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

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000300080036-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: September 15, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 15 September 1971
1. (Secret - JGO) Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who told me that the Chairman's and the Committee's
time is so taken with material relating to the Department of Ar;ny that they
have little time for anything else. He is holding a tickler, however, and
will call me whenever he has the time to join him in a review of documents
relating to the Agency on defense matters that are held in Committee files.
I thanked Mr. Preston and told him I would be available to assist whenever
his schedule will allow.
I reviewed with him the 9 September memorandum on the Soviet
Backfire aircraft. He asked that the memorandum be held for ?ossible future
call for his discussion with Chairman Mahon.
I briefed Mr. Preston on Chinese mounded strong points and border
defense systems; and recent developments in Soviet ICBM and ABM programs.
2. (Secret - JGO) I met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Assistant Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who told me that he expects to
meet with Representative Nedzi (D. , Mich.) tomorrow or possibly Friday
to discuss the new Subcommittee on Intelligence with him. At that time they
will be taking up the question of a visit to the Agency. Mr. Slatinshek will
call after he talks to Representative Nedzi. I discussed with Mr. Slatinshek
the 9 September memorandum on the Soviet Backfire aircraft. Mr. Slatinshek
asked if I would verify the combat radius of the aircraft where in flight
refueling is used. The memorandum was returned to the Agency.
I briefed Mr. Slatinshek on Chinese mounded strong points and border
defense systems; and recent developments in Soviet ICBM and ABM programs.
3. (Secret - GLC) Met with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appro-
priations Committee, and briefed him on recent developments in the Soviet
ICBM and ABM programs.
At his request I also provided Woodruff with copies of papers which
we had prepared for Senator Stennis and Ed Braswell on Laos.
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