JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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Approved For Release 2005/12/143.ftRj9P Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Thursday - 27 July 1972 4. (Secret - JGO) Delivered Copies I and 2 of the transcript of the Director's testimony before House Armed Services on Wednesday, 26 July, to Mrs. Innis McDonald, House Armed Services Committee Document Control officer. Copy 3 has been retained in the Agency. Mrs. McDonald will forward the two copies to Miss Bernice Kalinowski, Personal Secretary and Assistant to the Chief Counsel, Frank Slatinshek. 6. (Secret - JGO) Received a call from Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations Committee staff, who asked if the briefing for Mr. Mahon and the Special Group could be put over one day to Thursday, 3 August at 10:00 a. m. After checking with the Director, I confirmed the change with Mr. Preston. 7. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Talked to Mr. Robert Lockhart, Assistant Counsel, House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, who told me that Chairman Henderson had convened a meeting this week on H. R. 1682, the Federal Executive Service. The draft Committee bill was discussed but in the absence of a Committee quorum. Chairman Henderson will convene another meeting next week. 8. (Secret - GLC) Accompanied the Director, Messrs. Duckett, DDS&T, and Allen, OSR, to a briefing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on SALT verification. See Memorandum for the Record. 9. I I and I met with Mr. Ralph Preston, of the House Appropriations Committee staff, and queried him as to whether Dr. Al Hall, OSD, has been scheduled to appear before the Committee to talk about the work he has been doing in his new job. Preston said no date has been set.for this and he is not optimistic that it will come about in the near future. See Memorandum for the Record. Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 NFWU1 r" 11 -4 1 A, ii-L C JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Wednesday - 26 July 1972 1. (Confidential - JMM) John Goldsmith, Senate Armed Services Committee staff, called early this morning to invite our attention to the Nelson amendment No. 1354 to the Military Procurement Authorization Act H. R. 15495 which would add a new section 605 prohibiting funds for the modification of weather conditions for military purposes, mentioning especially I told Goldsmith I was about to join the Director who was appearing before House Armed Services Committee and asked him to relay his information tol f my Office. See Mr.[ Memo for Record. 25X1 25X1 2. (Confidential - JMM) Accompanied the Director and Messrs. Duckett and George Allen who briefed the full House Armed Services Committee on SALT verification. See Memo for Record and transcript. 3. (Confidential - JMM) The Director and I talked privately to Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, prior to the Director's appearance this morning before the full Committee, and we explained our serious concern about the $360 million ceiling which the Senate had established for the U. S. program in Laos, and urged the importance of knocking out this provision entirely, rather than trying to solve the problem with technical changes in the language. Slatinshek fully agreed, and I asked that he keep me informed of developments so we could explain the problem to House conference members when the bill reaches. the House. 4. (Unclassified - JMM) Talked to Representative Bill Nichols and explained that we would give I I a constituent in which he is 25X1 especially interested, every consideration, I had earlier told Nichols that we had considered for the CT Program, but the present quota was filled and the next class would not be until next year. This morning Nichols said he was sure I would be willing to wait until the next class if there was any chance of his getting Agency employment. C 0 I'Nf~ , Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/4 tlA! P '7` 46Oc14t5R000400010005-8 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Tuesday - 25 July 1972 Page 2 4. (Confidential - JMM) Jim Lowenstein, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, called and said Chairman Fulbright would like him, Carl Marcy and Richard Moose to attend the Chairman's briefing by an Agency representative on the bombing of dikes in North Vietnam. They proposed 3:30 Thursday, 27 July, in room S-116 in the Capitol. Paul Walsh, Acting DDI who will do the briefing has been notified. 5. (Confidential - JMM) Talked to Marshall Wright, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, and explained that we would prefer that Mr. Abshire not attend our breakfast meeting with Senator Henry Bellmon and his group of junior Republican senators. Mr. Wright spoke of the shambles resulting from yesterday's Senate action on the foreign aid bill and said the Administration now had three options-- a new bill in the Senate, a House bill (which the Senate would probably mutilate) or submit the entire old foreign aid bill as an amendment to the military authorization. He predicted that the second alternative, the House bill, would be the most likely prospect. I raised the question of the Laos ceiling, remarking that we would hope to see this entire provision struck out in conference. Wright said he was not up-to-date on this but he did understand that Defense was trying to work out a deal with Chairman Hebert, House Armed Services Committee, to insert some "artful language" in the bill that would limit the effect of the ceiling. I said it seemed to us that having the ceiling struck out entirely would be far preferable since the "artful language" approach was likely to get us in trouble and cost us our credibility. 6. (Confidential - JMM) Met with Nancy Bearg, Research Assistant, Senate Armed Services Committee, who briefed me on the highlights of Secretary Laird's testimony before the Committee yesterday on SALT. 7. (Confidential - JMM) In the absence of Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, I left a message with his secretary, Miss Kalinowski, reemphasizing what I had told him yesterday of our serious concern about the Laos ceiling, and our belief that every possible effort should be made in conference to strike out this provision entirely, rather than modifying it with technical changes in the language. Miss Kalinowski was aware of the problem and said that she didn't think the matter would come up for several weeks. 01,11 jufj~~,, Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 CC? JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Tuesday 25 July 1972 1. (Confidential - GLC) In a conversation today on another matter, Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, said he wanted to ask the question for the record whether the Director would object to having parts of his testimony quoted in the Committee hearings and reports on the SALT agreement. I told him the Director had maintained a position over the years of not agreeing to having any of his testimony before any Committee quoted in the public record. I said there were ways of generalizing some of his comments if he wished to try that approach, but Braswell said that was not necessary. He said they would merely indicate for the record that the Director appeared before the Committee in executive session and briefed the members on U. S. detection capabilities in connection with the SALT agreement. 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 CONFIDE NTI A I Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Friday - 21 July 1972 4. (Confidential - GLC) The transcript of Gerard Smith's executive testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on SALT on 18 July which had been made available to us on loan was returned to the Committee by courier. 5. (Confidential - GLC) Advised Colonel John Miller, AF/LGPLA, of the action we had taken with Senator Jackson's office on the inquiry the Senator received from Mr. Craig Jarrell of the Lao Air Development Corp. Colonel Miller was not aware of this inquiry and I told him I would send him copies of the pertinent papers. 6. (Internal Use Only - RJK) Delivered to the offices of Senators Kennedy (D., Mass.), Javits (R., N.Y.), McGovern (D., S.D.), Muskie (D. , Maine), Eagleton (D., Mo. ), Thurmond (R. , S. C. ), Gravel (D. , Alas. ), and Representatives Findley (R., Ill.), Boggs (D., La.), and Ford (R., Mich. FBIS items in which their names were mentioned. 7. (Unclassified - RJK) Received a call yesterday from Charles Morrison, who handles foreign affairs for Senator William V. Roth (R., Del. ). He asked to be put on the subscription list for the FBIS Daily Report for the Far East. I reminded him this report carried the "Official Use Only" control, and he said he understood what that meant. FBIS has been advised and will initiate the subscription. 8. (Unclassified - LLM) Jay Sourwine, Chief Counsel, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, called to report that the individual who had e I I xpressed interest in the "Chronicle ents" was 125X1 and that Senator James Eastland (D., Miss.) had askedl or a copy of his thesis when it is 25X1 completed with the thought of forwarding it to us. I thanked Mr. Sourwine for the Senator's consideration. 9. (Unclassified - LLM) Late in the day Mr. McRae, on the staff of the Senate Government Operations Committee, called to report that rather than exempting from 5.3529 advisory committees dealing with intelligence or national security matters as we had proposed, the Committee will take care of the Agency by exempting "CIA advisory committees. " I will try to get other particulars. Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14,; Q,- tl~ C}P B00415R000400010005-8 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Thursday - 20 July 1972 Page 2 4. (Confidential - GLC) Returned to the Senate Armed Services Committee the transcript of the morning session of Jerry Smith, Chief Delegate, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, on the topic of SALT on 18 July. 5. (Unclassified - GLC) Delivered to Bill Ashworth's, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, office some additional maps of Vietnam which he requested. These were provided in response to his request for more detailed maps of certain areas covered in the material given him previously. 6. (Confidential - JMM) Accompanied Messrs. in meeting with David Martin, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee staff, to discuss the trip of Mr. Martin and General Walt to investigate the illegal drug traffic abroad and advise Martin regarding the items covered in his report. provided Mr. Martin with a copy of the unclassified World Opium Survey just released by the Cabinet Committea5X1 on Drugs and several classified Agency studies. Mr. Martin fully agreed that any use of the latter would be subject to Agency clearance. See I Memo for Record. ZDA 7. (Confidential - JMM) Accompanied Messrs. in meeting with John Ritch olt, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff. Messrs. briefed Messrs. Ritch and Holt on the Agency's role in the Administration's drug program and provided copies of the recent World Opium Survey and several classified studies prepared by the Agency. It was made clear that any use of the latter would be subject to Agency clearance. 8. (Secret - JMM) Met with Senator Milton R. Young (R., N. Dak. ) whom I briefed on recent developments in Indochina, the Middle East, the Soviet space program and French nuclear tests. I told Senator Young of our concern over the current spate of allegations regarding Agency involvement in the illicit drug traffic. SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 r%TNflfl A Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Tuesday - 18 July 1972 Page 3 10. (Confidential - GLC) At the request of the Senate Armed Services Committee the transcript of the Director's briefing on SALT verification of 26 June was made available for Committee hearings on this subject this week. 11. (Unclassified - GLC) At Mr. Thuermer's invitation I joined Tom Dine, Legislative Assistant to Senator Frank Church (D., Idaho), and Thuermer at lunch in the Executive Dining Room. During the luncheon conversation we talked about the problems of secrecy in Government and the impact of the Cooper bill, S. 2224, on the Agency. 12. (Unclassified - PLC) James Kronfeld, Staff member, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Government Information, House Foreign Operations Committee, called inquiring as to our implementation of E. 0. 11652 on classification. He requested a short letter to Chairman Moorhead advising that we are implementing the Order. He also requested a copy of our regulation even if classified. I told him we were implementing the Order, andthat a short note probably could be forwarded. I also told him I would look into the request for a copy of our regulation since due to the nature of our activities, it may be for internal use only. 13. (Unclassified - LLM) Called Mr. Bill White, Office of Manage- ment and Budget, to ask for the status of OMB's clearance of the Director's report to Chairman McClellan, Senate Government Operations Committee, on S. 3529, advisory committee legislation. Later Mr. White called and cleared the report for transmittal. 14. (Unclassified - LLM) Called Ray McRae, Minority Counsel, Senate Government Operations Committee, in connection with the Committee's executive session on a number of legislative items, including S. 3529, advisory committee legislation. He said he would look out for our interests, but that he doubted that the Committee would even have a quorum, or if they did, that they would get to S. 3529 as there were a number of other legislative items which would take precedence. I explained that the Office of Management and Budget had not officially cleared the Director's report to Chairman McClellan and that we would want our views known before the full Committee takes action on the bill. Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Tuesday - 18 July 1972 Page 2 4. (Confidential - GLC) Peggy Brown, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, called to say in their "mock up" of the record on SALT hearings Staff Director Carl Marcy had asked her to include the opening statement made by Chairman Fulbright at the Director's briefing of the Committee on 20 June. Miss Brown asked for access to the Committee transcript and wanted our agreement to their including the opening state- ment (none of the Director's testimony will be included in the published record). After checking the transcript I suggested to Miss Brown that the Chairman's opening statement be modified to indicate that the Director was testifying about verification of (rather than the advisability of) the interim agreements in Moscow. She said she thought there would be no problem on this but she would check it out with Mr. Marcy. 5. (Unclassified - GLC) Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, said that in view of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's report on S. 2224 to the Armed Services Committee he thought we should proceed to clear our proposed report on this bill with OMB and submit it to the Committee. I told him we would do this. 6. (Confidential - GLC) Returned to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy the corrected copy of the transcript of the Director's briefing of 25X1 the Committee on 13 June. 7. (Unclassified - GLC) In response to a request from Bill Ashworth, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, I left with him copies of several maps on Southeast Asia and Vietnam. 8. (Unclassified - GLC) In response to a request made through the Director's office, I left with Miss Marie King, on the staff of Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R., Maine), a copy of the China Atlas. 9. (Unclassified - GLC) Left with the office of Representative Charles Rangel (D., N.Y. ) Mr. Maury's letter transmitting an advance copy of the "World Opium Survey of 1972. " c` Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/1 i '1 o'4f i5R000400010005-8 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Monday - 17 July 1972 4. (Unclassified - JMM) Jack Sullivan, House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, called to say that the Committee definitely does want a transcript made of the Director's 27 July briefing on SALT verification and I put him in touch with to make the arrangements. 5. John Ritch, Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee staff, called to say he had recently returned from a trip through Europe and the Middle East with Senator William Spong investigating illicit drug traffic. He said they had actually visited Germany, France, Turkey, Iran and the UK but were interested in the drug situation on a worldwide basis and would appreciate an Agency briefing in connection with the preparation of their report. He assured me he has Top Secret clearance. I told him I 25X1 would be back in touch with him to set a date for a briefing, possibly Thursday. 7. (Internal Use Only - LLM) Mr. Malmborg, Assistant Legal Adviser, Department of State, called on 14 July on referral from Mr. Hull to discuss the age discrimination provision in S. 1861 (Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1972). Malmborg agreed that the provision did not appear to be controlled by the terms in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and that it would be well if we could obtain a specific amendment to preserve existing statutory authority concerning mandatory retirement, but he explained that the Department had certain problems in this connection. I suggested that the best approach might be to make our concerns known to Chairman Hampton, of the Civil Service Commission, with the idea that he could work out an adjustment in the language with the conferees, and Malmborg agreed. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/1 C1A} Rql 4 0 415R000400010005-8 JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Thursday - 13 July 1972 1. (Confidential - JMM) Called Jack Sullivan, House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, confirming the Director's appearance before the Committee at 10:00 a. m, on Thursday, 27 July to testify on SALT verification. It was agreed that the testimony would be in executive session and that if a transcript is made, which Sullivan said the Committee much preferred, custody would be retained by the Agency. 2. (Confidential - JMM) Called Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, to confirm the Director's appearance before the full Committee at 10:00 a. m. on Wednesday, 27 July to testify on SALT verification. 3. (Internal Use Only - JMM) Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, called to say that Representative William Nichols was particularly interested in the case of an applicant with apparently out- standing qualifications who had been turned down. Slatinshek said he would send over the applicant's name later rather than discuss it on the phone. I said we would be glad to look into the case. 4. (Internal Use Only - LLM) Spoke with Bob Lockhart, Assistant Counsel, House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, and closed out his inquiry concerning the Agency's retirement age policy (see Journal of 11 July). Lockhart said he had no problem with our policy but advised that the Committee had routinely referred the matter to the Civil Service Commission. N 0H DE N TIAL Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: I '4f00415R000400010005-8 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Wednesday - 12 July 1972 Page 2 25X1 25X 5. (Secret - LLM) In response to his call, met with Bill Ashworth, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, who explained that in connection with Senate Resolutions 230 and 273 dealing with a comprehensive nuclear test ban, the Committee wanted to make an authoritative reference in a report on the Resolutions that effective monitoring of underground explosions without onsite inspection is within the state of the art. He said the Director's response to a question by Chairman Fulbright during the 20 June hearing on SALT verifi- cation fit the bill. I told Ashworth that any attribution or quote of the Director in this connection would be totally out of the question, which he seemed to appreciate. Ashworth asked if we could review the 20 June transcript and suggest some wording for the Committee report which would do justice to the needs of both parties. In response to my question, Ashworth said that the only position communicated by the Administration to the Committee on the Resolutions was from Philip Farley, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and was to the effect that the last time the proposition had been thoroughly reviewed was in 1963 and it could be reviewed once again. (Ashworth made no mention of State's report to Chairman Fulbright on S. Res. 230 which the Office of Management and Budget had coordinated with us and which stated that there is a level below which national means cannot distinguish between natural and explosive seismic events. ) Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP7 G0415R000400010005-8 211. I E TI Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Tuesday - 11 July 1972 3. (Internal Use Only - LLM) In response to my earlier call, Tom Moyer, in the General Counsel's office, Civil Service Commission, advised that he had reviewed the nondiscrimination on account of age provision in S. 1861 (Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments) with Travis Mills, and they had con- cluded that it was not inconsistent with the mandatory age provision of the Civil Service Retirement Act because the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 applies only to those within the ages 40 to 65. I explained to Mr. Moyer why I felt a much stronger case could be made that the provision in S. 1861 is a separate and distinct enactment in the "form" of an amendment to the 1967 Act and, as 'a result, the Civil Service Commission could not take comfort in the fact that the 1967 Act does not apply to a person 65 years of age or older. 4. (Unclassified - JMM) Delivered to William J. Van Ness, Chief Counsel, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, some material from Mr. Chritchfield responsive to a request from Senator Henry M. Jackson. 5. (Confidential - JMM) Met with Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who said the full Committee would like to hear the Director at 10:00 a. m. on Wednesday, 26 July regarding the Soviet strategic situation and SALT verification. Slatinshek indicated the Committee would like to cover the same ground which the Director had covered with Senate Armed Services, and would like to be sure that they heard the Director prior to his appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the same subject on 27 July. I told Slatinshek the Director was out of town and would probably not be back until near the end of the week but I would check with the Director immediately upon his return. Delivered to Slatinshek a blind memo regarding surplus military equip- ment provided irregular forces in Laos through Agency channels, about which Chairman Nedzi, Intelligence Subcommittee, had inquired during a recent briefing. I explained that we could not provide definitive figures on surplus material supplied through Defense channels. Slatinshek said that in this case he would not show our paper to Nedzi unless Nedzi asked for it, since he thought Nedzi might not understand our inability or reluctance to provide him with DOD figures. I pointed out to Slatinshek the difficulties we might get into if we undertook to provide congressional committees with information on what other U. S. agencies were up to. CONFIDE NNTtAL Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Monday - 3 July 1972 1. (Secret - GLC) I called to say OSP had been in touch with their office concerning any testimony the Director may have given on the Agency's quick response capability in connection with the SALT agreements. I suggested that~efer OSP to Bruce Clarke, D/OSR, 25X1 who has been with the Director at his congressional briefings on SALT verification. 2. (Unclassified - GLC) Checked with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the testimony of John Ingersoll, Director, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice, before Senator Spong's Subcommittee on 27 June and learned that Ingersoll did not modify his briefing statement to say that since 1971 the Agency had been given an expanded mandate in the illicit drug field. See Journal of 26 June. This information 25X1 has been passed on to DDP/NARCOG. 4. (Unclassified - GLC) Commander Joseph Lorfano, Chief, Southeast Asia Division, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), called to alert . us to a letter which Mr. Craig Jarrell of the Lao Air Development Company had written to Senator Henry Jackson claiming that despite its high charges for helicopter service in Laos Air America is receiving preferential treatment from Government agencies because of its "governmental status. " Lorfano LDXd a copy of Jarrell's letter to us for our information and it has been passed on to for his information and action. CT i WJ n U17;natfc Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Friday - 30 June 1972 1. (Unclassified - JGO) Met with Russ Blandford, House Armed Services Committee staff, who is retiring today from Federal service and completed the necessary documentation on termination of his security access clearances. 2. (Confidential - GLC) The Director advised that he had tried to reach Senator Barry Goldwater last night without success and then again this morning and learned this morning the Senator had left for Arizona. (This was a follow up on a question Senator Goldwater had raised with the Director about the effect of SALT on SAM-D--see Journal of 27 June o ) I talked to Mr. Killgore, Administrative Assistant to Senator Goldwater, who said he was aware of the Director's call last night but they had been unable to make contact with Senator Goldwater and we agreed that the matter could wait until Congress reconvenes. 3. (Secret - GLC) Received a call from Richard Perle, Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations. He said they had asked about offensive Soviet weapons data but had not asked for information on defensive systems. He said they would like to know the figures for the projected number of Soviet ABM interceptors and radars by 1977 without SALT. After checking with Bruce Clarke, D/OSR, I gave Perle the figure of 1, 000 interceptors and 50 to 60 radars. When Perle asked for further data concerning these figures I put him in direct touch with Mr. Clarke. Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/1 2/1 : 9.lArRI P74B00415R000400010005-8 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Friday - 30 June 1972 4. (Secret - GLC) Handcarried to the Senate Armed Services Committee the transcript of the Director's testimony of 26 June on SALT verification along with the material which Senator Jackson had requested at that briefing. (This material will now be considered part of the Committee transcript. ) Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel of the Committee, later advised that they had not found it necessary to go over this today and were returning it for our retention subject to call by the Committee. 25X1 EOFybE L. CAR R'. Acting Legislative Counsel cc: O/DDCI Mr. Mr. Evans Mr. Houston Mr. Thuermer Mr. Clarke D DI DDS DDS&T OPPB EA/DDP udJu~ j ( txcfuded from autariattc E tlntunnradino- ,~ Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8 r' x `NTI A L Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Wednesday - 28 June 1972 5. (Confidential - JGO) Received a call from Mr. Jack Sullivan, House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, who told me the Chairman would like to schedule Wednesday, 26 July, if that date is available on the Director's calendar, for a briefing on verification of the SALT agreements. I told Sullivan I would be back in touch with him tomorrows 6. (Confidential - JGO) Talked to Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Chief Clerk, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, concerning the amendments made by the Committee in S. 2224, a bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947. In effect, the amendments eliminated the provision authorizing transmission of Agency reports and analysis to other members of Congress. 7. (Internal Use Only - GLC) Late in the day I called Representative Charles Gubser (R. , Calif.) to tell him of the Director's plans to respond to a letter (which we have not yet received) which Representative Les Aspin (D. , Wis.) placed in the Congressional Record referring to new evidence indicating that CIA operated helicopters have been smuggling opium inside Laos. I told him we had thought of including a paragraph in the letter indicating that the Director was sending a copy of his response to Aspin to Mr. Gubser in view of his interest in this problem, but wanted to be sure he had no objection to our doing this. He said he had no objection whatsoever and for us to "go right ahead. " He said furthermore he was prepared to go much further and would either insert the letter in the Record or make a statement on the subject or do anything we wished since he also was very much concerned about what he referred to as "part of a conspiracy to downgrade our American public institutions. " I thanked him very much and told him we would keep his offer in mind and very likely be back in touch with him. f'rw cr~G~N ; Excru ed frcr, wt'tJ7a11c~ downrrad'n; aad Approved For Release 2005/12/14: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400010005-8