JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000100010050-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: February 28, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 28 February 1972
Messrs. Tweedy,
and I lunched a .use with Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant,
House Appropriations Committee, and discussed plans for the Director's
upcoming appearances before the Mahon Committee with regard to
community matters. is preparing a Memo for the Record.
I gave Preston a copy of a letter to Mr. Helms from Representative
Joe Evins (D. , Tenn.), containing several complaints about the Agency,
and asked Preston's advice for responding. Preston said he would show
it to Chairman Mahon and let us know.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Monday - 28 February 1972
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12. (Secret - JGO) Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriate 25X1A
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Committee staff, who told me that he has received the OMB letter on the
Agency budget which sets forth in part the availability of funds
Mr. Charles Briggs, OPPB, has been advised.
13. (Internal Use Only - LLM) In followup of the decision to go the
legislative history route on S. 2515, Equal Employment Opportunities Enforce-
ment Act, met separately with key staffers representing the principal
Senators and Representatives on the conference committee and they all
endorsed the insertion of the essence of our suggested statement in the
conference report:
"In providing the statutory basis for such appeal or court access,
it is not the intent of the Committee to subordinate any discretionary
authority or final judgment now reposed in agency heads by, or
under, statute for national security reasons in the interests of the
United States."
(The underscored words of art from the 102(c) authority were added to make
perfectly clear that the Agency was contemplated in this boiled down version
of our suggested statement. ) Involved in this determination were: from the
House Committee on Education and Labor, Chief Clerk, Donald Baker;
Director of the Labor Subcommittee, Robert Vagley; Chief Consultant, Tom
Hart, and from the Senate Education and Public Welfare Committee, Counsel,
Gerald Feder; Associate Counsel, Donald Elisburg, and Minority Staff General
Counsel, Eugene Mittelman, representing respectively Representatives Carl
Perkins (D., Ky.) and John Dent (D., Pa.) and Senators Harrison Williams
(D. , N. J.) and Jacob Javits (R. , N. Y. ).
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Separately, Representative Albert Quie (R., Minn. ), Ranking Minority
Member of the full Committee, told he would support our position
and Representative John Erlenborn K. , III. , Ranking Minority Member of
the Subcommittee, told me we could count on his full support. 25X1A
The advice aired approval of as obtained on the language
above and Mr. Fisher was advised of the agreement on the language for
whatever action is necessary to keep the Civil Service Commission apprised
of these developments.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 25 February 1972
1. (Secret - JGO) Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and gave him a copy of certain budgetary figures relating
to the National Intelligence Program.
I received from Mr. Preston letters from the Chairman and Mr. Preston
himself to Colonel White on the occasion of Colonel White's retirement.
I confirmed the luncheon appointment for noon with Messrs. Bronson
Tweedy, NIPE, I John Maury, and myself.
Received also from Mr. Preston a copy of Chairman Dulski's, House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee, response to Chairman Mahon's
letter of 17 February expressing concern over the provisions of H. R. 11150,
regarding the protection of Federal employees' rights to privacy. I thanked
Mr. Preston for the Chairman's assistance in this matter.
2. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Met with Mr. J. Sourwine, Chief Counsel,
Senate Internal Securit Subcommittee, in response to his call of yesterday
and told him tha is readily 25X1C
available should the Committee desire to talk to him. Mr. Sourwine was most
appreciative and said that he will call should the Committee determine a need
to meet with him.
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