JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: August 4, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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1 Met with Terry Redmond, .Legislative
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Assistant to Representative Norman E. DAmour?s (D. , N. H_ ), and provided
him with a copy of a compilation of . Snvic t tYrai.rz export:: from 1970 through
1974. I told him that we were working on an analysis comparing how these
exports served the Soviets' strategic interests but I pointed out to Redmond
that since the statistics were compared by country, he could make his
own analysis which he said he was most interested in doing.
xi.ic Ener that we had i.n:formnat::i_ox
Director, ' gy, on
the subject matter he had raised with me the other clay and that we would be
providing him a written report.
9.1 alled Frank Slati.nsh.ek, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, concerning the release of relevant
correspondence relating to the termination of GAO's audit of Agency accounts,
Slatinshek said that Deputy Comptroller General. Keller had been by to
see him on this matter and that he (Slatinshek) did not now view that
correspondence as classified and I told him that that agreed with our
assessment.
10. I I Received a call from. Representative
Robert L. F. Sikes (D. , Fla. ) who said that a man. by the name of
from New York who, according to Mr. Sikes, wan-its to put together "an
operation inMr. Sikes said that would. he in Washington on.
Wednesday to talk with. a member of his staff and Mr. Sikes was suggesting
that we have an Agency representative present during that session (in
cognito if we wished). I told the Congressman that I had some difficulty
with this suggestion and said I would prefer to have his staff n-man listen to
Ibt:ory and then pass on to us a report of the meeting. Mr. Sikes was
a little less than enthusiastic about this since he said, his mean knew absolutely
nothing abou
11. Talked with Chuck Snodgrass, I-louse
Appropriations Committee. staff, several times during the &1)r regarding, sonic:
material that OCI is preparing for the members of the I:Incise Appropriations
delegation who will be traveling to the Far East next week.
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15. response to my call to
Ralph Malvik, OMB, inquiring as to the status of the Agency's
proposed amendments to CIARDS, I received a call from Jim Oliver,
OMB ' Oliver said that he personally had been holding up the proposal
due to his concern that the Agency's open disclosure of budget: figures,
as proposed, could present problems. He acknowledged that he bad
little support of his position and would seek to clear the package for
referral to the Congress within the next clay- or two. Ile will call us
back.
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16. Received a call f-
Adams, in the office of Representative John J. M.cFall (D. ,
concerning a request from a constituent under the IF`reedom of
Information Act. I explained to him the procedures to be followed
in submitting requests to the Agency.
25X1 1.7. Spoke with 114artin Singer, on the
staff of Representative Clarence D. Long (D. , Md. ), in connection with
his request for information on the Agency estimate of the
harvest. I explained to him that as he was aware this whole subject
area was very sensitive at the moment throughout: the Governrnetit. Our
people are currently reviewing the estimate and therefore we would have,
to defer cornmont until a later date. Singer said he appreciated our position..
25X1 18. Received it call from Richard Kau:fl-nan,
General Counsel, Joint Economic Committee, asking about a few follow--ups
to the Director's briefing of the Subcommittee on Priorities and Economy in
Government on 18 June. He also wished to advise us that the Subcommittee
is making plans to contact the Office of Net Assessment. He said that.
Senator William Proxmire (D. , Wisc. ) felt that this would be a good idea.
25X1A I learned from OCI, that there were a few charts being prepared
for Kaufman. I then called Kaufman back and advised Irirn that the remaining;
charts would be completed by Wecllti~sday ar~c~ I would deliver them by
Thursday.
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