JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 4 APRIL 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00321R000300260086-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2014
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: April 4, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Journal
Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 4 April 1956
1. In a series of conversations with Mr. Sprague, General Counsel
of the Defense Department, discussed the problem of the intelligence brief-
ings on Russian air strength and capabilities before the Symington Subcom-
mittee. The status is that Mr. Sprague is going to check with Adm. Radford
as to whether he would be willing to testify jointly with Mr. Dulles. Messrs.
Hamilton and Potts, of the Subcommittee staff, have both expressed a desire
to hear Mr. Dulles, and not an Air Force intelligence officer, and they have
asked for an appointment with the Director on Friday afternoon of this week.
The present tentative schedule of the Committee calls for intelligence brief-
ings to begin on April 13.
2. Was informed by Mr. Huskey, of the staff of the House Government
Operations Committee, that the Committee was to hold hearings on S. 2591,
H. R. 6568 and H. R. 7339, all dealing with the disposal of surplus property.
S. 2591, which has passed the Senate, permits the President to exempt
agencies by Executive Order. According to Huskey there will be strong
opposition in the House to this kind of a blanket authority. He has requested,
and I have passed the request to Gen. Graham, that CIA furnish information
as follows:
All figures are to be in terms of acquisition cost and the return to the Agency.
This request only relates to property disposed of domestically.
3. The Director talked to Senator Saltonstall over the phone about the
Mansfield Resolution. Sen. Saltonstall advised that there is virtually no chance
of blocking passage of the bill in the Senate. For this reason, the Senator
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