JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FRIDAY - 26 MAY 1967

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• Document Release Date: April 26, 2004
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• Publication Date: May 26, 1967
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Friday - 26 May 1967
of 24 May 1967 to the Director concerning a telegram from Mr. Leonard L.
Limes, Director of Information, Republican Party, Louisiana, concerning the
Garrison investigation, I met with Mrs. Barbara Rathe. After several
conversations with her, and between herself and Representative Boggs who
was in New Orleans, I provided a suggested response to the telegram for use
by Representative Boggs. Mrs. Rathe was m(r. t appreciative and advised that
she would contact me over the weekend if any further assistance is needed.
See Memorandum for the Record.
In response to Representative Hale Boggs' letter
I Delivered a suggested reply to Al Wiersma
concerning to Dorothy Hessler in the office of Congressman
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Dale DeHaan, Senate Subcommittee on
Refugees and Escapees staff, called to check on the status of thel 25X1
(DeHaan has been out of the country with Senator Edward Kennedy and said
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George Abrams, General Counsel of the Subcommittee, before Abrams
departed for the weekend.) I told Mr. DeHaan of my understanding that= 25X1
and his attorney had met with Abrams and discus sec~villingness to 25X1
appear before the Subcommittee but that a suitable date had not been agreed
upon. DeHaan thanked me for this information and said he merely wanted
to bring himself up to date.
Bill Darden, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, called to say he had on his desk two letters to Senator
Russell from Georgians. Both of these letters concern the Agency. He said
one lady referred to an article in the AMERICAN OPINION issue of May 1967
written by Allison Anders. Darden said there was a reference in the article
to He asked if I would meet with him early next week to
discuss possible replies to these letters. The second letter concerned the
WASHINGTON OBSERVER newsletter.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 26 May 1967
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Administrative ssistant to epr ssentative Philip J. Philbin (D. , Mass. ),
and advised him informally in response to his request that the Institute for
Policy Studies had received rather detailed write -ups in the local press and
provided him with copies. Mr. Gaucher was most appreciative. In passing,
he advised that Mr. Philbin will be away during all of next week.
Met with Mr. Clifford O. Gaucher,
Met with Mr. Pat Holt, Senate Foreign
Relatior. .-,mmittee staff, and reviewed with him the conversation of
Tuesda May 1967, with Mr. Carl Marcy, the Staff Director, relating
to Con-. 2e requests which result in direct contact with the Chairman by
intere Executive agencies. We reviewed the matter in some detail
to be that the Agency's understanding from conversation with Mr. Marcy
is in keeping with Mr. Holt's new responsibility as the proper point of
contact with the Committee staff on such matters. Although he is in agree-
ment with the basic procedure, he does not feel that such a procedure will
provide any real benefit for the Committee. Although he did not state it,
it would appear that the problem underlying the present request to the
Agency, is the frustration of staff attempts to assist in gaining information
from the Chairman for Committee use. Mr. Holt expressed his appreciation
for our consideration in coming by and reviewing this matter with him.
(D. , La. an iscusse the present status of the Orleans Paris Grand Jury
investigations concerning the Kennedy assassination. See Memorandum for
the Record for details.
Met with Representative F. Edward Hebert
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