JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000300260111-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 111
• Publication Date: April 26, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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7. Mr. Harry Symmes, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Congressiona Relations, called to say that Senator Lowell P.
eic er R. , Conn.) had been in touch with them about the possibility of his
going to Canada on behalf of Mrs. Downey. He has asked State"s advice on
this and Symmes wanted to get our views. I told Symmes that in the current
climate we felt the most effective negotiations would be those w~dertaken by
private individuals and the less official intervention the better. t mentioned
the fact that Mrs. Downey currently has a request pending with tiie Red Chinese
government and it would be best to let that situation develop without interference..
8. I Mr. Joseph Wolf, Department of State, called
with referenc~le ers sen ou to various departments and agencies request-
in witnesses to a ear before Senator Church's Subcommittee to discuss the
He commented that the Pentagon has agreed to have the
MAG chief testify but will not bring back the Defense attache. [ie said they
are taking the position that any intelligence briefing should come from the
Agency. I told him that the Director was scheduled to testify before this
hearings. Wolf asked if I knew what the Subcommittee was trying to get at.
I told him I was not too clear on this but I would look into it. I-ie said they
woulcL appreciate any information we could give them which would avoid any5X1
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group on 5 May and that
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.15. (Interna.l Use Only - LLM) Rosalind Hoffman, in the o.Afice of
Representative Robert Drinan (D. , Mass. ), called to ask what the ;.rerits
of the polygraph were in connection with legislation that is being drafted to
prohibit the use of the polygraph. I told her I believed this subject had
been studied by congressional committees previously and that I wo?ild see
if I could came up with a citation to such committee hearings or reaorts.
She said this would be ".fantastic. "
Robert Hull, Department o.f State, called
to discuss proposed Foreign Service Retirement Act amendments. ~~s soon
as he gets them on paper he will send them aver to us for our inforx~iation
and review.
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Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
ornrnittee sta an ed him on the current status of the Agency
retirement investment program. Mr, Preston had no questions and
seemed mildly impressed by the program. Mr, Preston passed on to me
that the Chairman, by remarks relating to the meeting with Agency and
State ersonnel about the Radios, has em hasized his strong determination
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me a so a e ommi ee sc e u e or a coming mon zs ex remelt'
tight, The Committee is already getting behind supplemental and reprogram-
ming legislation. Also, the Chairman has mentioned his desire fora
meeting of the "special group;" unless something happens to force a change,
there is little time available to schedule one, As an item of old business,
Mr. Preston also noted that there will not be time in the next week or so
for any review of files,
I briefed Mr. Preston on the India/Pakistan situation a~ad the
Salyut space mission,
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Mr. David Abshire's secretary c~11ed to
say he was setting up a meeting with House Speaker Albert regardin; RFE
and RL for Wednesday morning and asked i.f Mr. Meyer and I would be avail-
able. I said we would and Mr. Abshire will .let us know later of th~~ time and
place of the meeting.
3.~ Harry Symmes, Deputy Assistant Secretary
o.f State .for Congressional Relations, called regarding our respective responses
to identical letters the Agency and the Department have received from 5e.nator
McGovern inquiring about opium traffic in Southeast Asia. I read ~3ymmes our
dra.fL- reply, which I said I hope we could convey orally but might p'zt in writing
if the Senator insisted. Symmes said he would let me know by tomorrow morning
how State plans to respond.
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