JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000500150009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 26, 1970
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 2 6 March 1970
1. (Secret - JMM) I land I met with William Woodruff,
Counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee, whom we briefed on recent
developments regarding the Soviet ABM system, Soviet naval maneuvers
in the Mediterranean and the Middle East military situation, including
SA-3 deployment in Egypt.
Woodruff said Senator Russell was still in the hospital and his
release was uncertain. Woodruff expects Senator Ellender to chair
Appropriations Committee hearings during Russell's absence. Woodruff
also remarked that Senator Mundt's return to active work on the Hill was
unlike
2. (Secret - JMM) I and I called on Senator Milton Young
whom we briefed on recent developments regarding the Soviet ABM, Soviet
naval activities in the Mediterranean, the Middle East situation and Southeast
Asia.
3. (Secret - JMM) I met with Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff, Senate
Armed Services Committee, whom I briefed on the Soviet ABM situation,
Soviet naval activity in the Mediterranean, the Middle East situation and
Southeast Asia. Braswell indicated that the upcoming phase of the ABM
debate would be at least as complicated, and the outcome as uncertain,
as was the case last year.
4. (Unclassified - JMM) Called Representative Bob Wilson to say
the Director would be happy to receive members of the "SOS" and "CM"
clubs at breakfast at 0800 on Wednesday, 8 April. Mr. Wilson said the
attendance would probably be about 16 or 20 and asked that I call Representative
Barber Conable who is in charge of the arrangements to firm up details.
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5. (Unclassified - JMM) Called Representative Barber Conable
re the 8 April breakfast with the Director of the "SOS" and "CM" clubs,
who said he would get out a notice of the breakfast meeting and give us a
firm figure on the attendance, which would probably be about 15 or more,
at noon on 7 April. Conable said the group would include the House
Republican leadership and was "weighted toward the Appropriations
Committee. " He said previous Agency briefings had not been particularly
satisfactory because they had been "too general" and he hoped this one
would be more successful. In response to my query he said he thought
about a ten or fifteen minute briefing by the Director on current hot spots
followed by a substantial question period would be best procedure. I told
him we would provide his office with maps giving directions to the Head-
quarters building.
6. (Confidential - JMM) Talked to James Kendall, Senate
Preparedness Subcommittee staff, with whom I reviewed recent develop-
ments. I asked Kendall if he wanted more regular contact with the Agency
and he said that lately briefers from the Pentagon had been doing a satisfactory
job of keeping the Subcommittee staff up-to-date although they were
obviously using a great deal of material originated by the Agency.
7. (Unclassified - GLC) Returned to the office of Senator Charles
Percy a constituent letter, missent to the Agency, which should have been
sent to NSA.
8. (Confidential - GLC) Talked with Larry McHugh, Joint Economic
Committee staff, about the request we had received from the Committee
through the Library of Congress to update the studies on the Soviet economy
which we prepared for the Committee some months ago. McHugh was under
the impression that the Agency was insisting on a letter from Chairman Boggs
on this and said they were in the process of getting such a letter signed. I
told him this formality was not necessary and that in the future if he had any
questions on things of this sort to please give me a call. McHugh said it was
probably his fault for not checking on it and said he would contact me in the
future on such things.
I also told McHugh I understood there was some question as to whether
the Committee would change its policy regarding employer attribution on
articles written by the various authors. He said this was being considered
but emphasized that they would not do anything that we objected to and that
they would certainly check with us if such a change were being seriously
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