JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY - 10 NOVEMBER 1970

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2001
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• Publication Date: November 10, 1970
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 10 November 1970
1. (Secret - GLC) Advised James Gehrig, Staff Director, Senate
ron tai a1 and_Space Sciences Committee, that the Soviets launched
another unmanned lunar probe at approximately 9:40 a. m. our time.
2. (Secret - GLC) Met with Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff, Senate
Armed Services Committee, to deliver to him the paper he had requested
on the current status of Soviet ICBM deployment and brought him up to
date on a number of current intelligence items. Braswell thanked me
for the ICBM paper, but said he would also like to have a paper which would
reflect the progress of the ICBM program since the time of the so-called
SS-9 controversy.
I also asked Braswell if he needed anything further from us on our
retirement legislation. See Memorandum for Record.
3. (Secret - GLC) Met with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, and left with him the Director's latest
Reserve withdrawal letter dated 6 November 1970. Woodruff said he
would be seeing Senator Russell this afternoon and would brief him on
the two items which were mentioned in the letter at that time.
I also briefed Woodruff on a number of current intelligence
items. See Memorandum for Record.
4. (Confidential - GLC) Al Tarabochia, Investigator, Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee, called and asked if we could provide him
with a name and address of a Cuban who defected around 1967 or 1968
who was a close friend of Manuel Pineiro and who is now residing in
New York. He said the defector had been mentioned in recent articles
by Ky Beech and Georgia Guyer. WH Division is checking on this.
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SECRET
JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 9 November 1970
1. (Secret - GLC) Met with Jim Gehrig, Staff Director, Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee, and alerted him to Soviet
preparations for another attempt of an unmanned soft landing on the moon.
2. (Unclassified - RW) Tom McAndrew, in the office of Senator
Claiborne Pell (D., R. I. ), called to request an application form and
rochures to be sent to:
3. (Secret - JGO) Met with Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and delivered to him a letter for the Chairman re
withdrawal from the Reserve. Mr. Preston will hold the letter until the
Chairman's return to the city. I also gave him a copy of the blind
memorandum of 2 November titled "Current Status of Soviet ICBM
Deployment. "
As an aside we discussed the continuing need for review of the
various classified documents held by the Committee. Unfortunately,
Mr. Preston will not be able to schedule a time during the next week due
to the heavy vacation schedule.during the recess.
I briefed Mr. Preston on the following items: Cienfuegos; ChiCom
MRBM's; Soviet-ChiCom border; pending Soviet lunar probe; and Soviet
SS-9 tests.
4. (Secret - JGO) Met with Frank Slatinshek, Acting Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, as a followup to Friday's briefing and
reviewed with him the numbers of Agency and DOD supported forces involved
in Indochina operations. This brief general review appeared to resolve
whatever question had been bothering him about the forces involved. His
general reservation about the implementation of the Fulbright amendment
is still apparent however. I also reviewed briefly with Mr. Slatinshek the
current status of Soviet ICBM deployment as set forth in the blind
memorandum of 2 November.
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