JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000400010091-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: August 7, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 7 August 1975
CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY
1 (Internal Use Only - RJK) Delivered to the offices of
Senators . Dick Clark (D., Iowa), Jacob K. Javits (R., N.Y.), Mike
Mansfield (D., Mont.), Edmund S. Muskie (D., Maine) and. Charles H.
Percy (R., Ill.) and Representatives Carl Albert (D., Okla.) and Clement
Zablocki (D., Wisc.) I items in which their names were mentioned.
2. , (Unclassified - RJK) Delivered a package of maps to the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee mail room for Richard Moose, of the
staff.`
3. (Unclassified - RJK) Delivered a package of information for
Brian Atwood, on the staff of Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D., Mo.), per
arrangements made . by Mr. Miller.
4, . (Unclassified - RJK) Delivered a letter from Mr. Gary to the
office of Representative Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D., Mich.).
5. (Unclassified - RJK) In the absence of Richard Kaufman, General
Counsel, Joint Economic Committee, left some material with his secretary.
It contained graphics for inclusion in the Committee's forthcoming publication
resulting from the Director's testimony before the Subcommittee on Priorities
and Economy in Government on 18 June. I advised his secretary that we
would appreciate return of proof prints of the negatives when Kaufman is
finished with them. I also mentioned that when galley proofs of the Commnitee
print are available, our people would be happy to review them in keeping witi
the agreement with Kaufman.
6. (Unclassified - RJK) Met with Torn Smeeton, Minority Staff,
House International Relations Committee, and provided him, per his request,.
with a' copy of the Director's prepared statement before the House Select
C o mmitte Intelligence of 6 August.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Thursday - 7 August 1975
CONFIDENTIAL
11. Received a call from Les Janka, NSC,
regarding the letter we received from Chairman John Sparkman, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, re the Mayaguez incident. (I had forwarded
?a copy to Janka for his information, especially since the NSC staff is involved
in contact with the House International Relations Committee on a study GAO
is doing on that Committee's behalf on the Mayaguez-) Janka suggested we
go ahead and work up a draft response to the Sparkman letter using the
chronology which has been used by Bob Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State. According to Janka, State has prepared a draft response to
Sparkman along these lines and he suggested we coordinate with Alex Schnee,
State Department Congressional Relations staff, in preparing our draft.
I used this opportunity to ask Janka where things stood with respect
to the House International Relations Committee study being conducted by GAO..
He said he was trying to get some guidance from Dr. Kissinger on this and
as soon as he had further information he would be back in touch with us.
12. General Sam Wilson, D/DCI/IC, called ~
to say he had received further inquiries from DOD regarding the transcri?'t` '~~
mil
of the Director's testimony of Wednesday before the -louse Select Committee
can TgencP__ I suggested that he contact
is negotiating with the Committee regarding the number of copies of the
transcripts which will be made and what if any distribution can be made of them
13. I talked with Howard Feldman, Majority
Counsel, Senate Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on ,
Investigations, several times during the course of the afternoon regarding
the Soviet grain situation. A meeting with Feldman and Stuart Statler,
Minority Counsel, had been scheduled for 2:00 this afternoon, but it became
necessary to cancel that session since we were awaiting White House approval.
on passing our new estimated Soviet grain figure to the Hill. Without id.entifyin;
the White House, I bought time with Feldman and ultimately,after the Director
talked with General Scowcroft, I advised Feldman the Soviet grain figure estima
had been reduced to 165 million tons, but he should regard that figure as
confidential until it is announced otherwise. Feldman was most understanding
throughout my numerous conversations with him during the afternoon and said
he would notify Statler of the information I had given him. I also told him we
would probably be in touch with him tomorrow to reschedule the briefing.
Feldman noted that .f, in fact, the agreed figure was 165 million tons,
this posed a number of serious problems which could affect all sorts of things
including our negotiations with the Soviets on SALT. I told him he probably
could then understand why we had to await policy approval before giving hiin
this figure which I again reminded should be treated on a confidential basis.
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