JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78M02660R000300060028-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: May 27, 1976
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 27 May 1976
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1. (Unclassified - SKM) LIAISON Received a request through
office from Representative Joseph Fisher's (D,, Va.)
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They asked for a copy of the Agency publication entitled "Potential
Implications of Trends in World Population, Food Production, and Climate.
I forwarded a copy to them.
2. (Unclassified - SKIM LIAISON Received a call from Diane
Choate, in the district office of Representative Timothy Wirth (D. Colo. ).
She requested a copy of the Agency publication entitled "Potential Implications
of Trends in World Population, Food Production, and Climate. " I forwarded
a copy to the Congressman's office in Lakewood, Colorado.
3. (Unclassified - BAA) FAA BRIEFING Elly Vogtman, ~enate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, called and asked that 4 June 1976
at 2:30 p.m. be scheduled as the date to brief Senators John Sparkman
(D., Ala.) and Clifford Case (R., N. J.) on the Presidential finding
EA/DCI, has been advised.
4. (Unclassified - JMD) LIAISON Phyliss Gustafson, Secretary
to Senator Adlai Stevenson (D. , Ill. ), called and set 2 June at 3:30 for
Mr. Knoche to meet the Senator.
Betty Blackshaw, Secretary to Senator William Hathaway (D., Maine
called and set 8 June at 12:30 for Mr. Knoche to meet the Senator.
Carla Jenkins, Secretary to Senator Joseph Biden (D., Del. ),
called and set 3 June at 3:00 for Mr. Knoche to meet the Senator.
Mr. Knoche's office was advised of the above.
5. (Unclassified - DFIVI) LIAISON Called Colonel Steve Harrick, in
the Office of Legislative Affairs at DOD, and offered to send him a copy of the
transcript from the Agency's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee
on 24 May. Harrick said this would be very helpful in their preparation before
their June testimony before the same Committee. He also agreed to send me
a list of all staffers with security clearances on certain committees.
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10. LEGISLATION Called I at
NSA, to alert him to H. R. 214. asked if we could send him
a copy of the bill so he could review it.
11. I LEGISLATION I called the Administrative
Practice and Procedure Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee and
ascertained that no action was planned in the near future on S. 1210, a bill
which amends the Freedom of Information Act.
12. LIAISON I called Cliff Hackett,
House International Relations Committee staff, to advise him that on
26 May I had left the paper on with Jack Brady, on the Committee
staff, who said that he would notif y Representatives Stephen J. Solarz
(R. , N. Y.) and Leo J. Ryan (D., Calif.) that the paper was available
for them to read since Hackett had been out of the office that day. I
also told Hackett that we had no objection to his reading the paper.
13. LIAISON I called Jack Brady, House
International Relations Committee staff, and told him that I had reviewed
the transcripts of the briefings of the Subcommittee on. Oversight and that
none of them mentioned the country which Representative Michael Harrington.
(D. , Mass.) was interested in. He indicated that he would refer the matter
to Marian Czarnecki, Chief of Staff of the Committee, upon Czarnecki's
return 1 June.
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14. LIAISON I called George Kroloff, on
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, and told him that we had
made a brief check but were unable to determine if we had any information with
respect to Algeriazi communications/computer law without making a
complete check which would take considerable work and tixn.e. I suggested
that he might want to check with the State Department. I also told him, that
we would be happy to take an informal look at his paper on international
communications when he had it ready if he so desired.
15.1 LIAISON I delivered to the Administrative
Assistant to Senator Janes B. Allen D. , Ala. ) an Agency response to an
inquiry by a constituent, and orally briefed him on some
additional background on who was mentioned in the inquiry.
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Thursday - 27 May 1976
16. LIAISON I met with Bill Ashworth, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, staff, and provided him with information
he had requested concerning the Agency's relationship with the design
contractor on the matter, which seemed to satisfy him. He asked
about the provision of heavy water to a particular country and its use by
that country. After checking with OCI, I called Ashworth
and referred him to ERDA.
17. LIAISON Spoke with Sue Grau, on the
staff of Representative Clarence D. Long (D. , Md. ). She said a constituent
had requested the volume of worldwide shortwave radio stations. I checked
with FBIS Liaison and they sent a four-volume book entitled "Broadcasting
Stations of the World. " I called Sue and told her we would be sending her
this package and the constituent could use whatever poriton of it he was
interested in.
18. LIAISON At the request of Ms. Tucker, of
the office of Representative Barbara Jordan (D. , Texas), I sent her a copy of an
Agency publication entitled " Indonesia - 1965 The Coup That Backfired. "
19. FOIA Called Doug Mirell, on the
staff of Representative Ronald V. Dellums (D., Calif. ),concerning his
telephonic inquiry tor- I Office of Security, on behalf ofiI 25
1 who raised questions regarding the Agency's response to
his FOIA request. I explained that Representative Phillip Burton (D., Calif.),
had forwarded a letter from praising the same questions and we
would provide him a copy of our response. Mirell said this should satisfy
their interest.
20. LEGISLATION Called Ed Powers,
House Appropriations Committee staff, concerning Committee action today
on H. R. 13615, to amend CIARDS. The bill was reported favorably with
the higher figure for FY 1977. I subsequently called Bill
Hogan, House Armed Services Committee staff. He will move as quickly
as possible to clear the bill for floor action and let me know when it is
scheduled.
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