ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: April 8, 1976
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Monday - 26 April 1976
5. (Unclassified - RLB) LEGISLATION Called Robert Lockhart,.
on the staff of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, to get
a final reading on changes to H. R. 12080 (the Civil Service merit bill)
before the Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service marks up the bill
tomorrow. Mr. Lockhart said that he considered the one change that we
were still interested in to be more of a technical amendment rather than
a substantive policy change requiring Subcommittee action in the mark-up
session. He,therefore said he did not intend to press to get the, change in
before the mark-up. We discussed also various wording for our suggested
additional language and agreed that he would try to reach final agreement
on the language with Civil Service representatives, with whom be was
scheduled to meet later today. He said a new version of the bill would
come out 28 April and I stressed that we would hope to have our suggested
language--or some other acceptable wording--in that version. He said that
he would get back to me tomorrow' afternoon after the Subcommittee mark-mup
to bring me up to date and to give me an opportunity to make sure that
proper language had been inserted.
6. (Internal Use Only - RLB) LIAISON Met with Guy McConnell,
on the staff of the Senate A ro r.iat aa.s _C_ommittee, to fill him in on
S. 2925 (the zero-base u get review bill) and left with. him. a copy of the
fact sheet and analysis of the bill. He said that as far as he was concerned
he had no objection to our bringing Mr. James Davidson., on the staff of
the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Senate Government
Operations Committee, to Headquarters to have an informal discussion
with myself and representatives from the Comptroller's o.ffice,.
7. (Unclassified - RLB) LEGISLATION Spoke briefly with Peter
Abbruzzese, on the staff of the House International Relations Committee,
regarding the status of the State Department authorization bill now pending
before the Committee and the possibility that Senator William W.. Proxmire'&
(D., Wis.) "gift" amendment might still be inserted in the bill. Mr. Abbruzzese
said that the Committee could meet to consider the bill sometime this week
but that it might get put off until next week. As far as the "gift" amendment
was concerned, he said he had heard nothing to indicate that anyone on the
Committee was planning to raise it when the Committee considers the bill..
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Thursday - 22 April 1976
13. (Internal Use Only - PLC) HEARING Called Bob Carlstrom,
OMB, and alerted him that we were delivering this afternoon, for OMB's
review, our proposed statement before the house Government Operations
Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, on
28 April 1976 to consider legislation to amend the Privacy Act.
14. (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Spoke with Ed Braswell,
Staff Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, concerning matters
relating to Mr. Knoche's upcoming confirmation as DDCI and procedures
relating to General Vernon Walters', DDCI, retirement.
15. (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Called Guy McConnell,
Senate Appropriations Committee staff, and advised him of Mr. Knoche's
ap r i en as
16. (Unclassified - THW) CONSTITUENT I left with Janice Fitts,
on the staff of Senator William L. Scott (R., Va. ), and Marion En.glehart,
on the staff of Representative William C. Wampler (R., Va.), suggested
replies to the letter from a constituent,] I I explained STAT
that the Agency normally does not comment on such allegations one way
or the other and in this case had an added reason for, not doing so since
the allegation stems from leaks from the House Select Committee report,
which has not been released to the public. I also mentioned to each that
the identical inquiry had come from both of their offices. They were both
very appreciative of the suggested replies and Ms. Englehart said she
would contact Ms. Fitts before answering the constituent's inquiry.
17. (Unclassified - THW) ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES
I delivered to Mike Craig, on the staff of Representative David F. Emery
(R. , Maine), an unclassified report on. the Soviet/Cuban involvement in
Angola and pointed out to him the pages in the Con_gt cssional Record to
which he could turn to obtain information
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2. (Internal Use Only - RJK) ADMINISTRATIVE - DELIVERIES
I delivered a letter signed by the Director indicating that the Agency would
have available shortly estimates of trends in ruble costs as they related
to Soviet defense programs to the following Members.: Representative
George H. Mahon (D., Texas), Chairman, House Appropriations Committee;
Representative Melvin Price (D., 111. ), Chairman, House Armed Services
Committee; Representative Thomas E. Morgan (D., Pa.), Chairman,
House International Relations Committee; Senator John C. Stennis (D., Miss..
Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee; Senator John. L. McClellan
(D., Ark.), Chairman, Senate aRriations Committee; end Senator John
Sparkman (D., Ala.), C airman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The Director's letter concluded by promising each one of them one of the
first copies of the completed estimates.
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Monday - 19 April 1976
5. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON Called Guy McConnell,
Senate o riations Committee staff, who said he will not be back in
the office until Fri ay, and spoke to him regarding the legislation to
establish zero based budgeting. McConnell said it did not have a
prayer this Congress and recommended that we not become too
involved in the legislation at this stage as it may tend to muddy the
waters.
6. (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Bob Fink, Subcommittee on
Government Information & Individual Rights, House Government Operations
Committee staff, called and mentioned a number of pages in the Rockefeller
Commission report referencing different sets of numbers on the files
we have on American citizens, etc. I told him we would do our best
to rationalize all these numbers prior to any hearing and hopefully
he would hear from us later in the week.
7. (Internal Use Only - RJK) LIAISON Spoke with Allen Brown,
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, concerning his
inquiry on behalf of a constituent of a Senator who wished to have a CIA
memo regarding "a review of selected items in the Lee Harvey Oswald
file." Based on the advice of CI/EXO, I told Brown that
many documents relating to Lee Harvey Oswald were presently under
review for possible sanitization or declassification'and when this review
was completed the documents would be made available to the public,
as appropriate.
8. (Unclassified - RJK) LIAISON Deane, on the staff of
Representative Richard L. Ottinger (D. , N. Y. ), called to say that
a Mrs. Brady of their district had written to OTR,
requesting a foreign policy briefing for a group of students from Pace
University, College of White Plains. She had not received a reply and
was wondering about the status of her request. I checked with
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who said that the letter was sent on 12 April, received in his office on
14 April, and an acceptance reply was sent out from his office on 15 April,
I relayed this information to and she said she would contact Mrs. Brady
and tell her to expect a reply s ort y.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASH I NGTOM, D.C. 20505
16 April 1976
Honorable Melvin Price, Chairman
Committee on Armed Services
I-louse of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
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As you may be aware, CIA has been working for some time
on new estimates of trends in the ruble costs of Soviet defense
programs. This is to inform you that our work is progressing
well and that we expect to publish the results some time in
the first two weeks of May. I am sure you will be interested in
this publication and I will see to it that you get one of the first
copies.
Sincerely,
Geor' e Bush
Director
Identical. Memos sent to:
John C. Stennis, Chairman John Sparkman, Chairman
Senate Armed Services Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Thomas E. Morgan, Chairman George H. Mahon, Chairman
International Relations Committee Appropriations Committee (House)
John L. McClellan, Chairman
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Wednesday - 14 April 1976
17. LIAISON Met with Guy McConnell, staff of
Senate Aiara21at1on5--C`5-mmitJpp, Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel, House
krmed Services Committee, (briefly), and Bill Hogan, House Armed Services
Committee staff, and briefed them on the Director's session with the House
Appropriations Defense Subcommittee yesterday. I also left with McConnell.
and Hogan copies of the Director's prepared statement and back-up material
on this subject. McConnell said he saw no need at this time for the Director
to have a similar session with their Subcommittee, but said that they would
like to have a world wrap-up session shortly after Congress returns from
recess..
I covered a number of topics with McConnell and Hogan,. including
the status of the Senate Select Committee situation (especially their intention
to disclose the total intelligence community budget figures in their final
report). I also provided McConnell with a copy of our background paper
on S. 2662. I talked briefly with Hogan about the Second Deputy legislation
and think further conversations with him on this subject might be useful.
18. LIAISON I was unable to see Ed Braswell
or Clark McFadden, staff of Senate Armed Services Committee, but I
left for Braswell a copy of the Director's statement before the House
Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and back-up documents the Director
used in his session with the Subcommittee yesterday.
19. BRIEFING /OPERATIONAL I briefed Charles
Snodgrass, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee staff, Clark
McFadden, Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, and William H.
Hogan, Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, on the latest developments
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GEORGE L. CARP'
Legislative Counsel
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SC/DCI, and I ajtended a meeting at the White House chaired by Jack
Marsh, Counsellor to the President, to discuss Representative Bella
Abzug' s (D. , N. Y.) request for testimony fr. om the Department of Justice and
the Agency on her amendments to the Privacy Act which would repeal the
Agency's exemption from that Act and would also require notification of
persons whose mail was intercepted on both ends of the communication, It
was agreed that we would prepare a suggested Administration position on
this legislation and meet again Monday morning.
and I also talked with Mr. Marsh about the developments
concerning airman George Mahon's House Appropriations Defense
Subcommittee Mr. Marsh suggested that I discuss the matter
with Don Ogilvie, Associate Director for National Security and International
Affairs, OMB.
Mr. Marsh mentioned the regular White House Smoker for members
of the Congress and suggested that I might wish to attend. I told him I
would be happy to come to the Smoker this evening. Unfortunately this session
was later scrubbed for the lack of Congressional acceptances.
7. LIAISON Met with Jim Calloway. lla
-A.pproriatjpr Qpmmittee staff, and Ed Braswell, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, to keep them posted on the latest developments in the House
Appropriations Defense Subcommittee regarding our
program. I promised to keep both informed on the ultimate res s
problem and told Galloway that if the Director appeared before Chairman 25X1
George Mahon, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, as we hoped he
would, that we would also offer the same treatment for the Senate Appropriations
Committee. Calloway was most appreciative of my keeping him informed on this
matter as Braswell and Guy McConnell, Senate Appropriations Committee
staff, have been in the past.
8. LIAISON Mr. Arnold Punaro, in the office
of Senator Sam Nunn (D., Ga.), called and requested ten copies of the
publication, "A Dollar Comparison of Soviet and U. S. Defense Activities,
1965-75. " I told him we would put these in the mail for him. .
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ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 8 April 1976
1. EGISLATION Called Bill Hogan, Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, and discussed further his request that
we prepare a clean bill amending our.CIA Retirement Act incorporating the
additional changes to H. R. 11088. Fifty copies of the clean bill were later
delivered to Hogan. Hogan noted that Linda Kamm, Associate Counsel, of
the House Budget Committee, called him and indicated that the effective
date of the funding proposal will have to be made effective 1 October 1976.
Hogan said this change can be made easily in the clean bill.
2. I LEGISLATION Together with I 25X1
DD/Plans and Systems, OF, met with Bob Schafer, Jim Capra, and Bob
Hale, of the Congressional Budget Office, and discussed the information and
data which the Agency used in arriving at its cost estimate in H. R. 11088
which amends the CIA Retirement Act. They asked for an up-to-date actuarial
study and will contact Ted Kroll, of the Treasury Department. They made
clear that they will have to make a separate cost evaluation and their figures
will undoubtedly differ from ours. Schafer said he had checked with the
House Budget Committee people and H. R. 11088 is an open-ended authorization
entitlement bill and will not require separate authorization legislation after it
becomes law.
3. LEGISLATION Picked up from Jon
Holstein, on the staff of the I-louse Committee on International Relations, a.
Committee print of the State Authorization bill.
4. LIAISON Delivered to the offices of the
Chairmen of the Senate Armed Services and A ro riations iittees,
and the House Appropriations Committee, a eserve withdrawal letter dated
7 April. The letter for the House Armed Services Committee. was being
revised.
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