DIRECTOR'S CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR WILLIAM PROXMIRE RE APPEARANCE BEFORE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000200150018-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: July 8, 1971
• Content Type: MFR

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SUBJECT: Director's Conversation with Senator William Proxmire
Re Appearance Before Joint Economic Committee
Today Senator Proxmire called the Director to request his
appearance in open session of the Joint Economic Committee sometime
during the week of 9 August 1971 to testify on the Soviet defense budget,
The Director explained our policy against appearances in open session,
and proposed that, as in the past, we provide relevant material to the
State Department for incorporation with their presentation on this
subject. Senator Proxmire questioned the basis for the Agency's policy
of not appearing in open session and the Director explained it was in
accord with the desires of our oversight committees. He remarked
that the policy had originally been established under Senator Russell
and that Senator Stennis was now the one to whom we looked for guidance
on such matters. He suggested that Senator Proxmire might want to
raise the matter with Senator Stennis.
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Thursday - 8 July 1971
7, (Secret - GLC) Met with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, and briefed him on several current intelligence
items including ChiCom MIG-19 production, latest information on the "Back-
fire" bomber, the Soyuz 11 problem, the nuclear test on 30 June, and the
latest evidence of ICBM silo construction.
8, (Unclassified - GLC) Hand-carried to Richard Moose, Senate
covering statements made by the North Vietnam and the NLF on peace
negotiations.
Foreign Relations Committee staff, material collected for him by
9, (Secret - GLC) Met briefly with Ralph Preston, House Appropria-
tions Committee staff, and firmed up arrangements for the Director's meeting
with Chairman Mahon tomorrow morning and our budget hearing next Tuesday,
13 July. Both meetings will be held in Room H-140 of the Capitol at 10 a. m.
No transcript will be taken at either of these sessions.
10. (Confidential - JMM) In a telephone conversation I explained to
Senator John Stennis that the Director wished me to consult him about two
problems, one involving a request from Senator Proxmire for the Director's
appearance before an open session of the Joint Economic Committee, and one
involving a request from Senator Muskie for an Agency-sponsored
Senator Stennis said he would call me later to fix a date for a meeting but in
the meantime wanted to tell me he was concerned about Senator Cooper's bill
to make CIA information available to the Senate as a whole, and wanted to
speak against this bill, and at the same time pay tribute to the Agency. He
asked that we prepare material suitable for this purpose to be available
early next week.
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