JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050042-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: May 25, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday - 25 May 1972
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9. (Secret - JGO) Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, and gave him a copy of Judge Bryan's
opinion in granting permanent injunction against Victor Marchetti's publication
of material concerning the Agency. Mr. Slatinshek was pleased to receive it.
Mr. Slatinshek told me that as a followon to the Maury/Carver briefing
of the Intelligence Subcommittee, Chairman Nedzi has became. 1?tPrACfa,a ;-
I I He said the Chairman
is also interested in the statements reported in this morning's press and
attributed to Senator Jackson to the effect that the new Soviet missile can
handle a 50 megaton payload. Slatinshek said he would also appreciate a
briefing on what this is all about. I told him I would verify the facts and be
back in touch with him.
10. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Met with Messrs. William Phillips and
Norman Cornish, Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
staff of the House Government Operations Committee, and discussed briefly with
them H. R. 15172 which would codify a portion of Executive Order 11652 relating
to classification and declassification of national security information and
material. In a word Mr. Phillips assured me that the Committee had the best
interest of the Agency at heart in drafting this bill and had assured our exemption
by material contained in Subsection (e)(3) of Section 4 and gave me a copy of the
Committee draft and Committee sectional analysis for our review. 25x1
11. (Confidential - JGO) Talked to CI Staff, concerning
a request relayed to him from his counterpart in the Department of State for
release of the Burma/Thailand narcotics reports mentioned by Jack Anderson
to John Brady, House Foreign Affairs Committee staff. I advise hat
the Agency has reviewed similar requests for release of these documents to
several members. I noted, however, that he might pass to his counterpart,
for Mr. Brady's benefit, that a classified briefing would be provided by the
Agency if desired by the Committee Chairman.
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Friday - 19 May 1972
4. (Unclassified - JMM) Jim Halmo, Congressional Relations of State
Department, called in behalf of David Abshire, Assistant Secretary of State for
Congressional Relations, to say that they had arranged for Senator Hugh Scott
to introduce a motion Monday to strike the ten percent personnel cut provision
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (S. 3526). He suggested that we alert
our supporters on the Hill.
5. (Unclassified - JMM) Called Walt Rostow in Texas in response to
his query to the Director regarding a column by Marquis Childs reporting
alleged remarks Rostow made at a 303 Committee meeting on the Greek situation
in 1967. I am sending Rostow some unclassified material on this subject.
6.1 - JGO) Received a call from Miss Dorothy Fosdick,
Staff Director, National Security and International Operations Subcommittee,
who inquired for Senator Jackson (D. , Wash.) whether MIG 23s have ever ,
overflown our fleet in the Mediterranean. I told Miss Fosdick that this was an
area that was completely within the competence of the Navy and suggested she
contact them. She said she would.
7. - JGO) Talked to Kay Lovell, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee staff, and confirmed the arrangements for Messrs.
Lowenstein and Moose's visit to Headquarters this afternoon. They will be
driving their individual automobiles.
8. I I- JGO) Met with Mr. John Martiny, Chief
Counsel, House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, who told me that the
Committee is working with the Administration to develop an acceptable Federal
Executive Service bill. The next session of the Committee will take place on
6 June and he expects that there may be a draft of a new bill available shortly
after that meeting. I thanked him for the advice.
9. I I- JGO) Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who requested a biographic
sketch on a
a member of the German defense ministry. An 15X1
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appointment with Chairman Hebert and Mr. Slatinshek has been requested by
the German Embassy for some time next week.
10. (Unclassified - JGO) Delivered to the Office of Representative
Charles Rangel (D. , N. Y.) a letter from Mr. Maury to Representative Rangel
concerning certain CIA studies on the dope question.
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18 May 1972
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DOLT Mr. Ras ei
This is in response to your letter to Mr. H.lrs of 15 May 1972
r. r g your request for certain reports on the is zs tti nsl e.rcoti?'s
In your letter you rotor to your initial request of Z7 April. and
segue request of 3 May.
you y recall Mat he* I met
our 27 April letter I delivered to you one of the reports
s . ez +le ned certain prohlws regret. ding the others. At that tin v, sad
more recently in our telephone, conversation, an 16 May, I .aid the
see4 happy to have a senior Agency expert Os this problem pro-wrl
sifted oral briefing at your convenience
e classified reports in question. 1 also said we would
provide you. as soon as it becomes availah
d opium esrvey which is now in preparation.
4 by our conversation of t6 b sy. l
our 16 Way coovearsatiou. which I understood you
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consideration. If there is anything further you wish
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