JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSELTUESDAY - 27 AUGUST 1968

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000200140018-2
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• Publication Date: August 27, 1968
• Content Type: NOTES

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CONFIDENTIAL
JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 27 August 1968
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1. - GLG) In connection with Representative
Mahon's recent d^c1cvez sation with Admiral Taylor on the
letter, I checked. bti th : vailabi icy of Robert Michaels, of the House
Appropriations ~~>rt2 staff, and Representative Glenard Lipscomb.
Both Michaels said ...L scc,mb are on leave and are not expected back
until some time''' ek.
2. ( - GLC) Received a call from Chester D.
Smith, General Counsel of the House on Un-American Activities Co.-ra-r.itte
i
Tricking reference to the ntc:.
view reported F- a Smith
said that several members of the Committee were anxious to havel
appear before the Committee, preferably in, open session, next Wedrlr4,:ay
or Thursday. He said the Committee and the staff would be willing
, y,ork with us in any way and would abide by any restrictions we wis' t .
impose. He also said they would like to speak in advance o;
his appearance and work out a script of questions and answers icr his
appearance. I told Smith that as he knew this was a touchy situation and
I felt quite certain that an open session appearance was completely out
of the question, but that I would look into the matter and be back in touch
with him. Smith, who at one time held the position of Deputy Director,
Internal Security for the Department of the Army and was also a :. .ember
of the USIB Committee, said he appreciated that this would have icc be
checked out, both within the Agency and the State Departmen t. He said
while he appreciated that there were problems, he felt tes-
timony would have an enlightening effect on U. S. public opinion.
Following my conversation with Smith I discussed the matter with
Mr. Karamessiues and Colonel White and suggested that if we were flatly
opposed to any appearance by~a knowledgeable DDP officer accom-
pany me to a meeting with Smit in an effort to point out to him the very
negative aspects of such an appearance.. It was agreed that we would
raise this with the Director in the morning. (Mr. Goodwin and
were also advised of this request. )