</s>104-10147-10202 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 INTERNAL USE ONLY. CONFIDENTIAL ADDENDUM TO JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Thursday - 6 July 1978 1. (Confidential - NMP) LIAISON Accompanied Scott Beckinridge, Special Coordinator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, OLC, and Roger Gabrielson, OLC, to brief Thomas K. Latimer, Staff Director, Permanent Select Committee, OTC, and Rodger Gabrielsen, Permanent Selection Committee, Select Committee on Assasinations and to brief Tomas K. Latham, Staff Directors, State of the State of and the Agency, Mr. Latimier immediately understood that the crux of the problem lay in the House Selected Committee on Assassinations Assassinations possible operations (in open fora. He said that he would brief Chairman Edward B. Boland (D ., Mass.) ) house Permanent Select Committee in Intelligenation, he said the latter might select Chairman Edward (Boland (D). Mass.) that the House Committee on Assassinsinations, he suggested that the best approach would be for the DCI. Louis. the latter may select Committee on Associations, to raise the issues we were concerned about. The latter in and, then, the register his concerns would be the DCT to O'Neill, Mr./Latter said that the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence charter precedents with Speaker of the House Thomas P. Committee was also considered that the Speaker of The House Select Committee Committee of Intelligence from playing a significant role in this matter on Intelligence from the House Permanent Select Committee this matter. 2. Confidential - (DFM) LIAIATION Received a call from Spencer Davis, Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Staff, who asked for the phone number of former Agency employee Newton S. Miller, as one of the Committee staff members wanted to interview him, June, O/PC/LOC/DDO, that he said to Miler and in his absence, the left/left/DOO, and that he held his request and to interview his absence. he was satisfied. I was also explained to Davis. He was asked to have a position regarding retired Agency as an employee Raymond Close, who was Chief of Station Saudi Arabia Agency upon retiring took a position as a-conditional to the Saudi Government. Our position is that a-Close/Hair retired, the Agency has no control which he signed and which than through his secretarial office. was through the effect. was true for. <loc_146><loc_802>was a former Chief of Staff as asked if he the same situation would check. INTERNATIONAL USE ONLY, <loc_184><loc_869>CONFIDENTIAL <loc_877>21681

Summary  
The document details a 1978 internal briefing involving Thomas K. Latimer, Staff Director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and discussions regarding coordination between congressional committees and intelligence agencies concerning the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). It references confidential communications about potential operations related to assassination investigations, with emphasis on the role of the DCI (Director of Central Intelligence) and OLC (Office of Legal Counsel). A call is noted from Spencer Davis, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Staff, requesting contact information for Newton S. Miller, a former Agency employee, to facilitate an interview. The document also mentions Raymond Close, who held a position with the Saudi Government after retiring as Chief of Station in Saudi Arabia.  

Key People  
- Thomas K. Latimer (Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)  
- Edward B. Boland (Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)  
- Spencer Davis (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Staff)  
- Newton S. Miller (former Agency employee)  
- Raymond Close (retired Chief of Station in Saudi Arabia)  

Key Locations  
- Massachusetts (Boland's state)  
- Saudi Arabia (Close's position with the Saudi Government)  

Key Events  
- 1978 briefing on coordination between congressional committees and intelligence agencies regarding assassination investigations  
- Request for contact information for Newton S. Miller to facilitate an interview  
- Discussion of Raymond Close's post-retirement employment with the Saudi Government  

Key Organizations  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence  
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence  
- Agency (likely CIA, based on context)

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104-10147-10202.pdf

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