LETTER TO CLEMENT ZABLOCKI FROM GERRY E. STUDDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00135R000500800043-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2008
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: October 12, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2008/01/31: CIA-RDP91 B001 35R000500800043-3 _=-
Oil Ii.C. 20315
Dear. Mr. C-ba i rman
As, you. know, the Intelligence Over-sight. Act: of 1984 .made several
changes. in the manner in which intelligence-related-information
would be. shared with. various Committees of-the Congress.
.The. purpose- of this. letter is to inquire into the r- ighyts of
the' Foreign Affairs. Committee under" this Act, and, to scl-i:cit
-inforsaatoa conceinq the law' sFMAmpwlementa~tion, thus far in
the. 97th.. Congress. . '
real ze= that the. Intelligence. Act does not guarantee to the
F'oreign: Affairs. Conmtittee prior notification of covert activities.
The law does.,. however,. recu re each. hntelliagence Committee to
~"P Y call tF the attrene otn:? of?j it~sY respective ?HouKse , o-rr
tc. any other >approprsate coamzittee or tteeas~ of is -r-e-spective
Souse;: pay matter relating to ntelhgence~' act v t es, recuicrring
the attention. of Such Eouse, or such, ~coaaaittee- cr, co=,ttees%-
During, debate on the bilyl , Senator Huddl,eston stated that the
legislation "specifically recognizes the responsibility of the
two' intelligence Committees to. bring to the attention of any
other Committee or of. either Eouse matters warranting their
concern. For example, if the CIA were undertaking 4-,,major
covert. operation which wosu-1-d havwe s ,gr ?f caavt ef-decits on.. Q ..S .
foreign policy;, i.n a certain region of the world, I would view it
toy- be incumbent upon the Sevatle II* el4l genes - jCommi-ttee, to inaf orm
the. Senate . Fcreign Relations. Commit-,tee of initiative - "
My questions- regarding the law and its implementation are as
follows:
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