</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 INTERNAL USE ONLY Journal - Office of Legislative Council Page 3 Wednesday - 1 February 1978 1. (Unclassified - RSG) LIAISON Called Mike Glennon, on the agor staff of the Subcommittee on International Operations, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to indicate that we had ready for his review materials in response to 19 December request, Glennon responded that the would schedule a meeting next week, and we would be accompanied by John Rich, also the Subcommittee staff. 12. (UNCLASSIFIED - RSGI) LIAison took a call from G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel and Staff Director, House Select Committee on Assassinations, who inquired whether Lee Harvey Oswald or James Ray had ever had a psychological profile prepared by CIA. I responded that he had nothing on Oswald but that we have handwriting analysis on Ray. House Select Committe On Assassinations will put this request in writing. We are retrieving from Archives that the Ray analysis, this information provided by OIG, OMS, and and OTS. 13. (unclassified - THW) LIAISON I called Jim George, on this staff of The House Government Operations Committee, and told him that we had no unclassified information on the Soviet Navy and suggested that he might want to check with the Department of Defense and/or DIA. He thanked me for my help. 14. (Secret - THWI) LIAISA Benjamin Forman, Office of General Counsel/OSD), called to review me the request set forth in the letter from Senator William Promixile (D ., Wis), regarding the confirmation hearing of G. William Miller and Chairman of the Federal Reserve System and asked if he had any problem with his including a short statement from a CIA report if that General Mohammed Khatami was the owner of Air Taxi Corporation, I told him what he had no problem with this including that information that he said no problem was obtained from a DIA letter to Senator Proxmire the same problem we obtained from the DIA report. After checking with the General Counsel, he called and said that we could use the information from the CIA report in our unclassified response to Senator Promixire. INTERNAT IICE ONLY

Summary  
The document contains multiple entries from the Office of Legislative Council, dated 31 January 1978 and 1 February 1978. On 31 January, a Secret entry details Rodger Carroll (GAO employee) discussing an inquiry into CIA contract awards for his Systems, noting he would not share results with the Agency but would provide a report to the Chairman of the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. An Unclassified entry mentions Gary Cornwell (House Select Committee on Assassinations) inquiring about the status of a Director’s letter responding to revised procedures for CIA document reviews, with plans for a meeting involving experts on freedom of information and FOLA. On 1 February, an Unclassified entry notes Mike Glennon (Senate Foreign Relations Committee) scheduling a review of materials; G. Robert Blakey (House Select Committee on Assassinations) inquiring about psychological profiles of Lee Harvey Oswald and James Ray (with responses indicating no CIA records on Oswald but handwriting analysis on Ray); and Benjamin Forman (Office of General Counsel/OSD) discussing the inclusion of CIA report information for Senator Promixire. A Secret entry references a request from Senator William Proxmire regarding G. William Miller’s confirmation hearing, involving DIA and CIA documents.  

Key People  
- Rodger Carroll (GAO employee)  
- Gary Cornwell (House Select Committee on Assassinations)  
- Mike Glennon (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)  
- G. Robert Blakey (House Select Committee on Assassinations)  
- Benjamin Forman (Office of General Counsel/OSD)  
- Senator William Proxmire  

Key Locations  
- Office of Legislative Council  
- House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security  
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee  
- Office of General Counsel/OSD  

Key Events  
- Inquiry into CIA contract awards for "his Systems" by Rodger Carroll  
- Discussion of revised procedures for CIA document reviews by Gary Cornwell  
- Scheduling of materials review by Mike Glennon  
- Inquiries about psychological profiles of Lee Harvey Oswald and James Ray by G. Robert Blakey  
- Review of CIA report information for Senator Promxire by Benjamin Forman  
- Request from Senator William Proxmire regarding G. William Miller’s confirmation hearing  

Key Organizations  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations  
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee  
- Office of General Counsel/OSD  
- Department of Defense (DIA)  
- Federal Reserve System (G. William Miller)

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