OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: December 10, 1971
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Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday - 10 December 1971
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5. Met with Mr. Art Kuhl, Chief Clerk,
Senator Foreign Relations Committee, who told me that the itinerary for
Senator and Mrs. Symington's around-the-world trip is very much up in the
air. He does not know whether Cambodia or South Vietnam will be included
or whether the Senator will proceed from Bangkok to New Dehli. I told
him that we could make arrangements for briefing on Cambodia and Vietnam
if it would be of help. 25X1A
6. In response to her call, I talked to
Judith Spahr, Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International
Operations staff, concerning a document in French needed for Tuesday
and suggested that, if possible, the document be given to the Library of
Congress for translation. I explained to Miss Spahr that we have been
pleased to assist Senator Jackson, Chairman of the Subcommittee, on
translations for his use but that it is difficut for us to provide routine translation
service for their office. Miss Spahr thanked me for the call and said she
would request the Library's assistance.
7. Met with Mr. Roger Lewis, Administrative
Assistant to Representative Morris Udall (D. , Ariz. ),and returned a personal
letter from the Representative that had beenmisaddressedto the Agency's
Personnel Post Office box. Mr. Lewis was most appreciative.
8. Met briefly with Messrs. Jim Lowenstein
and Richard Moose, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, who told
me that their travel plans for the forthcoming trip to the Far East do not
include Cambodia or Vietnam at this time. They will depart Washington on
6 January through Europe arriving in Bangkok on 10 or 11 January. They
will be in Bangkok three weeks returning through Honolulu on 30 or 31 January.
Any travel to Cambodia or, Vietnam would be subject to later direction from
Washington.
9. Met with Mr. John Martiny, Chief
Counsel, House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, who told me that
meetings of the full Committee have been cancelled for the remainder of the
year. He told me that as near as he knew the Ervin bill, S. 1438, had not
yet been assigned to the Committee from the Speaker's office and noted that
all previous bills in this area during this session of Congress have been
routinely assigned to the Post Office Committee.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 8 December 1971
1. Talked to Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services Committee, and told him of the conversation the Director
and Colonel White had with Senator Ellender yesterday regarding the
handling of the Agency budget. (See Colonel White's Memo for Record.)
Mr. Braswell told me of some action Senator Stennis had taken
in connection with a matter Braswell and I had been discussing recently.
(See Memo for Record.)
Mr. Braswell said Senator Stennis wanted a briefing on Soviet naval
power. He explained the Senator was skeptical of briefings he had been
receiving from the U. S. Navy and wanted to get some idea of relative Soviet
and U. S. navy capabilities. Braswell said the Senator realized we were not
qualified to brief him on the U. S. side of the picture, but he wanted informa-
tion on the basis of which to judge "the purpose of the Soviet navy" and
"what part of the oceans they can control. "
2. Pat Holt, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee staff, called asking that I drop by in the next day or two.
3. Joseph Wolf, State Department, called
to say Senator Stuart Symington was sending letters to State, Defense, NSA
and CIA requesting briefings for Messrs. Moose and Lowenstein preparatory
to a survey trip to Thailand and possibly Cambodia. Wolf indicated State
would probably do the briefing on the basis of contributions from the other
agencies, and would like to have participating agencies send representatives
to a meeting with him on Tuesday, 14 December to discuss the matter.
Although Lowenstein had told Wolf that "they had no ax to grind, " Wolf has
the impression they will be especially interested in "expansion of the war
outside Vietnam" and post-war prospects in Vietnam and Thailand, and, of
course, whether restrictions and prohibitions imposed by recent legislation
are being observed. I said I would let him know who would participate in the
meeting on Tuesday--probably Chief, FE Division. 25X1A
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9. Accompanied Colonel White in meeting with
Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant, House Appropriations Committee, regarding
the Agency budget. See Memo for Record,
10. John Wilson from the staff of Representative
Paul McCloskey (R., Cali$.),called to request a subscription to the FBIS
Daily Report for Asia and the Pacific. I told him he could expect to begin
to receive the reports in about ten days. I made arrangements with FBIS
to initiate the subscription.
11. Called a Mr. Keaney on the staff of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about his request for copies of
I told him our people had made a thorough check but had been
unable to come up with anything. He thanked me for our efforts.
12. Delivered to the offices of Senators
J. W. Fulbright (D. , Ark. ), Mike Mansfield (D. , Mont. ), Henry Jackson
(D., Wash.), Barry M. Goldwater (R., Ariz.), Harold E. Hughes (D., Iowa),
Mark O. Hatfield (R., Oreg.), and Mike Gravel (D., Alaska) FBIS items in
which their names were mentioned.
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14. Met with Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Chief Clerk,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and received from him a copy of the
Foreign Service nomination list of 1 December.
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