BRIEFINGS OF CONGRESSMEN BY CIA, 1955

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597A000200050018-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 8, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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8 September 1955
Memorandum for: Inspector General
Subject: Briefings of Congressmen by CIA, 1955.
The fallowing is a list of Congressmen who received briefings
at CIA from 1 January 1955 through. 31 August 1955:
2 February -Vice President Nixon
(Prior to trip to Central America).
14 February -Gong. John W. McCormack (D. , Mass. )
(General world problems at lunch).
4 March -CIA Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell (D. , Ga. )
Leverett Saltonstall (R. , Mass. )
Styles Bridges (R. , N. Hamp. )
William H. Darden -Staff member
28 March -Sen. Clinton. P. Anderson (D. , N. Mex. )
(I was not present, but understand various atomic
energy matters were discussed at lunch).
16 May -Sen. Stuart Symington (D. , Mo. )
(Soviet air developments discussed at lunch).
26 May -Cong. Frances P. Bolton (R. , Ohio) 1A
(Briefed on the Middle East by Dr. ~.
4 August -Sen. George W. Malone (R. , Nev. )
(Briefed prior to trip abroad).
12-15 August -Cong. Gerald R. Ford Jr. R. Mich. )
(Briefed
31 August -Cong. Olin Teague (D. , Tex. )
(Briefed on general political situation in Finland,
Poland, Czechoslovakia and Russia).
Prior to his trip abroad, Robert Kennedy, Counsel to the Senate
Investigations Subcommittee, received a briefing, the contents of which
I am not aware. I believe that it was done b SR Division.
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