee had
still not completed its organizational arrangements and he could not predict
when they would wish a briefing from the Director, but we should expect
intensive questioning on Soviet ABM and ICBM development, since the
Sentinel issue was of major concern to many Committee members.
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