JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATURE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 19 JANUARY 1972 EXTRACT

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• Publication Date: January 19, 1972
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 19 January 1972
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We were informed by Frank Slatinshek, Assistant
?6. Chairman Hebert
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services CO dzitte the that
Lnt lligence Subcommittee,
agreed with the suggestion of Chairman
that it would be a good idea to have the Director appear in open session
er
regarding classification and security of Government documents.
consulting with the Director I explained to Slatinshek the very serious
serious
problems such a suggestion created. Slatinshek said he appreciated these
presssee
problems, but argued that Nedzi and Hebert felt under very heavy he subj from Committee members and others to cond,c at open hearin
Slatinshektsaid that t,
and believed the Director uniquely qualified pP
if this pressure was not turned aside by the kind lseont roel and ausen they
proposed it might break out in uncontrolled
eeing that an early personal meeting
problems for us all. We ended up ag r w between the Director and t the Direct r I~ allledeChairm n Nedzi and made
After checking with
a date for the Director to meet with the Chairman at 10:30 on Friday morning,
21 January, in room 2418 Rayburn Building.
ADDENDUM TO OLC JOURNAL
Wednesday - 19 January 1972
116. Received a call from Mr. Frank Slatinshek,
Assistant Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who told me
Mich. Mr.
that he had talked to Chairman Hebert
Lucien Nedzi (D him
Maury's meeting with him and Representative
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Slatinshek told me that Chairman Hebert "also
ortunit for the Director to appear in open
feels that this will be a good opp y
session and speak to this problem since theiComma sew will be deal ng onl
with the administrative problems in the security
substantive information itself. " I thanked Mr. Slatinshek for the call.
/s/
JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
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4O A ND1" FOP T I Office of Legt at .ve counsel
H. R. 9853
1. Reference is made to the proposed memorandum
to Congressman F. Edward Hebert cflnceerning ,ubJect which
d t7 January 1972.
carded by -official routing slip date
2. While we do not relish an examination of our pro-
cedures by a tripartite commissrivn. we have no basis for an
objection to the Bill from a Security standpoint.
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Howard J. orn
Director of Sec
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