JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000100120039-6
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2014
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: February 4, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
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1. Howard Pyle, in the office of
Representative Hastings Keith (R., Mass.), called requesting a
personnel interview for After checking with
Office of Personnel, I advised Mr. Pyle that an
appointment had been made for 10:30 tomorrow morning, 5 February.
2. In response to his request, briefed Senator
Milton Young (R., N. flak. ) on the present North Vietnamese/Vietcong
military situation, and provided answers to his earlier questions regarding
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Soviet and free world aircraft.
ChiCom naval and nuclear
the western Atlantic.
We also discussed
Subcommittee, See Memo
Also covered recent items regarding
weapon activity and Soviet naval activity in
matters relating to the CIA Senate Appropriations
for Record.
Briefed Frank Slatinshek, Assistant Chief
Committee, on recent developments
3.
Counsel, House Armed Services
regarding ChiCom naval construction and nuclear weapon development
and Soviet naval movements in the western Atlantic.
We also discussed problems regarding the CIA House Armed
Services Subcommittee,,
See Memo
for Record.
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4.
Hand-carried to George Murphy, on the
staff of the
Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy, two unclassified items on
the subject of the crash of the French aircraft carrying a number of
French military
and atomic energy officials.
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Hand-carried to the office of Senator
Hubert Humphrey
(D., Mimi.) the Director's reply to a letter from the
Senator on a constituent inquiry.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 3 February 1971
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5. In response to Captain Bauser's, Director,
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, inquiry about the French plane crash,
I provided George Murphy, of the Committee staff, with the details pointing
out that the French military and civilian officials on the aircraft were
personnel associated with the French Atomic Energy program ancl it
was not at all unusual for them to be traveling to this area which is the
location of the French IRBM complex.
6. As a followup to his call of
yesterday, I met with Mr. David Despres, Assistant to Senator Edmund
Muskie (D., Maine), and gave him a copy of the CIA unclassified
pamphlet. He has several constituent questions or items of correspon-
dence that relate indirectly to CIA which he feels he can handle from
information contained in the pamphlet without further reference to the
Agency. He will call if he needs anything further.
7. Met with Mrs. Carol Berde, Administrative
Assistant to itepresentative Ogden Reid (R., N. Y.), and confirmed the
meeting for 11:00 on Friday, 5 February 1971, requested by Representative
Reid. has been advised. See Journal of 2 February 1971.
8. Met with Mr. Bun Bray, Staff Director,
House Civil Service and Manpower Subcommittee, who told me that he
had spent an hour or more yesterday with the Chairman on the general
subject of the Ervin Bill and related measures. Chairman Henderson
is still of the opinion that such legislation is quite unnecessary. Mr. Bray
told me that he had heard also that Senator Ervin's "young assistant"
has been engaged in attempting to find individual members of the House
to sponsor the Ervin Bill in the House.
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Assistant ie ounsel, House Armed Services Committee,,,who told
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me that the Republican nominees for assignment to the House Armed
Services Committee appear to be Representatives Floyd Spence (S. C.)
and C. W. "Bill" Young (Fla.).
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE
Tuesday
COUNSEL
- 2 February 19 71
Discussed with Darrell St. Claire,
Chief Clerk
of the Senate, the members
in the Unice ot the Secretary
and organization of certain committees in the new Congress and certain
problems
regarding some
of the personalities involved.
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2.
Brief Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant, House
Appropriations
Committee,
on recent Soviet naval developments.
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Preston said that in view of the new rules laid down by the
Democratic caucus, the group handling Agency affairs would probably
no longer refer to itself as a "subcommittee" but would probably be
spoken of only as "the group" or something of the sort. He said he
foresaw no changes in the membership or procedures.
3. Briefed Russ Blandford, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, on recent developments regarding
t e Soviet
Blandford said no decision has yet been made on how the Committee
will handle Agency matters.
4. Met with Representative William E.
Minshall (R., Ohio), of the House Appropriations Committee, whom
I briefed on recent developments including Soviet naval activity in Cuba and
in the Atlantic, developments regarding advanced Soviet aircraft, changes in
the Soviet Military Districts in Central Asia and the Far East and the general
situation in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Min.shall said that, although Secretary Laird had tried to explain to
him what actually happened in connection with the Son Tay raid, he was
still confused. I told him about the very limited role of the Agency, and
said I couldn't throw much light on any other aspects of the operation. He
said he understood from Laird that had indicated the presence
of American prisoners at the camp just six weeks before the raid. I said the
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Monday - 1 February 1971
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5. After checking with Office
of Security, and SB Division, I met with
Mr. Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee, in
response to his request of Friday and gave him a brief rundown on
had some acquaintance with
Agency representatives in in the early 1960's when he was
serving as a Captain in the United States Army. The acquaintance was
renewed here in Washington and two contacts were made in April and
July, 1970. was never employed by the Agency, however.
Mr. Woodruff expressed his appreciation and noted that the request
had come to him from Senator John Stennis (D. , Miss. ).
6. I talked to Mrs. Olive Hurley,
Secretary to Senator J. Caleb Boggs (R., Del.), and told her that
Agency personnel representatives will be contacting
at her present address in Massachusetts. Mrs. Hurley
thanked me for the call back and said that the Senator will notify the
applicant that the Agency will be making direct contact with her.
Mrs. Hurley further requested that the Senator's office be kept
advised.
7. Met with Mrs. Oneta Stockstill,
Executive Secretary, House Armed Services Committee, who told me
that the Democratic caucus is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday
for nomination of Committee Chairmen. Ratification will follow in
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signature of the Chairman, and organization of the Committee are
being held in abeyance pending formal ratification of Mr. Hebert as
Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
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