DCI BRIEFING OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 20 FEBRUARY 1969

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000100120043-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: March 4, 1969
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: DCI Briefing of Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
20 February 1969
1. On 20 February 1969, the Director appeared before the Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy. The session lasted from 1000 to 1235 hours.
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yincluded material from TKC and Restricted Data systems.
2. Joint Committee members present were:
Representative Chet Holifield (D. , Calif. ), Chairman
Representative Melvin Price (D. , Ill. )
Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (D. , Colo. )
Representative Ed Edmundson (D. , Okla. )
Representative Craig Hosmer (R. , Calif. )
Representative William H. Bates (R. , Mass. )
Representative William M. McCulloch (R. , Ohio)
Senator John O. Pastore (D. , R. I. )
Senator George D. Aiken (R. , Vt. )
Senator Wallace Bennett (R. , Utah)
Senator Norris Cotton (R. , :N. H. )
3. Joint Committee staff members present were:
Edward J. Bauser, Executive Director
George F. Murphy, Deputy Director
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4. Accompanying the Director were:
Carl Duckett, Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Donald Chamberlain, Director of Scientific Intelligence
Europe Division
John M. Maury, Legislative Counsel
5. The presentation, questions and answers are contained in the
Committee transcript, a copy of which is available in the Office of Legislative
Counsel
b. Follow-up action:
a. Representative Bates and Senator Pastore
requested information re percentage of Soviet GNP devoted to
strategic weapons, both offensive and defensive. (DD/S&T is
preparing this. )
b. Ghairman Holifield requested a "damage
25X6 assessment"of the Osecurity cases.
is preparing this.
Distribution:
Original -Subject (via DCI)
JOHN M. MAURY
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OLC/JMM: jmd
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