JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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June 2, 1977
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Approved For Release 2005/11/23: CIA-RDP80-00941A0d2333 Calls :17 Ins 0 SECRET O uts : 3 JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Thursday - 2 June 1977 1. LIAISON In connection with her request of yesterday, sent to Betty Burger, in the office of Representative Charles E. Grassley (R., Iowa), a fact sheet on the Agency's Cooperative Education Program. This fact sheet was furnished by the Office of Personnel. 2. LIAISON Received a call from Dick Friedeman, Research Assistant to Senator Robert J. Dole (R., Kans.), who said the Senator has been trying to obtain a copy of a French magazine entitled "Afrique-Asie" which contains a long interview with Fidel Castro. He said he would like to get a copy in English if possible but if not, they could have the Library of Congress translate it for them. I told him I would check and see if we could come up with a copy of it. He said he did not have the exact date of the issue but it is about three weeks old. 4. LIAISON Several congressional offices called seeking information about Project OUTREACH. I informed them that the tour program would begin in about 6-8 weeks and I would be glad to call them back once the schedule was more firm. The following offices called: Representative Joseph Gaydos (D. , Pa. ), Representative Clarence Long (D. , Md. ), Senator Henry Bellmon (R. , Okla.), Representative W. Henson Moore (R., La.), Representative Romano Mazzoli (D., Ky.), Representative Lindy Boggs (D. , La. ), and Representative Gladys Spellman (D. , Md. ). SERE. 25X1 25X1 Approved or Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A - Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 SECRET Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2 Thursday - 2 June 1977 5. LIAISON Delivered to Jim George, Minority staff member, House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, I letter acknowledging Representative Frank Horton's (R., N. Y.) letter introducing Mr. George. George said that Mr. Horton's letter followed a set format and he fully understands that he would not be made privy to the detailed operations of the Agency normally associated with Congressional oversight. He asked for a copy of the Agency's recently released unclassified studies on energy and said that he may from time to time submit requests to us. I said we would make every effort to help him out whenever we can. 25X1 25X1 Approved ease 2008A CIA-RDP80-00941 A000300050023-3 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 SECRET. Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3 Thursday - 2 June 1977 9. LIAISON Charles Snodgrass, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee staff, called and said that he had read in the Atlantic Constitution that Attorney General Griffin Bell issued. a legal opinion of not making the intelligence budget public and requested a copy. will handle. 10. LIAISON I and I met with Philip Lacovara, Special Counsel, House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, to review with him our proposal. and his counter- proposal for a Memorandum of Understanding between the Committee and CIA and a Nondisclosure Agreement to be signed by Committee staffers who are granted access to CIA material. (See Memorandum for the Record.) 12. LIAISON Paul Daly, FBI, called. concerning the handling of the Agency's need for additional information on prospective staffers of the House Select Committee on Assassinations in connection with DCID 1/14 clearance processing. This will be ironed out by Robert Gambino, D/OS, and Daly. 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 SECRET Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 4 Thursday - 2 June 1977 13. LIAISON Called Mike O'Neil, in the office of Representative Edward P. Boland (D. , Mass. ), to close the loop on the upcoming resolution on a House select committee on intelligence. O'Neil was appreciative of the offer of assistance and we discussed briefly the Rule XI and Hughes /Ryan amendment problems which he said he would like some assistance in obtaining a fix. I said we would send him down recommended approaches first thing in the morning. I Iwill follow-up on this. 14, LIAISON David Bushong, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, called to say he had visited the Inter- Agency Classification and Review Committee and while there had been told of a NFIB Security Committee report on unauthorized disclosures. He asked to see a copy of the report. I told Bushong I was setting up an orientation briefing for him on 10 June with Directorate representatives. These would run from 9:00 a. m. to 2:00 p.m. In addition, I told Bushong I scheduled a meeting with Eloise Page, DDO and SE Division, on DDO practices regarding bigot lists. 15. LIAISON Called Audrey Hatry, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and confirmed 8 June at 10:30 a. m. , for the Director's briefing on Soviet SIGINT activities. 16. LIAISON Per of this office, request,sent some maps and road guides on Jakarta, Singapore, Osaka Kobe, Hong Kong, and Tokyo to Debbie Stern, Department of Agriculture. 17. I LIAISON Deputy Director of Security, and I met with Representative Louis Stokes (D. , Ohio), Chairman, House Select Committee on Assassinations, to discuss the clearance status of 19 staff members of the Committee. Our discussion with Chairman Stokes went beyond the original subject and covered a wide variety of matters. After I returned to Headquarters, I received a personal call from the Chairman regarding certain procedures concerning investigation of staff members. (See Memorandum for the Record.) 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 Approved 2005/11/ ~ 80-00941 A000300050023-3 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 5 Thursday - 2 June 1977 18. LIAISON John W. Nields, Jr., and Martha Talley, of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct staff, were briefed on their compartmented clearances by OS/SSC. 19. LIAISON Met with William Byrd, Bipartisan Intern Committee, to discuss the possibility of the Agency providing a speaker for one of their regularly scheduled seminar sessions. Mr. Byrd thought such a session would be appropriate and suggested three possible dates: 29 June, 6 July or 13 July. The session would be held in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. The Auditorium is the largest facility on the Hill and can accommodate 600. Mr. Byrd predicted a large turn-out indicating that there are approximately 2, 500 interns on the Hill. He also cautioned that, although most of the inter n.s have finished at least one year of college, such a large group could, include hostile elements. Admission to the session is on a first come basis with attendees showing a Congressional Intern I. D. card for entrance. I will schedule a convenient date in coordination with A/DCI/PA and the OTR briefing office so that the DCI might have the option of attending to offer opening remarks. 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 SEEK I Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Thursday - 2 June 1977 Page 6 21. I LIAISON Received. a telephone call from Paul Michel, Department of Justice. Michel wished to tell me that he had been called by John W. Nields, Jr., Special Counsel, House Committee on.Standards of Official Conduct, who told Michel that he was aware that Michel was blocking House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (HCSOC) access to CIA documents vital to the pursuit of HCSOC investigations. I explained to Michel that I had discussed this matter with Nields earlier and had made it clear to him that there is no intention to withhold any information from the HCSOC. We plan to show Nields sanitized. documents first and have him ask specific questions in order to get specific answers rather than simply put before Nields everything in our files which we believe may be of value to him. It was my best impression that Nields had understood this but I indicated to Michel that perhaps he had not. In any case, I asked Michel to contact me if he had. any further indication that Nields still believes Justice is blocking the HCSOC in its need for information. Michel agreed to do so. Acting Legislative Counsel cc: DD CI Ex. Sec. DDI DDA DDS&T Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu IC Staff SA/DO/O Comptroller NIO 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 Approved For Release 2005/11/23 : CIA-RDP80-00941A000300050023-3 ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Thursday - 2 June 1977 C-0 C-0 I-0 0-0 1. (Internal Use Only - THW) LIAISON Seth Tillman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, called with the list of people who will attend the briefing on North-South Korean balance of forces on 7 June. Those who will attend are Hans Binnendijk, Herbert Beckington, Bill Richardson and Seth Tillman, of the Committee staff together with Roy Werner of Senator John Glenn's (D., Ohio) office, and Steuart Janney, of Senator Howard Baker's (R. , Tenn.) office. The latter two are S. Res. 4 (formerly S. Res. 60) staffers. The briefing will be held in S-116 at the Capitol. Acting Legislative! Counsel cc: O/DDCI Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu DDI DDA DDS&T SA/DO/O IC Staff NIO Compt 25X1 STAT STAT Approved For F9elease 2005/11/23 : 941 A000300050013-3