JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 28, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 28 April 1971
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indicates that Irwin will be confronted with questions
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6. I checked again with Mr. Bill Casselman's
office at the White House about clearing our reply to Representative Koch's
letter on personal files. I was advised Mr. Casselman's office was expect-
ing a decision on this today and hopefully they will be in touch with us
tomorrow.
7. Mr. Harry Symmes,. Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, called and expressed some
concern about cable traffic on the Moose-Lowenstein trip in connection
with an appearance by Under Secretary of State John Irwin before the Senate
that the Director, or someone from the Agency, talk to Senator Fulbright
to "turn this off. " After checking with Chief, FE, I told 25X1
before the Committee. Symmes was suggesting
Symme impression from conversation with Mark Pratt, in the
Department, was at Dave Abshire would be covering this in his meeting
with Senator Fulbright on Friday. Symmes tried to press on the point of
having the Director take this up with Fulbright and I responded that the
Director was in no position to ask to talk with Fulbright about control of
hearings with a State Department witness. Symmes said he would talk
further with Abshire about this.
8. Accompanied Mr. Carl Duckett, DDS&T, and
Mr. Dave Brandwein, FIVISAC, to a meeting with Representative George
Miller (D. , Calif.), Chairman of House Science and Astronautics
Committee, for an updating of information previously supplied the
Chairman on Soviet space vehicles, Mr. Duckett also briefed Chairman
Miller on current information available on Salyut space mission.
Chairman Miller will be leaving this weekend for an, international
conference on space in Rome,, Italy.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
:Tuesday - 27 April 1971
3. Talked to Harry- Symmes, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, who said:
a. He had just seen Senator Lowell P. Weicker who agreed to
hold off taking any action on the John Downey case for the present, and
b. He understood that State's response to Senator McGovern
regarding the drug problem in Southeast Asia had been coordinated
with of my Office, adding that State was preparing
only an interim response cast in generalities and not addressed to
the specific points contained in McGovern's inquiry. I said I planned
to see Senator McGovern in the near future and try to satisfy him
with an oral response.
4. Received a call from Mr. James Wilson, House
Science and Astronautics Committee staff, who told me that Chairman George
Miller will be leaving the country this weekend for an international space
convention in Rome and would appreciate an updating of information previously
provided on space programs. After checking with Messrs. Maury and Duckett,
the meeting was scheduled for 10:30 a. m. , Wednesday, 28 April, in Chairman
Miller's office, room 2364 Rayburn House Office Building.
5. In response to his request of yesterday, I scheduled
a meeting for 3:00 p. m. Wednesday, 28 April, with Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, for current situation briefing on Pakistan.
Messrs. Lehman and OCI, have been advised.
6. Met with Mrs. Dorothy Quarker, Administrative
Assistant to Representative Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D. , Mich. ), and left with
her a sealed envelope from Mr. Maury containing a name and address of
I did not identify the content of the envelope
This was in response to Representative Diggs' request to Mr. Maury.
Met with Margaret Sugg and William
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McPhearson, in the office of Representative Nick Galifianakis (D. , N. C. ,
in response to Representative Galifianakis' letter to the Director concerning
the I explained to Mrs. Sugg and Mr. McPhearson the
legislative inhibitions on internal security matters and gave them an extract STATOTHR
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from the Committee on Internal Security Annual
Mrs. Sugg and
which contains a discussion of the origins of the
Mr. McPhearson were most appreciative. No further action or written response
is necessary. ~P _PFT
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Tuesday - 13 April 1971
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8. I Talked with Mr. Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel,
Senate Armed Services Committee, who is recovering from surgery performed
earlier in the year. I mentioned our conversation with Jim Woolsey yesterday
and said that Carl Duckett would be briefing Woolsey on Soviet strategic defen-
sive systems on Friday morning and that in response to his (Braswell`s)
request we were giving both Woolsey and Ticer clearances for access to
9. Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and Mr. William Woodruff, Senate Appropriations Committee
staff, visited the Headquarters building for briefing on the Agency budget
for FY 1972. Due to another commitment, Mr. Woodruff was unable to
stay for lunch which was hosted by the Director.
Mr. Preston was given copy number two of the 1972 Congressional
Budget submission and the OPPB paper "Major Intelligence Resources
(Dollars and Manpower). "
10. I I Talked to Mr. Harold Gould, House
cience and Astronautics Committee staff, concerning Chairman George
Miller's (D. , Calif.) travel to Rome, Italy next month to an international
space conference. Mr. Gould told me that the Chairman does not know
Dr. Glauco A. Partel, President of the Conference, personally. The
association has been by correspondence in arranging for Chairman Miller
to appear as the keynote speaker at the conference. Mr. Gould told me
that eight officials from NASA will also be participating in the conference.
has been advised. See Journal of 1 April 1971.
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11. I I Talked tol (General Counsel,
NSA, who told me that Mr. James Lowenstein and Mr. Richard Moose,
Subcommittee on Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, will be given the clearance briefing
today at the Pentagon. He also indicated that a meeting is scheduled in the
White House for Wednesday to decide the areas of information that may be
covered with the Subcommittee in the upcoming scheduled hearings.
Admiral Gayler, Director, NSA, will be meeting with Chairman
Hanley of the House Employee Benefits Subcommittee, House Post Office
and Civil Service Committee, on Tuesday, 20 April, to discuss the matter
of protection of rights of Federal employees. I thanked for
the call.
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JOU RNA L
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSE'L
Monday - 12 April. 1971
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2. Met with Miss Suuy Mo rise ,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, who returned to me- the
FBIS paper"Khruschev's'We Will Bury You'll for inclusion in the
transcript of the Director's testimony of 29 March.'
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Science and Astronautics Committee staff, who told me that Chairman
Downing, of the NASA Oversight Subcommittee, is considering hteaiiig3
some time next month to take testimony from NASA and DOD on the
space shuttle. Mr. Boone indicated that Chairman Downing may well
request an Agency briefing for the Subcommittee which would include
the Chairman of the full Committee and chairmen of the other
Subcommittees on the Soviet and Chinese space programs.
Mr. Boone indicated this was merely an alert and that he would keep
me advised as the matter develops.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 9 April 1971
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1. I called to say that ACDA
Director Gerard Smith had used a top secret code word Agency chart in
briefing Senators Pastore and Symington at the SALT talks and Symington
requested a copy of the chart. to whom the request was made,
advised this was a matter which would have to be taken up at Headquarters
on the Senator's return. The graphic is identified by
2. I I Attended a meeting of DDP and Air Force
representatives on the case of Air Force representatives
agreed that discussion of this case with Chairman George Miller, House
Space Committee, should be undertaken by the Air Force, but I offered to
check through the Committee staff to determine the relationship which exists
between and Chairman Miller.
3. I I In response to my query
DIA, advised that DOD had given Mr. James Woolsey, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, only a one time access clearance for code word material
and had not processed a full compartmented clearance on him. They are
delaying this pending a written request from Chairman Stennis.
4. ;.chard Perle, of the staff of the Subcommittee
on National Security and International Operations, requested information on
Soviet research and development regarding lasers. I said I would try to
provide this information.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 1 April 1971
1. I I Mrs. Ward, Secretary to Senator John
Stennis, called to check on the Director's availability for a meeting with
the Senator at noon today. In view of schedule difficulties, it was agreed
the Director should come up to the Senator's office at 10:30 a, m. on
Monday, 5 April 1971, at which time the Senator will leave a committee
meeting to see the Director. If there is any change in this, Mrs. Ward
will let us know.
2. I Asked Ed Braswell, Senate Armed
Services Committee staff, if he could see any problem in having the
proposed Civil Service retirement bill on cost-of-living allowances
worded so as to amend both the CIA Retirement Act and the Foreign
Service Retirement Act to provide comparable provisions for those
systems. Braswell acknowledged the convenience of such an arrange-
ment but said his "reaction" was negative. He said he was very much
concerned about establishing a precedent which would permit the Post
Office and Civil Service Committee to amend the CIA Reitrement Act.
to a briefing of Re
Accompanied
presentative Bradford Morse in
anticipation of his trip to Chile later this month. Mr. Morse was most
grateful to for her advice and assistance.
4. called
about a situation which has developed with an Italian national who has
invited an unnamed member of the House Space Committee o a
conference in Italy. All of this is connected with an Air Force FTD
program. is to keep us informed when they determine the
identity of te member involved.
5. I Mrs. Neese, in the office of
Representative Thaddeus J. Dulski (D. , N.Y.),, called and requested
application forms and brochures to be sent to a constituent. The
material was sent to her.
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