JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000100040019-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: April 27, 1970
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 27 April 1970
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1. (Secret - JMM) I land I met with Bill Woodruff,
Counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee, and delivered a letter regarding
withdrawal from the Reserves. We explained briefly the circumstances
involved. Woodruff said he hoped to visit Winder, Georgia, to see
Chairman Russell,who is convalescing there, sometime near the end of_
the week, and would bring the matter to Chairman Russell's attention.
Woodruff said that Russell hoped to return to Washington during the
week of 9 May but might want to discuss our withdrawal matter with the
Director before that if the Director could fly down for a meeting. Other-
wise, Woodruff thought the Chairman would want to talk with the Director
upon the Chairman's return.
We also briefed Woodruff on the recent ChiCom space shot and
on the Soviet multiple satellite launch.
2. (Secret - JMM) Met with Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant,
House Appropriations Committee, and delivered a letter on withdrawal
from the Reserves. Preston said he would take the matter up with
Chairman Mahon, and spoke of the possibility of an early Subcommittee
meeting.
3. (Unclassified - JMM) Mr. Cord Meyer, A/DDP, called to say
that during a personal encounter Senator Charles Percy had asked if the
Agency could provide unclassified information on the extent of Soviet
control of "East European military forces. " Bruce Clarke, Director of
Strategic Research, has agreed to provide the material.
4. (Secret GLC) Mr. Maury and I met with Ed Braswell, Senate
Armed Services Committee staff, to brief him on the Soviet and Communist
Chinese space launches over the weekend and left him briefing papers on
both of these.
In the course of our conversation Braswell indicated that it would
be very useful to him in his work with Senator Stennis if we could provide
him with basic information on Soviet and Chinese weapons and their general
order of battle. We told Braswell we would look into this and see what we
could do.
We also briefed him on the situation in the Middle East.
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COMMUNIST CHINA LAUNCHES FIRST SATELLITE
The Chinese probably used a modified medium-range ballistic
missile (MRBM) to launch their first satellite on 24 April.
Peking announced that the satellite weighs 381 pounds and is in
an orbit with an apogee of 1, 287 nautical miles and a perigee of 237 nm.
US radar facilities are tracking the satellite, which appears to be in a
stable orbit approximating that announced by the Chinese.
Peking has not described the launch vehicle, but it probably was
a modified MRBM with an added upper stage. China has been credited
for some time with the capability of launching such a satellite using a
modified MRBM, and this launch does not indicate any significantly
increased capability for military missiles.
The satellite almost certainly was launched from Shuang-cheng-tzu
missile test center.
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Multiple Soviet satellite launch on 25 April:
The Soviets orbited eight satellites with a single SL-8
launch vehicle on 25 April. The satellites. were launched
from Plesetsk at about 17.10Z.
A TASS announcement released at 0809Z.-on 27 April
`labeled the. vehicles Co.smos.336 through Cosmos 343 and
provided.. the following orbital parameters:'
Apogee 810 nm
Perigee.: 756 nm
.Period 115 min.
Inclination 740
In 1964 and 1965 the Soviets conducted several
multiple satellite launch operations using the. SL-8
launch vehicle.. However, this is the first such oper-
ation since September 1965, and this is the first time
.the USSR has launched more than five satellit.es simul-
taneously.
.Thus. far.,...there are., no clear indications of the
mission(s) of this group of satellites
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