PROPOSED TELEPHONE CALL TO JOE MCDADE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R000300100008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 22, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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22 September 1988
OCA 88-3141
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director
FROM: John L. Helgerson
Director of Congressional Affairs
SUBJECT: Proposed Telephone Call to Joe McDade
1. The Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations
Committee continues to argue about how and whether to fund
"Boren's billions" for our new reconnaissance systems..
Yesterday afternoon some Members suggested that you should
appear before the Subcommittee this morning to answer some
specific questions about these proposed systems and help them
make some decisions.
2. Working with Committee staff, I made the point that your
call to Chairman Bill Chappell in the late afternoon apparently
had satisfied him. We agreed that a sensible step would be for
you to make a similar phone call to Ranking Minority Member Joe
McDade this morning. Mr. McDade can be reached in the Committee
hearing room after 9:30 at 225-0465. Otherwise, his office
phone number is 225-4035.
3. I recommend strongly that you do call Mr. McDade. We
should avoid at all costs having you go down to Congress to join
in their fight on this issue.
4. You could use with Mr. McDade the same talking points
you used with Bill Chappell, which I have attached.
Additionally, we know that Mr. McDade is anxious about outyear
funding. I would recommend, theref t-hp wing additional
points, which I have discussed with 7
--We have a commitment from this Administration to
provide funding for FY 90 and the outyears over and above
our existing programs.
--We recognize these programs will be expensive. They
cannot be financed by cutting back on existing programs,
even if we wanted to do so.
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--The coming election ensures that we w?y-
funding from a new
e this could fail, but believe
elicit a reaffirmWeiacknowledg outyear 69 this with these critical
Administration. ahead in FY
it is important to go
programs. ed of Senator Boren in late aftear?beforerthe Housee th
5. Sto appe
ity of Your having telephone
Comm and he offers
possibility he
Committee- I talked with him by tfollowing counsel: robably
says the House wills $30-40 million.
--Senar Boren sthe FY 89 funding
compromiseto by shaving
r Boren also fears that Mr. McDade wants to
portion of the enhancement package
Senato
cancel the processing (but protect the new hardware provisions).
n says that in a worst case situation
--Senator Bore ackage back by as much as
shouldstay Hollings are adamant
he would agree to cut the total p in the package.
$50 million, but both ha i
that the processing improvements
believe you would not want
6. I told Senator Boren that Iomise the l tunderscore
?d ethat
to get into the details Of level.
must work out on the processing must be left in for the
we agree Completely that
ense.
package to make s
Attachment:
As stated
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20 September 1988
OCA 88-3095
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director
FROM: John L. Helgerson
Director of Congressional Affairs
Proposed telephone call to Chairman Bill Chappell
SUBJECT:
1. George Tenet has passed to me a request Cfrom .
hairman of the
Senator Boren that you telephone Bill Ohappelsma o
Defense Subcommittee of the House ApprP
(225-4035) to urge favorable action o o tthe Bill that will fund
our enhancements for Arms Control
points
I believe the following talking p
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would be appropriate for use with Mr. Chapp
derstand the bill providing for our arms control
t ppackage is now in conference.
anc un emen
- This package will provide necessary funds for important new
collection systems, and equip
recessing and analysis of our increasing 25X1
E or improved p
amounts of technical data. -
- As Bob Gates mentioned when he talked with you some weeks
ago, we urge favorable consideration of the enhancement
package.
- The Intelligence community has done their homework and
ackage (it has not been
endorses the compheeSenate;~his p
Ittees briefedave approved has .
forced on us by - We understand the two Intelligence ce bcomm eenl
this measure and that your I
- If you would like an additional s eoffourinformatien, Intellce
will have at your convenience. 25X1
Community staff come by
3. As this measure is now in cnference, Senator Boren has
noted that an early call would be most
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