WHITE HOUSE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE INTERDEPARTMENTAL GROUP - 25 APRIL 1972

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1972
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OLC 72-0548
26 April 1972
SUBJECT: White House Meeting of the Legislative Interdepartmental
Group - 25 April 1972
1. On 25 April 1972 I attended a meeting of the LIG at 1600 hours
in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. In the absence of General Al
Haig, the meeting was chaired by John Lehman, of the NSC staff.
Participants included:
White House
Clark MacGregor
Richard Cook
Tom Korologos
State Department
William Macomber
David Abshire
Marshall Wright
Charles Brower
William Hall
Department of Defense
Rady Johnson
USIA
Henry Loomis
Charles Ablard
2. Among items discussed were the following:
1. Case/Church amendment cutting off funds by
31 December. This amendment alone would justify
Presidential veto. The Administration's strategy calls
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for an all-out floor fight to be led by Senator Stennis.
Messrs. MacGregor and Korologos will work with him.
2. Mansfield amendment terminating military
activities four months after enactment. This too would
call for a Presidential veto and an all-out floor fight is
planned. Again, Senator Stennis will lead the fight and
will be supported by Messrs. MacGregor and Korologos
in the White House.
b. Legislation Affecting the Foreign Service. Macomber
was adamant in saying that some amendments dealing with
Foreign Service personnel matters were intolerable and would
create hopeless management and morale problems within the
Department. Abshire will work with the Republican leader-
ship on this problem.
c. $45 million cut in USIA Budget. This amendment is
a reflection of Senator Fulbright's resentment over refusal
of USIA to give him access to the Country Program Projections.
USIA has responsibility for carrying the ball on this one and
Macomber said State is prepared to stand firm and not yield on the
Country Program issue in order to get the cut restored,
d. Other items discussed included transfer of seismic
research from ARPA to ACDA, requirement for Senate confirma-
tion of all designations of ambassadors and ministers, establish-
ment of a State Bureau of North American Affairs, establishment
of a "little Hoover Commission, " an $85 million appropriation
for aid to Israel, a requirement that Foreign Service promotions
be by rank order, a prohibition against dissemination of USIA
material within the U. S.
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and I agreed to work out mutually acceptable language (already
done) for alternate wording and Korologos said he would go with
us to try to get support from a Republican member--possibly
Senator Howard Baker.
b. A ten percent cut in American overseas personnel other
than State, Peace Corps, and military combat personnel. On this
it was agreed that
and the White House team seemed confident that we could enlist
Senator Stennis to be our champion on the floor.
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gislative Counsel
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