JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY - 12 SEPTEMBER 1967

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• Publication Date: September 12, 1967
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 12 September 1967.
1. I iRepresentative Edward Derwinski (R., Ill.)
called, saying that he expected to go to Greece in the next two to two and
one half weeks. Any information which we could, give him, if it is in order,
on the situation in Greece, would be appreciated.
Representative erwins ci. suggested that
we ge together with im here sometime next week (he plans to leave on
September 27). I told him I would check on this, and be back in touch with
him, possibly tomorrow.
3. I uIn keeping with our earlier arrangement
with Senator Thomas Dodd (D., Conn.), I called him to alert him to the fact
that S. 1035 was coming up on the floor in the Senate today. The Senator
said he was aware of this. I told him we are not asking him to do anything,
but are merely following his request to do this. The Senator said, as he saw
it, we are going to lose any chance for an amendment and he also said he
thinks it best that he not be involved in this.
In the course of our conversation, Senator Dodd said he had received
disturbing information from someone who said that he had a tape recording
talking about kidnapping somebody in the
Congo (presumbly Tshombe). Senator Dodd said he had always had faith
in the Agency and he still has faith in us, but that this kind of information
is very disturbing. I told Senator Dodd I appreciated his telling us about
this and that I would look into it and be in touch with him further.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 12 September 1967
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4, met
with Representative Ogden Reid R. , 154. Y. ) in response to Representative
Reid's request for updating of information on the Near East. The meeting
of some fifty minutes covered the current political.and military situation
in Vietnam and the Near East, with considerable emphasis on land reform
in Vietnam.
5. Attempted to meet with Representative
William Bray (R., Ind.) in response to his query concerning the Tshombe
kidnapping. Representative Bray had numerous visitors in from Indiana
and will not be available until tomorrow morning.
6. Met with Mr. Lou Burnett, Assistant
to Representative F. Edward Hebert D. , La.), who advised that
Representative Hebert's plans were still undetermined as to his date of
return to Washington.
7.1 Met with Mr. J.R. Blandford,
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Subcommittee, who advised that due
to the numerous requests that had been received for Subcommittee meetings
no attempt will be made to schedule the matter until after the Chairman's
return.
8. The Director, accompanied by Mr. Warner,
met with Senator Everett Dirksen, for a brief period. The Senator was
well aware of the subject of our visit. The Director indicated he wished to
thank the Senator for his help in the past. Senator Dirksen stated he under-
stood and agreed with our concern over this bill, indicating that Senator
Ervin certainly dug in his heels.
9. Bill Darden, Senate Armed Services Com-
mittee staff, called indicating he was preparing the memorandum for
Senator Stennis' floor action tomorrow on S. 1035 and wished to use some of
the points covered in the Director's letter to Senator Russell of 1 September.
He said he needed no further assistance.
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