JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001600120026-4
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2005
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: May 25, 1978
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday - 25 May 1978
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19. (Unclassified - RLB) LEGISLATION Spoke with Ms. Tracey Cole,
OMB, to obtain the latest views of her office on the various provisions in the
Senate and House State Department Authorization bills. I told Ms. Cole a
letter outlining our views on provisions in this legislation was on its way to
/ Mr. James Frey. I once again recommended to Ms. Cole that we have a meeting
/ with OMB and other interested agencies and departments, particularly the
Department of State, to discuss our various equities in this legislation.
I further told Ms. Cole we were continuing discussions on provisions in
this legislation with our oversight committees. Ms. Cole said the
administration still definitely opposed the so-called "high-one" retirement
provision in the legislation and probably would do so on the floor. Regarding
the other provisions in the legislation, particularly those concerning the
Role of the Ambassador legislation, the Case/Zablocki Act, and the Science
and Technology amendment, Ms. Cole said her office at this time was
inclined to postpone efforts to amend these provisions until the bills went
to Conference; at that time, Ms. Cole continued, the Administration,
through various agencies including CIA, would submit to the Congress formal
letters posing various provisions, including those with which we are
concerned, in the legislation.
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20. (Unclassified - RJW) LEGISLATION Bob Carlstrom, OMB,
returned my call. I informed Mr. Carlstrom that H. R. 12171, the "Federal
Accounting and Auditing Act of 1978, " on which we are developing a views
letter, is pending before the Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security of the House Government Operation Committee. I also informed
Mr. Carlstrom that we hoped to have our views letter to him sometime
Tuesday, 30 May.
21. (Unclassified - RJW) LEGISLATION Called Carolyn Fuller,
Legislative Assistant on Senator Walter D. Huddleston (D. , Ky. ), to
inquire as to the intelligence charter legislation witness schedule for
June. Ms. Fuller informed me that the following individuals to date have
been scheduled to testify with regard to S. 2525: former Chief of Naval
Operations, Admiral Zumwalt, and former head of DIA, General Samuel
Wilson, on 6 June; the President of .AFIO, General Stillwell, and former
NSC staffer Morton Halperin, on 15 June. I asked about former Secretary
of State Henry Kissinger, and Ms. Fuller indicated that Mr. Kissinger's
22 June date is still only tentative.
22. (Unclassified - RJW) LEGISLATION Called Keith Raffel on
the SSCI staff to confirm the June witness schedule re S. 2525 testimony
intelligence charter legislation. In addition to the witnesses reported
as scheduled by Carolyn Fuller (see journal item #21 above), Mr. Raffel
said that former Solicitor General Bork and Professor of Yale Law School,
Thomas Emerson, are scheduled to testify on 21 June. Mr. Raffel also
underscored the fact that former Secretary of State Kissinger's 22 June date
is very tentative.
23. .(Unclassified - RJW) LEGISLATION Called the Subcommittee
on Legislation and National Security of the House Governmental Operations
Committee to check on the status of H. R. 12171, the "Federal Accounting
and Auditing Act of 1978. " I was informed that one day of hearings has
already been held on the bill; the bill is currently pending before the
Subcommittee with no formal action scheduled.
24. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Talked with Audrey Hatry,
Clerk, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, about the Committee's
schedule for next week. Because of the recess, no meetings are planned.
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Tuesday.- 23 May 1978
26. EMPLOYMENT REQUEST I received
a call fromi P, informing me that someone in the Ames
Building had received a call from sonieone in' Representative Charles J.
Carney's (D., Ohio) office concerning a constituent who "was reviewed
for employment" but was turned down because his wife was a foreign
national and that the Congressman's office wants a copy of the
Regulation which states this. After conferring with
of our office, I called the office of Mr. Carney and spoke to
Janice Brown who informed me that Pat Hoffman, in the Congressman's
office, was handling this case, but Pat was not in, but would call me
the following day. Pat called me the following day and told me that
she had no knowledge of this matter and thought perhaps I meant to
call Congressman Silvio O. Conte's (R., Mass. ) office. Following
this, I called to determine who in-,fact had called the Ames
Building. said it may have been Senator Lawton Chiles' (D., Fa. )
office, bu s e wou c double-check and get back to me. To this date
(31 May 1978) I have not heard from the Office of Personnel, and per
advice, have not called the Office of Personnel back.
28. (Internal Use Only - RLB) LEGISLATION Spoke with
Ms. Tracey Cole, OMB, concerning provisions in the Senate and House
versions of the State Department Authorization bill with which we were
oncerned. Ms. Cole said her office was having trouble obtaining copies of
the reports on these bills and that the Administration had not yet developed
firm positions on the various provisions therein. I recommended that we
get together with OMB and other interested agencies, particularly the
Department of State; Ms. Cole said this seemed like it would be a good idea.
Regarding the so-called "high-one" retirement provision in both the Senate and
House bills, Ms. Cole said the Administration was "absolutely opposed" to the
provision and that the President .might: threaten to veto on that ground alone.
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4. (Unclassified - ME) FOIA/LIAISON Ms. Susan Tachau,
in the office of Representative Clarence Long (D., Md.), called on
behalf of a constituent who is writing a book and seeking information
on date Allen Dulles, former DCI, returned from a trip around the
world. The constituent believes it was either in September or
October of 1956. After checking with the Historical Collection Staff,
I called Ms. Tachau and advised her that I could not give an exact
day of Mr. Dulles' return from abroad without extensive checking
of itineraries which would take some time to accomplish, but I
was able to determine that Mr. Dulles attended a White House dinner
on 17 September 1956, and this took place after his return. She said
this would have to satisfy the constituent because his book had to be
at the printers tomorrow.
5. (Unclassified - RJW) LEGISLATION Received a call from
Tom Smeeton, Minority Staff Consultant, House International Relations
Committee, who informed me that he had received a copy of the report to
accompany H. R. 12598, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 1979.
Mr. Smeeton said he would make the report available to our special courier.
6. (Unclassified - RJW) LEGISLATION Spoke with Bernard H. Martin,
OMB, with regard to H. R. 12171, the "Federal Accounting and Auditing Act of
1978. " I indicated to Mr. Martin that I had tried to get a hold of Bob Carlstrom
via phone but was told he was out for the entire day. I informed Mr. Martin
that the bill is of major consequence to the Agency and asked if our being granted
V couple of extra days on the OMB deadline for views would be acceptable and
would not prejudice our case with OMB or elsewhere. Mr. Martin had no
problem with our request and said we could easily extend the time to COB
Friday, 26 May or Tuesday, 30 May. I told Mr. Martin I would inform
Mr. Carlstrom in the morning of our conversation. I also informed Mr. Martin
that a Subcommittee of the House Committee.on Government Operations is
scheduled to mark up the bill an 24 May. Mr. Martin asked that we keep
Mr. Carlstrom informed of scheduling of any full Committee action.
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