JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000500100015-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: December 3, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal. - Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 3 December 1975
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12. I I LIAISON George Ingram, Staff
Consultant, House International Relations Committee, called and, referring
to the material we had provided him or `" viet oil:, said he found this
material to be very useful. He said they would like to publish one of t:he
documents, dated 7 October 1975, in their hearings on Soviet oil and grain.
I said I would check on this and let him know. OCI:,
is looking into this.
13. LIAISON Called Chuck Snodgrass, staff of House
Appropriations Committee, and told him that as much as the Director would
like to meet with the Defense Subcommittee himself on the subject of the
additional funding of a covert action program, he would have to designate
25X1A William Nelson, DDO, to come in his place since he has a prior commitment
to the Pacem in Terris conference. I said that 1 :1 DDO, Jack Tams,
Comptroller, and I would accompany Mr. Nelson, however, I suggested
that Jack Jams and I get together with Snodgrass and Ralph Preston, also
of the Committee staff, this afternoon to go over the facts before tomorrow's
briefing. Snodgrass agreed.
Jams and I saw Snodgrass and Preston during their lunch break from.
the House/Senate Congress on the Defense Appropriations Bill. Ian-is showed
them a paper he had prepared on the various options that might be available
to replenish the Reserve. They agreed that a supplemental appropriation and
reprogramming from Agency funds were not practical. This left the third
alternative which was a transfer of funds from DOD. Suprisingly, Preston
and Snodgrass didn't rule this out, but said it would depend on the accounts
that were involved, otherwise, they feel this is essentially a matter to be
resolved betvveen DOD, OMB and the Agency. They did mention, however,
the over-riding consideration that they expect the Director would receive
considerable opposition from the Subcommittee on the principal covert
action program which could require augmentation of the. Reserve. We
agreed that we would pass this message back to the Director and woul:l hope
for a session with the Defense Subcommittee at an ca!-1y date. The staffers
will try to arrange. this as soon as action is completed .an the conference report.
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