FOLLOWUP ITEMS - DCI BRIEFING 29 MARCH 1971

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 29, 1971
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Followup Items - DCI Briefing 29 March 1971
1. After the Director's briefing of the Senate Foreign
Relations Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Law and
Organization,..I met with Mr. Jim Lowenstein, Committee staff,
concerning requests made by Senator Case (R. , N. J.) and
Senator Fulbright (D. , Ark. ). He said Senator Case's request
for a paper from the Director that could be circulated to the
Committee members regarding the Khrushchev statement quoted
by Mr. Helms 'ewe will bury your stems from Committee belief
which was set forth in afloor statement by Senator Fulbright some
years ago that the statement as popularly quoted was never made
by Mr. Khrushchev. Senator Case believes the Director to be
in error in using the quote..
2. With regard to the request for a detailed study of the
Soviet military and economic assistance programs, Mr. Lowenstein
:told me that the paper will be used as a basis for follow-on country
by country and program by program review with the Department
of State and the military of American programs. Although the
.Committee would like to have the study in unclassified form, if
at all possible, detail and completeness is of greater importance
to the Committee than the bobtailing that might be required in a
.completely unclassified paper. Mr. Lowenstein asked if I could
give him a reading in the next few days when the paper might be
expected and what the necessary classification might be.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 29 March 1971
1. Called and
arranged for her to get a copy of a o Marion
Ball, USIA, in response to her request of Friday (to send to Repre-
sentative Edward Patten's office).
2. After the Director's briefing
of the Arms Control, International Law and Organization Subcommittee
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I met with Mr. Jim
Lowenstein, Staff Consultant of the Subcommittee, at his request
concerning questions posed by Senator Case (R. , N. J.) and Senator
Fulbright (D. , Ark.) during the briefing. See Memorandum for the
Record.
3. Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Assistant
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who told me he
thought the briefing had gone well and reiterated that the transcripts
will be held in the Committee office for review by members if
desired and will not be made available to the personal staff of the
Committee members. He also indicated that he feels Committee
utilization of the transcripts will be complete in one or two days at
which time the transcripts will be returned to the Agency for safekeeping.
4. The transcript of the Director's briefing of
Senate Foreign Relations committee on 25 March was forwarded to the
Committee for their use ard returned to the Agency for safekeeping.
5. Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House
Appropriations Committee staff, in resonse to his call concerning the
22 March Jack Anderson column relating to CIA support of "opium
racket in Laos. " I gave Mr. Preston the factual information developed
in response to last year's accusations by then Representative John V.
Tunney (D. , Calif.). Mr. Preston asked that we also give him a
short outline of our review of the matter of the alleged letter ch r in
that Vice President Ky once flew opium out of Laos written by 25X1
who was identified as an Agency employee.
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