HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK OF OHIO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK
any official, even a U.S. senator, vote Intel-
ligently when he has only partial informa-
tion? If nothing else-the question of other
criminal actions notwithstanding-the issue
of perjury remains unsettled.
Mr. Sonnenfeldt will handle matters In-
volving billions of dollars; he will be the
senior U.S. official charged with checking on
the financial Implications of the judgements
of his personal friend, mentor, and protector,
Secretary of State Kissinger, regarding cre-
dits involved in East-West trade, special fi-
nancial arrangements facilitating the so-
called "detente" policy of Mr. Kissinger, and
other sensitive matters of lasting importance
to this nation, such as peace in the Middle
East. American taxpayers will have to fund
any errors of judgement made by the Treas-
ury Dept.
For this reason, today I wrote a letter to
the Acting Attorney General with a view
toward possible prosecution of any party
established by the hearing testimony to have
violated criminal statutes. Mr. Sonnenfeldt
may be such a person. A similar letter was
directed to the United States Attorney for
the District of Columbia today for action.
Recent revelations that high administra-
tion officials may have committed perjury
has attracted much attention in the Senate.
Have we reached such a curious state of
morality that, while attention of individual
senators is fixed on certain other "perjuries",
the U.S. Senate as a body can confirm to a
high position a nominee whose confirmation
hearing transcript indicates a great deal of
evidence that perjury has been committed?
Sincerely yours,
JOHN D. HEMENWAY.
OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, November 1, 1973
Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, start-
ing on May 23 of this year, I inserted in
the RECORD documents, newspaper arti-
cles, letters, and commentary on the case
of Helmut Sonnenfeldt, whose nomina-
tion as Under Secretary of Treasury has
now been reported out by the Senate
Finance Committee, The House Internal
Security Committee has scheduled hear-
ings for November 7 on the Federal civil-
ian employee loyalty-security program
which may have bearing on the Sonnen-
feldt case.
In this connection, Mr. John Hemen-
way, who testified against the nomina-
tion of Mr. Sonnenfeldt, has written the
Department of Justice calling for an in-
vestigation into the possible violation by
Mr. Sonnenfeldt of criminal statutes in-
cluding perjury. He also has informed
Senator MANSFIELD of his communica-
tion to the Acting Attorney General.
In addition, I have written to Acting
Attorney General Bork regarding the
identity of the FBI agent who inter- viewed Mr. Stephen Koczak on the Sonnenfeldt case in 1959 concerning the alleged leaking of highly classified infor- mation to a foreign power. I insert at this point the press release I am issuing on the need for strict im- plementation of regulations concerningthe reliability and good conduct of Fed-
eral employees to prevent future Water- gates at all Government levels. Also in- serted is a copy of my letter to the Acting Attorney General along with the letters from Mr. Hemenway to Mr. Bork and Senator MANSFIELD:NEWS RELEASE FROM REPRESENTATIVE JOHN M. AsHBRooxCongressman John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio) ranking minority Member of the House In-
ternal Security Committee announced today Loyalty-Security Program will be con-
hearings on the Federal Civilian Em-
tinued on Wednesday, November 7, Theprincipal witness that day will be Stephen A. Koczak who has already provided testimony to, the Senate Finance Committee in con-
Sonnenfeldt as Under Secretary of
nection with hearings on the nomination of Treasury. Ashbrook has written to Acting Attorney . rt B ea,g # 1]g-the Depart- U1i@iCB>f?2 141eux t]ie 1$3 agent wbp 1Aterylea ,,~) 1959 in co in-tc- tioA with the Sonnenfeldt case. According to
wasHlovemb D.C.,
Justice Department Building,
Washington, D.O.
November 1, 1973.
Acti g tor H. BOR
DEAR M. BORK: Enclosed is a copy of my
Hon. ROBERT General of the United States,
letter of October 10 to the FBI which Di-
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington,
rector Kelley informs me has been referred
D.C.
to the Justice Department for action. As Mr.
DEAR GENERAL Bosx: The purpose of this
Koczak is scheduled to appear before the
letter is to report to you the violation of
House Internal Security Committee on Wed-
criminal statutes of the United States in-
nesday, November 7, I would appreciate re-cluding,
ceiving by Monday, November 5, a reply as
perjury. I am reporting this matter to you
to the identity of the agent involved in the
because I understand you are currently the
Sommenfeldt case.
senior official in the U.S. Government charged
Also enclosed are two replies from the then
with the enforcement of federal statutes.
Acting Director of the FBI, Mr. Ruckelshaus,
one of which confirms that Mr. Koczak was
, Mr. Helmut Sonnenfeldt, an
interviewed by an FBI agent in 1959 on the employee of the U.S
U.S. Department of State
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Sommenfeldt. case. The other letter, that of and NSC, stands accused of "leaking" high- 29, 1973, indicates that over a year
ly classified information to foreign agents
transpired before I received an answer to my
with whom he had frequent and close as-
initial inquiry concerning this case.
sociations and to other persons. These charges
Your consideration of this matter will be, were made in the public record before the
needless to say, much appreciated. Senate Finance Committee
on May 15,
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pOcto ort-
ber , 1, and October 2, a1973.
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Sincerely,
tely They were report-
JOHN M.
. ASHBROOK,
Representative to Congress, 17th District,
charges were specific, capable of being de-
undo proved or disproved, and were made
WASHINGTON, D.C., under oath by a number of responsible retired
Hon. MICHAEL J. MANSFIELD, member of the Subversive Activities Control
Majority
jority Leader of the Senate, Board and Mr. Stephen Koczak, retired US
U.S. Senate, diplomat who currently holds a responsible
Washington, D.C. position with the AFGE of the AFL-CIO.
DEAR SENATOR MANSFIELD: As you know, Many corroborating witnesses are available
the nomination of Mr. Helmut Sonnenfeldt, and have been named in the record.
to be Under Secretary of the Treasury, was Mr. Sonnenfeldt has denied the charges
repotted out of the Finance Committee for under oath. At the very least the crime of
ftaat ac qi . Public hearings were held on perjury may well have been committed. In
October 1, and October 2, 1973. pre-published form, the Hearing Transcript
LDTliation hearings have been pro- amounts to slightly more than 250 pages.
tffi. 1awever, I have evidence that sev- The transcript is available and part of the
elM kV witnesses v7ere not called. Thus, the public record. Senator Russell Long, Chair-
eiifenee and/or information available to man of the Finance Commtitee of the Sen-
Senator Long and the Finance Committee ate, can supply you with a copy. I understand
is Incomplete. This makes possible a cover- that the record is being published today,
up of Mr. Sonnenfeldt's past activities. For Highlights of the testimony on Helmut
example, clear evidence suggestive of per- Sonnenfeldt include the following:
P ~ Mr. Stephen
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matter, therefore, is incomplete. How can agents of the State of Israel.
~oCZa%. this Agent subsequently stated that
1 1s1Se artment of Justice 1}ad been prepared
to date. Sonnenfeldt but had been
frustrated by the State Department refusal
to fieclassify the telegrams and make them
available to the prosecutor as evidence.
The Purpose of the Committee hearings is
to examine the existing security and suita-
bility procedures in the Federal government
and to propose such legislative reforms as
may appear necessary. The Committee is cur-
rently considering HR 8865 which would
establish a Central Security Review Office for
the coordination of loyalty and security pro-
grams administered by Federal executive
agencies.
The Sonnenfeldt case is only one of a
number of cases under study by the House
Internal Security Committee.
Cong. Ashbrook stated that "one of the
issues in the Sonnenfeldt case concerns the
peculiar circumstance that so many facts are
still a matter of unresolved controversy. I am
most disturbed that releveant security in-
formation at the FBI, CIA and the State De-
partment appear to have been withheld from
the Congress and from responsible officers
in the Executive Department. If Executive
Order 10450, which seeks to provide reliable,
trustworthy employees in Federal employ-
ment, public servants of good conduct and
character, is to be nothing more than a joke
and a fraud, strict observance of the Order's
requirements and restrictions must be em-
ployed. If nothing else, the Watergate case
demonstates this." .
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, D.C., November 1, 1971.
Hon. ROBERT H. BORK,
Acting Attorney General
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