HR-3400 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ACT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G00643R001100200031-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 8, 1987
• Content Type: MISC

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/07: CIA-RDP89GO0643RO01100200031-9
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/07: CIA-RDP89GO0643RO01100200031-9
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DcAft lamph L. -Wright
eoputy direr r the O e
and Budget. said yes-
.
that open-
minded review of a bin is under,
Tray, key Reagan motion of
ficub hoe measure. their minds to
flight me
"We think It is a terrible idea, and
it is my belief that this is well nigh
the universal view within the ad-
ministration," said Justice Depart-
ment spokesman Patrick Korten.
At a White > ee meeting~terd&W representatves-of the Jus-
tice , the Office of Per-
soonet agement, OMB and at
least one member of the White
House staff argued over whether to
announce immediate opposition to
the proposal or to place the meas-
ure on the agenda of the Domestic
Policy Council, sources said.
The group broke up into camps.
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assn
the 6e int-m-.,
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tiros 11 't it shall be Of to for the PO vote
b
date, led, titre ' Of , ~u~y of of SP?V ck;~ Per
threstc~ q Ver-
or with the r 00 or of causidB dinars for the
interferin g he msY rho OW for, ri jdent-al eleC~iOtlpr~'-
'o , to 'Vot o ?ii a ~M ~ r re If t or$ art sort, a
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One, led -by the Justice Department .w
representative ", . ,' N.Y.) spoke optimistically after the
argued fdr an hfm~ate as ounce- : vote about chances for compromise
dent of -thou, vin the other, : that would put the administration
led by Wit argued for a Cabinet- behind the measure.
del di odelaioe ice` bin. 'l"he fi o ': ' olhse " Under ! Obert
vdeg 'fss :dlM as 1 . llttidiel (R lhas come'` : pub-
those wo r S .d to "PM Strategy A* fsvor of ions fn act.
to kdl . is sucker,' and those who He was coeds oroup of Repubii-
wanbeda o leave House Republlicans ',VAN w the bin to OPM
'tame room to save face." . ., Dheftt Cftibam J.:Horner lest
The option of a Cabinet-level dis- e-. .!'with
ohuseipn prevailed. and the Hatch .' 4 d may.
Ad bin has been . placed on the "And said the :wopdd he as re-
agenda of next Thursday's Domes- agpt as she could."
tic Policy Council meeting, accord- Yei rday. however, ,sour said
lag to all accounts. The Domestic She opposed to loos-
Policy Council is made up of the eging' on federal, em-
Cabinet secretaries of the domestic plot' _ as was Attorney
departments, with OPM and OMB Geaerai Edwin t$, who is
invited. the chairman of the Domestic Pol-
. Wrigtet said that at yesterday's icy Coil. White House chief of
y agency present pro- staff Howard H. Baker Jr. was also
o a said be tc~otdrr,?- said to be opposed, according toane
t source, b this could not be coa-
the BMW" wnt, firmed last As a aeostor, Bak-
.