JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP11M01338R000400480004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 11, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Thursday - 11 May 1972
10. (Internal Use Only - LLM) Spoke with Charles Ablard and
Eugene Kopp, USIA, concerning their additions to our proposed draft floor
statement on section 205 (dissemination of information) of S. 3526, and
suggested several changes which Ablard accepted. USIA is interpreting
section 205 as not requiring attribution on material disseminated by a
foreign party.
Mr. Ablard said that Senator Howard Baker (R., Tenn. ) has been
lined up as a possible spokesman for the Administration's position on
section 205 and that Ablard will be seeking an appointment with Senator Baker
for Mr. Maury and himself. In response to my question, Ablard said that
Korologos, Deputy Assistant to the President, is apparently no longer involved
and that Marshall Wright, of State, is calling the shots.
In response to my question, Mr. Kopp said that Senator Henry
Bellmon's (R., Okla.) amendments to section 504, Personnel Reductions,
was prompted by his interest in the Department of Agriculture, and agreed
that similar moves on behalf of other agencies would probably lead to the
deletion of section 504.
11. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Delivered to Representatives Floyd
Spence (R., S.C. ) and C. W. Bill Young (R., Fla.) copies of selected items
from the FBIS Asia and Pacific Report (yellow book) concerning use of quotes
of statements by prominent Americans to illustrate American public support for
North Vietnam policies. Any use made of these items will be made without
attribution to the Agency. Both offices requested that they be placed on
subscription for the yellow book. FBIS, has been advised. STAT
12. Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and confirmed with him the meeting for Monday, 15 April,
at 10:00 a. m. with Mr. Duckett, DDS&T, as a followon to the budget briefing
provided at Headquarters on Friday, 5 May 1972. Mr. Preston told me that
the Director's meeting with the special group for briefing on the community
budget for 1 June is now as firm as it can be. It is Mr. Preston's opinion
that the Chairman is so pressed for time that he probably will not be calling
a special group briefing on Vietnam unless something major occurs to
necessitate a meeting with the Director.
I briefed Mr. Preston on the following items: Chinese surface naval
force equipment; Soviet SA-3 missiles in Iraq, G-class submarine in Cuban
waters, and satellite communications; and the current situation in Vietnam.
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