16 AUGUST 1978 HEARING BY THE HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EVALUATION ON THE SUBJECT OF TERRORISM

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• Publication Date: August 15, 1978
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15 August 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Frederick P. Hitz
Legislative Counsel
Assistant Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT 16 August 1978 Hearing by the
House Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence Subcommittee on
Evaluation on the Subject of Terrorism
1. On late afternoon of 14 August, I had a
conversation with Richard Giza, Staff Director, Subcom-
mittee on Evaluation, on the subject of the terrorism
hearings which the Committee is currently holding. (Mr.
Giza had been on leave for the preceding two weeks.)
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2. Mr. Giza told me that the purpose of these
hearings e to enable the House Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence to assure the other Members of Congress that
the U.S. Government entities responsible for dealing with the
terrorist problem are well organized and proceeding in a
logical and efficient manner. The Committee's interests with
regard to CIA are limited to finding out: what CIA does in
the terrorist field; the degree to which CIA cooperates with
other government entities; and whether any assistance should be
provided by Congress to the Agency to enable it to get its job
done better. In sum, the Committee's interest in CIA in the
16 August hearing is limited to informing itself of CIA's
activities in the anti-terrorist field.
3. Mr. Giza did advise me that Ambassador Quaintan,
Departme of State, may come in for some harsh questioning.
~~ e4 the Ambassador's statement makes reference to a
CCPC study which concludes that the efforts of the U.S.
Government are highly fragmented and "neither tightly organized
or closely coordinated in either its collection or analytical
aspects." The Committee will pursue the Ambassador on this
statement and will want to find out from him what can or should
be done to tighten up. None of these questions however will be
addressed to CIA.
cc: John N. McMahon
Anthony A. Lapham
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