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104-10145-10075 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (6/7/1978)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch11907 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 0O145 00O75 9' OLC 78-2079/2 7 JUN 1978 RETURN To CSA Background OUly Do ?Not Repro~ MEMORANDM FOR: Haviland Smith, Jr. SA/DDCI FROM: Lyle L. Miller Acting Legislative Counsel SUBJECT: Spot Report Dated4 May 1978- -Expression of Concern by BelgiA Service with U.S. Law on Reportag to the Congress 1. (S) Subject memorandum notes that the has registered concern over a copy of a U.S. law ... which coul be interpreted as obliging CIA to identify 'to certain members of the Congress' its sources and sources of liaison services if known. My view is that the quoted U.S. law is the intelligence charter legislation (S. 2525/H.R. 11245),.which, of course, is not yet law but which could be mischaracterized as such. We have received expressions of concern from other liaison services regarding provisions in the charter legislation. 2. (U) There is no provision in the charter legislation that explicitly would require the CIA to disclose intelligence soirces to the Congress. There are, however, several provisions that could be construed to extend the reach of the Congress into sources and liaison matters. These pro- visions include the following: a. Subsection 114(j) would require that all proposed liaison agreements be reported to the oversight committees. b. Subsection 137(b) would require notification to the oversight committees whenever an entity of the Intelligence Commumity requests a foreign service to engage in..any activity in which the U.S. entity would be prohibited from engaging without prior Presidential approval. c. Subsection 152 (a) contains the overall congressional oversight provisions, requiring, among other things, .that the - oversight committees be kept fully and currently informed and that the Executive will furnish to the committees any information or material ... whenever requested ... -3 -

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