JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000500060022-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 2004
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: November 12, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 12 November 1975
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1. BRIEFING Had further
discussions with Leslie Yates, Consultant, Subcommittee on.
International Resources, Food. & Energy, I-louse International
Relations Committee, prior to the briefing of the "Africa Group"
on the situation in Angola. She read to me Chairman Charles Diggs'
(D., Mich.) invitation to the members which indicated that this session
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2. LIAISON Mike Van Dusen, Consultant,
Special. Subcommittee on Investigations, House International Relations
Committee, called reviewing the background leading to the full Committee
session later this afternoon on the Middle I assured him that the
same material would be covered as ad. been covered in our earlier
briefing of the Special Subcommittee on Investigations on 21 October.
3. EMPLOYMENT REQUESTS Received
a call from Joan Erno, Secretary to Charles Kirhow, Senate Select
Committee staff, inquirying as to the status of the application of
Ms. Erno said that has been calling Senator John
Tower (R., Texas), and she wanted to know if a "'courtesy interview"
could be arranged in to meet-. with one of our 25X1A
recruiters. I told her that I would check with our Office of Personnel
and be hack in touch with her tomorrow.
4. LIAISON Received a call from Bob Bel.a.ir,
a staffer on the Domestic Council, Committee on Privacy. He had gotten my
name from the House Judiciary Subcommittee which has jurisdiction over bills
on electronic surveillance. lie informed me that his office had been tasked .
with developing an Administration position on electronic surveillance and its
impact on privacy. He wanted me to discuss the Agency's position on electronic
surveillance with him. I told him that it was my impression that somebody
in the White House was all-ready focusing on the problem of electronic sur-
veillance as it relates to intelligence and that I thought we might be short--
circuiting that channel. He said he had looked into this and was unable- to find
out who, if anyone, is handling electronic surveillance issues for the White
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Journal Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday -- 12 November 1975
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5. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Accompanied
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OER, to a session of the "Africa Group or a brie ling on
Representatives present for part of the session were: Charles Diggs
(D., Mich.), Silvio Conte (R.., Mass.), Andrew Young (D., Ga.);
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Gilman (R., N. Y.). Staff members present were: Jo Weber, Her. schelle
Challenor, Leslie Yates, Jack Sullivan, Richard Mauzey, and Ed Fox..
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clear that the staff at least intends to ask the question of Ed Mulcahy,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of African Affairs, State Department. It
was obvious that this two-hour session was very educational for the group
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struck a blow for rationalism by pointing out that the tone and results
Following the session, I was reassured by Ms. Yates of their
complete understanding that there was to be no leakage out of the
session.
Subsequent to the session, I advised Marian Czarnecki, Chief
of Staff, House International Relations Committee, of the results and
he agreed that if Mulcahy is pressed on covert action questions he
should defer on it, citing the law, and the reporting to appropriate
committees.
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of the IC Staff, and I met with Paul Hoff and several. other
staffers from the Senate Committee on Government Operations regarding
congressional oversight of CIA. The meeting was a follow-up to, a
20 October meeting with the same group. At the earlier meeting Hoff had
asked about the authorization of funds for the intelligence community, and
I asked Childs to meet with the group to answer their questions on this point.
(See Memorandum for the Record.
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7. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Called
Josephine e er, on the staff of the House International Relations
Committee, and went over security arrangements for this afternoon's
briefing at 4:30 p.m. of Representative Charles Diggs', Jr. (D. , Mich.
group.
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Also at the hearing, Ed Fox, on the staff of the Committee's Special
Subcommittee on Future Foreign Policy Research and Development, stated
that he had asked for a briefing on what he called the power
triangle of the U. S. , USSR, and China. He said had touched base
wit , OCI, who was agreeable to furnishing a briefer
provided it would be done in executive session. The briefing was to
be for the Subcommittee, chaired by Representative Lester L. Wolff
(D. , N. Y. ). Fox stated Chairman Wolff had agreed to the executive
session provision. I told Fox I would check wit krid get
back to him.
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