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GGD-93-32R 1 (1993-04-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackgz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: General Accounting Office Washdngton, D.C. 30148 General Government Division B-252652 \lllUUUU 148881 April 2, 1993 The Honorable John Conyers Chairman, Legislation and National Security Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your request that we assess the nature and extent of contacts between U.S. trade officials and former high-level federal officials working for foreign interests. In recent months there have been significant policy initiatives, within both Congress and the administration, to deal with foreign lobbying and federal official conflict-of-interest issues. As discussed with the Subcommittee, we believe those initiatives reduce the need for extensive additional work to identify the foreign representation activities of former U.S. trade negotiators. Accordingly, this letter concludes our work on this matter. In order to determine the nature and extent of contacts, we reviewed the telephone logs and appointment calendars of four senior U.S. trade officials that the Subcommittee selected, and compared them with the names of former high- level officials listed in our 1986 and 1992 reports on foreign agent registration. We also identified the recorded contacts that 19 former federal officials, selected by the Subcommittee and registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA), as amended,' had with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR). In addition, we identified instances in which the registrants testified before Congress as representatives of foreign interests. Former high-level officials were considered as 'This act requires foreign agents to disclose to the Justice Department their connections with foreign governments, foreign political parties, and other foreign principals, as well as activities they perform on behalf of such principals in the United States. GAO/GGD-93-32R Foreign Agent Contacts

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