INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ON CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

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• Publication Date: March 25, 1977
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25 March 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR:
SUBJECT
u Y egislative counsel
gressional Support Staff
Intelligence Briefings on Congressional
Committees
Turner' s "1 ".* uarcn conveyed Admiral
guidance about briefing on the unclassified level.
Attached is the list of proposed briefings which we sent
to you earlier. The following could probably be given at
an unclassified level without reference to sources:
Foreign Civil Air Developments
The Impact of Fishing Zone Regulations
The World Energy Situation
The Soviet Merchant Marine
The World Economic Outlook for 1977
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PROPOSED BRIEFINGS
1. Issue Soviet and Chinese Space Programs--
an examination of on-going military
and non-military programs as well as
a look at trends for the future.
Classification Top Secret Codeword
Potential Customers: Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation Subcommittee on Science
and Space
House Science and Technology
Providing Office OWI
2. Issue Foreign Civil Air Developments--
a review of what the USSR, China, and
others are doing in civil aviation
both as domestic and international
carriers; would include an idea of
the trends we see ahead. We also can
discuss the importance of air trans-
port programs in other areas such as
Western Europe and the impact of US
competition, but would prefer not to
try discussing world-wide civil air--
the subject is too big for convenient
briefing format.
Classification Secret
Potential Customers: Senate Commerce, Science, and Tech-
nology Subcommittee on Aviation
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Providing Offices OER and OSI.
3. Issue The Impact of Fishing Zone Regulations--
and enforcement problems, particularly
in an increasingly hungry world.
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Classification Secret
Potential Customers: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry
Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
Senate Interior and Insular Affairs
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
House Interior and Insular Affairs
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Ad Hoc on the Continental Shelf
Providing Offices OER & OGCR
The Soviet Hard Currency Debt--
a look at the problems the Soviets face
in making purchases in the west and
the steps they are taking to alleviate
the situation; also the impact on So-
viet acquisition of plants and equip-
ment.
Classification Secret
Potential Customers: Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
House Banking, Currency, and Housing
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Providing'Office OER
5. Issue The v orl Situation--the st-'t~is
of fossil fuel reserves and production
with a review of US energy sources now
and over the next few years; problems
developed nations; pricing and its
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economic impact; the cohesiveness of
OPEC; other energy sources now and in
the future.
Classification Secret
Potential Customers: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Providing office OER
The Soviet Merchant Marine--a detailed
examination of fleet composition, mis-
sions, construction, and trends.
Potential Customers: Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Providing Office OER
Key Foreign Positions on the Law of
the Sea--an examination of major points
at issue in the negotiations and where
the key players stand on them.
Potential Customers: Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
Senate Interior and Insular Affairs
Senate Judiciary
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
House Interior and Insular Affairs
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Judiciary
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Providing Office OGCR
8. Issue The World Economic outlook for 1977--
the impact of inflation, higher oil
prices, trade, and various other fac-
tors on the economies of the developed
West, the Communist bloc, and the LDCs
with a forecast of economic conditions
for the rest of the year.
Classification Secret
Potential Customers: Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
Senate Finance
Senate Budget
Joint Economic
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Budget
Providing Office OER
9. Issue Technology Transfer--Soviet and Chinese
efforts to acquire advanced technology
in the West.
Classification Top Secret Codeword
Potential Customers: Senate Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Science and Technology
Providing Cffice OSI and OER
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OLC 77-1125
24 March 1977
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CPS/DDI
Deputy Legislative ounsel
SUBJECT: Intelligence Briefings of Congressional
Committees
1. Admiral Turner's guidance: "Seems to me most data
to non-Armed Forces appropriation and Foreign Relations Committees
could be almost unclassified as long as we are careful to extract
indicators of source--lean in that direction. " (See attached __ Memorandum. )
2. In this morning's meeting, Admiral Turner underscored
and reaffirmed this guidance with respect to sharing our production.
3. Admiral Turner has now asked Mr. Cary to pick up for
him and volunteer the briefings we had proposed.
4. In making these contacts, I think we need advice soonest
as to which of the briefings identified by you can be provided --without
seriously denigrating their substance, in accordance with Admiral
Turner's guidance. We will need this information for our contacts
with the various committees, as it will be a very important `actor in
formatting our procedures with the committees.
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Distribution:
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1. I expect to see Representative TL6mas Foley (D., Wash. ), /7'
who is Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and Chairman
of the Democratic Caucus, early next week.GI
2. It is my intention to talk with him about the type of briefings
that you are going to give to the various committees on topics of
Representative Foley in recent years and have worked out arrangenien
for briefings which would provide the Committee with useful information
but protect the sensitivity of some of the material involved. I also plan
to talk to Representative Foley (as I mentioned to you yesterday) about
the subject of a joint or select committee on intelligence in the House
.
He is in an influential position as Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, c~ 3 I W'
and I think we should solicit his views and his support.
3. I had a preliminary discussion with Werner Brandt, Representative
Foley's Legislative Assistant. Mr. Brandt said he was sure that
Representative Foley would be willing to have his Committee used as
a pilot or sample project for this approach. Mr. Brandt made several
observations which I think are of interest:
a. He thinks the Committee would be interested in anything
we can provide on the subject of Chinese crop fore s i and
information on former areas of the world which have experienced
food shortages and which now have food surpluses.
b. He is concerned as to how, procedurally, this information
can be imparted to the Committee or to its Subcommittee in such
a way as to protect the sensitivity of our information where
necessary. He is edgy about the effects of House Rule XI and
also the increasing involvement of members' personal staff aides
in the affairs of Congressional committees. He said it is almost
impossible to impose any discipline from above.
c. He suggests informal sessions in the Chairman's office
with members, in whom the Chairman has confidence, over coffee
or a drink or visits to the Agency where these discussions could
take place in a similar informal environment.
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4. I told Mr. Brandt to think about this between now and the
time I meet with Representative Foley, so that we could get together
on a suitable forum for these sessions. These comments are merely
one man's reactions, but I think they are significant since he and
Representative Foley have had some exposure to our briefings, have
confidence in our product, yet are concerned that our offer of
cooperation not create difficulties for us in terms of leaks. As
I believe we have mentioned, Representative Olin E. Teague
(D., Texas) of the Committee on Science and Technology, has ~?
expressed similar concern about classified briefings over the
years and, therefore, has not scheduled formal committee sessions
for such briefings.
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