DCI POSITION RE 'POTENTIAL LEGISLATION'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00261R000100050036-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: December 2, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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DCI/IC-75-3986
2 December 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the Action Plan Task Group
SUBJECT DCI Position Re "Potential Legislation"
1. Reference is the scoring accomplished by the Task
Group at our last meeting on the "Potential. Legislation"
table included in the "Legislative Project of Interest to
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2. The DCI returned his comments on 29 November and
two copies of the ook November, followedeby six more on 1hDecemberHouse
on 29 9
3. Copies of the revised book are being provided
today to members of the Task Group involved in the project.
4. Tab A, "Areas of Potential Legislation Relating
to the Intelligence Community" was revised to reflect DCI
comments and his desire that "protection of intelligence
6) was the
page prominent (Item V part
on made
sources and
pa made
the last more
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paper. The
at request of Dr. Proctor.
5. The "DCI position" scorings in Tab B, "Potential
Legislation" were changed by Mr. Colby as follows in the
final book:
Under Organizations and Functions
itemB:TfRequire 6o`tEi_oT: ices to be filled. by
civilians"--changed from "no position" to "Against".
Item Clf: "Criminal penalty for violating proscrip-
tions on internal security functions"--changed from
"against" to "no position".
Item C3c: "Require CIA to share all intelligence
and prepare special reports on foreign situations with.
and at the request of specified committees"--deleted
"all" and changed position from "against" to "favor".
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Item C3i: "Keep oversight committees 'fully and
currently informed' on all CIA activities"--changed
"against" to "favor".
Under Fiscal Controls
tem I: "GAO review of expenditures"--changed
all three entries from "against" to ,no position."
H, I 6. Tab C: Original draft was expanded by adding Items
, J and K, and moving the former I and H to become
L and M.
7. In Tab E, Para 12, the strikeout was made at the
request of Dr. Proctor.
DCI. 8. Tabs I, J and K were added at the request of the
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M a3o neral, USAF (Ret.)
Chief, ordination Staff, ICS
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