DCI BRIEFING OF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON (Sanitized)

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CIA-RDP73B00296R000100010123-4
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December 20, 2016
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September 25, 2006
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123
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March 13, 1970
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Approved For Release 2007/03/07: IA-RDP73BOO296ROO0100010123-4 OLC 70-0195 13 March 1970 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: DCI Briefing of Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 1. The Director appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in executive session The session lasted from 1030 hours until 1300 hours. A technical sweep of the room, S-116 in the Capitol, was conducted and the room was kept under technical monitoring throughout. The briefing and discussion were conducted on a Top Secret/Sensitive level. A transcript was taken and is available in the Office of Legislative Counsel. 2. Present from the Committee for all or part of the briefing J. W. Fulbright (D., Ark.), Chairman Mike J. Mansfield (D., Mont.) Albert Gore (D. , Tenn. ) Stuart Symington (D. , Mo.) Claiborne Pell (D. , R. I. ) Gale W. McGee (D., Wyo.) George Aiken (R. , Vt. ) Clifford P. Case (R. , N. J. ) John S. Cooper (R. , Ky. ) John J. Williams (R. , Del. ) Jacob K. Javits (R. , N. Y. ) Also present, as an invitee, was Senator Peter Dominick (R. , Colo. Approved For Release 2007/03/07 : CJA-RDP73B00296R000100010123-4 Approved For Release 2007,/010 CJA-RDP73B00296R000100010123-4 3. Present from the staff were: Carl Marcy, Chief of Staff Pat M. Holt, Consultant Donald Henderson, Consultant Arthur Kuhl, Chief Clerk 4. Accompanying the Director were: John M. Maury, Legislative Counsel 5. Follow up actions: a. Senator Javits said he would like to know if the Agency ever undertook an estimate on a complete withdrawal from Vietnam and Laos. The Director made no specific commitment. b. The Chairman asked how many planes Air America was said he would provide this information for the record. operating in connection with our program. The Director 25X1 c. Senator Symington said that we should "take another I The Director said we would do so. Senator Javits said he would like to be informed of the results. look" at our estimate 6. Following the session and after the Director's departure, Fulbright told me that the press was waiting outside to get a statement from him and he would, of course, not mention anything the Director said in an executive session. However, he said that his Committee was responsible for[ 25X1A 25X1A Distribution: % JOHN M. MAURY Original - Subject (via UDCI) Legislative Counsel 1 - DDCI 1 - Ex/Dir l - DI ase 2067fr7 w CTA-RDP73B00296R000100010123-4 F 8F Re! 25X1A 1 - 1 -~