BRIEFING OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON 26 JANUARY 1965

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 28, 1965
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28 January 1965
SUBJECT: Briefing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on
26 January 1965
1. The Chairman, in his opening remarks, cautioned
those present as to the sensitivity of the briefing and particularly
of the photographic material. Because of the movement in and
out of the Senators, it is hard. to establish precisely who heard
this caution. My notes indicate Senators Hickenlooper, Pell,
Clark, and Gore were present at that time.
2. At the close of the meeting the Chairman again
remarked about the sensitivity of the material which the Com-
mittee had heard. Senator Sparkman asked if this referred to
the satellite photography, saying that one could read all about
it in U. S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. The Director said
there was a difference in reading about it in a magazine and
getting it directly from the Director of Central Intelligence, and
the Chairman concurred. Senator Sparkman said he understood.
Again, it is difficult to know precisely who heard this interchange,
but my notes indicate that probably, in addition to Senator Sparkman,
Senators Aiken, Dodd, Lausche, Carlson, and Case were present.
3. As far as I can ascertain Senator Church, who was
present for a large part of the hearings, heard neither admonition
but did observe the Top Secret markings on the slides. There is
at least a fair chance that certain of the Senators, such as Aiken, Dodd,
Carlson, and Case did not get the true impact of the special TKH
classification, but I believe all of them realized they had gotten a 25x1
highly classified briefing. Senator Symington was present only for
the economic briefing but said that he was satisfied with the briefing
of the military posture he had previously received with the Armed f
Services Committee.
LAWRENCE R. HOUSTON
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