JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY - 5 JUNE 1962

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2005
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• Publication Date: June 5, 1962
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 5 June 1962
1. I I- JSW) Met with Nick Zaple on the
staff of the Senate Commerce Committee in company with Jack Leahy
of State. Also present were Mr. Dean representing Navy and an
individual from Henry Ford's office in State. Zaple advised that a
letter had gone forward from Senator Magnuson to Senator Fulbright
requesting referral of S. 3252 to the Commerce Committee from
Senate Foreign Relations. However, Zaple stated there was no
reason why this should cause any interference since Foreign Relations
could go ahead with their action but that the Commerce Committee in
executive session had felt that any amendments to the Communications
Act must be considered by that Committee. Leahy explained the
general background of the bill and the problems associated with it.
There was carefully explained the dilemma of presenting full information
in open statements which Zaple appeared to understand. He raised
questions as to whether or not full agreement had been secured within
the Executive Branch and also raised the question of whether commercial
carriers would raise any objection. Zaple indicated full cooperation
from the Commerce Committee the security problems raised and
rather indicated a view that there would be no difficulties with the bill
itself if there were appropriate assurances as to proper procedures to
avoid interference problems.
2. II- JSW) Talked with Sam Crosby and brought him up
to date on our budget situation including the telephone call from
Representative Cannon to General Carter on 1 June. Further indicated
General Carter had discussed the budget with Senators Hayden and Russell
and we had been informed by them that everything was all right. Crosby
was appreciative of this information and confirmed that Cannon had written
the letter to the Director of 16 April 1962.
Also talked to Kenneth Sprankle separately and gave him the above
information. He too confirmed that the letter from Cannon had been
personally typed by Mr. Cannon.
Talked additionally to Mr. Sprankle on the question of clearance
on OXCART. See Memorandum to DPD of this date.
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3. Met with William Darden, Senate Armed
Services Committee, and gave him a copy of the Winter 1962 Issue of
Studies in Intelligence mentioning the article I with the
suggestion that this might be a topic for discussion at one o our forth-
coming meetings. Briefed Mr. Darden on S. 3252, amending the
Communications Act and outlined our part in this. Mr. Darden stated
he did not believe it necessary to brief the Chairman at this point
but if we had any difficulty he was sure Senator Russell would be pleased
to assist.
4. - GLC) I I called
to say that a source of that office has indicated to them that Chairman
Miller and Representative Fultbn, of the House Science Committee are
trying to establish a Committee position disputing the fact that Soviet
cosmonauts Gagarin and Titov did not actually fly in the Soviet capsules
which orbited the earth. 0 was merely passing this information on
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6 - GLC) Met with Stephen Horn, in the office of
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, and returned to him the brochure prepared by
having to do with foreign radio broadcasts. Senator Kuchel
had forwarded material on the chance that it might be of some
interest although he recognized that this was something which would be of
primary interest to USIA. I advised Horn that following his reply to the
Senator, Mr. McCone referred this material to appropriate people here.
They have reviewed it carefully and determined it was of no intelligence interest.
Horn thanked me for our attention to this and indicated the Senator was in no
way pushing I or his proposals.
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7. - GLC) Handcarried to John Lehman, on the
Joint Economic Committee staff, General Carter's reply to Chairman
Patman's letter requesting the Agency's cooperation in the Committee's
forthcoming continuation of its studies on U. S. and Soviet economies.
Mr. Lehman indicated that this project is being handled almost exclusively
by Mr. Leon Herman, Library of Congress. Herman has handled similar
previous studies for the Committee.
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