JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: October 31, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Friday - 31 October 1975
17. ADMINISTRATIVE -- DELIVERIES
Dropped off with Guy McConnell, on the staff of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, a letter from the Director to Senator John: McClellan
(D. , Ark.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Also dropped
off a copy of the same letter with Austin Smith for. Representative George
Mahon (D., Texas), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense, House
Appropriations Committee, for the information of the Chairman.
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keep the program. I told him that the :Preside:o.t had personally
reviewed the program and approved it.
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19. LIAISON Received a call from George
Murphy, Executive Director, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, who said
that there was an article in the Chicago Tribune this morning stating that
somewhere in the Soviet Uai acre is now a big hole where something
used to be. The Chicago Tribune stated that they have reports that a
fast breeder reactor had exploded. I told him that I would check and get
back to him. After checking with OSI, I told Murphy that:
we were aware of the rumor but had no information to support it. I added
that ERDA issued a press release to this effect.
20. LIAISON Called Dan Spiegel, Legislative
Assistant to Senator Hubert Humphrey (D. , Minn.), to ask for the Senator's
assistance regarding Senator George McGovern's (D. , S. Dak.) amendment:
to the Foreign Assistance Act which would preclude all covert actions :in
I told Spiegel that, as he knew, Senator Ilurn.ph.rey was very much
involved in the floor debate of Section 662 last year and expressed concern
about the need for maintaining security. Spiegel suggested that the Senator
would be very responsive to a call from Mr. Colby. I agreed and told Spiegel
that I would suggest: to Mr. Colby that he cal=l, the Senator and discuss this
matter with him directly.
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21.1 .ADMINISTRATIVE Called Russ
Rourke, in the office o John Marsh, Counsellor to the President, about
the call received from Guy McConnell, Senate .Appropriations Subcommittee
on Defense staff, concerning the George Lardner column in this mornxing's
Chica ~o Tribune_ which states that the 40 Committee did not meet between
1972 and 1974. I said the Director always indicates that our covert actions
are based on 40 Committee approval and McConnell said the column casts
some doubt on the effectiveness of the procedure. , Chairman McClellan
wants a letter commenting on the column and stating just what the facts
are. I said I felt that the NSC staff should be aware of this request and our
response to Chairman McClellan. Rourke agreed and said he would advise
Marsh. I said we would draw up a statement for Chairman McClellan
and send it to R,ob Roy Ratliff, Les Janka, both of NSC, and Marsh
for their approval. Rourke agreed.. This was clone later in. the day with
a request for their comments by the end of today.
22. I Clark Mc_k adden, General
Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, called and said Chairman
John Stennis wants to pursue the S"oviet spending controversy as
soon as he returns from the hospital. I explained that we had prepared a
number of different papers on the subject which we would provide 'to him.
He said if we would have I OCI, get in touch with him, maybe
he could smooth this out with the Chairman.
I mentioned to McFacklen the Lardner column in today's Chicano
Tribune concerning the 40 Committees not having met between 1972 and 1974.
I said that they do not actually meet, but when there is a covert activity
up for approval, they are normally polled. McFadden. commented that their
Committee operates the same way. He said they are often accused of not
having enough meetings, but they poll the members for different matters and
this saves a, lot. of time.
McFadden said he had breakfast with 11:1.11 Miller, SSC staff, this
morning and Miller told him the SSC is trying to get their reports out in
December and. then in February. McFadden said he didn't: have much
confidence in that. He said. the SSC is trying, to get the oversight legisla.tioa
out first and then will get to revising the charters, :McFa.dden told Miller
this was a nmiistake. I m entioned the action being taken by the Senate Governrnex
Operations Committee and he said Paul Hoff gave him an outline of about
60 issues they are going to go over relating to oversight.
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