DCI MEETING WITH SENATOR RICHARD B. RUSSELL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00403R000100200056-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: August 4, 1964
• Content Type: MFR

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1. The Dlssctoro aaaempanted : +ts. t i s sad
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secu2ttp' ges of sesisUdatia~ 4 inn It llw# ooi - s s
at the b.adquarters site. He advised tAa $ e a a t o r ' 1e l f
be appz oximstely $1. T million pointing ter that this am.aat tMailataed
from the original appropriatten for the gt to la-sp atte...,The
Director stated that it was ear view that the fowls wore stilt available
that the original authe-risatioa was sat'lelestly bread to ciiisr this. The
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and that they bad approved ou gig ahead with this, Tl tot
lwrthe r he had recently read lbs sethosisatlaa sad did be
believe it was adequate. I said we bad Mawr leis this very prettllly and
I believed it was adequate. So aator Rassell hated that be t ht the
pro ~asa1 was all right and that we sb,oaid de ahead but did V" at that
the aathorisatiai language be checked with hrs. Darden at the Com e
staff and this I promised to do.
The Director raised with Sssatox Iisstrfi the grrstiaa
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was going to speak to Max about our budget rather than sesdtag no the
usual letter aged apparently hoped to develop a single letter from both
the Senate and the House. The Senator said that MaMa brad not talked
with him but be would be happy to samet with beau etr three.
3. The Director t discussed our. rotirsiasat blti. touched
an the high quality of our people and the need to have more adequate benefits
for those who are in cLudsatias activities. The Senator stated that be
was fully alert to our concern an the bill. H. stated Out he ire sot led
the elite to go into it for a long time and that when be had first read It be
felt there were same features which needed adjustment. The Director
stated the House had held estensivvs hearings sad alto mpted
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up the bill. The nat or indicated that by nor girds. hewrsver.
this was still a loose bill and necessarily led to be se. He stated that is
his view if Mr. McCune were to remain the Director be would have as
hesitancy but that sons ti;;bteaiag should be present fordtre Directerrs.
'f he Director stated that. of courts. we would be happy to go into any
adjust nonts and undoubtedly same could be made. The Senator stated
that he was searing the and at his Committee business and be really had
only two items remaining and they were the ROTC bill and the CIA
Retirement bill. He stated be would like to read it again alone and peak
some q,teatios to us. He meatieed that Mt. Brsasersf has deers some
worx an this. I stated he has discussed the bill with Braswell
but ;ens worked more with Bill Darden ea It. The Senator suggested that
Set together with Braswell sad offer him all of the material
we have and possibly answer questions. The Senator indicated be would
try to get to this in the very near future. The Senator did say that there
ws s one significant difference between the Agency bill and as J'oor.tga
Set-vice. (lt is assumed and the Director agrees that the peruse referred
to by Russell is the (absence of statutory ti" 1tatieas is the ability of the
Director to designate participants whereas at least in the Y.rdga Service
these sppointraents are in the name of the President with coed manttea by
the ;waste. This assumption is supported by the fact that at one purees
Russell ventured his view that there are too nanny Foreign Service users
in any *went,)
4. Action to be taken: (a) s check with 3W Darien
an the primtiag plant building and the rrlgiatl antbortaatten (b) got word to
Mahon that Russell would be happy to aa-eet with Mm as the Agency budgets
and (c) Ecbo!& and to meet with 3raswell at the esrhlest possible
moment an the retirement bm
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