JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 13 MARCH 1972

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2005
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• Publication Date: March 13, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 13 March 1972
1. (Confidential - JMM) Called Frank Slatinshek, Assistant Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, regarding Representative Les
Aspin's (D. , Wis.) request for a briefing (see Journal of 10 March). I said
on checking our records it appeared that Aspin had attended the Director's
Committee briefing on 8 February, but that this briefing did not cover the
specific points about which Aspin has inquired. Slatinshek recommended that
we provide to the Committee written answers to Aspin's questions and advise
him by letter that we have done so in line with Committee policy and that we
understand, of course, that these answers are available to him through the
Committee. Slatinshek said he would like us to check out the text of our
letter to Aspin with him before sending it.
3. (Confidential - GLC) Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed
Services Committee, called to say they were planning to schedule a hearing
on the Agency budget for this Wednesday, 15 March. I asked Braswell if the
purpose of this session would be to talk about the problem of the funding of
I bor to cover the total Agency budget. He said it was to go
over the entire CIA budget but not in minute detail. When I told Braswell I
would check the time with the Director, he said Senator Stennis had talked with
the Director about the briefing and they considered it firm.
4. (Unclassified - GLC) Miss Nancy Granese, in the office of Repre-
sentative Donald M. Fraser (D., Minn.), called and asked if we could provide
them with a copy of the China Atlas for their office use. I told her we would
be happy to provide them with one.
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6. (Unclassified - LLM) Based on information received from OSR
and OSI, advised Lisa Gerard, in the Office of Management and Budget, that
the Agency had no objection to State's proposed report to Chairman Fulbright
on S. Res. 230, calling for a moratorium on all nuclear testing. This was
to close out a request from the Office of Management and Budget for our
views.
7. (Unclassified - SMG) Mrs. Ong, in the office of Representative
Glenn Anderson (D. , Calif. ), called and asked for a copy of the China
Atlas. I told her that someone would drop it by.
8. (Unclassified - SMG) Mrs. Green, in the office of Senator
Gaylord Nelson (D. , Wis. ), called and asked that employment brochures
and application forms be sent directly to a constituent,
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9. (Unclassified - PLC) The Special Subcommittee on Intelligence
of the House Armed Services Committee, chaired by Representative
Nedzi, continued its hearings on H. R. 9853 concerning the classification
and protection of information. The witness was Ralph Erickson, Assistant
Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice. Mr.
Erickson traced the legal basis for the authority of the Executive to classify.
He maintained the position that this is a matter for the Executive rather
than theLegislature. He hoped that the new Executive Order would resolve
most of the problems presently faced. He considered the role of Congress
to be one of exercising oversight and urging that the Congress monitor
carefully the implementation of the new Order. He related the position of
the Justice Department that H. R. 9853 was unnecessary and duplicative of
the efforts to be taken in the areas of classification and release of informa-
tion. Mr. Erickson acknowledged the discrepancy within the existing criminal
laws to protect against unauthorized disclosures and stated that specific
proposals are under consideration by the Administration and should be
submitted to the Congress in the near future. Mr. Buzhardt, General
Counsel, Department of Defense, will continue testimony tomorrow on
those actions within DOD to implement the new Executive Order.
10. (Confidential - JMM) Discussed with Ed Braswell, Chief
Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, the plans for the Director's
appearance before the Agency Subcommittee to discuss our budget. I
explained we would much prefer Thursday to Wednesday. Braswell later
called back to say that they would not schedule the meeting before Thursday.
11. (Confidential - JMM) Called Miss Ward, in the office of
Senator John Stennis, to make an appointment for General Walters to pay
a courtesy call on the Senator. She said she would see what she could do.
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12. (Unclassified - JMM) Called Chairman Nedzi, Intelligence
Subcommittee of House Armed Services, to see if he could speak to our
Advanced Intelligence Seminar next month. He begged off on the grounds
of his heavy schedule, but said he would like to do it some day when he
could find the time.
I asked Mr. Nedzi about plans for the Director's appearance
to discuss security and classification matters before his Subcommittee,
but he said there was nothing firm at this time since they were still
conducting open hearings.
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