JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER AND FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 1969

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• Publication Date: October 31, 1969
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Friday - 31 October 1969
6. (Confidential - GLC) Received another call from Al Tarabochia,
on the staff of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, concerning the
Subcommittee's contact with an American citizen who was arrested in Peru.
(See Memo for the Record for details. )
After passing this information on to WH Division, I suggested to
Tarabochia that he inform the State Department of this information since
the individual involved is an American citizen.
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7., (Unclassified - GLC) Ted Swift, on the staff of Senator Robert
Byrd (D. , W. Va. ), called and asked for assistance in citing several of the
-items we had provided him. This assistance was obtained from
and relayed to Swift.
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(Unclassified - RJK) Delivered which mentioned
the Senator's names to the office of Senator Sparkman and Senator Proxmire.
9. (Secret - JGO) Met with Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Chief Clerk, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, who told me the daily delivery of the transcript
of the Director's testimony before the Symington Subcommittee can be discon-
tinued after today. The transcript will be retained in the Agency, subject to
call by the Chairman. Mr. Kuhl also advised that the transcript will be needed
next Wednesday for the day. Chairman Symington has scheduled an admini-
strative meeting of the Committee and staff to review the hearings orLLao
10. (Secret - JGO) Met with Mr. James T. Kendall, Chief Counsel,
Senate Preparedness Investigation Subcommittee, who asked that someone
come by the first of the week and brief him on the new Soviet bomber that
has been receiving so much publicity.
11. (Confidential - JGO) Met with Miss Trudy King, Executive
Assistant to Representative Thomas Morgan (D., Pa.), and closed out the
correspondence with her.- Miss King expressed Representative Morgan,$
appreciation for our help in this case.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 29 October 1969
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1. (Internal Use Only - LLM) Returned the call of Roger Majak,
Legislative Assistant to Representative Jonathan Bingham (D. , N. Y. ),
who wanted to meet with me to discuss an article on the CIA to be written
by the Congressman for a popular magazine. Majak said they wanted to
deal with CIA operations and the congressional role therein and in that
connection said they would like information on the Members and committees
we contact on a regular basis and those contacted on an irregular basis.
I told him that at a minimum we would draw together some material that
he might find valuable reading before outlining the article, including floor
debates on the general subject of the legislative oversight of the CIA.
Majak said this would be fine and I said we would try to get back to him
in the next several days. (Later in the da OCI, informed 25X1A
OLC, that Majak had contacted 25X1A
who is a personal friend, for the same purpose.
2. (Internal Use Only - LLM) Ted Swift, in the office of Senator
Robert C. Byrd (D. , W. Va.), called referring to a floor speech to be made
by the Senator on the November Moratorium and asked for such information
as we could properly supply on the use of the Moratorium by Hanoi.-TSPEC
is assembling suitable material.
3. (Confidential - GLC) Following instructions from the Director,
I called Mr. Walter Pincus, on the Symington Subcommittee staff, to advise
him of plans to leave for Laos s this afternoon. Mr.
Pincus said there were no outstanding items concerning as
far as the Subcommittee was concerned. (See Memo for the Record.)
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