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{404-10140-10080 . oo a: re - INTERNAL USE ONLY Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel . Thursday - 10 November 1977 | 48. (Internal Use Only - GLC) LIAISON Received a call from.Miss Sue Tinajero, former employee of the House Select Committee on Ass inations, concerning a current Committee employee who been denied security clearances. (See Memorandum for the Record.) 49, (Confidential - GLC) LIAISON Received.a call from John Swanner, Staff Director, House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. He wanted to talk to me about means by which payment could . , be effected by the Committee to current and former CIA employees for the _-s‘cost of their travel and other expenses to Washington for the purpose of ‘giving testimony to the Committee, ie S particularly interested in | _ the case of Mr. John Richardson, forte but said he was '. also concerned about a number of other cages of other individuals who _ would have to be called back from abroad. We discussed several possibilities. . and I told him I would talk with our Office of Finance people to see if some arrangement could not be made whereby we could advance funds for the. _ cost of travel for these individuals and be reimbursed from the Committee on a quarterly basis without the individuals' names appearing in any of these records. (Swanner had said that the Committee's difficulty was a procedural one, not one of principle. He had explained that all of the . . ' Committee's records are subject to public review and any vouchers that ae might be executed for a witness’ travel would ‘publicly identify that individual.) I later discussed this situation with Jack Blake, A/ DDCI, Hugh Lacey and Warren Magnusson, OF, and they feel that suitable arrangements can be worked out, Paul Garbler, OLC, will follow up | with the Office of Finance and other interested offices, such as the Office of General Counsel and the DDO on this subject. Che thf Prey igtsd Dong Legislative Counsel ec: O/DDCI 03 - §A/DO/O Me] IC Staff Ex, Sec. Comptroller DDA DDS&T _ NFAC Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu | | | } G64¢¥
‘(404-10740-10091 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel .. Tuesday - 8 November 1977 : '- Also present were DDO representatives Evalina Vidal,” oe . (uJ. (for only the beginning of the meeting) and| We discussed. | vv": the Subcommittee's request to make certain CLA information public - * ae “INT EAC USE te § s 37. (Confidential - PG) LIAISON Received a.telephone call from Michael Glennon, Legal Counsel, Senate Foreign Relations. . ' Subcommittee on International Operations, who was following up ona request he made on4 November for a copy of the secrecy oath which . former DCI Richard Helms had signed. I told Mr. Glennon that I was "(internal Use Only - PG) LIAISON ‘Spent the better part International Organizations, House International Relations Committee. - checking this out with the appropriate elements of CIA and Roped t to... oe , have an answer for him by the following day. oa : ny of the afternoon 1 in the Coordination & Review staff conference rcom with — "Michael J. Hershman, Deputy Staff Director, Subcommittee on . ° . a and Mr. Hershman gave us a summary he had prepared for the use of = - ..-/.. Members at upcoming public hearings. | va nn ere TS _..°, summary and sanitize it as necessary. The remainder of the session re we ill review the - was spent in an exchange of views as to CIA's role in ongoing... ._ -- a . Congressional investigations of ROK/KCIA and related subjects. . Le 39. (Internal Use Only - RIK) LIAISON Spoke with Lot Cocke, _ for the Rand Corporation. . Since Harris has already been briefed at _ _Rand on compartmented clearances, it will not be necessary for him | to. ' receive a briefing on them at this time. . Jack Williamson, SO/DCH, .. has been advised. _ on the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, concerning _— | William R, Harris, a consultant with the Committee who also works .. | ‘Cooke also requested the clearances held by Professor G. Robert a. | Blakey,. Chief Counsel and Director, House Select Committee on Assassinations, and Gary Cornwell, of the staff, because review a sensitive Committee document, After checking with Dan Godar, ° OS, I advised him that they had their Proper clearances for reviewing the documents, ot on 40. (Unclassified - RSG) LIAISON Spoke with Betsey Wolf, House Select Committee on Assassinations staff, and offered to send to an her a copy of the document she reviewed here yesterday. The document “was an index of Freedom of Information Act exemptions on documents | involving the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 14087
(tos-totao-toog2] Srp tice ere eee nt et eeene 2 eee meet ane i + ep neers ~~ PYNFERNAL USE ONLY “arvateeameestee ay Back : tag a wee cane wTiA pene Me aie apy ' do in providing a citation to committee reports in the incident. House INTERNAL Nee nan eo Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 4 Tuesday - 24 May 1977 . 15, (Unclassified ~ LLM) LIAISON Jack Boese, Department of Justice Civil Division, who is handling the AT&T case, referenced my discussion with Irwin Goldbloom, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, on the Rule XI problem as it relates to the Harrington case. In response to his request, I said I would see what I could. 16. (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Talked further with Bob ‘Turner, staff of Senator Robert Griffin (R., Mich.), about the proposed amendment to the ACDA authorization bill to ensure that the amendment | will not be construed to require disclosure of sensitive intelligence sources and methods. 17, (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Steve Fallis, staff of the mittee on Assassinations, .Galied to report that Chairman -Louis Stokes (D., would like to turn over in his office directly to either George Cary or his designee for review and determinatith under ~ “DCID 1/14, the background investigation reports on Committee staffers by the FBI. We will make the appointment directly with Chair man ‘Stokes! personal office, 225- 7032, Oo}. «18. (Confidential - DFM) BRIEFING Accompanied Ron Estes, q ‘}and Evvy Vidal, DDO, to a briefing of Ed Levine, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, on Sf dae Levine had asked for the briefing in connection with Senator Clifford Case's (R., N.J.) upcoming trip to Belgium. At the end of the one and one-half hour briefing, Levine called the Senator's office to find out his exact itinerary so that we could cable it to the Station and Levine was informed the Senator had changed his mind and decided not to take the trip. coe Later in the day, Levine told me he decided to prepare a . report for the Committee records anyway and asked me a few more questions about the Station. I agreed to. provide answers. 19. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Received from Stan Taylor, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, a list of Brigham Young students who would be attending the scheduled 27 May lecture at the CIA on the Agency. Taylor also gave me a resume of his friend who was interested in employment at the Agency. _ oo 196858
(fos-t0‘40-10098 . . e + . \ “ Og, ‘ SE val INTERNAL USE ONLY Chthhipy, Ce a Addendum to Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel a Page 3 Monday - 14 November 1977 8. (Confidential - GLC) LIAISON I called Bob Blakey, Chief . Counsel, House eStore RiaGinlhlRlaltel call I had received from é a . former Committee ‘employee who was calling on behalf of a current employee who is concerned about action taken . regarding security clearances, (See Memorandum for the Record.) 9. (Secret - GLC) LIAISON Mr. Blake, A/DDCI, called to . advise me that we might expect a call from Jerry Schecter, NSC staff, asking us to set up a meefing with Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D., Hawaii) and Chairman Edward Boland (D., Mass.) for the DCI, Assistant Secretary of Defense Duncan and Ambassador Frank Press to brief the two Chairmen on the President's decision on telecommunications as contained in PRM-22. ‘10. (Internal Use Only - GLC) LIAISON Received a call from Dick Fischer, Standard Oil Company of Indiana, indicating that the Director had attended a lunch on his recent visit to Chicago which was attended by Al Monk, a Standard Oil representative who spoke with Bob Hepworth, NFAGC/CSS and myself sometime ago about access to intelligence information, Fischer said he just wanted to alert me to the fact of the Director's meeting with Monk in the event the Director brings the matter up with us. I thanked Fischer for his call and told him that if there are any significant developments on this from this en end, I would be in touch with him, “GEORGE . CARY Legislative Counsel ce: o/ppcr 93 Mr. Grinwis) Ex, Sec. DDA DDS&T Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O Ic Staff — Comptroller NFAC | _ - 905!
(404-10740-10009 | INTERNAL USE OnLy | Gee it | Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel ° (Nae ice meme Friday - 11 November 1977 26, (Secret - RSG) BRIEFING Accompanied Pat Taylor, NFAC/CSS Hal Davidson and Doug George, NFAC/USSR, toa briefing of Senator . Adlai Stevenson (D., Ill.) and several members of the Senate Select _ Committee on Intelligence staff regarding Soviet anti-satellite capabilities. (See B Memo for the Record) $ . (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Sidney Stembridge, DD/Os, a ‘and It met with Professor G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, - House Select Committee on Assassinations, on two ‘Security matters, SS. “28. " (Confidential - ‘PG)- LIAISON ‘Received a follow up telephone . call from Michael Glennon, Legal Counsel, Senate. Foreign Relations Committee, who wished to pursue the matter of the secrecy oath farmer. -. . DCI Richard Helms has referred to in recent press reports. I pointed _. out that George Cary had sent five such oaths to Norvill Jones, Chief of . Staff, and that the best way to settle on which oath Mr. Helms was referring — '-: t0 would be to contact Mr. Helms or his lawyer. Mr. Glennon thanked me / and agreed that this was probably the best course of action. a a 29. (internal Use Only - PG) LIAISON “‘Telephoned Bill Miller, : Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discusg . reimbursement to John H. Richardson, former for Mr. Richardson's travel from Mexico to be interviewed by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, I agreed to send Mr. Richardson's accounting ' for his travel to Mr. Miller immediately, in the hope that Mr. Richardson could be reimbursed prior to his departure for Mexico Miller referred me to Martha McDonald, of his staff, and I contacted her. She made it clear it would not be possible to reimburse Mr. Richardson before his departure on the return leg of his trip, but agreed to make reimbursement as promptly as possible. We worked out an arrangement whereby the funds could be sent to Mr. Richardson's bank and I would advise Mr. Richardson of the deposit. 30. (Confidential - PG) LIAISON Received a telephone call from Victor Kramer, Special Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Ethics, who inquired into the status of security clearance. As I had done several times earlier, l advised Mr. Kramer that we were awaiting the requisite FBI. action, which depended upon a document the FBlwas seeking to acquire from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and that I had urged FBI representatives to accelerate the matter. Mr. Kramer thanked me for the follow up action taken. 17OoSA
32° , OE og - 4 Pei weet cal wo - we USE ONLY = [= i: 7 : ween om | JOURNAL - Ae wh oa _ OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Thursday - 10 November 1977 1. (Unclassified - MLG) EMPLOYMENT REQUESTS ‘Concerning Debbie's, in the office of Representative Douglas Applegate (D., Ohio), request as to whether we had received an application from their constituent, Robert Sensibaugh, I 2, informed her, per the Office of Personnel, that we had not - re J as of f yes _ She thanked me for my help, ee eve ne ir ne! oe os oe . ve . See "(Unclassified - LG) | ‘LIAISON “Per her “request r a forwarded to Karen, in the office of Representative Mario Biaggi (D., » N. Ye) * - a copy of the press release that went out regarding # the CIA . ~ 3, (Unclassisied - - MG) “LIAISON | Received a a call from. ve aor Ted Winicov, in the office of Representative Richard T. Schulze (R., ‘Pa. be a sin ° who requested a copy of the Agency publication "Soviet Commercial -. ae res Operations in the West. " I told him a copy would be forwarded to him. 4. (Unclassified - KSN) LIAISON Called Dawn, secretary to Sol Professor G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, House Select Committee on Assassinations, and set up a meeting for tomorrow afternoon for Mr. Sidney Stembridge, DD/ OS, and Mr. Cummins to meet with Professor Blakey. 5. (Secret - DTC) LIAISON Called Professor G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, Committee on Assassinations, and informed him that we had received six Privacy Act requests from members of the Select Committee staff asking for any security information on them which is held by the Agency. I did not provide the names of the requesters to Blakey. 6, (Internal Use Only - RJK) LIAISON Keith Raffel, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staif, visited the Badge Office and received his Headquarters badge, He then proceeded to the C&R conference room where he reviewed extracts of NIS's relating to the security services off tad Evvy Vidal, 0/SA/DO/O, assisted with \\p ervice aspects. oF {WAL USE ONLY
‘404-10140-10102 : 4 Addendum to Journal- Office of Legislative Counsel . Page 4 Wednesday - 2 November 1977 13. (Unclassified - RJK) LIAISON Received a call from Helen Hudson, staff of Representative Lucien Nedzi (D., Mich.), who noted that James Pyrros, also of Mr, Nedzi's stafi, had asked her to call concerning the long-standing interest of the Agency in gaining access to the Library of Congress SCORPIO Data System. She outlined a procedure for transmittin mg a formal application to Subcommittee of the Federal Library Committee. I told her I appreciated the information, 14, (Confidential : -~ DTC) LIAISON Was visited by Professor G. Rober Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, Hou ect Committee on Assassinatior here at Headquarters. We discussed certain general topics relating to the Committee investigation and Mr. Blakey met with Sidney Stembridge, DD/OS, for a short time to discuss security matters. The remainder of Mr. Blakey's visit is covered in a.Memorandum for the Record. . I also provided Mr, Blakey with unclassified letters from Robert Gambino, D/OS, concerning security clearances of members of the Committee staff, ne 15, (Unclassified - RIK) LIAISON Called Peg Pokusa, ‘Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and told her that the constituent inquiry which she sent to us asking President Carter to seek the release of nine U.S. military personnel imprisoned in the Soviet Union should be referred to DOD. Ihad already called Col, Stephen Harrick, DOD Legislative Aifairs, ‘to confirm that he would handle this. He said he would tell Ms, Pokusa that there was no substance to the reports that these men were being held in a Soviet prison,. & a 7 y GEORGE L, cary Legislative Counsel ccs ; o/ppcr °%3 SA/BO/O iC Stafe Cormptroller NPAC
(404-10140-10106 6. va a SINTERMA '“DDA DDI DDS&T e° - @ Addendum to Journal - Office of Legislative Counse PIC fp vag 6 on Monday - 1 August 1977 . ee aan ; 24.. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Talked with Jim Wolf, staff. of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, concerning the Memorandum .of Understanding. GEORGE L. C - Legislative Counsel cc: rok DDCI SA/DO/O Mr. Hetu Mr. Lapham Ic Staff NIO Compt upd UNTERNAL USE ONLY
(1o4-10140-10108] {y P ~ } iNT ERMAL USE. ONLY Addendum to Journal- Office of Legislative Counsel . Page 4 Wednesday - 2 November 1977 13. (Unclassified - RJK) LIAISON Received a call from Helen Hudson, staff of Representative Lucien Nedzi (D., Mich.), who noted that James Pyrros, also of Mr. Nedzi's staff, had asked her to call concerning the long-standing interest of the Agency in gaining access to the Library of Congress SCORPIO Data System. She outlined a procedure for transmitting a formal application to Subcommittee of the Federal Library Committee. I told her I appreciated the information, 14, (Confidential - DTC) LIAISON Was visited by Professor G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Director, Hou ect Committee on $assination here at Headquarters, We discussed certain general topics relating to the Committee investigation and Mr. Blakey met with Sidney Stembridge, DD/OS, for a short time to discuss security matters. The remainder of Mr. Blakey's visit is covered in a.Memorandum for the Record. I also provided Mr, Blakey with unclassified letters from Robert Gambino, D/OS, concerning security clearances of members of the Committee - staff, 15, (Unclassified - RJK) LIAISON Called Peg Pokusa, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and told her that the constituent inquiry which she sent to us asking President Carter to seek the release of nine U.S. military personnel imprisoned in the Soviet Union should be referred to DOD. Ihad already called Col, Stephen Harrick, DOD Legislative Affairs, ‘to confirm that he would handle this, He said he would tell Ms. Pokusa that there was no substance to the reports that these men were being held in a Soviet prison. Longe Hf @ ei y GEORGE on CARY Legislative Counsel cc: o/ppcr °% Mr. Grinwis) fox, See, Mr. Hetu SA/DBO/O IC Staff Comptroller * NFAC ae
404-10140-10155 INTERNAL USE ONLY | nanen PEN TIAL "INTERNAL USE ONLY i> @ ( . es e- 6 « Oil ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Friday - 26 August 1977 1, (Unclassified - DTC) FOIA Professor Alan Scheflin, University of Santa Clara, called to appeal a Freedom of Information Act ruling on MKULTRA made by Mr. Gene F, Wilson, our Information and Privacy Coordinator. Professor Scheflin, who had obtained my name from the Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, wanted me to provide him certain materials on MKULTRA so that he would not have to pay the reproduction costs quoted by Mr. Wilson, I informed him that I was not authorized to provide material to him and that he should discuss the matter with Mr. Wilson. I subsequently informed Mr, Wilson of this conversation. 2. (Confidential - DTC) LIAISON Delivered to Elliot Maxwell, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, and Walter Sheridan, staff of the Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, blind memoranda concerning the new find relating to Projects ARTICHOKE and BLUEBIRD. 3. (Internal Use Only - DTC) LIAISON Stopped by to see G, Robert Blakey, House Select Committee on Assassinations, and obtained from him copies of FBI summary investigative reports on Select Committee staff personnel and a copy of his signed secrecy oath, I hand-carried the FBI reports to Robert Gambino, Director of Security, and the secrecy oath to Lyle Miller. GEORGE L. Gorse Legislative Counsel cc: ome O/DDCI Mr. (Grinwid] - Ex... Sec. DDA DDI DDS&T SA/DO/O Mr. Hetu Mr. Lapham IC Staff NIO Compt CONFIBENTIAL 1 FG OBS
(tog-t0140-10157), * INTERNAL USE ONLY a Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Monday - 22 August 1977 37. (Unclassified - LLM) LIAISON Called Bob Blakey, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, House Select Commi sassinati ’ and he readily assented to sign a security agreement running to the DCI to cover material under I,C, in the Memorandum of Understanding (signed by the DCI on 19 August 1977) with the ittee. Dick Rininger, OGC, has been requested to draft the appr6épriate)/agreement. Vi 7 #5 Ny Cail L. i a ae Legislative Counsel cece O/DDCI 3 Mr. Grinwi Ex. Sec. DDI DDA DDS&T Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O IC Staff ' Comptroller NIO INTERNAL USE ora, 19087
(404-10140-10163 _ Addendum to Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Monday ~- 15 August 1977 4. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Margaret Foster, in the office of Senator Robert Griffin (R., Mich.), called concerning a constituent inquiry regarding MKULTRA. ladvised Ms. Foster that the constituent should address his inquiry to the CIA and it would be handled by appropriate Agency elements. She agreed to inform the constituent. 5. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Talked with G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Hoy ie unittee on Assassinations and arranged for Sidney Stembridge, Deputy Director of Security, and mys elf | to meet with him tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 p.m. on Security matters. 6. (Unclassified ~ JMS) LIAISON Sent via courier to Don Sanders, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, recorded tapes of his 12 August interview regarding Australia. oe uke ye Path y LYLE L. MILLER . Acting Legislative Counsel ecs O/DDCI 93 Mr. (Grinwis ' Ex. Sec. DDA DDI DDS&T SA/DO/O Mr. Hetu Mr. Lapham IC Staf£ NIO Compt. 1 9090 HINTERNAL USE GHLY
(1os-10140-10169 k ~ o~ T= AINTERHAL USE ONLY! — fils Alry | —— . Zz-0onfse |, Addendum to Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel! age m Ou Morfday - 19 September 1977 19. (Unclassified - RSG) LIAISON Received a call from Charlie Shaffer, IPS, who was seeking a response to be made from Ms. Trudy Peterson, National Archives (523-3132), who is inquiring about a Memorandum of Understanding executed between the CIA and. the House Select Committee on Assassinations, dated 19 August 1977. I indicated that Doug Cummins would respond to fRis telephone call, -20. (Internal Use Only - DTC) LIAISON Talked with Walter Sheridan and James Michie, staff of the Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, several times during the day and discussed matters in relation to the 21 September 1gvt open hearing. |  @i1. (Internal Use Only - DTC) LIAISON . Talked with | Col. Stephen Harrick, DOD, and Robert Andrews, Special Assistant to the General Counsel, DOD, several times during the day concerning - material they requested relative to the open hearing concerning Projects OFTEN and CHICKWIT which had Defense’Department involvement. . 22. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Talked with Anne Karalekas, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, regarding the status of the Select Committee request on Elias Demetracopoulos and its atatus. I informed her of where the matter stood. 23. (Unclassified - DTC) LIAISON Professor G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, House Select Committee on Assassinations, called to request that arrangements be made for certain staffers of the Select Committee meét with someone from the Agency concerning name traces. He also requested that they be permitted to review the Marina Oswald file. A meeting was set “Pe for * Tuesday, 20 September, with Russ Holmes, DDO. 2 0 ws Sas ra i Rae Ute yee LYLE L, MILLER rat pei Acting Legislative Counsel Q/DDCI | | Mr, ‘'Grinwis,; Ex. Sec. | 49 a ae DDI DDA DDS&T : Mr. Lapham Mr. Hetu SA/DO/O IC Staff Compt NiO