JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 24 MARCH 1971

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000500110011-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2005
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 24, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 24 March 1971
1.1 called to say that Fred
Flott, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State,
had mentioned to him that over the weekend he had talked to a group
in New York on American Policy in Southeast Asia. The group included
Representative Lester Wolff (D., N.Y.). Flott said Wolff made a
comment to the effect that he was concerned about CIA involvement in
the making of foreign policy. Flott said the meeting was covered by
the press, but he has seen nothing in the papers mentioning it. Flott
merely wanted to let us know of Wolff's remarks. I told Wolff
was well known to us, but we appreciated this piece of information.
2. Talked briefly with Mr. Frank
Slatinshek, Assistant Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee,
who was tied up continuously in meetings throughout the day.
Mr. S.latinshek has no additional questions for response by the Director
for tomorrow's briefing of the full Committee.
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3. Met with Chairman F. Edward Hebert, House
Armed Services Committee, and reviewed plans for Thursday's briefing
by the Director of the full Armed Services Committee. Mr. Hebert said
he would like to have all the subjects which I suggested covered, plus the
situation in Ecuador and Soviet R&D. I pointed out this might run to nearly
three hours. Hebert said in this case he would hold off any questions
until the full briefing had been completed, and we would return after lunch
to answer questions. He said the Committee policy was to give each member
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five minutes for questions and this would run to nearly three and a half hou
if all took advantage of it, but he was in no position to deviate from this
rule.
Talked to Mr. Earl Morgan, House Armed
Services Committee staff, several times during the day about the
Committee program for the coming week. It was finally agreed that
the Director will be scheduled for Thursday, 25 March, and other items
on the Committee agenda were rearranged to accommodate the
Director's availability on 25 March.
Mr. Morgan ilpp relayed a Committee request for inclusion
of Soviet R&D and its costs in dollars. has been
7. Met with Mrs. Elsie Thornton, House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee staff, and received from her
a copy of the Committee on Post Office and-Civil Service Subcommittee
appointments.
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