JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000300040002-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 30, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Tuesday - 30 May 1972
5. (Confidential - JMM) Called John Lehman, White House staff,
and explained our problem with Representative Charles Rangel's request for
some classified intelligence reports on foreign narcotic traffic. Lehman
approved the points made in a proposed letter to Rangel in which we explained
our reasons for not providing the reports, but offering an oral briefing and an
unclassified study instead.
6. (Confidential - PLC) Left with the secretary of Mr. Al Tarabochia,
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee staff, prints made from undeveloped
film which had been taken by Venceremos Brigade in Cuba. Mr. Tarabochia's
secretary was told that she would be given prints from the remainder of
the film as soon as it is developed.
7. (Confidential - LLM) Called Joseph Thach, Research Analyst,
House Internal Secugity Committee and told him that we could not dis-
tinguish the case of from statements by other prisoners of
war, and for this reason, we could not lift the dissemination control that
applies to his statements in Thach then asked if he
could develop the theme content of these statements without identifying
the prisoner of war through selective quotations, and I said I would check.
Subsequently, advised that ISA objects to such use,
and arrangements were made for Thach to call Admiral Epes, ISA, and to
get us out of the middle. Thach was very understanding of our position as
was Robert Horner, Chief Investigator of the Committee, with whom I also
talked. (See Journal of 26 May 1972)
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8. (Internal Use Only - LLM) Called Ray McRae, Minority Counsel,
Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Government
Operations, and discussed the prospects of advisory committee legislation
in the Senate before the Congress adjourns. McRae seemed to be sympathetic
to the problems that the legislation may cause the Agency. He will check
with Senator Metcalf (D., Mont.) on whether he intends to push S. 3529
and let us know the outcome. McRae was unaware of the reasons for dropping
from S. 3529 the exemption for national security or intelligence, which
appeared in Metcalf's earlier bill, S. 1637, but speculated that probably it
was a matter of inattention and was optimistic about our chances for restoring
it. He said that Senator Metcalf and Senator Percy, who was not on the
Subcommittee, were most interested in the legislation. McRae said that he
would like to discuss this further when he got more information.
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Tuesday - 16 May 1972
5. (Unclassified - SMG) In response to her earlier inquiry,
called Carol Chance, in the office of Representative Donald Fraser
(D. , Minn.), and told her that the House Foreign Affairs Committee
has a copy of the China Atlas for the use of Committee members and
that they are reserving it for Mr. Fraser. Miss Chance said she
appreciated our assistance.
6. (Unclassified - GLC) Picked up from Susan McMahon, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, a letter for the Director from Chairman
Fulb right.
7. (Secret - GLC) Left with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, an unclassified paper describing the termination
account which had been set up for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
This was in response to Woodruff's request last Friday. Woodruff explained
his interest in this stemmed from Howland Sargeant's desire to free a portion
of this money to cover partial liquidation expenses which have been incurred
by both RFE and RL. He said arrangements had been made with Jim Frye,
OMB, for them to send a letter to Chairmen Mahon and Ellender explaining
their intention to release $1. 2 million from the termination account to the
Radios at this time, and the Chairmen will indicate their agreement with
this.
Woodruff also mentioned he had been very pleased with the way the
entire intelligence community budget hearings had gone. He said Dr. Hall
had done a good job and Lou Tordella had given a very good presentation.
See Memorandum for the Record.
Briefed Woodruff on a number of current intelligence items including
development of various naval forces, the North Vietnamese military offensives,
Soviet vessels in Cuba, Soviet communication system developments, and
problems in Moscow afro relations.
8. (Unclassified - GLC) Upon learning after the close of business
that the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee sent the Nkrumah studies to
GPO for printing today, I contacted GPO and arranged for the Agency to
"ride the jacket" for 200 copies of this study which is entitled "Communist.
Global Subversion and American Security, Volume I, The Attempted
Communist Subversion of Africa Through Nkrumah's Ghana. " Ralph Hutto,
of the Subcommittee staff, said we could also get some copies from them
if necessary.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Tuesday - 9 May 1972
5. (Confidential - GLC) Provided George Murphy, Joint Committee
on Atomic Energy staff, some graphical material for Representative Chet
Holifield (D., Calif.) in response to the Congressman's request.
6. (Unclassified - GLC) Left with Representative Lester Wolff's (D., N. Y.
office another copy of the FBIS Bangkok press story on the "Thai Connection"
which they had asked for.
7. (Unclassified - GLC) Left with Diana Meyer, in the office of
Representative James A. Burke (D., Mass.), Mr. Maury's letter to the
Congressman responding to a constituent letter from Mr. James Mulroy.
8. (Confidential - GLC) Made arrangements with Sam Goldberg,
Legislative 4ssistant to Senator Charles McC. Mathias (R., Md. ), to take
from the DDS' staff, up to give him some advice on a
storage problem.
Goldberg said they were interested in getting a briefing on the situation
in Korea and wondered if it would be best to go to the State Department or get
the briefing from us. I suggested he get a briefing from State first and then
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Goldberg mentioned that during a brief assignment on the staff of the
Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations he was given
a top secret clearance through the Department of Defense and wondered if
they would suffice for our purposes. I told him that in general it would.
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9. (Secret - JGO) I DDS&T, accom
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met with Chairman Clement J. Zablocki (D. , Wis. ), Representatives Vernon
Thomson (R. , Wis.) and Ogden Reid (D. , N. Y
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mem
ers George
Berdes, John Sullivan, and Everett Bierman, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments, and gave them a short
briefing on current status of Soviet strate is stren h. The briefing updated
the information previously provided b concerning Soviet ICBMs,
submarines an,,I, SLBMs, bombers and naval vessels, defensive missiles and
Soviet vessels in Cuban waters. The expected attendance of the full Subcommittee
was frustrated by a roll call on the floor five minutes before the meeting was
due to start and the gallery demonstrations that took place during the afternoon
in the House chamber. There are no followups from today's briefing.
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Friday - 5 May 1972
4. (Unclassified - LLM) DCS, called to report that he25X1A
had been asked by a contact in the Library of Congress to identify the laws
supporting current congressional committee oversight of the Agency. I
recommended that he avoid any detailed discussion and simply refer to the
Legislative Reorganization Act and the fact that the Agency's enabling legis-
lation has for some time been within the jurisdiction of the Armed Services
Committees of both Houses. I suggested that if his contact wanted further
information concerning this matter, the staffs of the Armed Services Com-
mittees be contacted, and if he wanted information on other laws affecting the
Agency, that lAssociate General Counsel, be contacted.
5. (Unclassified - LLM) Called William Shaw, Research Director,
House Internal Security Committee, and told him that we did not have any
unclassified compilation concerning political kidnappings but that he might
want to contact the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee for a report put out
under Senator Dodd's auspices in 1964 to serve as a case example.
6. (Confidential - JGO) In response to his call I met with Representative
Richard H. Ichord (D. , Mo.) and scheduled a meeting for Monday to brief him
on the various Warren Commission documents requested in his letter of 21 March.
Representative Ichord noted that he had delayed quite a bit in setting up the
meeting but he has been pressed on other matters. CI Staff,
has been advised. See Journal of 10 and 11 April 1972.
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7. (Secret - JGO) In response to her call met with Miss Dorothy
Fosdick, Staff Director, Subcommittee on National Security and International
Operations, and briefed her on various Soviet naval units operating in Cuban
waters including the G-class diesel-powered ballistic missile submarine. In
response to her question whether the presence of the G-class submarine is in
keeping with our understanding with the Soviet Union, I told Miss Fosdick that
this question is one.that she would have to refer to the Department of State.
As usual the meeting was most cordial and friendly.
8. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Representative Frank Bow (R., Ohio)
was away from the city during the afternoon. I am to call his office on Monday
to arrange a time for meeting after his return.
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Monday - 1 May 1972 .
15. (Unclassified - JMM) Met with Representative Barry Goldwater, Jr.,
in response to his request for a general nonsensitive briefing on the Agency.
Since the briefing dealt with no operational matters, I offered no objection to
the inclusion of a couple members of his staff. His questions concerned
particularly the relation of the Agency with other members of the community,
the problems of coordination and duplication, and our general assessment of
the effectiveness of the RIS.
16. (Confidential - JMM) Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed
Services Committee, called to say that Chairman Stennis was "much disillusioned"
about the military briefings he was getting regarding Vietnam and was
wondering how he could get a more objective picture of the situation there.
Braswell said he had suggested that he might want a briefing from CIA, but
Stennis had not immediately followed up on this. Braswell said before pursuing
the matter further he wanted our views and wondered whether it might be
more helpful to show him our situation reports. I said I thought the Chairman
could get a better perspective by an oral briefing by SA VA, but
Braswell said he would like some additional backup material for the 25X1A
Chairman's possible use in seeking an exemption for CIA to a 10% cut in
official overseas U. S. personnel, whic provided. 25X1A
After discussing the matter with the Director, I called Braswell back
to say we suggested that I provide the Chairman with a general
briefing on the military situation in Vietnam. Braswell will let us know what
the Chairman would like.
17. (Confidential - JMM) Met with Frank Slatinshek, House Armed
Services Committee staff, who said the full Committee would like a briefing from
the Agency in the next two or three days on the situation in Vietnam. He said
several members such as Representative Leggett, had been increasingly skeptical
of the information they were getting from Defense briefers, including Admiral
Moorer who had been providing them with briefings on Vietnam in the past few days.
We discussed the pros and cons of whether such a briefing should be provided by
the Director or and Slatinshek thoughtIwould probably be
acceptable. I said I would take the matter up with the Director and let him know
the results. He cautioned that because of the controversy in the Committee, and
critical attitude toward the Pentagon, things might get a little strained on this
subject.
Slatinshek said he had already been briefed by the Navy on a recent 25X1A
sensitive item regarding Soviet naval activity in Cuba.
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