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Thursday 6 July 1978
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(Confidential MMP ) LIAISON Accompanied Scott
Breckinridge Special Coordinator for the House Select
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Committee on Assassinations OLC , and Rodger Gabrielson ,
OLC to brief Thomas K
Latimer
Staff Director House
Permanent Select Committee 01 Intelligence , on the state of
play as between the House Select Committee on
Assassinations
and the Agency _ Mr _ Latimer immediately understood that the
crux of the problem lay in the House Select Committce 0
Assassinations possible exposure of sensitive information
(Nosenko and/or Mexico operations) in open fora He said
that he would brief Chairman Edward P Boland (D_ Mass . )
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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and that
the latter might discuss the matter with Chairman Louis
Stokes (D_ Ohio) House Select Committee on
Assassinations_
He
suggested
that 2 the best approach would be for the ICI to
raise the issues we Wvere
concerned about with Chairman Stokes
and then if necessary with the President _ The latter in
P _ ) could register
his concerns with Speaker of the House Thomas
turn
Mr Latimer said that the House Permanent Select Committee
O"NGitliligence
charter
precluded the House Permanent Select
Commitcee
on Intelligence from playing a
significant role in
this matter_
2 (Confidential DFM) LIAISON Received a call from
Spencer Davis, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff,
who asked for the phone number of former Agency employee
Newton S . Miler, as one of the Committee staff members wanted
to intervicw him_ June ,
0/PCs/LOC/DDO = subsequently called
Miler and in his absence, left a message that he call Davis
I
informed
Davis this Ivas how Ive
had handled his request and
he was satisfied_
I also
explained to_Davis
the_Agency' s position regarding
retired Agency employee RRaymond Close who was Chief of Station
Saudi Arabia and upon
retiring took & position as a consultant
to the Saudi Governmenti- Our position is that a5 IClose has
retired the Agency kas no control over
his activities other
than through
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his secrccy agreement Thich he signed and which
remains in effect _ Davis also asked me if the same situation
was true for 2 former Chief of Station in
Amman ] andi*I said I
would check
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