OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL JOURNAL ITEMS RELATED TO CIA ACTIVITIES IN LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000300080007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 1, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 1 December 1971
1. (Confidential - JMM) Received a call from Mr. Ed Braswell,
Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, who asked if we knew
anything of plans for General Cushman's replacement. I said we did not.
See Memo for Record.
2. (Unclassified - JMM) Met with Frank Slatinshek, Assistant
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, and went over some
material we had pulled together in response to Slatinshek's request for
help in preparing an unclassified talk Representative O. C. Fisher plans
to give to some of his constituents regarding CIA. Slatinshek said the
material seemed satisfactory and suggested I explain it personally to
Representative Fisher.
3. (Confidential - JMM) Met with Russ Blandford, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, who was interested in General
Cushman's replacement. I told him I had no information on the subject.
4. (Unclassified - JMM) Met with Representative O. C. Fisher
and reviewed with him material on which -he. might draw in preparation of
a speech on CIA before some of his constituents. I gave Mr. Fisher a copy
of the Director's 14 April 1971 speech before the American Society of
Newspaper Editors; Admiral Raborn's interview in U. S. News and World
Rep ort; the pamphlet on CIA; a collection of comments by various Presidents
on intelligence; and a copy of an unclassified talk I had given to student
groups, congressional interns, etc. Mr. Fisher seemed satisfied but said
he would let me know if he wanted anything further.
5. (Secret - JMM) Left with Senator Stennis' secretary a blind memo
in response to a question he had raised with the Director describing
appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee on
5 October 1967 and a briefing of our two Senate Subcommittees chaired by
Senator Russell on 16 July 1968 at both of which Senator Symington had
congratulated us on our operations in Laos.
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13. (Secret - JGO) Mr. Phillip Trimble, Staff Consultant, Senate
Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Law and Organization
(the Muskie Subcommittee of Senate Foreign Relations Committee), visited
Headquarters for an updating of information provided the Committee
concerning ChiCom weapons systems. Mr. Duckett, DDS&T, reviewed
with him various missile sites and production facilities, aircraft, sub-
marines, and the current political situation. Mr. Trimble was most appre-
ciative and indicated on his way out of the building that he doubts that the
Chairman will conduct any hearings pending the President's trip to China
other than possible meetings with recent returnees from China.
14. (Confidential - JGO) Received a call frornt
15. (Unclassified - LLM) Called Donald Elisburg, Associate
Counsel of Welfare and Pension Study Staff of the Subcommittee on Labor,
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, concerning the status of S 2515,
Equal Opportunity Enforcement Act. He said that the leadership had agreed
that it would be one of the first items of business for the Senate after it
reconvened in January for the Second Session of the 92nd Congress.
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