JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 27 MAY 1970

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000400040053-3
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• Document Release Date: May 25, 2005
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: May 27, 1970
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 27 May 1970
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6. Discussed the Ervin bill, S. 782,_ with
General Counsel of NSA, who says that NSA still hopes for
a complete exemption. I said this was certainly our position and we
would so state in response to the letter from Chairman Henderson, of
the House Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service, asking
for Agency views.
understands that Henderson plans to report out the bill
without hearings, granting both CIA and NSA such exemptions "as they
need. "
said he hoped the Director would recommend a complete
exemption for both NSA and CIA. I said. I thought this was his intention,
and would keep informed of any developments.
7. Delivered to the offices of Senators
Mike Gravel (D., Alaska), Edmund Muskie (D., Me.), Hugh Scott (R., Pa.),
Jacob Javits (R., N. Y.), George McGovern (D., S. Dak.), Edward
Kennedy (D., Mass.), Charles Goodell (R., N. Y.), William Proxmire
(D., Wis. ), and Mike Mansfield (D., Mont.), FBIS items in which their
names were mentioned.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel CONFIDENTIAL page 4
Wednesday - 27 May 1970
12. Met with Bun Bray, Associate Staff
Director, I-louse Post Office and Civil Service Committee, and discussed
the Committee handling of the .Ervin bill, S. 782, at some length with
him. In particular Mr. Bray noted that the Chairman had directed his
letter to DOD rather than NSA because of other elements within DOD
that may need consideration in the bill. As to the question of speed in
handling the bill, Mr. Bray indicated that we should take whatever
time is needed in coordinating our response and noted that it would
be helpful to the Chairman if our response included not only our request
for exemption from the bill but detailed the word changes necessary
in S. 782. Mr. Bray was kind enough to mention that he has discussed
this with the Chairman and is speaking in the Chairman's name.
JOHN
M. MWUR-Y--
Legislative Counsel
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