13-00000 a {_Sonst ne later, Bbb suggested to an officer in the CIA's executive suite GoD vt that the Agency should help. the South American country obtain a channel in the ‘international satellite communications network, Comsat. Always the secretive | operator, Bob did not explain why the Agency should do this, and the other CIA man replied that CIA, afterall, was not the American foreign aid program; and heather or not this particular country received a Comsat channel did not seem to be a matter concer::ing CIA. Only later did the executive suite officer learn from other sources that FI/D had worked out a deal with the South American =. country in which liaison would be restored in return for a Comsat channel (which eis : ; CIA would intercept). But Bob could not bring himself to share his scheme afen | with a Fellow Agency employee in the Director's office. — Eventually, the South American country received the Comsat channel ; the country restored Haison with FI/D; and CIA again had access to all of that country's secret messages. J . Bob's job with FI/D is by no means one of the ‘dirtiest jobs in the Clandestine Services. There are operators in the paramilitary fields who probably conceive and carry out more distasteful machinations. But Bob 4s in a position where, on a regular basis, he misrepresents himself and even lies . within the U.S. government -- not to mention the deceit he and his colleagues perpetrate on frtendly foreign governments which in good faith enter into liaison agreements with FI/D.. | Bob X is one of these éedinary looking people who mow their Jawn, love their wives, and do some very nasty things for the CIA. fon other devoted Family men who lived in suburban Washington homes similar to Bob X's are named James McCord and — Howard Hunt. Both had Tong, relatively successful careers with the CIA and rose to roughly the same upper- middle level of the bureaucracy as Bob X has. McCord was a CIA security officer, specializing in protecting the Agency's physical facilities. Hunt 2: Zi was an oneratar whn olaved a leading role in the Bav of Pias and who took part &":2:
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13-00000 “4 SECRET 23 JUN 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Assistant to the DDO for External Oversight ATTENTION FROM : Katharine C. Hart Acting Chief, Soviet/East European Division SUBJECT : Deletions in the The Cult of Intelligence by Marchetti - Marks REFERENCE : Your Memorandum, Subject: DDS&T Request for DDO Coordination on Certain Deletions 5 Seen in the Cult of Intelligence by Marchetti - Marks, date 4 June 19 1. We have reviewed the item relating to SE Division interests referred to the DDO for coordination by the DDS&T. This concerns an item from the Marchetti and Marks book, The Cult of Intelligence. Checking against official disclosures we have determined the item is still properly classified under Executive Order 11652. 2. Item No. 190, manuscript page 214, relating to Soviet capabilities to.make intelligible the.sounds picked up by dudio devices discovered in the code room of the American Embassy in Moscow, remains classified SECRET. This item relates to cryptography and is exempt from the General Declassification Schedule of Executive Order 11652, exemption category 5B(2 SECRET . E2 IMPDET CL BY 014652
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13-00000 Following is a transcrini of Presi- news conference in ; j dent Carter's vecorded by The New: York Times | through tht jacilities of ABC News: Opening Statement :- ’ Good afterncon everybody. I'd like to make a very brief statement as a _ “progress report to the American people of some items that are important to ‘US. 2 - We have submitted and the Congress ‘is now ‘considering legislation to give -me the authority te reorganize .the ‘executive branch of Government. The Senate Committee under Senator Ribic- -off has now completed ‘their hearings -and they’ll be marking up the bill . beginning tomorrow. ? The House Committee on Govern- ‘ment Operations under Congressman. Jack Brooks has“scheduled hearings to _ begin on March 1. -‘' So because of the interest of the _ American people and the Congress and myself in completing this very crucial project I think the Congress is moving ‘with great expedition to give me ‘that - authority. |. We've also initiated with directions. ‘fo the members of ‘the Cabinet and other agency heads a new program to cut down on the extremely great over- Joad of paper work with a requirement that those who prepare Government regulations be responsible for the ‘preparation assigned them. I’ve asked my Cabinet ‘officers to read the regula- tions that are forthcoming from their departments each week until they see ‘the volume and the complexity of them, and we hope to eliminate unnecessary regulations, abbreviate those that are necessary and express them in a Jan- guage so that we can all understand them. ‘ T’ve also asked major elements of our own society, the university profes-. ’ sors and the state officials in this last week to give me their suggestions on -how the regulations might be improved. We have done the same thing with reports required by the Federal Govern- ment. I hope:to reduce drastically the fumber of-reports and the frequency of those reports and the, complexity. . of them. an - We will complete the proposed Jegis- lation on creating a new Department of Energy this week. The proposed legislation is now on my desk. It will be submitted to the Congress for action: the first of next week. And we've con- sulted very closely with the key leaders’ in the Congress and J believe there’s going to be a: rapid creatina of this new department.and a heavy emphasis on the importance of energy questions, to our people. . ; : We will also present to the American people. probably at a joint session of thé Congress a speech by, me about April 20, a comprehensive energy poli- cy which would involve all the com- Plexities of the energy question. It’s something that’s long overdue and it’s . Zoing to be quite profound in its impact on the American consciousness and our. society, and I hhope it will be compre-. u Z ae eee aM 8 fe « . as ript of th | Washington yesterday aftcrnoon, as’: a FE6 (9799 rHE BHiV YOKE PIMs, e President's News Con I’m not going to leave of not comment- ing directly on any specific C.LA. ac- ' tivity. But I can tell you that I have begun a complete analysis which will be completed within the next week of all activities by the C.LA. I’ve received substantial reports already. I've reviewed the more controversial revelations that have been publicized in the last few days, some quite errone- ous, some with some degree of accura- cy. These same operations have been reviewed by the Intelligence Oversight Board, an independent board, and also by my predecessory, President Ford. I have not found anything illegal or improper. If in future assessments, which will. come quite early, I discover such an . impropriety or an illegality I will not only take immediate action to correct _it but also will let the American people know about it. . I might say this. This is a very serious problem of how in a democracy to have adequate ‘intelligence gathered, as- _Sessed and used to guarantee the. se- curity of our country. It’s not part of- the American nature to do things in secret. Obviously, historically and still at this modern time there is a necessity . to protect sources of information from other nations. Sometimes other Gov- ernments cooperate with us fully; sometimes they don’t. But Vil try to be sure, and so will Stan. Turner, who will be the next director of the intelligence community. He will try to be sure that every thing we do is not only proper and legal, but also compatible with the attitudes “of the American people. One other point I’d like to make is this. It can be extremely damaging to our relationship with other nations, to the potential security ‘of our country President Carter walking past reporters after news conference at the E: with labor and management. Bu whether V'll be successful, I don't know I’m just going to have to do my hest 6. Human Rights Abroad Q. In your letter to Mr. Sakhzroy you said that the United States would use its good offices to seek the release of prisoners of conscience. And you said that you wanted to continue tc shape a warld responsible to human aspirations. As you know there are human rights problems in many. other countries, And: some of them like Iran or the Philippines we support with arms, Or we support with American aid. These are countries where many people believe we have miore leverage than we might have in the. Soviet Union. What if anything do you plan to try to do to help victims of political repres.- sion in these countries? A. I think without my trying to take credit for it there has been a substan- tial move toward concern about hi man Tights throughout the world. 1 chink this has taken place in probably a dozen or more different cou. “ies. There's an arousing interest in the posi- tion that our own Government here in our free country does take. Obviously there are deprivations of human rights even more brutal than the ones on which we've commented up to now. In-Uganda the actions there have dis- gusted the entire civilized world and, as you know, we have no diplomatic relationships with Uganda. But he. e is an instance where both Ambassador Andrew Young and I have expressed great concern about what is there. The British are now considering asking the United Nations to go into Uganda to assess the horrible murders that :ypar- ently are taking place in that countrv—
13-00000 ok ww ouch So 4/ S22 GilG WeWii ge ope CGS “Rh MESES bite going to be a. rapid creatina of this new department and a heavy emphasis on the importance of energy questions to our people. . . We will also present to the American people. probably at a joint session of the Congress a speech by me about April 20, a comprehensive energy poli- cy which would involve all the com- piexities of the energy question. It's Something that’s long overdue and it’s . €oing to be quite profound in its impact on the American consciousness and our _ society, and I hope it will be compre. hensive enough so that it can be well- balanced and fair to all. ; 1 We are quite concerned about the Pressures of iniation. The advisers to me on economics are trying to assess all Government programs and private _ actions that contribute to inflationary pressures. When this ‘analysis is done will use every means that I -have available to me to express these con- cerns and to the American people as well, . — : And the last. point is that we will. have a remnlate: analycia underway 4ow on deregulation. And the first question is the deregulation of the air "dines. Legislation is in. the Congress now. We'll _be—submitting -a- message” _to Congress very shortly on that sub- ject. We will not submit administration legislation because the Congress has already moved substrntially forward in dealing with this important. issue, And now I'd like to answer questions, . Mr. Frank Cormier. ge Questions and Answers [ i 1. Defense Budget thought. could be reduced ‘by. five to seven bil- lion dollars, Now I think you may have Jmodified your pusition somewhat since’ then. Obviously in. your. short time in office you. didn't find the opportunity to make cuts like that in your precedes- - sor's budget. But isn’t it also likely that next year’s budget for the defense will exceed this year’s. A, Well because of inflationary ‘pres- Sures and because of an ‘impossibility of assessing the potential threat ‘to our country from other nations, it’s hard to predict exactly what the level of defense spénding will be. In the. short time that we had available to work on the previous: Administration's budg- et—about three weeks of hard. work—~ we were able to reduce the suggested expenditures by almost $3 billion. I~ think about $2.75 billion. - This was done—and I think Senator Stennis in his recent public statements: has confirmed that it has been done without weakening our own defense capability. And the substantial savings in defense spending that will still leave : us muscle will be in such things as the standardization of ‘weapons, ‘long- range planning, a more businesslike al- - location of defense contracting, an as-. sessment’ of the defense contracts for construction standing. - & reassessment of priorities of the evolution of new weapons which in the future can become enormously expen- sive; a longer assignment of military personnel to a base before they are transferred; some emphasis on the cor- rection of inequities and unfairnesses in the retirement system. ‘ These things obviously can't be done in three weeks, but they will be an ongoing effort on my part. And I think the 1979 budget, which will be my Ad- Ministratian's firet hudent weed ate possibly corrective actions... ber of sources of information. that. within the . &. President, you told the Demo- ‘ratic Platform. Committee that you present defense expenditures | or repair already out- ' other natioris. ‘Sometimes otier Gov-— eraments cooperate with us fully; sometimes they don't. : But I'll try to be sure, and so will Stan. Turner, who will be the next director of the intelligence community. He will try to be sure that every thing we do is not only proper and legal, but also compatible with the attitudes of the American people. - One other point I'd like to make is this. .It can be extremely damaging to our relationship with other nations, to the potential security of our country even in peacetime, for these kinds of operations which are legitimate and proper to be revealed. It makes it hard fur us 10. lay 4 gruuidawia on wok is we might predicate a successful meet- ing of a threat to us in time of war if we don’t have some degree of secree - cy. . I'm quite concerned about the num-. ber of people now who have access to this Kind -of ‘information. And I’ve been working very, closely with the. _ Congressional leaders, yesterday and taday, to trv to reduce the overall num- people who have access to the bounds -that. Pve-dese ‘opriety- ‘and legality -and American attitudes to- ward secre-7—I'l].do the best I can not ever t¢ make a mistake. And I’m also assuming on a continuing basis 4 direct pevsonal reponsibility for the operation of alt the ingelligence agen- cies in our Government to make sure that they are meeting these standards. -» 8, Correcting: Ervors on C.LA. Q. If there has been erroneous infor- mation, wouldn’t it behoove you to cor- - rect the record? , A. In’some ways we are correcting the record, but if I began to cither dis- pute or confirm every individual story that’s written whether correct or et- roneous on every matter relating.to the C.LA., then these matters which are necessarily secret would no longer be secret, so I’m.not going to comment on individual items that relate to intel- ligence, - ; 4, Difference With Meany "- Q. Mr. President, George Meany says he won’t go along with your idea for pre-notification on wage and price in- . creases. And my question really is, how hard.are you going to press Mr, Meany to go along and do you have anything else in mind that you could use in the way of Government involving itself to try to control inflation? x A. IT announced earlier my firm com: mitment not to have mandatory. wage and price Jaws or authority, not to have ‘standby. wage and price authority. I’ve - not made any proposal to Mr. Meany or'any other labor leader nor to any - representative of.industry or manufac- turing. But I. will retain the option in the future of assessing what we need to do to control inflation. I’ve emphasized always the word “voluntary.” And to the extent that I can arrive at a common understand- ing with industry and labor leaders that a certain amount of cooperation and information can. be exchanged before a major proposal is made. I think that's .a legitimate pursuit of mine. I can’t force it. It's got to be voluntary. And that’s as far as I can go with my an- . Swer. 53 Wage-Price Guidelines QO. You mean just directly about wage _ several countries, there are deprivations of human FEhts even more brutal than the ones on which we've commented up to now. In- Uganda the actions there have dis- gusted the entire civilized world and, as you know, we have no diplomatic relationships with Uganda. But he a is an instance where both Ambassador Andrew Young and I have expressed great concern about what is there. The British are now considering asking the United Nations to go into Uganda to assess the horrible murders that .y;par- ently are taking place in that country— the persecution of those. who have aroused the ire of Mr. Amin. lve exnres-. to mv concern abo orte prisoned Poa ud GP aerS an aad Korea, in Cuba, in many countris —-in rather,—in 5 uth America and PH continue te do sa, I have never had an inclination to single out the Soviet Union as the only place - where human rights are’ being abridged. ‘We-have, I think, a respofisibility and -a@-legal right to.express our disapproval - Of violations of human rights. The Hel SINK Agretinert, te aelsd  Reckot: ' Three Provision, insures. that some of . these -human rights shalt be preserved. We are a signatory of the Helsinki agreement. We are ourselves culpable i some ways for not giving people adequate rights to move around our country: or restricting unnecessarily, in my opinion, visitation te this country by those who disagree with us political- ly. ; So I thiuk that we all ought to take a position in our own country and among our friends and allies, among our potential adversaries, that human rights is something on which we should bear a major responsibility for leader- ship. And I have made it clear to the Soviet Union and to others in the East- erm European community that 'm not trying to launch a unilateral criticism of them, that I’m trying to set a stand- ard in our own country and make my concerns expressed throughout the world, not singled out against any par- ticular country. Q. Mr. President, the other day. get- ting back to’ this C.1.A. thing, when that story broke your Press Secretary, when he issued what amounted to a “no comment” by the White House, someone asked him if this story had broken back during the campaign when. -you were running for Presiden:, vould you have given a similar response? And he said ‘well I don’t’ know.” So can T ask you, what would have beer: you™ response? Would it have been the same? A. I don’t know. 7. Review of C.LA. ‘Activities Q. Mr. President, on that same sub- ject, you said earlier that you review: of C.LA. activities had found nothing illegal or improper and you later said that these activities are legitimate and proper. Isn’t that a value judgment that the American public might like to share? But how can they if you refuse to’ give them any idea of waat you have discovered during this review about payments, including ones made in secret? A. That is a value judgment, It’s made ‘by the independent Intelligence Over- sight Board, which was established and appointed by President Ford. This beard has made itself available to the Inspector General and to any employre within the C.I.A. or within the defense intelligence agencies or any other to, receive even rumors of imnronriety.
13-0000 sures of imation, Phe advisers to me on economics are trying to assess eall Govérnment programs.and private _actions that contribute to inflationary ressures, When this ‘analysis is done will use every means that I have available to me to express these con- cerns and possibly. corrective actions... ‘to the American pecple:as-well. . : And the last. point is that we will. have (9° sommalate:analucia. iindarwav to Congress very shortly on that sub- "ject. We will not submit administration legislation because the Congress has already moved substz‘ntially forward in ~*. dealing with this important-issue. 1. Q, Mr, President, you told the Demo- “And now I'd like to answer questions. . Mr. Frank Cormier, | Questions and Answers 1, Defense Budget “ératic Platform. Committee that you . ‘thought present defense expenditures could be reduced ‘by: five to seven bil- lion dollars, Now I think you may have modified your position somewhat since then, Obviously in. your. short time in office you. didn’t find the opportunity to make cuts like that in your precedes- sors budget. But isn’t it also likely that next year’s budget for the defense will exceed this year’s. . A. Well because of inflationary ‘pres- | sures and because of an impossibility -of assessing the potential threat to our country from other nations, it’s hard to predict exactly what the level of defense spending will be. In the short time that we had available to work on the previous Administration’s budg- et—-about three weeks of hard. work— we were able to reduce the suggested expenditures by almost $3 billion, I~ think about $2.75 billion. - ; This was done—and I think Senator Stennis in his recent public statements: has confirmed that it has been done without weakening: our own defense capability. And the substantial savings in defense spending that will still leave: us muscle will be in such things as the standardization of weapons, Jong- range planning, a more businesslike al- - location of defense contracting, an as-. sessment: of the defense contracts for construction: or repair already out- standing. oo ; - A reassessment of priorities of the evolution of new weapons which in the . future can become enormously expen- sive; a longer assignment of military personnel to a base before they are transferred; some emphasis on the cor- rection of inequities and unfairnesses in the retirement system. .. These things obviously can’t be done in three weeks, but they will be an ongoing effort on my part. And I think the 1979 budget, which will be my Ad- ministration’s first budget, will show eee amprovements to a substantial de- Q. Will. next year’s defense budget actually be lower then than the one ’ that you just revised. A. I can't say vet, ! f ur 2. CLA, Accountability f Q. Do you think it was proper for: the C.I.A. to pay off King Hussein and other foreign leaders? And what steps are you taking to make yourself more knowledgeable and more accountable | for what the C.I.A. does? p A. Well, I've adopted a policy which * mn . co, 8, Correcting: Errors on CLA. AUH US LU Lay at Bivunu WEIR Seid Weeaaula we might predicate a successful meet- ing of a threat to us in time of war if we don't have some degree of secree I’m quite concerned about the num. ber of people now who have access to this-. Congressional leaders, yesterday and it vy today, to trv to reduce the overall num- ajoye on deregulation. And the first -- _ question is the deregulation of the air _ i dings. Legislation is in the. Congress. ., How...We'll_be—submitting a message — ber GF People whe have access to the sources of information. that within the bounds.that_[ “and legality “and American attitudes to- ward secret:;—Ili.do the best I can not ever tc make a mistake. And I'm also assuming on a continuing basis a direct personal reponsibility for the operation of all the ingelligence agen- cies in our Government to make sure that they are meeting these standards. Q. If there has been erronéous infor- mation, wouldn't it behoove you to car- - rect the record? , A. In some ways we are correcting the record, but if I began to either dis- . pute or confirm every individual story that’s written whether correct or er- roneous on every. matter relating.to “the C.LA., then these matters which ‘are necessarily secret would no longer be secret, so I’m. not going to comment on individual items that relate to intel- gence. - _ 4, Difference With Meany ' . Q. Mr. President, George Meany says he won't go along with your idea for pre-notification on wage and price in- creases. And my question really is, how hard. are you going to press Mr, Meany to go along and do you have anything else in mind that you could use in the way of Government involving itself to try to control inflation? _ A, I announced earlier my firm com- mitment not to have mandatory wage and price laws or authority, not to have “standby wage and price authority. I've not made any proposal to Mr. Meany or any other labor leader nor to any — representative of. industry or manufac- turing. But I. will retain the option in the future of assessing what we need to do to control inflation. . I've emphasized always the word “voluntary.” And to the extent that 1 can arrive at a common understand- ing with industry and labor leaders that a certain amount of cooperation and information can be exchanged before a major proposal is made. I think that’s _a legitimate pursuit of mine. I can’t _ force it. It’s got,to be voluntary. And that’s as far as I can go with my an- swer. 5. Wage-Price Guidelines Q. You mean just directly about wage and price “guidelines” which might be voluntary. How js that for an idea? A. Well I think rigid guidelines are a mistake, If we said, for instance, that no price increase or no wage increase could exceed 6 percent this would be too restrictive. It would be contrary to my own philosophy of Government - and I think that because of the diversi- ty of our society and the fact that it is a free enterprise system, you've got to have some flexibility. But I’d prefer to deal with these problems ihat arise on’ increasing prices on an individual bases and I also prefer, of coursé, to work harmoniously ind of information: And I’ve — ‘been’ working very, closély with the - prisoned pouwced pPis aers a Sad Korea, in Cuba, in many countris -—-in several countries, rather,—in 5 wth America and Jil continue to do so. T have never had an inclination to single out the Soviet Union as the only place .. where human rights are being. abridged. We have, I think, a respojisibility and  a-legal right to.express our disapproval - of violations of human rights. The Hel: +: Roeckak:..’- ’ Three Provision, insures: that some of __. these human rights-shalfbe preserved, sinki Agrecméra, tt gled We are a signatory of: the Helsinki agreement. We are ourselves culpable- - in some ways for not giving people adequate rights to move around our country or restricting unnecessarily, in my opinion, visitation to this country by those who disagree with us political. ly. . So I think that we all ought to take a position in our own country and among our friends and allies, among our potential adversaries, that human rights is something on which we should bear a major responsibility for leader. ship. And I have made it clear to the ‘Soviet Union and to others in the East- ern European community that Tm not trying to launch a unilateral criticism of them, that I’m trying to set a stand- ard in our own country and make my concerns expressed throughout the world, not singled out against any par- ticular country. Q. Mr. President, the other day, get- ting back to this C.LA. thing, when that story broke your Press Secretary, when he issued what amounted to a “no comment” by the White House, someone asked ‘him if this story had broken back during the campaign when you were running for Presiden:, vould you have given a similar response? And he said “well I don’t} know.” So can T ask you, what would have beer, your response? Would it have been the same? A. I don’t know. 7. Review of C.I.A. ‘Activities Q. Mr. President, on that same sub- ject, you said earlier that you review: of C.LA. activities had found nothing illegal or improper and you later said that these activities. are legitimate and proper. isn’t that a value judgment that the American public might like to share? But how can they if you refuse to’ give them any idea of waat you have discovered duriag this review about payments, including ones made in secret? A. That is a value judgment, It’s made “by the independent Intelligence Over-- sight Board, which was established and appointed by President Ford. This beard has made itself available to the Inspector General and to any employee within the C.LA. or within the defense intelligence agencies or any other to receive even rumors of impropriety. . They have assessed these opcrations. They made their inquiries in the past, which is in accordance with an execu- . tive order issued by President Ford to the Attorney General of the United States and also to the President. T have read that correspond are. H’s quite voluminous and J think that it’s accurate to say that Senator Inouye’s committee in the Senate and the appro- priate committees in ihe House have also received this injormation in the past. I have talked to Senator Inouye and he confirms what Pve just told you. _ And I think he would also coriirm that
13-00000 \ [HURSDAY, Y, FEBRUARY 24, 1977 ference on Foreign and Domestic Matters: e New w York Times esa Za whitive Office Buiding in Washington : the impropriety or the legality does “not exist on 1 any ongoing C.LA, opera- ‘tion. 8. Problems With Congress ou’re going to be having a continuing . to the people in order to get results. : Als this true? “ A. I think if you read the whole “statement that Mr. Kirbo made, which vs dg just a private citizen’s opinion, he = would say that every President has had * arguments and debates and disagree- ] ments. with the Congress. And I think ", that's inevitable in our system of Gov-- “ernment. That’s part of the checks and “ balances that’s very precious to us-all, : I have fouind up té now a growing. . sense of cooperation with the Congress. - J think last week when I was asked ‘roughly the same question. that the . troubles were perhaps underestimated _by the news media. I think now per- ‘haps the troubles with the Congress ‘are overestimated. ; Meetings with the Congressional lead- ers both Democratic. and Republican. © And I think that the progress of the » legislation “that we consider to be cru- cial which seemed to be moving very _ sloyily in the past is now speeding up ‘. . ave . T don’t believe that we'll ae ly the problems with the Congress . that has been the case in recent ‘years. , And I have to say in summary that - Tam very pleased with my relationship ; / with the Congress now. i 9, The Election Process - Q. Mr. President, in view of your " assignment to Vice President Mondale “regarding the election laws, could you “yBive us your view, sir, on the direct rhe Q. Mr. President, Charles Kirbo, your ‘friend Charles Kirbo seems to feel that a ‘problem with.the Congress and that i: iat have to go over Congress’s head - I have frequent But I will work with Congress on the deregulation of natural. gas as a part .of an overall energy policy. By. April 20 I think we'll be prepared to present to you, the news media, and the people and the Congress more specific proposals involving’ direct legislation proposals that will answer your question more fully. 12. Energy Program Sacrifices. Q. Mr. President, we've been told that the. central thrust. of your new energy program . will involve sacrifice and voluntary. conservation, yet the public’s, always reading stories in.the paper of how the major oil compariies are with- holding natural gas. So I'd like to ask how are you going to expect the public to make sacrifices when there’s such widespread public suspicion about the role of the oil companies in the energy crisis. A. I think the comprehensive nature of the proposal that takes in all these very disparate and sometimes conflict- ing elements at one time and a long- ange projection of our needs and a tangible demonstration to. the Ameri: ‘can people, to the extent that I’m able to put it forward, that there will he direct ultimate benefits to them will -be the elements that will cause them’ to make those sacrifices. At the same time, [want to increase the surety that we have that the reserve supply data given to us by the oil companies and others are accurate. We are now conducting some admit- tedly superficial studies by Secretacy Cecil Andrus in Interior and also they'll be followed up by more detailed studies under Dr. Schlesinger, to see whether or not the reserve supplies are ade- quate and whether or not the oll com- panies are giving us accilrate data. I think it’s obvious to all of us that there are some instances where natural gas is withheld from the market. That’s ‘understandable. If I was running an oi] company I would reserve the right to release or to reserve some supplies of natural gas. With the emergency’ legislation that the Congress did pass, I think in about a week of assessment during the frigid part of the winter—it’s still very cold— we were given some authority to buy. extra gas at a very high price. This is obviously a transcient. circumstance. But I believe the American people will be willing to make the sacrifices required, if they are convinced that fu- ture reports will be accurate, that sup- plies will not be withheld from the mar- ket and if we can let the oil companies know in a predictable way what our ‘policy will be two moriths or two years or-20 years in the future—within the bounds of human reason—then I think they'll be much less likely to withhold . supplies of oil and natural. gas from the market just hoping that they'll get sone bonanza iricreased. price in the future if the policies do change. 14. Rise in Gasoline Tax Q. Another question, sir, on the sacri- fices that you say your upcoming ener- gy program is going to. demand, Is it likely that one of: those sacrifices, is going to come in the form of a largely increased Federal gasoline tax? A. I don't know how to answer vour fe i 296 WaT iche. at _was a waste. You also promised td old the waste out of the defense budget. When would you expect to stop production of the B-1 as opposed to research and’development on the B-1? A. I think I cut out about more than } $200 million from the B-1 program.in:. the budget just submitted to the Con-;! gress. I “have -serious questions about ‘ whether or not the B-1 ought to be: in the future the center of our airborne. ; ! defense capability. “{.have several more months before: | I have to make a decision on that matg:: ter and the National Security Council,:! which combines, as you know, State,:: Treasury, Defense and other elements, of the Government, working very close=:: ly with me, is now making a complete : reassessment of the need for the B-1,' bomber. : 4 rc _ I don’t know whether we will decide: to go on with it or not. And I don‘h know whether we'll expedite produce tion of it or not, at this time. ont Part of the factor to be assessed ds. the attitude of the Soviet Union. If-we- can have a general lessening of tension,. a demonstrated commitment on ‘their part toward disarmament, it would cer-. tainly make it less likely that we would go ahead with the B-l. eerer But 1 can’t answer that question untiP I complete my own study, and I think that would have to be terminated by the end of May. Pete ed toe 18. Campaign Financing Law.» Q. Mr. President, T was a jittle unciea. about what you’re going to propose: in the campaign finance law. Are you saying that you will propose to havé’ if Congressional elections publicly “fl- hanced? A. That’s my preference, ye. *Q. Is that what. you will propose ta Congress? A. The Vice President is'ndwW, doing a study on a complete election law package. And I'd like to reserve’ my own judgment until T see what ‘his report ig to me. But that’s my Own. inclination. It’s a position that I took: during the campaign and so far, I Have. no reason to change my mind. 19, For eign Policy Turntable Q. You gave us a kind of a timetable’ for your domestic program in your pré-. ‘liminary statement. I wonder if you ‘have a similar timetable of what ydu hope to achieve in foreign policy be- tween now and the end of the year, i tas ‘such as Middle East peace, Cyprus,, the. treaty with Panama. A. Of course I can’t answer. “that question specifically because I. don't know what cooperation we will -get from other nations and I don’t..know, - what the inclination of those nations. in disputed regions of the world want to do toward one another. Secretary Cyrus Vance has just. ines turned from what I consider to be-a very successful trip to the Middle. East., He not only probed with the heads. of those Governments and their Cabinet. members their own positions, both pubs: lic and private on the controversial, issues that have so far prevented-ra: “peace in the Middle East. He also had a chance to compare their positions on issues—which ones they found to. be in harmony, which_ones there was
13-00000 And I have to ‘say in Summary that Jam very pleased with my relationship | with the Congress now. 9, The Election Process _ Q. Mr. President, in view of your assignment to Vice President Mondale regarding the election laws, could you ,give us your view, sir, on the direct election of a President versus the Elec- toral College. And also do you think “that the public financing should be ex- . tended to Congress as weil as the Presi- , dency? a ; | A, There are three basic questions ! that come up. In the first place, I do » favor at least an automatic ‘vote by Presidential electors once the general ‘election is completed. 1 think the Elec- i-toral Colllege, for instance, should: be ‘eliminated. Whether the ratio among V states of votes ought to be changed k i'm not prepared to comnrent on now. j ee tec fo Ves na uing Or COngTes- ; sional elections by public funds—it has i proved to be successful, I believe, in i the favor that, yes. And the other element ‘of the overall package would be a sim- ple way.for American people. who are citizens and 18 years old to register ta vote. And I am committed to that graciously consented to take on this ‘everall election process responsibility. ‘Those three wil] be basic elements of ithe proposals. °i 1 "-10, Relations With Cuba > Q. Mr. President, are you, prepared to dift the trade embargo ‘against Cuba “as one step toward normalizing rela- - tions? a. . .= A.-1 think any substantial. move in igur relationship with Cuba would have -do await further discussions with them- “4ndirectly, and also some tangible evi- ‘dence on our part that they are willing. . te restore basic human rights in Cuba, : involving the number of prisoners who ‘are being held, their attitude toward overseas adventures such as the one In Angola, and other matters. So I can’t ‘say what might come in the future. '” Pm willing, though, to discuss these ' mattess with the Cuban leaders. At this “Hime we have no direct relationships ‘with them, political. But through inter- ‘‘mediaries comments are being ex- : thanged back and forth. Most of my. -tomments are in public statements like ‘this, but. we do have messages coming ° back from people who visit Guba. 11. Defense Savings Goal’ |. In answer to an earlier question, j Mr. President, you said that you could- /ft- say whether next year’s’ defense i ; budget will be’ lower or higher than ‘this year’s. But as I understood your Presidential election. I strongly proposition and the Vice President has ~ ' tarlier postion, you did want to-achieve — tegardless of the overall level of spend- ling. Do you still hold with that figure? ls that still your goal and a commit- ment? ; iA. Yes. The analyses that I've made '¥f the defense budget so far—which \ month’s study just part-time-—indi- late that that’s a goal that will be teached. Sok oo ( 12. Natural Gas Deregulation : Q.-Mr. President, in letters to the yovernors of Oklahoma, Texas and iouisiana last October, you said uncon- jitionally that you would’ work with | fongress to’ deregulate new natural yas. And 1 wondered ‘if you: planned ‘0 keep that promise, and if so how wee ee a at 469 . . moe mba ons a five to seven billion ‘dollar savings - is you know has been limited to about’ o To nA YS AS UAH peews eS UU CHarBar 14. Rise in Gasoline Tax _Q, Another question, sir, on the sacri- fices that you say your upcoming ener- gy program is going to demand. Is it likely that one of those sacrifices is going to come in the form of a largely increased Federal gasoline tax? A. I don’t know how to answer your questions about specifics of the propos- al. I want to make this clear. The pur- pose of .the energy policy evolution is not to cause sacrifice or hardship among the American people.Uniess I can demonstrate that in balance the temporary sacrifices in a certain area ‘are far overcome by immediate and ul- timate benefits then nobody's going to buy it. | ‘And I believe that we've now got _ such a horrible conglomeratloniof cari- fusion in the energy field that nobédy kinqure whatic goine {to hapnen next. So I think that the sacrifices ‘willbe - far overcome by. the. benefits that the- American. people-#il! -be easily -able to discern-for themsel.s. 15. U.S. Rol: on Canada Q. You said that in spite of the fact that the. Canadian veople would have to determine their future for them- selves, particularly in regard to the separatism issue in Quebec that -you had‘ confidence that the issue would . be straightened out relatively peaceful- ly. Do you really think that there is little concern in this country about the ‘future of a unified Canada and is there anything really: that we can do about A. There's a great deal of concern in this country about the future of Canada and I have complete confi- dence, as I said ih an interview with the Canadian news media in the sound " judgment of the Canadian people. I'm familiar—and even more famillar “today than I was two days ago after Prime Minister Trudeau's visit—with the problems in Quebec and the inclina- tion of some of the French Canadians to have an independent status from the rest of Canadian Provinces. I don’t know what’s going to be the ultimate outcome. But .I believe that” we are so closely tied together with Canada on a mutually berieficial basis, _ sharing - problems, sharing. opportuni- ' ties, sharing trade, sharing manufactur-- ing companies that have joint owner- ship, our exchange of ‘energy sources, ‘our sharing of the St. Lawrence Sea-. way, the Great Lakes as far as water pollution is concerned, the bringing of _ Alaskan oil and natural gas down to us that we have got to have a continu- ‘ing relationship with Canada. My own personal preference would be that the commonwealth stay as it is and that there not be a separate Quebec province? But that’s a decision for the Canadians to make and I would certainly ‘make no private or public move to try to determine the outcome of that great debate. 16. Keeping Campaign Promises Q. Mr. President, you've had @ month - now to enjoy the view from the Oval ’ Office. Do you think you'll be able to .. keep fully all-the campaign promises ‘you made? A. As you know, we have issued what 1 believe is the complete book of my campaign. promises, which is, I pre-. sume, being made available to all of , you. My determination is to keep all those promises. Obviously if circumstances should ‘change I would have to reserve the a ee er erry nanala foe ey SULLCNSIUL Ter LOTTNE MIGUIC Lasts He not only probed with the heads. of those Governments and their Cabinck members their own positions, both pubs lic and private on the controversial, issues that have so far prevented ,a: peace in the Middle East. He also had a chance to compare their positions on’ issues-—which ones they found ta. be in harmony, which,ones there was still a dispute. sonia ns “We also invited the leaders of. all those nations to mect with me. .They have ali accepted nd fo will be rooting with the heads of the nations in dispute. in the Middle East, all of them, before the end of May. The first visit of one of those leaders will be Mr. Rabin.L believe, March 12. And he will be fol- lowed by the leaders from Egypt, from - Jordan and from Syria, from Saudia Arabia-and I look forward to ‘meeting with them. , ; Cotas At that point I hove 1 will have.# very: élear picture: of what ivi the American Government ought to--play. The. same thing applies.to the situa: tion that exists between ourselves.and Turkey, ourselves and Greece, -our- selves and Cyprus cee fines We can't impose our will an other people. But if they honestly want to seek a solution, we are perfectly -will- ing to offer our good offices as a coun! try with influence and interest to help them resolve their own differences. But - it’s got to be done primarily by those countries involved. oof We have begun again, and within the last week, our discussions on the - Panama Canal Treaty. We have two- extremely good negotiators and I hope that we will have success there: There's, ‘no way that I can say at this point ' what degree of progress we have made, ‘Its just beginning. wot. So throughout the areas of high dis- . pute, including South Africa and others that I don’t have time to mention we're. probing as best we can to discern some possibility of resolution of those ten- sion areas. ; a We are meeting today, in fact-all this week with the British, to try to get a renewed proposal to make con- cerning the question surrounding Rho-. desia. And then, of course, we'll stil have left Nambia and ultimately -ma- jority rule question in South Africa. But I've only been in office a month, ‘I don’t claim to know ail the easy ane. swers. And these questions that have are not going to be easy to solve.: But welte going to do the best we can open ly and forcefully offering. our . good services, not trying to impose our-will on other people. waa Q. Thank you, Mr. President. Carter Errs on Rabin: And U.S.-Uganda Ties WASHINGTON, Feb, 23 (AP)—Presi- dent Carter made two errors in. his news conference today, which .the White House staff later corrected. Mr. Carter used a wrong dale. for the forthcoming visit to the United States of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel. The President said that he thought the visit would take place March 12. a The. White House later corrected that to say “the proposed visit is tentatively planned for March 7 and 8.” .. The White House also corrected the President’s statement that the United States does not have diplomatic rela- tions with Uganda. toon “This is not strictly accurate,” the
131QQ0QQ ongress aS Weil as wae Pavol cy? 4 ; , A. There are three basic questions at come wp, In the first place, I do ivot at least an automatic ‘vote by residential electors once the general ection is completed. 1 think the Etec- pral Colllege, for instance, should, be iminated. Whether the ratio among rates of votes ought to be changed m not prepared.to comnrent on now. eeotad on ted Ppahtng af Compres- onal elections by public funds—it has roved to be successful, I believe, in 1e Presidential election.. I strongly’ wor that, yes, And the other element * the overall package would be a sim- le way.for American people. who are tizens and 18 years old to register » vote. And I am committed to that -oposition and the Vice President has ~ raciously consented to -take on this erall election process responsibility. hose three will be basic elements of ie proposals, 9 & 40, Relations With Cuba Q. Mr. President, are you. prepared »dift the trade embargo ‘against Cuba ; one Step toward normalizing rela- | ons? , ; A,.I think any substantial.move in i Telationship with Cuba would have » await further discussions with them. directly, and also some tangible evi- ance on our part that they are willing » restore basic humah rights in Cuba, volving the number of prisoners who ‘e being held, their attitude toward verseas adventures such as the one Angola, and other matters. So I can’t ly. what might come in the future. I’m willing, though, to discuss these atters with the Cuban leaders. At this me we have no direct relationships ith them, political. But through inter- ediarics comments are being ex- langed back and forth. Most of my wmments are in public statements like iis, but we do have messages coming ick from people who visit Guba. 11. Defense Savings Goal. Q. In answer to an earlier ‘question, 'r. President, you said that you could- t say whether next year’s defense idget will be lower or higher than ds year's. But as I understood your irlier ‘postion, you did want to achieve five to seven billion dollar savings - ‘gardless of the overall level of spend- g. Do you still ‘hold with that figure? that still your goal and a commit- ent? —— A. Yes. The analyses that I've made ’ the defense budget so far—which 3 you know has been limited to about — month’s study just part-time-——indi- ute that that’s a goal that will be ached. ; . 12. Natural Gas Deregulation Q. Mr. President, in letters to the ernors of Oklahoma, Texas and juisiana last October, you said uncon- tionaly that you would work with | ongress to deregulate new natural as. And I wondered ‘if you planned » keep that promise, and if so how du will go about it? A. I don’t know how PIL go ‘about . 1 do try to keep my promises. The ysition that I have taken, and the jsition.that the governors of Oklaho- a and Texas took at governors con- ‘rences to which I was referring, was 1 deregulation of natural gas for a mited period. of time, four to five 2ars, to see how it works out, leaving tisting contracts in effect. V ~oénd I believe’that we've nbw . _ such’ a horrible congiomeratign lof-¢ fusion in the energy field that nobédy - is not to cause sacrifice or hardship among the American people.Uniess I can demonstrate thdt in balance the temporary sacrifices ina certain area . are far overcome by immediate and ul- timate benefits then nobody’s going to buy it. . knowe urhatic. goime to-he So 1 think that the’ sacrifices far overcome by-.the henefits that the . American peopleasill-be-easily-able to ~ discern for themsel-s: 15. U.S. Role on Canada Q. You said that in spite of the fact that the. Canadian -eople would have to determine their future for them- selves, particujarly in regard to the separatism issue in Quebec that -you had: confidence that the issue would . be straightened out relatively peaceful- ly. Do you really think ‘that there is little concern in this country about the ‘future of a unified Canada and is there anything really: that we can do about A. There’s a great deal of concern in ‘this. country about the future of _ Canada and I have complete confi- dence, as I said in an interview with. the Canadian news media in the sound ' judgment of the Canadian people. Tm familiar—and even more famillar * today than I was two days ago after Prime Minister Trudeau’s visit—with the problems in Quebec and the inclina- tion of some of the French Canadians to have an independent status from the rest of Canadian Provinces, I don’t know what's going to be the ‘ultimate outcome. But I believe that™ we are so closely tied together with Canada on a mutually beneficial basis, . Sharing .problems, sharing. opportuni- ' ties, sharing trade, sharing manufactur- ing companies that have joint owner- ship, our exchange of ‘energy sources, ‘our sharing of the St. Lawrence Sea- way, the Great Lakes as far as water pollution is concerned, the bringing of . Alaskan oil and natural gas down to us that we have got to have a continu- ing relationship with Canada. My own personal preference would be that the commonwealth stay as it is and that there not be a separate Quebec province: But that’s a decision for the Canadians to make and I would certainly make no private or public move to try to determine the outconie of that great debate. 16. Keeping Campaign Promises Q. Mr. President, you’ve had a month ‘now to enjoy the view from the Oval ' Office. Do you think you'll be able te .- keep fully all. the campaign promises “you made? A. As you know, we have issued what , I believe is the complete book of my campaign promises, which is, I pre-~ sume, being made available to all of . you. My determination is to keep all those promises. Obviously if circumstances should ‘change I would have to reserve the right to go back to the American people . and say “now that circumstances have changed this a better approach to that particular problem.” But I will do my utmost to keep all the campaign prom- — ises that I made to the American peo- ple. 17. Production of B-1 "Q. Mr. President, you said at various times during the campaign that the B-1 oo AG that “Americ The.same thing applies.to the:situas ... Have ati accepted soa Twill be rieeting with the heads of the nations in dispute. in the Middle East, all of them, before the end of May. The first visit of one of those leaders will be Mr. Rabin: E believe, March 12. And he, will be fole lowed by the leaders from Egypt, from '. Jordin and Trom Syria, from Saudia ~~ Arabia-and Tlook forward to ‘meeting n- Government. ought to.play. tion that exists between ourselves,and Turkey, ourselves. and Greece, -our- selves-and Cyprus. ce agiuee We can’t impose our will an other people. But if they honestly want to seek a solution, we are perfectly will- ing to offer our good offices as a coun : try with influence and interest to help | them resolve their own differences. But, ' it’s got to be done primarily by those , countries involved, ~ ay We have begun again, and within: the last week, our discussions on ,the - - Panama Canal Treaty. We have two: extremely good negotiators and I -hope - that we will have success there. There's, “no way that T can say at this point ’ what degree of progress we have made, | “Hig just beginning. ee So throughout the areas of high dis-: - pute, including South Africa and others , that I don’t have time to mention we're» probing as best we can to.discern some ‘ possibility of resolution of those ten-! sion areas. ; We are meeting today, in fact ail} this week with the British, to try to} get a renewed proposal to make con-: cerning the question surrounding Rho- i desia. And then, of course, we'll still” have left Nambia and ultimately -ma- ° jority rule question in South Africa. . But I've only been in office a month. | I don’t claim to know all the easy arie . swers. And these questions.that have are not going to be easy to snive. But we'te going to do the best we can opens ly and forcefully offering. our. good services, not trying to impose our -will on other people. ; vat Q. Thank you, Mr. President. Carter Errs on Rabin: And U.S.-Uganda Ties | WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (AP)—Pregi- dent Carter made two errors in. his. news conference today, which tha’ White House staff later corrected. . - ..; Mr. Carter used a wrong date. fér"" the forthcoming visit to the United. - point I ‘hone 1. will have a: ar picturesa& war iuie the Mae et aaa States of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. of Israel. The President said that he, thought the visit would take placa March 12. : "The White House later corrected that. | to say “the proposed visit is tentatively “ planned for March 7 and 8.” ae The White House also corrected the... President’s statement States does not have diplomatic rela- =). tions with Uganda. “This is mot strict! correction said, explaining: “While the. United drawn its mission fr that the United.”: y accurate,” the ' States has with. om Uganda and.,, has no direct diplomatic representation there, United States Republic of Uganda affairs in the are carried out-- through the West German embassy and.” the Republic of Uganda has an eperal- .. ing embassy. and cha Washington.” rge d’affaires in . ; Pe 3 [27784
13-00000 7 | ) WASHINGTON post ) @ ype CTA Admits - © qo” ° | Working to — - Raise Sub— ; By Timothy S. Robinson Washington Post Stall Writer : The Central Intelligence Agency has finally acknowledged publicly that it was “involved” in the Glomar Explorer's attempts to raise a sunken - Russian submarine from: the Pacifie Ocean floor. - ; a The terse ‘acknowledgement ¢ came in a court rt_document filed in. the U.S. Court of Appeals by the Justice De- partment two’ weeks ago. The docu- | ment asked that a suit against the | CIA by a private group concerning the Glomar’s financing be sent back to a lower court for further hearings.- The filing marks an abrupt change from the previous position taken by the Justice Department in the 18- month-old case that the mere acknowl- edgement of the CIA’s involvement in the project would be harmful to na- ‘ tional security. Although the. CIA’s operation of the project has been re- | agency has been adamant in its re- fusal to say publicly whether. those re-- ports were true. | Sms For example, Gesell was forced to - issue a secret opinion in the case last ! October that even the- attorneys in- ' volved still have not been able to read. The opinion was issued in that — Secret fashion upon direct orders of ‘ the U.S. Court of Appeals, which in- : structed Gesell to accept secret affi- : : -davits from high-level government of- : i ficials concerning the case. : Public affidavits filed at the time by | former President. Ford’s top national | security adviser, Lt.. Gen. Brent Scow- : ’ croft, said disclosures of the CIA in- | ‘.volvement or other details. about the project ‘might prompt. other nations , " offended by the project to retaliate» ’ against the United States. . : : “Séoweroft ‘said that retaliation 3 ‘Inight take the: form of “strong ‘Meas. 4 ures” that might “endanger U.S mili--.: tary and diplomatic Personnel and | . businessmen overseas.” . a Fi The case brought by the nonprofit t Military Audit Project, which moni- ; tors spending by the defense and in- « telligerice establishments, has in- - volved an unprecedented amount: of - _ secret court. proceedings as the CIA . attempted to prove the need for sec- : recy to U.S. District Court Judge Ger- | hard A. Gesell. The suit seeks the fi- | nancial details of the Glomar project. ; The federal government had previ. : . ported in numerous publications, the ously acknowledged only that the ship | was.part: of a 1969 classified .U.S. gov- ernment project “to accomplish cer- tain secret tasks in. furtherance of na: . tional security. objectives. ia | “| sme mae ceh near Beets teeaente ‘ i 4 i : 4