JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: October 15, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 15 October 1975
LIAISON In the absence oT
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took a call from Jim Davidson, on the staff of the Senate
Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Government: Operations
Committee. He asked for the status on Senator Edmund Muskies
(D., Maine) letter on CIA's experience with Executive Order 11652 on
classification and declassification of information. He indicated that we
had informed him in mid-September that another week would be needed.
After checking, I told him that our response was completed and was
waiting for the Director's signature and that I would get it over to him
as soon as it was signed. I
2. BRIEFING Called Howard Feldman,
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee staff, and advised him
that CIA had a revised estimate of tom., - gain praductz ~? As of
last week, Soviet grain production is estimated to be between 155 and
165 million tons. They have purchased 20 million tons which means
there is a 32 million ton shortfall. The reasons and implications are
essentially the same as they were when we last briefed them. Nonetheless,
we thought this new estimate should be brought to his attention.
I also called. Stuart Statler, Minority Counsel, of the same
Subcommittee, and told him the foregoing. They were both very grateful.
3. HEARING Following my conversation
with Mr. Cary, I called Jim Michie, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on
Administrative Practice and Procedure, and told him that our lawyers
had some problems with the request to interview C4pTS. As he znar3TAT
have read in the paper, Dr. Gottlieb has been granted use immunity by
the Senate Select Committee and we would want to avoid providing infor-
mation which would place Dr. Gottlieb in jeopardy. This was true
particularly since the Department of Justice was looking into this subject.
Michie said I was assuming that C 0'_-CS would have information impI Ai !
Gottlieb. I admitted that might be the problem. He suggested that our two
lawyers ;et together and talk it out. I said before I did that I would talk to
C l TS to determine if we have a legal problem and then call him toznorro
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4. LEGISLATION Called Clark McFadden,
Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, regarding the Agency's. attempt
to include our medical staff within the malpractice legislation currently before
the Committee. Mr. Cary earlier brought to my attention the fact that Ed
Braswell, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Senate Armed Services Committee,
had raised objections to our proposal. McFadden indicated that the problem
was that several agencies had requested the Committee to include their medical
staffs within the legislation and that Mr. Braswell was worried about the politics
of including "all comers. if He indicated, however, that M.r.. Braswell had not
made a final determination.1 In-response to my inquiry of whether we could.
provide any additional information to the Committee, McFadden said exact
breakdown of the number of physicians who already have this coverage and
the total number of Federal doctors would be helpful.
5. IAISON Received, a call from Paul Hoff,
Counsel to the Senate Government Operations Committee, who inquired about.
the progress in setting up a meeting with OLC on the question of congressional.
oversight of CIA. After checking again with Mr. Cary, I called 1-1off and set:
up a meeting for 2:00 p.m. on 20 October.
6. LEGISLATION Called Harold Lerner, on
the staff of the Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service, House Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service, regarding the various bills before the
Subcommittee on compulsory union representation of Federal employees.
Lerner indicated that the Subcommittee planned to report a clean bill within
30-60 days, which would represent the Subcommittee's preferences an .ong the
three types of bills before the Subcommittee. Only one of the three types. of
bills, H. R. 4800, introduced by full Committee Chairman. Representative
David Henderson (D., N. C. ) exempted the CIA. Lerner was unable to give
me a prognosis regarding whether the Subcommittee's clean bill would exempt:
the Agency.
7 LIAISON Called Werner Brandt, Legislative
Assistant to Representative somas Foley (D., Wash.), Chairman of the
House Agriculture Committee, to advise him of a revision in our estimate
of Soviet grain production. He told me he would call me back to arrange a
briefing fcr himself and several of the Committee staff. He added that
Representative Foley had complimented the Agency's accuracy on its estimate
of Soviet pe rfo rn c .
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11. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Met separately
with Gilber , a . Aeronautical and Space Sciences staff, and
Thomas N. Tate, I-louse Science and Technology Committee staff, and
briefed them on a possible imminent Soviet space exercise. Both
expressed appreciation for the alert.
13. ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERY
In the absence of Guy McConnell, Senate Appropriations Committee staff,
met with Jane McMullen and delivered to her a sensitive document which
had been prepared byl IC Staff.
14. LIAISON Spoke with Ruth Matthews,
on the staff of Representative Bella S. Abzug's (D, , N. Y. ) Subcommittee
on. Government Information and Individual Rights, Committee of Government
Operations, regarding the letter from Representative Abzug requesting
information on Agency implementation of Executive Order 11652. 1 pointed
out to her that although the letter was dated September 26 we had received
it on the afternoon of October 14 and that we were just now beginning to work
on it. She said she understood and asked how soon we night have a response.
I told her we might have an initial response within two weeks. She said that
would be fine.
15. CONSTITUENT Spoke with Walter C.
Conahan, Administrative Assistant to Representative Jaynes Abdnor
(R. , S. Dak. ), regarding Representative Abdrior`s letter to Director
Colby asking for information regarding committees or advisory commissions
on which private citizens could sit. I explained that the Agency, clue to the
special nature of its work and clearance problems, really did not have any
such commissions on which members of his constituency could sit. lie said
that he understood and that a negative response was of value. He also said
that the telephonic response was adequate and that no further foll.ow-up was
necessary.
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17. LIAISON Richard Gilmore, on the staff .
of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations,
called to inquire as to the status of the letter Chairman Frank Church.
(D. , Idaho) had written requesting access to the CIA's support memoranda
regarding international grain developments. I advised Mr. Gilmore that
we were pulling the material together and a reply would be sent to Senator
Church soon.
Gilmore is also planning to accompany Senator Dick Clark (D. , Iowa)
to the r _ near, the end of November. He requested a briefing on either
14 or 17 November. is handling the plans for the briefing.
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18. LIAISON Edward Braswell, Chief Counsel,
and Staff Director, Senate Armed Services Committee, called and said that:
Bill Beecher, of the New York Times, was coming to see him at 10:00 today..
Braswell wanted to know if we saw any problem in his telling Beecher that
the Agency has been weakened by the current investigations. I said that
certainly this could be said but I would not overdo it. I said I even heard a
report that Senator Frank Church (D., Idaho) and Representative Otis Pike
(D. , N. Y.) are concerned and that Braswell might want to mention that. I.
said these disclosures are having an impact on the intelligence community;
that agents abroad are becoming less willing to cooperate; and we are having
some problem They feel that anything they give us (pl.us
their identities will be disclosed. I told Braswell that there have not been
a great number of agent terminations but there has been some and an increasing
concern from these people. They expect to be protected. I told Braswell
it would be useful if he could touch on these points. , .
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