JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000200100073-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2004
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: May 30, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 5
Wednesday - 30 May 1973
19, (Unclassified - JMM) Talked to Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant
House Appropriations Committee, who explained Chairman Mahon had now
decided he would like to have a formal session of the Special Group at
2: 00 p.m. on Monday, 4 June to hear from Mr. Colby. He said probably
only the Chairman and Representatives Whitten and Cederberg and Preston
would be present. He said the Chairman would like, among other things, for
Colby to review the history of any Agency involvement in the Ellsberg affair,
the Watergate matter and related developments.
I raised with Preston the recurring suggestion that the total Agency
and/or community budget be made public. He feels Mahon would still oppose
release of a figure for the Agency, but would be less opposed to an overall
community figure being made public.
20. (Unclassified - GLC) Advised Richard Perle, staff of the Senate
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee, that I would be accompanying
nd a member of his staff for the briefing this afternoon on
Soviet energy matters. I told him further that I was following up on the other
questions he had raised the other day and would be in touch with him in due
course. I specifically mentioned that Bruce Clarke had said there was nothing
of great significance which had taken place in the strategic field since his
last briefing but Clarke would be happy to come up and talk to him at his
convenience on this subject if he wished,
21. (Unclassified - GLC) James Calloway, Counsel, Senate Appropriations
Committee, called to confirm Bill Colby's appointment with Chairman McClellan
at 9:00 a, m. on Friday morning, In this connection I mentioned to Calloway
that Colby would discuss the subject of revealing intelligence community budget
figures when he meets with the Chairman on Friday and would hope that any
meeting between McClellan. and Senator Young and Senators Scott and Mansfield
could be deferred until sometime after Friday. Calloway said he was sure
this could be arranged and would take care of it.
CRC, 7/17/2003
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