OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL THURSDAY - 19 FEBRUARY 1970

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 19, 1970
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Thursday - 19 February 1970
4. In a chance encotnter, Senator Margaret
Chase Smith said she would appreciate an Agency situation briefing in the
near future and would be in touch with us.
5. Durin a brief conversation, Senator
J. W. Fulbright commented hat in the
current hearings on Southeast Asia he was ".learning a lot of things he
never knew before" including the fact that "you folks seem to be doing
the work of the Lord out there. "
6. George Murphy, Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy staff, asked whether in view of the unavailability of
Senator Pastore on Tuesday, 3 March, the Director's appearance could
be put over until Wednesday, 4 March at 10:00 a. m. I said I would check
with the Director and let him know.
7. Met with Frank Slatinshek, House Armed
Services Committee staff, whom I briefed on the Middle East situation,
developments in Laos, and recent Soviet missile tests.
Slatinshek asked some questions about what the Soviets, Japanese
and Chinese Communists were doing in the field of using high-voltage
electronic microscopes in the development of micro-miniaturized computers.
He said he had been told recently by Dr. Fernandez Moran of the Fermi
Institute at the University of Chicago, that the Soviets, Japanese and
ChiComs were working intensively in this connection, using a powerful
microscope "in reverse" to develop micro-miniaturized computer,
circuits and that this technology might be important in weapons application.
Slatinshek was concerned that this might result in a major breakthrough
in weaponry, particularly with regard to the ABM. I said I would consult
with the experts and report back.
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6. n response to his request that we provide
a briefing on the Soviet and Chinese missile threats for Senators Cooper
and Percy and staff which Bill Miller and Scott Cohen would also attend, I
advised Scott Cohen, on the staff of Senator Charles Percy (R. , Ill. ), that
the Director had indicated he wouldbe glad to have the two Senators briefed
alone excluding the staff members. I told Cohen that as I had expected
yesterday, the Director wants to limit extremely sensitive briefings of this
sort to Senators only. I also indicated that the Director had talked at some
length with Senator Cooper about this problem and Cohen did not press the
matter further. I told him if he wished to schedule the briefing for the
Senators alone to let me know.
7. Left with Bill Woodruff, on the staff of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, the figures which Bill Nelson had used
in his briefing of Preston and Woodruff on Laos last week.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Tuesday - 17 February 1970
9. Delivered to Ralph Preston, House Appro-
priations Committee staff, the transcript of the Director's testimony
of 3 and 5 February 1970 for review by Representative Glenn Davis (R.,
Wis.). Representative Davis reviewed the transcript in the Committee
hearing room and it was returned to the Agency at the close of business.
10. Met with Representative Spark Matsunaga
(D., Hawaii) and advised him that response had been received from the
field concerning Representative Matsunaga
greatly appreciated Agency consideration given this matter. (See Journal
item of 16 February.)
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Friday - 13 Feb 'nary 1970
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Personnel Security Division, I talked to Miss Miasaki, personal
secretary to Representative Spark Matsunaga (D., -Iawaii), as a follow-
up to Representative Matsunaga's call of last evening. I told her that
s being advised by cable that the Representative
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Representative Matsunaga's return to the city and talk to him. (See
Mamorandtt.m for the Record.)
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3. called
to advise that two members of the staff of Senator Edward Kennedy's
(D., Mass.) Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees (Messrs. Wenk and
Oliva) were in touch with him last week. The Senator and his staff have
been in the Miami area looking at the Cuban refugee situation.
said that the Subcommittee staff had raised questions with him on matters
such as political prisoners in Cuba, the sugar crop, etc. I xplained
to the staff that questions of this sort were outside of his area and should
be directed to the Legislative Counsel in Washington if an Agency response
was desired. merely alerting us ~o the fact ghat we might
receive a call ~Tpxn either of these men.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 10 February 1970
1. Elizabeth Lewis, in the office of Repre-
sentative Richard Bolling (D. , Mo. ), called for a constituent for information
on military intelligence satellites. She said the Air Force had sent some
information to the constituent and that someone on the staff of the Armed
Services Committee had suggested that she call the Agency. I explained
why we could not be of any help and she seemed fully satisfied.
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met with Representative Ogden Reid (R., N. Y.) and updated information
previously provided on the Mid-East, Sino-Soviet relations, and Vietnam.
Representative Reid was most complimentary of presenta-
tion. No followup action is required from today's meeting.
3. I I Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, House Armed
Services Committee staff, and discussed the New York Times article of
6 February concerning the Soviet satellite destroyer. On the question of
Committee schedule of briefings, Mr. Slatinshek suggested it would be
well to check with Mr. Blandford after his return to the city tomorrow.
4. I I Talked to Mr. Ralph Preston,
House Appropriations Committee staff, who confirmed the visit to Head-
quarters for Thursday, 12 February, at 9:00 a. m. for further Agency
briefing. He asked that I provide him a map or other specific directions
during the day tomorrow since this will be his first trip to the Agency
from the Maryland direction.
5. I I Called Jay Sourwine, Chief Counsel,
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, in an effort to make an appoint-
ment to discuss possible amendments to section 783b of the Internal
Security Act of 1950. Mr. Sourwine was unavailable to meet with
Mr. Warner and myself today but is very interested in this subject and
suggested that we try again at the earliest possible date. I also discussed
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