JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R002700020075-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2005
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: January 3, 1978
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Tuesday - 3 January 1978
9. LIAISON Talked with Tom Latimer,
Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
concerning the Director's problem in committing himself to appearances
on Tuesday mornings because of his weekly meeting with the President
V-1/at that time; the unclassified papers on Soviet civil defense and Soviet
defense expenditures and the status of our work on charter legislation.
(See Memorandum for the Record.)
'10 BRIEFING Accompanied Ted Shackley,
A/DDO, to a meeting with Representative Norman Mineta (D., Calif.)
to discuss past CIA relationships with news media. (This in response
to Mr. Mineta's request for a briefin n our relationships with
I Mr. Shackley indicated that
1n eepang wi ormer Director BUT s determination regarding
relationships with news media, all relationships were terminated in
1975. We did not discuss any specific relationships with
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12. LIAISON Received a call from
Representative Robert c ory (R., l.) who was concerned about the
prepared statement to be made by Morton Halperin in his testimony
before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Subcommitte5X1
on Oversight on relationships between intelligence agencies and the news
media. Mr. McClory was particularly concerned about Hal erin's state-
ments regarding the Richard Welch case and
(See Memorandum for the Record.)
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Tuesday - 3 January 1978
23. LIAISON Sent by courier two
letters to Chairman Edward Boland (D., Mass. ), House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence. The first letter was responding to
the Chairman's letters of 15 and 19 December inviting the Director to
testify before the Subcommittee on Legislation regarding proposed
legislation to govern electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence
purposes; the second was in response to the Chairman's letter of
22 December inviting the Director to appear before the Committee on
24 January at 9:00 a. in. to give his views as the head of the Intelligence
Community on whether the figures representing the Intelligence Community
and Intelligence Related Activities budgets should be made public.
24. I I EMPLOYMENT REQUESTS Pam,
in the office of Senator Robert J. Dole (R., Kan.), called and requested
five general pamphlets, five brochures about stenographers and five
applications. OLC Registry was advised.
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