JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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December 27, 1971
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Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Monday - 27 December 1971 25X1 3. Colonel White talked with Ralph Preston, House Appropriations Committee staff, and cleared with him, as he had cleared with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee, the action that we propose to take in connection with the liquidation of certain programs of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. 4. I I A suggested reply to a letter from a constituent was delivered to the office of Senator John V. Tunney (D. , Calif. ). The constituent expressed concern of alleged CIA support of the Shah of Iran. 5. Miss Louise Iovino, in the office of Senator James L. Buckley (R., N. Y. ),was informed that the misdirecting of the FBIS Daily Report to Senator Buckley had been taken care of. A copy addressed to the Bulkley Griffin News Bureau was being mistakenly delivered. (Mr. Thuermer's office advised they had no record of this news bureau. FBIS is discontinuing this subscription. ) f y..t~ "lam Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Thursday - 23 December 1971 25X1 4, olonel White and Messrs. Colby, and Ime with i. oo ruff, Counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee, and Colonel White briefed Woodruff on developments concerning the release of funds to cover the liquidation of certain programs of the Radios. Woodruff said he had no objection to the action being taken and commended the Agency for "scrubbing down" the requests made for the release of these funds. He recommended, however, that letters be sent to Chairmen Ellender and Mahon advising them of the action being taken. Mr. Woodruff reiterated a statement he has made on a number of occasions before that he felt it highly desirable for the Congress to include an open line item for the total CIA appropriations. See Memorandum for the Record. 25X1 5. I I Talked with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, and advised him of the request from Lowenstein and Moose, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, which had been relayed to us through the State Department (see Memorandum for the Record of 22 December 1971). I told Braswell that the questions raised by Lowenstein and Moose would be taken up with the Director on his return, but asked Braswell if he had any thoughts on the matter. Braswell said he thought that as a member of the CIA Subcommittee Senator Symington was entitled to information on Agency personnel but he saw no grounds for providing this information to Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members. He commented that even our own Subcommittees do not ask for information on operational personnel. 25X1 Acting Legislative Counsel cc: ER O/DDCI Mr. Colby DDI DDS DDS&T EA/DDP OPPB Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 SECRET Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Wednesday - 22 December 1971 6.1 Colonel White and Messrs. Colby, Maury, and had a luncheon meeting with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, at which Colonel White briefed Braswell on the various actions which have been taken with respect to the Agency budget. See Memorandum for the Record. 7. 9 I Mr. Joseph Wolf, State Department, called to relay a request ma e by Messrs. Lowenstein and Moose, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, which had arisen during the briefings of these staff members for their trip to Southeast Asia early next month. The requests concern information on Agency personnel and a request for an SNIE on Thailand. I told Wolf these were questions that could only be answered after consultation with the Director upon his return on 4 January. See Memorandum for the Record. 8. Made arrangements for Colonel White and others to meet with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee, tomorrow to discuss matters pertaining to the Radios. 25X1 Acting Legislative Counsel cc: ER O/DDCI Mr. Colby Mr. Houston- Mr. Thuermer DDI DDS DDS&T EA/DDP OPPB SCE- Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 INTERNAL USE ONLY Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page Z Monday - 13 December 1971 5. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Met with Mr. Al Westphal, Staff Consultant, House Foreign Affairs Committee, who told me that he does not expect the conferees to meet on_S 18 the Radios bill. until after the Congress comes back in January. He told me also that he had talked to the Appropriations Committee people on Friday and that the Radios will be included in the continuing resolution that is being drafted today. INTERNAL USE ONLY STAT Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 INTERNAL USE ONLY Office of Legislative Counsel Friday - 10 December 19 71 Page 3 STAT 11. (Unclassified - JGO) Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, Hou se Appropriations Committee staff, and learned that the conferees on the supplemental appropriations bill disagreed on the Senate amendment to provide or Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. The conferees agreed to reduce a amount to for FY 1972. Messrs. Fred STAT A staff, have been advised. Acting Legislative Counsel cc: ER O/DDCI Mr. Colby Mr. Houston Mr. Thue rme r DDI DDS DDS&T EA/DDP OPPB I JNTEFNAL USE ONLY STAT Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 Approved For Release 2005/11/21,.: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 0LLsi L Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3 Tuesday - 7 December 1971 10. I I Art Kuhl, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, said he was accompanying Senator Stuart Symington on a Far Eastern trip beginning about 15 December and wanted to make sure his (Kuhl's) clearances were in order. I assured him they were, but emphasized he was entitled to receive station briefings only and nothing concerning internal Agency matters. 11. Delivered to Mr. Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant, House Appropriations Committee, a letter for Chairman Mahon from the Director dated 6 December concerning withdrawals from the Reserves. After a brief review of the purpose of the withdrawals, Mr. Preston noted that this letter relates to monies "that have already been spent. " Mr. Preston told me that the Appropriations Committee conferees are meeting this afternoon on the supplemental appropriation. The question of meeting of the appropriation conferees on the military appropriation bill is still up in the air. He said the Chairman plans to take the foreign aid appro- priation bill to the floor of the House tomorrow under a rule waiving points of order. He noted that since the Chairman and principal Committee members will be on the floor there will be little time for any conference meetings. He told me also that no new continuing resolution is in the works to extend expenditure authority beyond the 8 December termination date of the present resolution. Mr. Preston told me there should be no difficulty with the Senate amendment to the supplemental which provides for RFE 12. Met with Mr. Richard Barton, Staff Assistant, House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, who told me that although the full Committee is scheduled to meet on 16 December, the meeting may well be cancelled in the interim due to a lack of quorum. He told me that the letter from Chairman Hebert concerning H. R. 11150 has been duplicated and will be placed at each Member's position the morning of the hearing. I thanked him for his consideration. 13. Met with Al Westphal, Staff Consultant, House Foreign Affairs Committee, who told me that the conferees are stalemated on the foreign aid bill due to Senator Mansfield's (D. , Mont. ) position concerning the end-the-war amendment. He also told me that the House had appointed conferees on S. 18, the Radios bill, but that he saw no hope at this time of the conferees meeting on S. 18 prior to conclusion of the conference on the foreign aid bill. SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/21: CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 Approved For Release 2005/?1{11/21 CIA-RDP72-00337R000500250002-5 JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Monday - 6 December 1971 1. I I Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appropria- tions Committee, advised that the Senate had amended the supplemental appropriations bill (H. R. 11955) to include an appropriation of for Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe contingent upon the enactment of S. 18 or other authorizing legislation. If this amendment is accepted by the House, as expected, and enacted, there remains only agreement by the House and Senate conferees on S__ .& to complete legislative action to provide for continuation of the Radios. Woodruff said he expects the conferees to meet on the Defense appropriations bill on Thursday, with passage of this measure on Friday and congressional recess by the weekend. 2. I Mr. C.B. Morrison, on the staff of Senator Allen J. Ellender (D., La. , said the Senator called him today to say that when Mr. Helms visited him last he offered to"winterize" the Senator's camera for his trip to Antarctica. The Senator would like this done in time for his departure a week from today. I told Mr. Morrison I would check on this and be back in touch with him. The Senator also asked if Kodachrome II, which is the film he normally uses, is suitable for this trip. I contacted Mr. Art Lundahl, NPIC, immediately. He said it was he who had suggested to the Senator that he have his camera winterized for this trip, but he did not offer to do it. Mr. Lundahl is contacting the Navy, however, to see if arrangements can be made to have the necessary work done. 3. Mr. David Martin, on the staff of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, provided me with a copy of the published document "The Assault on Freedom" (A Compendium of Theoretical and Policy Statements by the Communist Movement, Domestic and International, and by other Organizations Committed to the Violent Overthrow of Free Institutions), which has been passed on to CI Staff, Mr. Martin also said the Subcommittee is considering hearings on the Communist propaganda apparatus, both overt and "cryptic. " He said they are hoping to have Frank Shakespeare, USIA, testify on the open propaganda and they are considering Bert Wolf and Arthur Koestler, but he would like any suggestions we might have as to recent defectors, escapees, or others whom we might suggest as good witnesses on the Communist clandestine propaganda apparatus. I told him I would check and be back in touch with him. 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