JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY - 23 MAY 1972

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000200180029-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: May 23, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 23 May 1972
1. I I Messra_ I I 25X1
met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House appropriations Committee staff, to update
the material previously given to him concerning the Director's briefing
outline of the community budget which is scheduled for 1 June. Mr. Preston
will continue to try to schedule a separate briefing for the Agency budget but he
is not hopeful at this time that time will be available between 1 June and final
markup of the Defense Appropriation bill. See -]Memorandum for 25X1
the Record.
I met later in the day with Mr. Preston and gave him copy #20 of the
1973 Agency budget book together with an explanation of the 1972 program
changes.
to Senator on Young, called to say that he had discussed with the Senator
our problem with the amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act
(S. 3526) calling for a ten percent cut in the overseas personnel of certain
agencies, and that Senator Young would be glad to support either a motion
to strike the amendment or, if this failed, an exemption for CIA.
Operations Subcommittee of House Armed Services. Mr. Carver covered
the Indochina situation in detail and I reported on recent developments regarding
Soviet missiles, Soviet military assistance to Egypt, and the Soviet leadership
situatio_ See Memorandum for the Record.
on the staff of the Subcommittee on National Security and International
perations, whom I briefed on recent developments in Indochina and the Soviet
leadership situation. Mr. Perle said he had not had an opportunity to discuss
with Senator Jackson our conversation yesterday regarding an amendment to
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (S. 3526), but would do so at the first
opportunity.
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