CONVERSATION WITH JACK BOOS, HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE STAFF

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May 27, 1975
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Approved For Releas a.! vA I*p RDP77M00144R000400020041-4 OLC 75-1253 27 May 1975 25X1A MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Conversation with Jack Boos, House Select Committee on Intelligence Staff 1. Jack Boos called today and asked how the House Committee could get a copy of the "Vale" report which the Director submitted to the President last December. He said he understood it had been made available to the Senate Select Committee and assumed the House Select Committee would also be able to get a copy. I said I would check on this but I was quite sure the Senate Select Committee made its request directly to the White House and the report was submitted to the Committee from the White House. I mentioned that the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee had also expressed interest in that report. 2. Mr. Boos called later and asked if I thought it would be a good idea to have someone come up and give Searle Field, of the Committee staff, the same briefing I gave to Boos on Friday. I said I saw no problem with that on the assumption that Field has security clearances. Boos asked if there was anything that could be added to what I had told him. I said I didn't think so but was preparing material for Chairman Lucien Nedzi but it would not be ready today. Boos said Nedzi would be in town and perhaps Nedzi, Field and himself could all be briefed at the same time. After checking with the Director, I made arrangements for the Director, Mr. Knoche and me to :meet with them in Nedzi's office this afternoon. See Mr. Knoche's Memo for Record. 3. Still later in the day, Boos called again by way of follow up to discussions at the meeting today to see if he could set up a meeting with Mr. Knoche and to discuss guidelines and procedures. We agreed to get together Thursday at 3:30. During this conversation, Boos and I talked a little about the procedures that have been worked out with the Senate Select Committee and how they plan to handle material from a security standpoint. #jn q- 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/21: dL 00144 000400020041-4 Approved For Release 2005 H Ifj?DP77MOOl 44R000400020041 -4 'jg IA 4. I brought up the subject of House Rule XI (permitting members access to records of all Committees) and said I understood a question was to be raised with the House Parliamentarian as to'whether the House Select Committee Resolution and Rules could be construed as superceding Rule XI. Boos said their rules provide that only members of the Committee will have access to Committee files and their informal inquiry to the Parliamentarian drew a response that the theory that Committee rules superceded Rule XI was a plausible one but the Parliamentarian will make a formal ruling only if the issue is raised. Boos added the Parliamentarian and the Speaker of the House are not anxious for this issue to come up. 5. I said another question Mr. Knoche would like to discuss on Thursday is the question of clearance of staff and secrecy agreements. In response to my question, Boos said they plan to impose a secrecy agreement but they do not have a text ready yet. The proposed rules call for staff members to abide by them but is is not clear as to how this procedure will be followed. He said he would make a copy of the rules and security regulations available to me as soon as they are typed up. 6. I asked Boos if he would consider classifying the letter from Chairman Nedzi to the Director which was given to us at our meeting this afternoon and I suggested a classification of confidential based on the implications of item 5 in the letter. He said he would do so subject to the Chairman's approval. 7. Mr. Boos mentioned that the Committee's offices and storage facilities have not been reviewed by our security people and I said I would talk with Charles Kane about that. He also said he had talked with George Murphy, of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy staff, who said he wanted an indication from the Chairman as to who should have access to material placed in his custody for the House Committee. I explained the thrust of our letter and Senator Church's letter to Senator Pastore on this subject and Boos said they have prepared a letter from Nedzi asking that an area in the JCAE vault be set aside. He asked that we supplement this, with-.a lett. r from the Director and I said we would do so. 25X1A Distribution: Original - Subject file I - Mr. Knoche I - OLC Chrono OLC:GLC:cmw (typed 10 June 1975) EOM GE L. CA -. Legislative Counsel 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 L Ift44R000