MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING ISSUANCE OF COMPARTMENTED CLEARANCES TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH UNDER THE NEW GUIDELINES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R002300060044-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: July 26, 1978
• Content Type: MFR

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26 July 1978
OLC: 78-2824
SUBJECT: Meeting With Representatives of the Defense Department
Concerning Issuance of Compartmented Clearances to
the Legislative Branch Under the new Guidelines
1. 0 A meeting was held today in the office of Col. Grant
Miller, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of Defense, to discuss
the implementation of the issuance of compartmented clearances to the
Legislative Branch under the newly established guidelines. The meetingSTAT
was held in Room 313899, of the Pentagon, and lasted from 1000 hours to
1130 hours. The following were resent? Col. Grant Miller, Major Pat
Sweeney and Tvlar Mann, DOD; Acting Chief/S ecial
Security Center; Clearance Division, OS;
Office of Legislative Counsel; and the undersigned. STAT
2. 0 I explained the background of the program and
STAT that CIA's role would be one of overseeing the granting of
compartmented clearances. Col. Miller strongly supported the
program as highly necessary since compartmented clearances have
been issued by various elements within Defense over the years and
he has no clear picture as to who on the Hill presently holds clearances.
Mr. Anderson said that a complete printout has been made listing
all of the clearances for the Legislative Branch issued by Defense
and he would arrange a meeting with the security people at DIA who
process the clearances for all of Defense to go over the list. Anderson
will then give a corrected listing to Col. Miller.
3. II Col. Miller felt that the biggest problem which the
Agency will face is the issue of denying compartmented clearances
to S. Res. 4 Senate staff employees. Ile knows that several S. Res. 4
employees currently have access to compartmented clearances involving
military matters with the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Col. Miller felt certain that Chairman John C. Stennis (D., Miss.)
and Staff Director Frank Sullivan, of the Committee, will support
the Agency.
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4. Major Sweeney has only been assigned to the staff
for two weeks and at the conclusion of the meeting he said. he would
be calling me to see if it could be arranged for him to come out and
visit the Agency and discuss our interrelationships in general. I
told him that I would be more than happy to make such an arrangement
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