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CONVERSATION WITH JIM BUSH, HPSCI STAFF, ON HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE STAFF ASSISTANTS
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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OLC #78-3036
18 September 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Conversation with Jim Bush, HPSCI staff, on House
Appropriations Committee Staff Assistants
On Friday, 15 September 1978, I called Jim Bush, House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) staff, and
asked him if he had ever heard of Henry Barbour who is listed
as a staff assistant on the I-louse Appropriations Committee
(IIAC) under the sponsorship of Representative Bill D. Burlison
(D., Mo.) Bush said he had not and was surprised to know that
Mr. Burlison had a man on that Committee since Mr. Burlison
had asked Bush to do some staff work for him on the appropriation
aspects of the intelligence budget. Late Friday afternoon,
Bush called back to say that he had found out about Barbour.
Barbour is a. retired. Navy captain who has represented Mr. Burlison
on HAC since 1973. He keeps Mr. Burlison informed on major
national defense issues and most recently was responsible for
Mr. Burlison's strong role in the nuclear carrier dispute. But
he does not service Mr. Burlison on intelligence matters
because the Committee has voted to permit only professional
staffers to handle intelligence matters, This situation was
recently challenged by Representative Jack Kemp (R., N.Y.) but
he lost in a Committee vote. Bush said that some of the staff
assistants have compartmented clearances in order to permit STAT
them to see intelligence products, but they are not supposed
to use these to get into the intelligence budget.
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