JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000400130058-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: June 6, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Wednesday - 6 June 1973
6. (Confidential - JMM) Notified Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, of the developments regarding our
disposition of Southern Air Transport and the fact that this might result
in some publicity in connection with the CAB consideration in the matter.
Slatinshek said he appreciated the call in view of Chairman Nedzi's
desire to make certain the Committee is not caught by surprise on such
matters. In this connection Slatinshek asked if a request for a listing of
all of our "properties and investments would cause us any heartburn. " I
said we would be glad to try to provide such a list.
7. (Unclassified - JMM) Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant, House
Appropriations Committee, told me that Peggy Rhoades, of NBC, had called
on him in connection with the television documentary they are doing on the
Agency, and asked a number of questions about the members of our Special
Group--which Preston said was now being handled on an unclassified basis--and
about the, number and nature of our appearances before the Committee. He
said he had given her my name as someone who might be able to answer
her questions.
8. (Unclassified - JMM) Richard Perle, Senate Permanent
Investigations Subcommittee staff, called to say he had some rather sensitive
questions regarding the "grain deal" which he would like to give us in person.
I said one of us would drop by tomorrow.
Perle reminded me we still owed him an answer on the question of
how much advance notice we had of the I said I
would try to have an answer to that tomorrow.
9. (Internal Use Only - PLC) I called Mark Spiegel of the Office
of Legal Adviser, De artment of State, and discussed with him our respec-
tive agency positions to S. Con. Res. 23 which establishes a Joint Committee
to oversee information and intelligence programs of the U. S. Government
and specifically the activities of CIA and USIA. Sid Buford of Spiegel's
office had earlier called nd asked for our position. We dis-
cussed problems with th as the conflict of the Joint Committee
with existing Congressional committee oversight; the broad range of lan-
guage which would result in practically all agencies of government being
included; and a technical point on the legal sufficiency of the bill which
USIA will raise. We agreed that since the bill concerns matters which the
Congress itself should determine, the best approach would be not to make
any specific recommendations on the bill. Spiegel understood that my com-
ments were purely informal as an Agency position has not yet been finalized.
CONFIDENTIAL
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