JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000100120025-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2006
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• Publication Date: April 8, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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Thursday - S April 1971
10. Met with Senator Mi1L-an Young (R. , N. llal:. )
whom I briefed on recent developments concerning Soviet ICBM dep.loyznent,
submarine activity, and activities in Egypt; ChiCom nuclear developments;
and recent events in Pakistan and Ceylon.
said Young, CIA's stock in the Senate is as high as it had ever been. STATOTHR
I refreshed Young's recollection regarding the facts in the Green Beret
case, assuring him that, contrary to the allegations of the
Agency at no time had in any way suggested that Chuyen e p~ysxca y e.~zn~inatec~.
11. Talked to William Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Cammittee, whom I briefed on recent developments concerning
Soviet ICBM deployment, submarine activity, and activities in Egypt; ChiCom
nuclear developments; and recent events in Pakistan and Ceylon,
Mr, Woodruff mentioned E.llender's interest in the Green Beret case,
and I reassured him that the Agency had been in no way responsible .for what
happened regarding the suspect double agent, Chuyen.
12. Met with Russ Blandford and Frank Slatinshek, o.f
the House Armed Services Committee staff, whom I briefed on recent develop-
ments concerning ~ovset ~~~c~Cep~oyment, submarine activity, and activities
in Egypt; ChiCom nuclear developments; and recent events in Pakistan and Ceylon.
They showed me a letter to Chairman Hebert from Representative Charles
Bennett inquiring about the Agency's role in the Chuyen case. I reiterated to
Blandford and Slatinshek that we had no knowledge or responsibility regarding
the way the Green Berets disposed of Chuyen, and recalled for them Secretary
Resor's statement at the time which made clear that this was an Army matter.
Blandford said this was fine, but if some disgruntled Agency employee someday
shows up claiming that we actually gave the Green Berets the go ahead on the
q, t. we would all be in the soup.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 8 April 1971
1. Mr. Harry McJohnston, in the office
of Representative William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D. , S, C. ), called
and requested we send an Agency brochure to
South Carolina. The matter will
be handled by OP. Several additional copies of the
Agency brochure were forwarded to Mr. McJohnston, per his request.
2. Dale Sutherland, in the office of
Senator Abraham Ribicoff (D. , Conn. ), called to request a map of
Yugoslavia.
3. Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House
Appropriations Committee staff, and confirmed the arrangements for
Mr. Preston's visit to the Headquarters building with Mr, Woodruff,
of the Senate Appropriations Committee staff, Tuesday morning,
9:00 a. m. , for briefing on the Agency budget. Mr. Preston asked if
I would have available for him on Tuesday the text of the Soviet
statements reported in this morning's New York Times concerning
the Soviet defense budget and whatever comment we might have on it.
I also briefed Mr. Preston on the following items: Mersa
Matruh; Foxbat deploy~ri~nt; ABM booster test; Soviet satellite
intercept testing; current situation in Ceylon, Bengali and East
Pakistan; Soviet P-Class submarines; ChiCom atomic installation;
Soviet ICBM silos; and Brezhnev and the 24th Party Congress,
4. Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Assistant
Chief Counsel, louse Armed Services Committee, who told me the
briefing transcripts will b~e ready for return on Tuesday.
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Tuesday - 6 April 1971
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g, Met with William Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, .and informed him o.f:
a. The current situation in Pakistan and Ceylono
b. The Director's planned speech before the American
Society of Newspaper Editors.
c. Mr. Carver's briefing of Senator Eagleton.
I told Mr. Woodruff of our recent request from the GAO .for
estimates and studies on the Soviet chemical warfare program.
Woodruff advised that we stand firm in refusing to provide this materia:~
commenting that once we set a precedent for responding to such GAO
requests they will impose intolerable burdens on us.
tative John Myers (R. , Ind. ),
Mrs. Jessup, in the office of Re-~resen-
called to request an interview fora con-
stituent. The constituent, is a high school junior t-Jzo
wanted to speak to an Agency representative with regard to what college
courses should be taken in preparation for an Agency career. Af';,er
talking with I advised Mrs. Jessup that an appointment
was set up for 10:00 tomorrow morning.
10. Met with Charlotte Gerber, in
the office of Representative William Chappell (D. , Fla. ), concerning
their inquiry in behalf of former contract employee
She was very pleased with the attention we had given the case and our
suggested reply and she so indicated to Mr. Chappell and I renewed
my earlier acquaintance with him.
11, Met with Mr, John R, Blandfo rd,
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committ__ee~ and reviewed with
him the draft response to the letter of 30 March to Representative
Edward I. Koch (D, , N. Y. ). In his opinion our approach to the
response is a good one.
12. I met with Mrs. Franzetta
DeGooyer, Senate Immigration and Naturalization Subcommittee,
Committee on the Judiciary, who requested a report on
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Friday - 2 April 1971
Z0. Talked to Miss Edith Wilkie,
Staff Assistant to Representative Ogden Reid (R, , N. Y. ), who told
me that Representative Reid will not be traveling to Europe until
the 14th or 15th of the month (if at all). She also noted that
Representative Reid is away from the City and will not be returning
until the first of the week. See Journal of 29 March 1971.
CA, has been advised.
11. Received a call from Mr. James Lowenstein,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, who requested an additional
copy of "Aid and Trade Activities of Communist Countries in Less
Developed Areas of the Free World - 1970" for 'use by the Committee.
A copy was forwarded during the morning.
I2. Met with Mr. Richard Barton,
Employee Benefits Subcommittee, House Post Office and Civil Service
Committee, who gave me a letter for the Director from Chairman
Hanley concerning Committee hearings on the Ervin Bill to be
scheduled after the Easter recess. Mr. Barton told me also that
there is no present consideration being given to introduction of the
"Henderson Draft Bill" that was considered during the last session
as a substitute for S. 782. He also indicated that he expected that the
Committee would be quite flexible in scheduling time for the
convenience of the Director.
13. Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek,
Assistant Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, and
discussed with hirn the matter of handling items of legislation such
as the updating of cost-af-living provisions in the Agency retirement
system. Mr. Slatinshek agreed that it could be to the benefit of the
Agency and the Armed Services Committee to handle such an item as
retirement cost-of-living in general legislation handled by the House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee but this would result in
relinquishment of legislative oversight of the Agency and its programs.
This could limit the Chairman's ability to intercede on our behalf in
the event some other general legislation which was not to our liking
should be considered by the Post Office and Civil Service Committee.
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6. Frank Slatinshek, Assistant Chien`
Counsel, Mouse Armed Services Commi'tee, called to advise that
Representa'cive Paul McCloskey (~.. , Calif.) had been in touch wit::. t=gem
about his requests to the Agency for a briefing, Siatinsnelc said tr ~:y
had advised McCloskey that the Agency did not normally respond to
individual member requests on matters of this sort, but repor'ced. o:~ly
to t-he Armed Services Committee. Slatinshek said he was not a4 als.
certain this would take care of the mat'cer, but asked 'chat we contac'c
him if McCloskey has further contact with us on it.
Accompanied Messrs, Duckett, .dt~.n~:wein,
and~to a briefing of Dorothy Tosdick and Richard Perle, on tii~
staff of the Senate Subcomrnit;;ee on National Security and I,~terna;;iona:~
Operations. The briefing was given in response to Senator Jackson
request to Mr. Duckett to give them a strategic briefing on t~~o i~SSiZ
and China.
$. Talked with Senator Edward Kennedy's
staff about an inquiry the Senator had received alleging CIA invc~vcment
in a project to destroy Cuban sugar through the use of bacteria. I advised
the Senator's staff that the letter (the author had not been iden`cified) had
undoub'cedly been written by an individual who had been rejected for
employment with this Agency and I referred to a rather threatening letter
the Dixector of Personnel had received from this individual. I assured
the staff that the Agency was not engaged in the type of activity alleged
in the letter and suggested trat answering this letter could involve the
staff in protracted correspondence with a resident of Mobile, Alabama.
I was advised the let'cex should not have been forwarded to us a~~d from
all indications it will not be answered by the Senator's staff. (See
Memorandum for the Record of 2 April 1971. }
g, Forwarded the transcript of the Director`s
testimony of 29 March 1971 to Senate Foreign Relations Committee for
their -use during the day. The transcript was returned to the Agency
at the close of business.
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Thursday - 1 April 1971
6, Forwarded the transcript of the Director's
testimony of 29 March 1971 to Senate Foreign Relations Committee for
their use during the day. The transcript was returned to the Agency
at the close of business.
7. Met with Mr. Richard Bs,rton,
House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Employee Benefits,
who told me that the Subcommittee has decided to hold hearings or: the
Ervin Bill, S. 782, passed by the Senate during the last session o
Congress. The hearings will start soon after the Easter recess.
Mr. Barton also told me that Representative Hanley (D. , N. Y, j wlii
be forwarding a letter to the Director tomorrow or Monday advisi-~zg 'che
Director of the hearings.
8. Confirmed with Vi-r. John i~:~.r~~:..z; ,
Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Douse Post Office and Civil Service
Committee, shifting of the briefing scheduled for Monday, 5 April,
for members of the Committee staff to Wednesday, 7 April. Mr. Martiny
will advise me later which staff members will be coming with him.
9, Accompanied Dr. Edward Allen, D/O~.R,
to a meeting with Mr, James Lowenstein, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee staff, and delivered to Mr. Lowenstein a study entitled
"Aid and Trade Activities of Communist Countries in Less Developed
Areas of the Free World - 1970." Mr. Lowenstein was visibly
impressed by the study and asked if it might be possible for the
Committee to do a 10 or 12 page unclassified summary of the major
findings for review by the Agency prior to publication. Dr. Allen
agreed that such a summary should be entirely permissible and that
we would be pleased to expedite a review of the study upon completion.
10. Met with Mr. John R. Blandfo rd, Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee,~,nd briefed him on Soviet
utilization of Mersa Matruth.
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