JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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CIA-RDP73B00296R000300260026-3
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November 2, 1971
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J1b ~ Approved For Release 20o q Pi 02968000300260026-3 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Tuesday - 2 November 1971 3. Met with Mrs. Anne Sullivan, in the office of Senator Sam J. Ervin (D., N. C.), and left with her a suggested reply to a constituent inquiry from Mr. R. A. Claridge having to do with Air America. The reply stated the Agency did not comment on allegations concerning its activities, but did discuss the matter of congressional over- sight of the Agency which had been raised in Mr. Claridge's letter. Mrs. Sullivan said the suggested reply was most helpful. 4. Called Harry Symmes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, to say I planned to see Senator Clifford P. Case at the first opportunity in response to his letter to Secretary Rogers inquiring about Government relations with various aircraft charter companies. I said I planned to remind Senator Case that this subject had been discussed a year and a half ago at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee briefing which he attended and refresh his recollection regarding information provided at that time. If this didn't satisfy him I said I hoped to find out just what it was he was driving at and why and I would pass the results on to the Department. Mr. Symmes said this seemed a good idea to him. 5. 1 Met with Robert Horner, Chief Investigator, House Internal Security Committee, and he gave me material on and on the which were forwarded to of WH Division, and of CI Staff, respectively. 6. Delivered to the offices of Senators Mike Gravel (D. , Alaska), Thomas Eagleton (D. , Mo.) and Representatives Robert Michel (R., Ill.), Philip Crane (R. , 111.), Joe D. Waggoniner (D. , La. ), and G. V. Montgomery (D. , Miss.) FBIS items in which their names were mentioned. 7. Talked to Mr. Bun Bray, Associate Staff Director, House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, who told me that the hearings scheduled for next week on H. R. 3807, a bill "To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish and govern the Federal Executive Service," has been cancelled. The Administration now desires a delay until next year. Mr. Bray indicated that at such time as hearings are finally scheduled or other interest evidenced in the bill, he will be pleased to sit down with Agency representatives and go over our needs with us. I.UENTIAL Approved For Release 2007/01/29 : CIA-RDP73B00296R000300260026-3 Approved For Release 2007/01/29 : CIARDP73B00296R000300260026-3 JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Tuesday - 2 November 1971 1. Met with Ed Braswell and Jim Woolsey, Senate Armed Services Committee staff, and expressed our appreciation for their efforts and those of Senator Stennis in obtaining the amendment which we had requested to Section 405(b) of the Foreign Assistance bill (Ii. R. 9910). We discussed possible future courses which the Senate could take on the Foreign Assistance bill and agreed that the Senate will probably come up with a "bare bones" bill. It was also agreed, however, that the effort expended on floor debate last week would be useful if some of the controversial provisions are included in the new bill. Braswell and Woolsey reported that at Monday's meeting, the Senate/ House conferees had discussed the Symington amendment and, while no final action was taken, it was generally agreed that clarifying language would be placed in the statement on the part of the managers to indicate that normal embassy and station costs were excluded from the $350 million ceiling. We discussed several alternative ways of expressing this. The only change that will be made in the Symington amendment will be the substitution of the word "funds" for "expenditures" as requested by the Department of Defense. See Memo for the Record. In response to his request, I brought Woolsey up-to-date on the latest information on new Soviet ICBM silos. Woolsey said Senator Jackson would be interested in this information, and I subsequently gave the same briefing to Dorothy Fosdick, Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations staff. 2. I I called to say he 25X1 has learned the Air Force received from the , tateDepartment a copy of se's letter of 27 September 1971 requesting information regarding various aircraft charter companies and their relationship to the U. S. Government. Colonel Joseph Williams, in the Air Force, is drafting their response but said he appreciated the sensitivity of the information involved and would not release the response until he hears from us on the results of Mr. Maury's visit with Senator Case on the subject. C" ET Approved For Release 2007/01/29 : CIA-RDP73B00296R000300260026-3