JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000100080014-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: September 24, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal -Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Monday - 24 Se~pternber 1973
4. (Confidential - JGO) Met with Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, and gave him a one-page item "Arnend-
rnent to CIA. Section of the National Security Act of 1947" relating to
section 102(d)(3) concerning protection of intelligence sources and methods
from unauthorized disclosure. Since he was pressed for time he told me
he would look at it and call me later in the day. I also brought him up-to-
date on Carl Duckett's, DDS&T, assistance to Senator Jackson and the
Senate Armed Services Committee in preparation for 'T'uesday's Senate
session, and Southern Air Transport.
Slatinshek called late in the afternoon and told me that the section
on the protection of intelligence sources and methods looked good but that
the House Committee will be legislating on the question of domestic activities
of the Agency, He noted that Mr. Helms and others during their appearance
before the Committee indicated that legislation giving some definition to
Agency domestic activities might be helpful. He would appreciate ideas
along this line that we could live with.
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(~. (Secret -JMM) On Saturday morning I talked to Dorothy Fosdick,
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and explained that we wanted to
make sure that Carl Duckett's briefing of ~Sen.ator Jackson in connection with
the upcoming Senate debate on Trident was not interpreted as indicating the
Agency was taking a partisan position on this controversial issue. She said
this was fully understood and pointed out that since Senator Stennis was also
attending this should solve our problem.
'7. (Secret -JMM) After talking to Jack Ticer, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, and telling him of the arrangements for Duckett's briefing of
Senator Jackson, and with Ticer's concurrence, I called Senator Symi.ngto.n's
office and in the Senator's absence told Kathy Nelson that Carl Duckett would
be briefing Senators Stennis and Jackson in preparation for the upcoming
Trident debate but this was arranged at their request and not on our initiative.
Nelson said she? would explain this to the Senator.
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Amendment to CIA Section of the National Security Act of 1947
It is clear that CIA., headquartered as it is in the United States
and staffed with American citizens, cannot exist without some type of
domestic activities. There are a number of activities engaged in by
CIA. in the United States which are consistent wiL-h its foreign intelligence
mission and not in contravention of the 1947 Act provision against
internal security, police or subpoena powers. Examples of such
activities are interviewing U. S, citizens about foreign subjects,
collecting foreign intelligence from foreigners visiting the U. S. ,
supporting CIA. operations abroad from support structures within
the U. S. , recruiting, screening and training personnel, contracting
for supplies, training foreigners in the U. S. , passing foreign intelligence
information to appropriate U. S, agencies, etc.
The Agency has already announced that the training of local
police personnel and assistance to other U. S. agencies of the type
which has recently been under attack, would only be undertaken with
the Director's personal approval under most exceptional circumstances.
In connection with Watergate allegations, section 102(d)(3) of
the A.ct could be amended to assure that the Agency would not become
improperly involved in investigative or enforcement activities in the
protection of intelligence sources and methods. Such an amendment
could protect legitimate equities of the Agency and provide clarification
of the; Director's authority while at the same time draw a line beyond
which the Director would not go.
The amendment would be to the third proviso in section 102 (d)(3)
so that it would read as follows: [existing law proposed to be omitted
is enclosed in brackets; new matter is underscored. ]
"AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the Director of Central
Intelligence shall be responsible for Q protecting intelligence sources
and methods from unauthorized disclosure ~ the development of plans,
olicies, and regulations for the protection of intelligence sources
and methods from unauthorized disclosure and shall report to the
Department of Justice for appropriate action any violation of such
plans, policies and regulations. "
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