NOTE TO(Sanitized) FROM SAM HOSKINSON

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February 28, 1978
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Approved For Release 2005/04/22 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R001000070019-4 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL Fr-bruary 28,.1978 Attached is the Abourezk letter to Dr. Brzezixiski which I mentioned to you over the phone this morning. I have also talked with Bill Miller, who, like you, suggests offering Abourezk an opportunity to read the document himself by taking it to him- but with retention by the Select Committee. Miller thought. Senator Bayh might be willing to intervene with Abourezk if it came to that. Attachment Approved For Release 2005/04/22 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R001000070019-4 EDWARD M. KENNEDY. MASS. CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS. JR-. MD. JOHN C. CULVER. IOWA PAUL L.AXALT. NEV. R;'g ;n BATH. W. A ~ , MDII'?Release 2005/04/22 : CIA-RDP81 M00980FMU 10'00157t)b19-4 STROM THURM?"?' S.C. JAI.(ES ABOUREZK, S. OAK. ORRIN O. HATCH. UTAH IRENE R. MARGOLIS JAMES B. ALLEN. ALA. MALCOLM WALLOP. WYO. CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR JOSEPH R. BlDEN. JR.. DEL. JOHN C. CULVER. IOWA HOWARD M. METZENBAUM OHIO DENNIS DE CONCINI. ARIZ. FRANCIS C. ROSENBERGER CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR February 23, 1978 s'Z] Cnff c . laf cz .fie caf e WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY SUECOMMITTEC ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs National Security Council Old Executive Office Building Washington, D.C. 20506 Dear Mr. Brzezinski: Your letter of February 3 arrived while I was away during the recess; hence my delay in responding. I appreciate your willingness to cooperate with the Sub- committee's inquiry relating to the NSC's role in CIA's decision concerning public acknowledgment of its role in the Glomar Explorer Project. I was surprised, however, at the procedure the NSC unilaterally undertook for transmitting the documents requested by the Subcommittee in connection with this inquiry. It was my understanding, from my conversation with your assistant, David Aaron, that the requested material would be delivered directly to me and that after reviewing the documents, I would inform you if anything further was required. At no time was there any discussion of providing the material through the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Indeed, I would have never agreed to such an arrangement. Let me stress that such an arrangement is totally unacceptable. The Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure has an independent authority and jurisdiction and I will not enter into any agreement which abrogates that responsibility, Furthermore, when the Select Committee was established, it was expressly acknowledged that: "nothing in this resolution (S. Res. 400) shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise re- stricting the authority of any other Committee to study and review any intelligence activity to the extent that such activity directly affects a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such Committee." S. Res. 400 s 3(c). Approved For Release 2005/04/22 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R001000070019-4 Letter to Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski page two Approved For Release 2005/04/22 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R001000070019-4 It was never intended that the Select Committee would be a. clearinghouse for classified material requested by any other Committee of the Senate, especially when the information although classified is not necessarily intelligence information. In any event, the responsibility for determining what matters are appropriately before a Congressional Committee or Sub- committee clearly rests with Congress and not the Executive branch. Accordingly, please have delivered to my office the material which was forwarded to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.. I can assure you that appropriate arrangements can be made to handle the material, consistent with the sensitivity of the information. ames Abourezk lC ALQ1I JIL CL1n Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure Approved For Release 2005/04/22 : CIA-RDP81 M00980R001000070019-4