JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R002700020016-4
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2005
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: March 28, 1978
• Content Type: NOTES

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CONFIDENTIAL
Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 28 March 1978
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4. I I FOIA./LIAISON Received a call from
Miss Lois Smith, in the Portland, Maine district office of Senator
Edmund S. Muskie (D., Maine), asking how to roceed with obtaining
information for a constituent, E I who thinks because of
his past association in the 196 s with the Student for a Democratic
Society (SDS), CIA might have information on him in our, files. I gave
Miss Smith the name and address to pass on to the constituent and
suggested she also have him send. along a notarized statement as to his
identity for purposes of expediting his request. I also mentioned to her
that we have a very large backlog of cases and it would probably take
several months to complete any search for She thanked
me and said she would so advise the constituent.
5. LIAISON Spoke to Jim Smith, on
the Senate Armed Services Committee staff, to inform him that
William L. Ball, III, of the Committee staff, for whpm clearances
were requested, would require a current background l vestigation.
Mr. Smith said he would ask the Defense Department to institute
the same.
6. LIAISON Don Richbourg, on the staff
of the House Appropriations u committee on Foreign Operations staff,
called to check on the clearances of Barbara Rowan and Martha Talley,
on the staff of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,
who were going to review documents in the Subcommittee offices that
afternoon. Richbourg was provided the information.
7. BRIEFING Accompanied 25X1
NFAC/CS an WI, to a briefing of the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence. Attending were: Thomas K. Latimer,
Staff Director, and two other staff members: Mike O'Neil and Diane LaVoy.
The briefing was on Soviet space shuttles and a current intelligence review.
The briefing lasted from 10:00 to 11:00 and took place in Room 407, The Capitol.
There were no outstanding questions.
8. LIAISON Lisa Kennedy, in the office
of Representative Christopher Dodd (D. , Conn. ), called to ask whether there
was any truth to the recent article claimin that :missiles have been introduced
into Cuba. After checking with NFAC/CSS, I told her that v,?e5X1
have no evidence that there has been an introduction of missiles into Cuba;
similarly, we have no evidence that, submarine pens have recently been
built in Cuba. She expressed her appreciation and said that she would
be passing this information on to Concressman Dodd.
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