JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY - 12 JUNE 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00357R000100310009-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 12, 1956
• Content Type: MISC

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Journal
Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 12 June 1956
Was informed separately by Mr. Smart, Chief Clerk of the
House Armed Services Committee, and Mr. Darden, of the Senate
Committee, that there is very little chance that the CIA legislation
would be considered by those Committees during this session.
According to Mr. Smart, Chairman Vinson had Primary problems
and would be away a good deal of the time between now and adjourn-
ment. In addition, the Committee had a substantial backlog of
"higher priority" legislative proposals which it had to deal with.
I inquired of Mr. Darden whether the Senate Committee would be
willing to take this legislation up first and he indicated that he saw
very little chance of this happening due to the fact that the mem-
bers of the CIA Subcommittee were probably the busiest members
of the entire Senate. He, too, pointed out that the Committee had
an enormous backlog of legislation. I have informed both Mr.
Dulles and Col. White of this development.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/08/19: CIA-RDP61-00357R000100310009-8