S. 2321, LIMITATION ON TENURE OF DIRECTORS OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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March 7, 1974
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7 March 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: S. 2321, Limitation on Tenure of Directors of Central
Intelligence
1. Jim Oliver, OMB, called and submitted the following
changes and comments to our report to Chairman John C. Stennis
(D. , Miss. ), Senate Armed Services Committee. The changes result
from his discussion of our report with the NSC staff.
a. Page 1, Paragraph 3:
(1) Second sentence: strike "fixed term for the
office" and substitute "statutory limitation on the
tenure. " The bill as written does not propose a
specified term of office, but rather a limitation on
the length of time that the office can be held.
(2) Omit the last sentence. The limitation is
to avoid lengthy tenure by one individual; however,
no political relevancy was intended nor should it
be suggested.
(3) Make paragraph 3 the last sentence in
paragraph 2, revising the first part of the sentence
to read as follows; "The current law is well
balanced, preserve ... " (rest of sentence is 'unchanged).
b. Page 2:
Strike the last sentence on the page. It is the
opinion of the NSC that the Congress could
constitutionally require the President to write
out his specific instructions to the Agency. To
avoid this question, and since't.he Agency does
operate under written instructions, NSC
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recommends a substitute sentence as follows:
"We believe that this section would unnecessarily
duplicate existing and acknowledged channels of
responsibility and therefore we recommend against its
enactment. "
2. Oliver said that he will send the comments to us in writing
for our consideration as to whether we wish to revise our report.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Wednesday - 6 March 1974
3. (Secret - LLM) Talked to Richard Aherne, Congressional Relations,
State Department, concerning Ambassador Helms' scheduling but they had not
been able to get a firm room number from Fred Thompson, Minority Counsel,
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, for the Friday
session. They confirmed that the Nedzi Subcommittee session would be held
at 9:30 a. m. in room 2337 Rayburn Building.
Later in the day I talked to Jim Larocca, in Mr. Aherne's office,
and passed on the information to him which I had received from Sam Dash,
Chief Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities,
i. e., Ambassador Helms is scheduled to testify in room G 334, and I also
passed this information on to the Ambassador.
4. (Secret - LLM) Terry Lenzner, Senate Select Committee on
Presidential Campaign Activities staff, called late in the evening and requested
that a retired Agency employee, appear before the majority
staff tomorrow afternoon regarding the Hughes connection. I said I would 25X1A
check on this and let him know. 25X1A
6. (Internal Use Only - PLC) Received a call from Jim Oliver, OMB,
and discussed comments raised by the National Security Council and Oliver
to our report to Chairman John C. Stennis, Senate Armed Services Committee,
on S. 2321 _ Which limits the tenure of the Directors of Central Intelligence.
Oliver will submit the comments in writing for the Agency to consider whether
we may wish to revise the report. See Memorandum for the Record.
7. (Unclassified = RJK) Donna Harlow, on the staff of Senator
Mike Gravel (D. , Alaska), called to ask that we check on the reason why
the Senator was no longer receiving I called
and made arrangements for it to be resumed.
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