JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001100020035-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: March 27, 1978
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 27 March 1978
1. (Unclassified - ME) FOIA/LIAISON Received a call from
Stuart Applebaum, in the office of Representative Robert Kastenmeier
(D. , Wis..), concerning a constituent request. The request was from
STAT I I ex-Managing Editor of the Daily Cardinal student
newspaper at the University of Wisconsin involving "any and all" documents
in existence pertaining to the Agency 's relationship with the University.
STAT After checking with IPS, I called Mr. Applebaum and
said that it would be another month or two because of -the lack of
specificity of the request and at least 23 components were searching
STAT for documents responsive to request. I also explained
the backlog of cases within the Agency, which Mr. Applebaum said
he understood.
2. (Unclassified - MDC) LIAISON Called David Pickens, on the
staff of the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control,
and we agreed on 3 April 1978 as a preferred date for delivery of the
responses to the Committee's follow-up questions from the 13 March 1978
briefing. It was also agreed that we *Old set 5 April 1978 as a backup
date.
3. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Received a call from Jean Christoff,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, who asked me if we could
provide her information on the narcotics case involving a former Agency
1contact. She said Hal Ford, Senator Adlai Stevenson's (D., Ill.)
designee on the Committee, had asked her to look into this for Senator
Stevenson. I told her Mark Gitenstein, also of the Committee staff, had
looked into this case in detail for Senator Joseph Biden (D., Del.) and
suggested she contact Mark aiid she agreed.
4. (Unclassified - HMS) EMPLOYMENT REQUEST Received a
call from Adele, in the office of Representative John H. Buchanan (.R., Ala. ),
requesting applications for employment, both professional and clerical.
I told her they would be sent to her. OLC Registry was advised.
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5? LIAISON Julie Romero, Secretary
within the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, called
asking for a. listing of all Directors of Central Intelligence Agency
and their dates of office. I obtained a copy of the listing from. the
Office of Public Affairs and read it to her. -
6. LIAISON On instructions romi 25X1
(Acting Legislative Counsel, I called John Roberts, General Counsel
for the Senate Armed Services Subcothm.ittee on Intelligence, chaired by
Senator Harry Byrd (D., Va.). I told Mr. Roberts that I had 25X1
discussed the Subcommittee's interest in holding hearings and offered my
services (along with those o FAC/CSS) subsequent to 25X1
the Committee's biweekly briefing we would be attending the following
morning. Mr. Roberts agreed to meet us sometime prior to noon on
28 March and clearly appreciated the call.
7. IAISON Mike O'N?il, Chief Counsel,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, called with two
questions: (;a) are we currently engaged in re-drafting the Agency entry-on-
duty secrecy agreement. After checking with DC/Office of 25X1
Security, I told him that we were not, that the secrecy agreement had
withstood at:least one court case and that it was considered adequate, and
(b) what is the DCI position on budget disclosure? Mike had received a new
version from an unnamed source andllanted to be sure about it. After
checking with of our office, I told Mike that the DCI's position,
simply stated,. is that the Executive will not object if Congress determines
that it is in the national interest to publish one overall figure for the
Intelligence Community, but would draw the line there: e. g. , the Executive
would object to providing the individual budget figure for any of the
individual Intelligence Community member agencies.
8. LIAISON Sent by courier to Richard Giza,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff, a four page paper
explaining the systems.
9. LIAISON Sent by courier to Pauline Baker,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, copies of charts used during the
10 February 1978 hearing on Foreign Military Presence in Africa.
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10. (Unclassified - SF) LIAISON Sent by courier to Thomas K.
Latimer, Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, a follow-up letter to Mr. Latimer's letter dated 8 March
requesting five publications and studies
11. (Unclassified - RSG) LAISION Dan Hardway, House Select
Committee on Assassinations staff, visited C&R conference room to
interview a current: employee.
12. (Unclassified - RSG) LIAISON Took a call from Betsy Palmer,
-House Select Committee on Assassinations researcher, who requested
availability of certain files. I advised her that material was available
for review.
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13. (Internal Use Only - THW) LIAISON I called Hans Binnendijk,
on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance,
in response to his request for information on South Korean nuclear capabilities,
including information on certain technology provided the South Koreans by
Lockheed. I said we could brief them on the South Korean nuclear capabilities
but we have no responsibility for collecting information on U. S. corporate
activities.
I also asked him if he could provide us a copy of his report on
the Middle East air balance since we had had some role in giving him
background information for the report:"? He said that the report had been
distributed and that Brian Atwood, State Department, should be giving us
a copy for our comments. He said, however, that if we could not get a
copy from Atwood he would give us one.
14. (Unclassified - THW) LIAISON In response to a request from
House Minority Leader John J. Rhodes (R., Ariz.) through the Office of
Security, I arranged for a technical sweep of Mr. Rhodes' office by the
Capitol Police.
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15. LIAISON I accompanied 25X
ORPA, to a briefing of Jim Washburn and Ron Tammen, on the staff of
Senator William Proxmire (D., Wis.), on the subject of what will happen
when the Shah of Iran passes from the scene. There-were no follow-ups,
however, I id mention a paper which he was doing on this subject
and it can be expected that we will receive a request from the Senator's
office for the paper.
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00- 16. CONSTITUENT Mrs. Marguerite Noll,
on the staff of Representative Fred B: Rooney (D., Pa.), called saying
she had a constituent from Allentown, Pennsylvania, 25X1
in her office who claims to have worked for the CIA I land that we 25X1
owed him $7, 000 for expenses such as hotel bills, etc. He was asking for
an immediate appointment with somebody at the Agency. I told Mrs. Noll
that the machinery just doesn't work that way and to give us his name and
we would contact him directly to set up an appointment. I told her she could
explain to the constituent that she had been in touch with the Agency and that
someone from the Agency would be in touch with him in the event there was
any substance to his claims. She thanked me for my assistance.
~7. I I LIAISON Hans Binnendijk, on the staff of
the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance, called and
said that he had heard about the Agency-Is paper on the Middle East air balance
and asked on behalf of the Committee if we could forward a copy to the
Committee for review by himself, the Chief of Staff, and Members of the
Committee who had an interest. I told him I would look into it and get back
to him.
18. I I LIAISON Called Mike Epstein, Senate
Select Comma e'T n In e igence staff, and discussed the status of our
letter concerning the missing documents Owhich had been di s s eminat ed 2 5X 1
by CIA but cannot be located by the recipients and is a pending matter of
interest to Senator Lowell W picker (R., Conn.).
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19. LIAISON Spoke with Ira Goldman,
on the staff of Representative Robert McClory (R., Ill. ), and told him
that if Mr. McClory wanted us to deal with him on charter matters, as
has been suggested, we would make every effort to be responsive to
his needs.
20. LIAISON Spoke with
and SA, concerning coordination and informational
exchange on Congressional matters.
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21. LIAISON ''Called John Nields, on the
staff of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and he
told me that the paper he had been discussing with our office over the
past several says had been provided by the Attorney General in connection
with a case that had been referred to the Committee. He felt the
additional information he was seeking should be supplied to him and that
he believes he already has it from another source.
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LIAISON Brian Atwood, Congressional
Relations, Department of State, called to set up a briefing on the Middle
East arms balance for the State task force. This was turned over to
NFAC/CSS, and Atwood agreed with there 25X1
was no need for a briefing at this point.
23? LIAISON John Roberts, General Counsel,
Senate Armed Services Committee, on a referral from Frank Sullivan,
Staff Director of the Committee, called on behalf of Senator Harry Byrd
(I., Va.), Chairman, Intelligence Operations Subcommittee, Senate
Armed Services Committee, in connection with a proposed hearing in the
next couple of weeks on Cuban, USSR activities in the Middle East and
Africa. I told Roberts that I thought it would be helpful if we had an
early preliminary exchange on this matter and arrangements were made for
NFAC/CSS, andl o see Roberts.
Counsel, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations,
to tell him that some of his notes had already been sent to him and that the
rest were on their way.
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30. (Unclassified - ELS) LIAISON I called Chuck Snodgrass, on
the staff of the House Appropriations Committee, about the Surveys
and Investigations team questions on the DDO report. He indicated that
he would like the responses by 7 April. He also said that while no
formal transmittal is necessary, we should treat these questions and
answers as something to be made part of the record, and the DCI and
DDCI should be prepared to discuss these matters.
Information Act would be going forward, but that, in light of OMB's
concerns regarding suggested. legislative proposals, we had changed
the language of the letter so that the portion containing such suggestions
was couched in terms of questions for the Congress to consider rather
than specific statutory proposals. Mr. Carlstrom s.id this sounded fine
and that he would appreciate receiving a copy of the letter. On the matter
of our proposed legislation to clarify the Agency's firearms authority,
Mr. Carlstrom said his office was in the final stages of reviewing and
approving the package, but would appreciate receiving a copy of the letter
dated 20 December 1977 which we had sent to the Department of Justice
regarding coordination of certain language changes in our proposal. I
sent Mr. Carlstrom copies of the lettc'Ys on the Freedom of Information
Act and the firearms proposal.
OMB, and informed him that the letter from Jack Blake, DDA, to
.Representative Bill Burlison (D., Mo.) concerning the Freedom of
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