JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FRIDAY - 16 JUNE 1972

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• Publication Date: June 16, 1972
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 16 June 1972
1. (Confidential - GLC) The Director advised that Senator Jackson
(D. , Wash.) had indeed contacted him about having the Agency brief himself,
Senator Allott (R. , Colo. ), and William Van Ness, of the Interior Committee
staff, on the Middle East oil situation. The Director said he told Jackson that
Special Assistant to the DDP, would be the man to do this but
he instructed us to keep this "tamped down" until as ready.
2. (Confidential - GLC) Called Al Westphal, on the staff of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee. I told him that the Director, as well as the rest
of us here, was most appreciative of his efforts on our behalf in having the
House conferees insert language into the Study Commission provisions of the
State/USIA Authorization which would protect the Agency's prerogatives.
3. (Internal Use Only - JGO) OGC, accompanied 25X1
by OLC, met with representatives of the District of Columbia
Tax Office at the request of Mr. George Mannina, Administrative Aide to
Representative Gilbert Gude (R. , Md. ). The purpose of the meeting was an
informal review of the appeal of a former Agency employee, 25X1
for assessment of D. C. incom tax for two-year period during his employment
by the Agency while assigned During the time Agency representatives
were in attendance at the meeting, the meeting was most cordial and friendly
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4. (Confidential - JGO) Met with Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Senate Foreign
which is in process to the Committee and furnished him the number.
5. (Secret - JGO) Talked to Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who told me it would not be possible for him to meet with
C, and myself. He will try the first thing Monday to figure a
time during the day.
He will not be able until the first of the week to reschedule the visit
to Headquarters for briefings by Drs. Steininger, ADDS&T, and Proctor, DDI.
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F Utilizing the errata sheet furnished by
SAVA, I corrected Copy No. I of the transcript of the 4 May
briefing of the full House Armed Services Committee. Copies 2 and 3 of
the transcript are retained in Headquarters and have also been corrected.
7. r. George William Ashworth, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, visited Headquarters for background
briefing by Bruce Clarke, D/OSR, on Soviet weapons systems related to the
SALT agreements. Before the briefing OS, briefed
Mr. Ashworth and obtained the necessary compartmented security documentation
from him. See Journal of 13 June 1972.
8. Mr. Bruce Clarke, D/OSR, and I attended a
meeting Of the Legislative Interdepartmental Group in the White House which
involved various briefings of Congress .by Administration witnesses regarding
SALT. The Director is scheduled to appear on Tuesday morning, 20 June, and
we made it clear he would not testify in open session. See Memo for Record.
9. I During a visit to the White House discussed
with Tom Korologos, White House staff, and Marshall Wright, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, our tactics for dealing with the
provision of the Foreign Assistance Authorization bill (S. 3390) which. would
cut off funding of the Thai irregulars. I said I would try to contact several
members including Senators Milton Young, Ernest Hollings, John McClellan,
John Sparkman and Gale McGee. Mr. Korologos said he was hopeful Senator
Stennis could be persuaded to say something.
10. Called Scott Cohen, Executive Assistant to
Senator Charles H. Percy (R., Ill. ), to see if he thought the Senator would
support Senator Dominick's amendment to strike section 515 of the Foreign
Assistance Authorization bill (S. 3390). Cohen said the Senator could not
cosponsor the amendment or speak on behalf of it but hopefully he would vote
for the amendment.
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11. During the course of the day, Ind I
made a number of Senate contacts to get support for striking the provision of the
Foreign Assistance Authorization bill (S. 3390) which would cut off funding to the
Thai battalions. The results were as .follows:
a. Senator Milton Young promised to vote for, cosponsor, and
speak on the floor for our amendment. Details were explained to his
Administrative Assistant Chris Sylvester who was provided a, package
of backup material.
b. Senator John Sparkman,who will be the floor manager of the bill,
explained he could not cosponsor or speak for it, but he fully supported
our position and we could count on his vote. He indicated he would do
anything he properly could in our behalf.
c. Courtney Pace, Administrative Assistant to Senator James O.
Eastland, said he was reasonably confident that Eastland would vote for,
cosponsor and speak on the floor for our amendment. I left with him backup
material which included a talking paper and Pace will let us know the
Senator's reaction.
d. Bob Mosbacher, in the office of Senator Howard Baker, said that
Baker was out of town but Mosbacher was confident he would. vote for
our amendment and probably would cosponsor and speak for it. We left
Mosbacher a package of backup material and explanation and. Mosbacher
indicated he would do everything he could in our behalf.
e. In the absence of Senator Hollings, we talked to his Legislative
Assistant Mary Jo Manning and gave her a package of explanatory material.
She was not in a position to commit the Senator but promised to take up
the matter with him when he returns.
f. In the absence of Senator Gale McGee we talked to Bob Bullock
who indicated we could probably count on McGee's vote and might get his
cosponsorship as well. We left a package of material on the bill with him.
g. Ed Braswell said we could count definitely on Senator Stennis'
vote and cosponsorship and Braswell was personally confident he would
also speak in behalf of our amendment. (We had already left with Braswell
a package of backup material. )
h. During a meeting with Tom Korologos, White House staff,
Korologos called Senator Bennett's Legislative Assistant Paul Denham
and reported back we could definitely count on Bennett's vote and
cosponsorship.
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12. (Unclassified - JMM) Called Charles Kendrick, Administrative
Assistant to Senator Peter Dominick, and told him that Mr. Braswell, Chief
Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, assured us he can include Stennis
as a cosponsor without .further checking. Mr. Kendall said Senator Dominick
had just come in and Kendrick had brought him up-to-date on our discussions
and Kendrick felt things were going along very well.
13. (Unclassified - JMM) Marshall Wright, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Congressional Relations, called to see how things had been going
in lining up support for our amendment regarding the and I
told him what we had accomplished during the day. e said he oug t it best
for us rather than State to follow up with Senators Harry Byrd and Howard
Cannon to make sure they were lined up with us.
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on National Security and International Operations, called to say that they were
working against a deadline and would like to have the answers to questions they
had left with us for Senator Henry Jackson. After checking with Bruce Clarke,
we arranged for Mr. Perle to come out and meet with Mr. Clarke at 10: 00 a. m.
Monday, 19 June 1972.
15. (Unclassified - RW) Mr. Joe Hobson, in the office of Representative
W. J. Bryan Dorn (D., S. C. called to request that an application for
employment be sent to:
I advised Donna, Personnel, of this request.
16. (Unclassified - GLC) Left with Thad Murray, Executive Assistant
to Senator William B. Spong, Jr. (D. , Va. ), a suggested reply to a constituent
inquiry from James H. Smylie on information he had received alleging that
CIA reports indicated 30, 000 Vietcong had infiltrated the Thieu government.
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