SENATE BILL 653

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000800140015-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2001
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: April 24, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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Senate Bill 653
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24 April 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Legislative Counsel
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT: Senate Bill 653
Your request for review of reference has been
forwarded to this office for comment. Having re-
viewed reference with knowledgeable persons in this
Directorate, we find your proposed letter to be a
necessary and proper initial reaction to the Bill.
However, we would like to suggest that the first
paragraph on page 4 be amplified to include a
statement that publicity surrounding the recent
amendments to the Freedom of Information Act has
damaged several of our relationships overseas.
Also, in the last paragraph of the letter, it is
stated that "We have always felt that an arrangement
could be reached which would comport with GAO audit
requirements..." If this is true, I would think
we would want to be as detailed as possible in what
we would be happy with in order to get our ideas
into the legislation in the beginning rather than
have a committee of Congress formulate a procedure
that we might have trouble changing at a later date.
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Attached is my proposed letter on a bill
which would authorize GAO to audit any
CIA account or operation. I really sling
the B. S. on the last page and would
appreciate your opinion on the accuracy
of that part.
Assistant Legislative Counse
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