AMBASSADOR MCCONAUGHYS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SYMINGTON SUBCOMMITTEE

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• Publication Date: December 10, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

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10 December 1969
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
SUBJECT: Ambassador McConaughy's Testimony
before the Symington Subcommittee
PARTICIPANTS: State: Mr. Wolf
Mr. Futterman
Mr. Froebe
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TIME AND PLACE: 1500 hours, 10 December 1969, Room 7336,
State Department
1. I met with Messrs. Wolf, Futterman and Froebe this
afternoon to discuss Ambassador McConaughy's testimony. We
agreed that a few paragraphs could be made public but these
would have to be taken out of context and would be insignificant.
Therefore, it was agreed that all the testimony would remain
classified "secret." The committee would be told that the
classification was necessary because one suspended program
(the U-2 overhead reconnaissance) is of great sensitivity and the
and considered sensitive by the GRC.
is ongoing
2. The Department of State will retain the transcript, the
tape and the typewriter ribbon until they have completed the -
declassification meetings with the Subcommittee. Thereafter,
sometime in early January, the transcript, the tape and the
ribbon will be sent to CIA for permanent retention. I told
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Mr. Wolf that our Office of Legislative Counsel would retain the
testimony in CIA.
3. We discussed the alteration of the ground rules for
testimony,on intelligence matters and I informed Wolf and
Futterman that we would bring up this matter with the Director
after the holidays. Everyone agreed that this could be postponed
until early January.
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Deputy Chief, Far East Division
(11 Dec 69)
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