JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: May 28, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 28 May 1975
1. I I Received a call from George Gilbert,
OMB, giving us clearance to forward to the House Committee on Armed
Services our report on H. R. 1531, the Holtzman bill to prohibit the use
of appropriated funds by the Rockefeller Commission.
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In the absence of
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Bill Kelder, on the staff of. Representative Don Young
(R. , Alas. ), who inquired as to v"iether or not a constituent could receive
the FBIS Daily Reports. After checking with FBIS Liaison, I called Mr.
Kclder back and told him yes, it was possible but that the constituent would
have to pay for it and sent Kelder a brochure outlining costs and content.
No further action is necessary at this time.
3. In follow up of Senator Charles Percy's
Ill.) call to te Director on Saturday, called Chuck Meissner,
staff, and tentatively scheduled a briefing 25X1
for the Senator, Meissner and Scott Cohen, of the Senator's Staff. LbAi
for 2 June at 2:00 p. m.
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Later, advised of a conflict with another meeting and 25X1
a call was placed to Meissner to see if.we could come up with another time.
Called J. Bryan Atwood, in the office 25X1
of Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D. , Mo. ), and arranged for a briefing
for the Senator on Thailand, the Philippines and Korea and -her possible
"hot spots" in Asia on 29 May at 10:30 a. m. OCI, has been 25X1
alerted. It was agreed that the briefing would be for ac :ground only and
would not be attributed to the Agency. Senator Eagleton is preparing
himself for his participation in the "dialogue" xt week in the Senate
on foreign policy issues.
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Wednesday - 28 May 1975
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5. Spoke to Brady Williamson, in the office 25X1
of for Dick ar Iowa about the scheduled briefing of the
Senator on out i Africa. i iamson said this would be basic education
for the Senator who has been given the chairmanship of the Africa Subcommittee
of the ~~nate Foreign Relations Committee. Hearings before the Subcommittee
are planned in late Tine to cover the countries of South Africa, Rhodesia,
Mozambique and Angola. Paul Walsh, ADDI, has been alerted and he will
identify the briefers.
6. Talked to Ms. Cooper, of the Subcommittee
on Government Information and Privacy, House Government Operations
Committee, who wanted a listing of the membership of the CIA oversight/
investigating committees, which was provided.
7. In response to his call the other day,
called Admiral Mathews, in the office of Representative Bill Chappell
(D.. Fla. ]. but he said no further action was needed from the Agency as
had been cleared and soon would be assigned to an
office in the Department of the Navy to encourage Navy personnel to
sponsor Vietnamese refugees.
8. Jack Sankster, in the office of Andrew
Maguire (D. , N. J. ), called in connection with the 22 May invitation to the
Director to appear at a conference on Spain to be held in the House Caucus
Room on June 10, 1975. In response to my query, Sankster said much of
the preliminary work had been handled by volunteers, and indeed as has been
found out to be the case in other invitations, perhaps`no, prior telephone
invitation had been made as referred to in the letter. Sankstcr actually
works for the Fund for New Priorities in America and is only in Mr.
Maguire's office to support this conference. Other conferences he has
worked on include one supported by Senator Hughes on Chile and one by
Senator Abourezk on Indochina. When I said the title of the conference
concentrated on foreign policy, which is out of the scope of the Director's
and the Agency's charter, Sankster minimized that possibility and said it
was just an informal discussion among a wide range of disciplines and that-
members of Congress are attending and they hope that representatives
of State, Defense, academia, labor and others would be there. He also said
that Senator Fulbright and Colonel Edward King would be there. From his
other statements, the conference appears to be whether any U. S. interests
are being served by U. S. agreements with Spain. There will be no fixed
agenda or prepared statements, but the attendees at the conference, which
runs all day, will speak and listen as the spirit moves then.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 27 May 1975
1. I I Accompanied) I 0 (-,.1, to
a briefing of Jack Blum, Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations,
on Korea in connection with the
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2. Met with Richard Perle, Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations, Senate Government Operations Committee, and closed
out two follow up items concerning the SS-X-20 and the BACKFIRE, from.
Mr. Zellmer's, DDS&T, briefing of Perle and Ms. Fosdick on 12 May..
3. In follow up of his call to
in the morning, Phil O'Connor, in the California office of Representative
George Miller (.D. , Calif. ), called at 8:00 p. m. on. behalf of a Vietnamese
refugee whose clearance is being held up by CIA. O'Connor appeared
to be sympathetic to the general problem but indicated that in this case
there was a sick baby and the family unit was not about to move even
until the last rcnnaining member is cleared for movement.
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TRANSMITTAL
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REMARKS:
Bob: Attached is a proposal for
the Legislative Counsel's office
to respond to questions raised
during my talk with Mr. Levenson.
Would you please review and pass on.
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21 May 19 7 5
Memorandum For: Legislative Counsel
Through
Subject
Draft Memo for Mr. Jerome Levenson of
the Senate Subcommitte on Multinational
Companies
1. During discussions with on 13 May
concerning business practices in the Middle East, a ques-
tion arose on the existence of an intelligence study of
corruption in Iran. The production of such a report did
not turn up in a search of relevant files. (Note to Leg-
islative Counsel: No such finished intelligence report
appeared in a CRS machine run. Neither OCI nor OER ana-
lysts are aware of such a report. Some material
and State cable traffic have dealt with the subject).
2. Concerning the main topic of discussion with
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practice of foreign businessmen engaging a local STAT
agent or distributor, it has been determined that most
non-Arab governments recommend such an arrangement to
their nationals.
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5. The specific rules, laws, customs and practices
of interest to American bus.ne!~,smen are covered in pub-
lications for each of the Middle East countries prepared
by the Commerce Action Group for the Near East, a unit
of the Bureau of International Commerce, US department of
Commerce.
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Journal Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday 23 May 1975
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9. Clark McFadden, General Counsel., Senate LJ"
Armed Services Committee, called to report that Pat Holt, Chief of Staff,
, had called Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel
and Staff Director, Senate Armed Services Committee, concerning the possible
termination of the MID and that as a result the matter had been discussed with
Chairman John C. Stennis (D. , Miss. ), Senate Armed Services Committee.
He feels this will be a tremendous loss to the Committee but would not want-
to do anything to. make things more difficult for the Agency. I thanked McFadden
for letting us know and informed him that the NID would be continued through
the recess, the matter was being reconsidered and we would notify him before
the fact if it is terminated.
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ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 22 May 1975
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1. (Unclassified GLC) Pat Holt, Chief of Staff Senate Foreeii n.
ILrAnfinn.q called concerning the possibility of our termi.n' atin
the distribution to t 7 Committee of the NID. See Memo for Record.
2. (Unclassified - GLC) Dropped by to see Guy McConnell, Senate
Appropriations Committee staff, and brought him up to date on a number of
items including the Director's appearances before the Senate Select Com.mittee..
3. (Unclassified - GLC) Met briefly with Jack Ticer, Senate Armed.
Services Committee staff, who said he had gotten another letter from Senator
Lloyd Bentsen on the correspondence and asked if
(with whom Ticer had discussed t is matter before) would contact Tan.ya Hart,
on the Senator's staff concerning it.
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4. (Unclassified - GLC) Charles Snodgrass, House Defense Appropriation:
Subcommittee staff, called to reschedule the Director's Agency budget briefing
of the Defense Subcommittee to 11 June from 10:00 to 12:00 a. m. He said he
hoped this was acceptable to the Director since the date was "not n.egotiablle"
as far as the Chairman was concerned. STAT
GEqYGE L. CAR
Legislative Counsel
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Ex. Sec.
DDI DDA DDS&T
Mr. Warner Mr. Lehman
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