ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: January 20, 1978
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ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 20 January 1978
VO-001, the House International Relations Committee, called asking for a
copy of the recently released (unclassified) CIA publication on Soviet
:defense expenditures., I said that I would obtain a copy and send it
to her,
2. (Unclassified - RSG) LIAISON Took a call from Mike Hershman,
Subcommittee on International Organizations, House Committee on International
Relations, who indicated that he had been in touch with a Mr. Porter, Korean
Desk, Department of State, regarding the declassification of a State
Department memoranda dated 2 June 1971 regarding STAT
Mr. Hershman indicated that Paul Garbler, formerly of OLC, had no
problems with release of this memoranda if State Department approved.
State Department informed Mr. Hershman that the memoranda contains CIA
information and, therefore, State will call me next week to confirm that
CIA has cleared release of the document.
3. (Unclassified - LLM) Advised Ron Tammen, Legislative
Assistant to Senator William Proxmire (D. , Wis. ), of the; status of the
answers to the questions concerning the G. William Miller nomination to
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that he had raised
yesterday and the problem areas we were including. (See Memorandum
for the Record, OLC 78-0557. )
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8. I LIAISON Accompanied DDCI-designate
Ambassador Carlucci to a courtesy call on Senator Daniel P.
Moynihan (D., N.Y.). Abram Shulsky, on the staff' of the Senate Select
Committee on intelligence, sat in on the session. Senator Moynihan is
an old friend of Ambassador Carlucci's and clearly supports his
nomination to the position of DDCI. He noted, however, that he is
scheduled to be in Panama next Friday when the Ambassador's
confirmation hearing will take place. He indicated, however, that he
would talk with Senator Birch Bayh (D., Ind,.) to assure that certain
sensitive issues were not raised in the open hearings on the Ambassador's
nomination.
9.1 LIAISON Called Chris Lay, Legislative
Assistant to Representative Steven Symms (R., Idaho), regarding his
request of 19 January for the new Agency study on Soviet defense
expenditures. I told Lay the report was being distributed on the Hill
through the House Armed Services Committee and he should ask that
Committee for a copy. I told him if he was unable to get one there to
call me back. He agreed.
1.0. LIAISON Audrey Hatry, Clerk, Senate
Select Coax ee on n e igence staff, called to request a resumption of
the Committee's series of bi -weekly intelligence briefings. The first
one is to be on 31 January at 10:00 a. in.
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12. IAISON Received a call from Jeanne
McNally, secretary to Tom Latimer, Staff Director, House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence, who asked if DDCI-designee Frank Carlucci
could meet with Representative Edward Boland (D., Mass.), Chairman of
the Committee, on 24 January at 8:30 a. m. and Ranking Minority Member,
Bob Wilson (R., Calif.) at 9:30 a. m. After checking, I confirmed these
appointments. The meeting with Chairman Boland will be in the Committee
offices, and the meeting with Wilson in Wilson's personal office.
13. LIAISON Called .Audrey Hatry, Clerk,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and obtained the Committee
hearing schedule for next week. Two hearings are scheduled: 24 January
on electronic surveillance, and 27 January for confirmation hearings for
DDCI-designee Frank Carlucci.
14. LIAISON Received a call from Chris Lay,
Legislative Assistant to Representative. Steven Symms (R., Idaho). Lay
said he had read in the newspaper of an Agency study on Soviet defense
expenditures. Lay asked for a copy and I agreed to send him one.
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8. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON Called Bob Thomson,
White House Congressional Liaison staff, to advise him that we had
received an inquiry from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing
and Urban Affairs on information pertaining to the G. William Miller
nomination to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve System.
9. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON Advised Tom Latimer,
Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
,of the inquiry we had received from Reresentative Robert Carr
(D., Mich.) regarding the case of and that I recommended
that he deal through the House Select Committee if he wishes to pursue
the matter.
10. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON In the absence of George
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Cary, took a call from Ron Tammen, in the office of Senator William
Proxmire (D., Wis.), who still wants to pursue a meeting with our
people to raise questions which may relate to the hearings on the
nomination of G. William Miller to be the Chairman of the Federal
Reserve System. I told Tammen this could get us into the thicket of
intelligence sources and methods and asked if he could get to the secure
phone in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and we could go
over his specific questions. This he agreed to do and did. (See Memorandum
for the Record. )
11. (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Advised Sam Hoskinson, NSC
J staff, of the letter received from Senator Charles H. Percy (R. , Ill. )
involving the Soviet reclama to Mel Laird's article, "Is This Detente,
in the July 1975 issue of Reader's Digest.
12. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON Bill Miller, Staff Director,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, called to get the story on the PNG
war.
13. (Unclassified - ELS) ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES Delivered
two sealed envelopes to Charles Snodgrass, Hous-166- pro rations Subcommittee
on Defense staff, received by me from sage to STAT
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ADDENDUM TO. JO URNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 18 January 1978
LIAISON Dan Childs, on the staff of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he did not believe the
Committee FY '79 budget hearings will start before 20 February.
office of Representative
au
Simon (D., Ill.), a copy of the publication on
Soviet defense expenditures.
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4. 1 LIAISON Sent to David Solomon, in the
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5. I I LIAISON Delivered to Jim Bush, on the staff of
the House Permanent a ect Committee on Intelligence, three NFAC
statements for 20 January 1978 pre-budget hearing and 25X1
three copies of Acting DDCI's opening statement for 20 January 1978
pre -budget hearing.
LIAISON Discussed with Mike Kelly,
in the Attorney General's office, the status of investigations and reporting
on the possible congressional disclosures of intelligence related classified
information.
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9. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON Mike Kelly, in the
Attorney General's office, called referring to our earlier conversation
urging that we provide them soonest whatever information we have on
unauthorized disclosures involving the House International Relations
Subcommittee on International Organizations.
10. (Internal Use Only - LLM) LIAISON Talked to Fred Barron,
reached on the provision of additional information.
in the Attorney General's office, and he assured me that Chairman Donald
Fraser (D., Minn. ), House International Relations Subcommittee on
International Organizations, will be called to confirm the understanding
(Unclassified o LLM) LIAISON
OTR, asked if we
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could arrange for Dick Perle, on the staff o the Permanent Subcommittee
,'on Investigations, Senate Governmental ommittee, to address a
training session on 17 February involy' o fourteen analysts who
are doing a case study on the Soviet fief
/GEORGE L. CAR
Legislative Counsel
cc:
O/DDCI
Ex. Sec.
DDA
DDS&T
IC Staff
SA/DO/O
Compt.
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10.1 I LIAISON Received a call from
George Murphy,. Senate Office of Classified National Security Information,
/ who asked for a copy of the Soviet defense budget publication. I told
him we would send him a copy.
11. 1 LIAISON Received a call from .
Elsie Vance, in the office of Senator Gary Hart (D., Colo.), and arranged
for Ambassador Frank Carlucci to meet with the Senator on 24 January
at 3:00 p.m.
12. I LIAISON Received a call from
Frances Cody, in the o ice of Senator James Pearson (R., Kan.), who
asked if we could change Ambassador Frank Carlucci's appointment
from today at 2:00 p. m. to tomorrow at 2:00 p. xn,> I told her there would.
be no problem.
13. LIAISON Received a call from Pat
Butler, in the office of Senator Ted Stevens (R., Alaska), and arranged
a meeting for Ambassador Frank Carlucci with the Senator for 25 January
at 9:45 a. m.
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LIAISON Received a call from Gil
,Johnson, in the office of Representative Stewart McKinney (R0, Conn.),
requesting a copy of a publication on the economy of Chile. I told him
I would check on this and be back in touch. ?ll
follow-up on this.
15. 1 1 LIAISON Received a call from Carmen
STAT
Schilabba,. in the office of Representative John Murtha (D., Pa.), requesting
a. copy of a publication on coal production in China and oil production
prospects. I told him I could send him a publication entitled "China Oil
Production Prospects" but would have to check on the other.
NFAC/CSS, is checking on this for me.
.16.. BRIEFING Called Bill Ashworth,
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about the proposed 23 February 1978 SALT briefing for the full Committee.
While there will be a transcription taken, the session will be a briefing,
as opposed to testimony. Personal staffers will be precluded by stating
that only individuals with compartmented clearances will be admitted.
The briefing will take place is S-116. Barbara Allen,., on the staff, will
provide the identity of the transcriber. She can be reached at 224-4615.
Senate Foreign Relations ommi ee staff, to ask him some. questions
17. LIAISON Bob Huber, in the office of
Representative Fred B. Rooney (D. , Pa.), called to request that he be
put on the mailing list. for FBIS on Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. I
/called FBIS/liaison, and she put his name on the list. I
called Mr. Huber back and told him that he should be receiving the FBIS
in roughly ten days.
18. I CONSTITUENT Gil. Johnson, in the
office of Representative Stewart McKinney (R., Conn. ), c;alled with a
request for any CIA publication on the economy of Chile..
of our office, referred this to me after finding out from. NFAC/CSS that
there is nothing on this subject which is not classified. Mr. Johnson asked
for my help in locating something on the Chilean economy for a constituent.
I suggested he call the Department of State and ask if they have any
"Economic Trends Reports" on Chile. This is an excellent unclassified
report. .
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19. (Unclassified - THW) LIAISON Received a call from
Carolyn Eddy, in the office of Representative Keith Sebelius' (R. , Kan. )
office, requesting a meeting for some farmers who were in town and
would like to speak with someone from the Agency regarding crop and
weather reporting. I explained to her that we dealt mainly in foreign
crop and weather reporting and referred her to the Department of
Agriculture.
20. (Unclassified n MG) LIAISON Received a call from
Charles Stevenson, in the office of Senator John C. Culver (D., Iowa),
who requested a copy of the recently released study "A Dollar Cost
Comparison of Soviet and U. S. Defense Activities, 1967-77. " A copy
was forwarded to him this date.
24 (Unclassified - MG) LIAISON Received a call from Mark
Hulshort, in the office of Representative William F. Goodlin R. Pa.
who requested the telephone number of an Agency employee,
I told Hulshort that while I can neither confirm nor deny the employment
of I with the Agency, I would take his name and number and
pass it along if she did work here.
22. (Unclassified - MG) LIAISON Received a call from
Margie Howe, in the office of Senator Edward W. Brooke (R., Mass.),
who requested a copy of the recently released study "A Dollar Cost
Comparison of Soviet and U. S. Defense Activities, 1967-77. " A copy
was forwarded to her this date.
23. (Unclassified - LLM) ADMINISTRATIVE DELIVERIES
Per his request, delivered to Mike O'Neil, House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence staff, two letters signed by the Director.
The first letter was to Chairman John D. Dingell, (..,, Mich.), Subcommittee
on Energy and Power of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
to Honorable Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States,
GAO (OLC 77-5739) dated 28 December The letters STAT
delivered were copies, not originals.
(OLC 77-5744) dated 28 December 1977 the second letter was STAT
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