JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000500080007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 18, 1970
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 18 March 1970
1. (Internal Use Only - LLM) In response to my request of
yesterday Mr. Brian Hessler, Administrative Assistant to Representative
W. E. Brock (R., Tenn.), reported that S. 823 (Fair Credit Reporting
Act) will be the subject of extensive hearings, the Banking and Currency
Committee is aware of the Administration's interest in preserving Govern-
ment agency access to credit reports, and the prospects for passage in
some form look good.
2. (Internal Use Only - LLM) Talked to Robert Hull, Department
of State, concerning the disability provision of the Foreign Service Retire-
ment Act. See Memorandum for the Record.
3. (Unclassified - JGO) Delivered to Miss Dorothy Fosdick,
Staff Director of the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and Inter-
national Operations, a copy of an FBIS report of Defense Minister Grechko's
speech in Minsk on 15 March.
4. (Secret - JGO) Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, on the staff of
the House Appropriations Committee, who told me that the Defense Sub-
committee will be meeting with Mr. Froehlke next Monday, March 23, on
the subject of "overall intelligence. " Mr. Preston indicated that Mr.
Froehlke will be appearing in his capacity as special assistant for intel-
ligence. -He indicated that this hearing will be followed by hearings the
following day with DIA in the morning and NSA in the afternoon.
I briefed Mr. Preston on several items of intelligence. See
Memo for the Record.
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Wednesday - 18 March 1970
10. (Confidential - GLC) Picked up from the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee the transcript of the executive session with
This will be forwarded to DDP for review.
11. (Secret - JMM) Representative William E. Minshall (R. , Ohio)
(new member of the CIA Subcommittee of House Appropriations) visited
Headquarters for an orientation briefing. Colonel White explained the
responsibilities and relationships among members of the intelligence
community and the DCI's role therein. He then discussed the organization
and activities of the Agency. John Clarke covered the Agency budget and
personnel strength. Following the briefing Mr. Minshall lunched with the
Director, General Cushman, Colonel White and Messrs. Karamessines,
Smith, Duckett, Bannerman and Maury.
During the discussions, Mr. Minshall indicated particular interest
in our communications and said he would like to return for a more detailed
briefing on this subject. He asked several questions about our assessment
of military intelligence and especially the attache system. On departing he
commented critically on DIA's past performances.
12. (Secret - JMM) Ed Braswell, Senate Armed Services Committee
staff, called in behalf of Chairman Stennis to ask about the situation in
Cambodia and I summarized for him highlights of our last situation report.
13. (Secret - JMM) Bill Woodruff, Senate Appropriations Committee
staff, called to say that arrangements had been made for a joint session of
the two CIA Subcommittees at 10:00 a. m. on 23 March in room 212 Old Senate
Office Building for a briefing on the general situation in Southeast Asia, to
cover recent developments in Laos and Cambodia and update the Director's
earlier briefing on Vietnam. Woodruff said that Senator Margaret Chase
Smith would probably attend as a new member of our Appropriations Subcom-
mittee.
In response to Woodruff's query (about the situation in Cambodia),
I gave him the highlights from our last situation report.
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