NOTE TO MR. ROBERT KIMMITT FROM(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R000700110097-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 97
• Publication Date: August 4, 1978
• Content Type: NOTES

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STAT
4 August 1978
Mr. Robert K i m m i t t
National Security Council
Room 393 Old Executive
Office Building
Washington, D.C.
JpLC #7a-; ~
Attached are the three papers
Fred Hi_tz asked me to send to you.
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Tbo Se to receded i.a 1ig tt of tha ~,iziuiavration's
agrga nto t z t -,"A athor .ty of i- ba ador3" provision
;.menus that 3c1cs * 0 incakiil,ga act infot- thou r-o
bassadOrs is authorized with : r; .uir:g of tha z#xt or3al
Security At o 1947." IM--a pri zip l pu po3e of the . o:x .c
a p ant was to k* that cleax
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The Senate receded with an amendment that
made clear that the effect of the provision is
merely to codify the current Executive Branch
practice of attempting to reduce oral international
agreements of consequent e to writing andAtranis-
mitting them to Congress undit r the Case-Zablocki
Act.
U/~c Imo( t,~ cup ~~ cam.
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the conferees that that amendment was unnecessary in view of the law's -
requirement that "any" information be furn-1-shed. Any information, the
conferees believe, includes information do ;jived from a third agency.
The conferees stress that the so-called. '"third. agency rule" may not,
therefore, be used as an impediment to the timely furnishing of information
requested by these congressional -conm.ittee.s. The Executive Branch assures
us that the rule will be used as intended