JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Release Date: February 9, 2006
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• Publication Date: November 9, 1971
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Tuesday - 9 November 1971
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11. Talkea with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, who said there was some concern in the Senate
over the recent changes in the intelligence setup. See Memorandum for
the Record.
12. Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and received from him copies of the Committee Print of the
Defense Appropriations bill and report. The Agency budget figures have been
established in the mark-up. F7 I OPPB, was advised. 25X1A
13. Received a call from Mr. John Lally,
Assistant Counsel, Special Subcommittee on Armed Services Investigating
oftheHouse Committee on Armed Services, who asked if we could verify
for Chairman Hebert information given to the Committee a few moments
before in hearings that are being conducted today concerning the Cuban
International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists who arrived in New Orleans
on 26 October 1971 and are being held for deportation. See Memorandum
for the Record.
14. Met with Mr. William Phillips, Staff
Director, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Government Information
of the House Committee on Government Operations, and reviewed with him
the draft Agency response to the Chairman's request of 26 October 1971
concerning "the degree of public participation in formal meetings and hearings
conducted within the Executive Branch and other agencies. " Mr. Phillips
indicated that the response, in his opinion, would be completely acceptable.
He noted in passing that this was the first response of any kind the Committee
has had to the questionnaire.
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Monday - 8 November 1971
to On Saturday afternoon, in response to
his efforts to reach the Director and his resulting conversation with
I called on Senator Stuart Symington at his home in Georgetown
and gave him a copy of the White House press release regarding some
changes in the intelligence community. Senator Symington said that
as a result of news stories on the subject, he wanted to know "what it
was all about. " I said I thought all that was involved was an effort to
tidy up and make more efficient the workings of the intelligence community,
and that no drastic changes were involved, The Senator expressed concern
that delegation of the running of the Agency to the Deputy Director, a military
man, might give the military, who already control NSA and DIA, dispro-
portionate influence. I said that, on the contrary, it seemed to me that
with Mr. Helms' coordinating responsibility reinforced and clarified we
could argue that the influence of the military was reduced. Symington said
we would just have to see what would happen, and our conversation ended
on an amicable note.
2. Called Representative William Minshall
to explain that since I had been unable to reach him Friday? I wanted to call
his attention to the White House announcement regarding the intelligence
community, and let him know we would be glad to answer any questions we
could. He said he had just returned to town and was not aware of the
announcement, but when I explained it to him he said it sounded like a
good idea,
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Monday - 8 November 1971
Personal Secretary to Senator Clifford P. Case, in response to my earlier
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rief the Senator
W ex ng o privately in response to his question
to Secretary Rogers regarding Government contracts with Air America et al
and his letter to the Director regarding
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saia the Senator would like me
to come over and brief him and Miss Frances Henderson, his Administrative
Assistant, and Mr. John Marks, his Executive Assistant, on these matters.
I said I was afraid this would not be possible since they involve sensitive
questions which I was free to discuss only with the Senator himself.
She said in view of this she would have to consult with the Senator further.
Later in the day, Miss Fusco called back to say the Senator was
insistent that Miss Henderson and Mr. Marks be included in the briefing
since they handled the matters in question for him. I said I was sorry I
could not agree to these conditions and would have to raise the matter
with the Director which I would do and be back in touch with her.
E. Miller (R. , Ohio) a copy of a pamphlet on the origins of the Agency and
a copy of the Director's speech in April 1971. The material was to be
forwarded to a student constituent who is preparing a detailed paper on
the Agency.
Gravel (D., Alaska), Fred Harris (D., Okla..) and George McGovern (D., S.Dak.)
FBIS items in which their names were mentioned.
in the office of Senator Hiram L. Fong (R. , Hawaii). She had requested these
on 3 November 1971.
Blandford, House_Armed Services Committee staff, a set of biographic sketches
of ONE panel members. See Journal of 2 November 1971.
JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
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Friday - 5 November 1971
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1. Received a call from Mr. Frank Slatinshek,
Assistant Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who told
me that he has a draft of language for the conference report and wants
to insure that it meets our needs as much as possible. I told him that
Mr. Maury and were on the Hill and I would have one of them
meet with him as soon as possible.
Mr. Clarke told me also that he has been assured by the Director,
OMB, and the Comptroller, DOD, that funds will be made available to the Agency
3. The Director met with Senators Ellender, Stennis,
and Margaret Chase Smith and Representative Mahon whom he briefed on
the White House announcement regarding the intelligence community. See
Memo for the Record.
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Thursday.- 4 November 1971
15. Checked with Jim Woolsey, Senate Armed
Services Committee staff, on the status of the conferee action on the
Symington amendment to the Military Procurement bill. Woolsey said
the conferees have concluded action on the bill and the House Armed
Services Committee staff is draftin the "Joint Explanatory Statement
of the Committee of Conference. "
Woolsey sai
he appreciated my reminding him of this and would attend to it.
16.. Checked with Senator Eastland's office and
learned he would be leaving town today and had not had an opportunity to
t in the Congressional Record the letter from At
I frequest I asked J. Sourwine, Chief Counsel, Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee, if it would be possible to pull that letter back
from Eastland's office and have another member of the Subcommittee
place it in the Record. Sourwine said he would try.
17. After coordinating with
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OTR, I called the office of Peter Lakeland, Executive Secretary to
Senator Jacob Javits (R. , N. Y. ), and relayed to his secretary information
concerning the choice of three dates for Lakeland's appearance before the
Advanced Intelligence Seminar. She said she would pass the information 25X1A
on to him and try to be back to us on Monday.
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