JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000100110015-3
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 16, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 16 November 1971
1. Received a call from Miss Dorothy Fosdick,
Assistant to Senator Henry Jackson (D. , Wash. ), who said that she had been
in contact with the Senator since yesterday and he had requested that she
and Richard Perle be brought up to date, if possible today, on Soviet strategic
developments. A meeting was scheduled for 1:30 this afternoon with
Mr. Duckett, DD/S&T.
2. I Received a call from Mr. James
Lowenstein, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, who told me the
Chairman will be requesting the background documents relating to the
President's notice of November 5 concerning changes in the intelligence
community and asked if I could identify the documents for him. After
checking with Mr. Maury, I called Mr. Lowenstein back and told him
that I had in front of me the Federal Register section "Quarterly Com-
pilation of Presidential Documents, November 8, 1971" which listed at
page 1482 an item titled, "Reorganization of the U. S. Intelligence
Community" with a subtitle, "Announcement outlining management steps
for improving the effectiveness of the intelligence community, November 5,
1971. " I told Mr. Lowenstein that from a quick examination the content
of this announcement appeared to be identical to the White House press
release of 5 November. After some conversation I made reference to the
news ticker item of yesterday quoting Mr. Ziegler with regard to the
memorandum referenced in Newsweek. Mr. Lowenstein noted that it was
somewhat absurd to think that such an announcement could be made without
"something preceding it. " The conversation closed on a friendly note.
3. Received a call from Mr. Richard
Ransom, Special Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee staff, House
Armed Services Committee, concerning the current hearings being conducted
by the Subcommittee relating to the Cuban delegation to the Sugar Cane
Conference in New Orleans. Mr. Ransom asked if we could provide a roster
of the Cuban delegation. After discussion, I referred him to Mr. Neal Leary,
Immigration and Naturalization Services.
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Tuesday - 16 November 1971
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11. In response to a call from Frank Slatinshek,
Assistant Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, to
saying that Chairman Lucien Nedzi, Intelligence Subcommittee, was quite
dissatisfied with the material we had provided him on the new arrangements
of the intelligence community, I met with Slatinshek for clarification. He
was preoccupied with a Committee hearing and recommended I talk to Mr.
Nedzi directly which I did. Mr. Nedzi's main complaint was that the written
material we had given him was classified and contained less information than
appeared in the current issue of Newsweek. He also asked for a copy of the
President's "decision memorandum" referred to in the Newsweek story.
I said the paper we had given him was classified because it quoted
directly from NSC classified documents, that the Newsweek story was
interesting but contained many inaccuracies which I would be glad to go
over with him, and that the existence of the alleged memo referred to had
been officially denied by Mr. Ziegler of the White House. Mr. Nedzi was
hurrying to a vote call and we agreed to meet again at 4:00 p.m.
Met with Mr. Nedzi at 4:00 p..m. and provided him with an unclassified
copy of our paper on the new arrangements in the intelligence community.
Also discussed the nature of these arrangements and the problem of his
request for White House directives on the subject. In conclusion he said he
"felt a little better" about the matter but wished to pursue it in the future.
See Memorandum for the Record.
12, I On instructions from the Director, I talked to
Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, and explained
the Director's difficulty in testifying this week before the full Committee. After
consulting Senator Stennis, Braswell called back to say they would hope the
Director could appear Monday or Tuesday and they would let me know which day.
I said Monday would be much preferable from the Director's standpoint but
Braswell said this might create problems since many of the members don't
return from the weekend until Monday afternoon. In any event, Braswell will
let us know Friday when the Chairman would like the meeting. He said they
wanted a general intelligence roundup of perhaps an hour's duration plus a
discussion of the new arrangements of the intelligence community which I said
I thought might take no more than 15 or 20 minutes, but I noted there would
probably be many questions. Braswell said they would schedule the meeting
from 10:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. but it might run over until the afternoon.
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Monday - 15 November 1971
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5. Met with Miss Jean Gordon, Admini-
strative Assistant to Representative Charles Gubser (R. , Calif. ), and
gave her a map for Mr. Gubser's use in visiting the Headquarters Building
tomorrow morning.
Met with Representative Lucien Nedzi (D.,
Mich.) and delivered to him a five-page blind memorandum relating
to the intelligence community changes outlined . in the November 5
White House announcement. Mr. Nedzi said that after he had a chance to
review the paper he will call us if he has any questions.
7. I uIn response to a request, picked up from
Miss Judith Spahr, National Security and International Operations Sub-
committee staff, Senate Government Operations Committee, an envelope
addressed to Mr. Cord Meyer, Jr.
8. Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Assistant
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, and gave him a copy
of the blind memorandum concerning the intelligence community changes.
I told Frank I had just delivered a copy to Mr. Nedzi and that he had said
he would call if he had any questions after reading the material. Frank
appreciated the advice.
I briefed Frank on the ChiCom expansion of medium bomber forces,
Soviet modification of G and H-Ill class submarines, deployment ox zacti
ASM, task force operating off the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean,
configuration of TU-16's recently moved to Egypt; and Pakistan military
alert.
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Thursday - 11 November 1971
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3. Discussed with Frank Slatinshel Assistant
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, some points regarding the
White House announcement regarding the intelligence community, emphasizing
that changes from the past were largely procedural and of no major significance.
I assured Slatinshek that there was no reason to suppose that the Director's
direction of CIA or his access to the President, was being undermined..
Mr. Slatinshek said that Chairman Nedzi, Intelligence Subcommittee,
had indicated he wanted to become more active in regard to his responsibilities
over the intelligence community in the near future and would want a briefing
from the Director. I suggested such a briefing would be timely, should
consist largely of the Director's own interpretation of his new responsibilities
in the community, and should include Representatives Hebert and Arends in
addition to the members of the Nedzi Subcommittee. Slatinshek thought this
a good idea and will suggest it to Nedzi.
I explained to Slatinshek that I thought much of the confusion resulted
from the fact that most people on the Hill really didn't understand how the
intelligence community had functioned in the past, or how it related to the
National Security Council.
4. Met with Senator Clifford P. Case and told him
I would be glad to brief him on matters raised in his recent letters to the
Director and Secretary of State Rogers, which had been referred to us, but
could not include members of his staff. The Senator said that he would have to
insist on including members of his staff who handled these matters for him.
I said unfortunately this was not possible. Case asked that I convey his
request to the Director. I said that I had explained this to the Director and
I was giving him the Director's answer, which was that the Director felt that
in view of his statutory responsibilities for protecting intelligence sources and
methods he would have to limit his discussion of highly sensitive intelligence
matters to the Senator himself. The Senator said he would like the Director
to write him a letter to this effect. I said I would convey his request to the
Director.
5. Discussed with William Woodruff, Counsel,
Senate Appropriations Committee, certain aspects of the White House
announcement regarding the intelligence community. See Memo for Record
for details.
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