JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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6. Called John Goldsmith, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, to bring him up-to-date on the situation at Long Tieng.
He called my attention to Senator Gale McGee's plan for a major effort to restore
USIA budget cuts on the floor Monday, and suggested we might want to get in
touch with McGee to see if he could also take up the problem of the Church
amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (S. 3526) at the same
time. I thanked him for the suggestion but told him we questioned whether this
would be useful under the circumstances.
7. Accompanied
to a briefing of David Martin, General Lou Walt, an aaor
Wayne Gillis, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee staff, on the 25 1
dministration's program on illicit drug traffic and a briefing 25X1
on information available to u Tom Fox and 25X1
Colonel Allan Farlow, from the Pentagon, sat in on the briefing. The staff
members seemed satisfied with the information given them. We said we
would be glad to provide any additional information they might want in the 25X1
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* JOHN M. MAURY
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7. I I At his request I met with Mr. Bob O'Regan, 25X1
on the staff of Representative Dante B. Fascell (D., Fla.), who gave me a
copy of a letter to the Congressman from requesting infor- 25X1
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are making Spanish language broadcasts not only attacking Castro but also
criticizing U. S. policiep,the President's proposed trip to Moscow, and
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Thursday - 27 April 1972
11. Called John Lehman, NSC staff, to say
that our conversation today with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed
Services Committee, indicated that Senator Stennis probably would not fight
the 10% across-the-board cut in overseas personnel called for in the Fulbright
amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (S. 3526), but might
support a special exemption for CIA. In view of this, I told Lehman that I
didn't feel qualified to represent the entire Administration in opposing the
across-the-board cut since I foresaw a conflict of interest between CIA and
other agencies involved. Lehman agreed with my suggestion that I call Defense
and USIA and explain my problem. I told Lehman I would be glad to be helpful
but in addition to the conflict of interest problem, I really didn't feel I knew
enough about the situation regarding other agencies to represent their interests
effectively.
12. In the absence of Rady Johnson, Assistant to
the Secretary of Defense aegis atiye Affairs), I talked with his Deputy Colonel
George Dalferes on the above matter and explained why I didn't think I could be
helpful in pleading DIA's case on the personnel cuts. He said he appreciated my
position and would pass the word on to Johnson.
13. Called Charles Ablard, General Counsel of
USIA, to tell him that, as I had already explained to John Lehman, NSC staff,
I didn't think I could effectively represent the interest of any other agencies
than CIA in connection with the Church bill on dissemination of information
abroad. Ablard said he surely understood the problem and they would try to
take care of their interest in the matter as best they could. We agreed tc24pp
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Thursday - 27 April 1972
1. Received a call from Mr. Norman
Cornish, Deputy Staff Director, Foreign Operations and Government
Information Subcommittee of the House Government Operations Committee,
concerning the Chairman's letter of 25 April 1972 requesting the designation
of a witness or witnesses to appear and testify in a hearing on Friday,
5 May, on the security classification problems affecting exemption (b)(1)
of the Freedom of Information Act and the way in which the President's new
Executive Order 11652 will affect the operation of the security classification
system. Mr. Cornish told me that since the hearing is scheduled for next
week, he would appreciate a response as soon as possible. Mr. Houston,
OGC, has been advised.
2. Received a call from Mr. George Berdes,
National Security Policy and Scientific Developments Subcommittee staff of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who told me that conflict in Committee
assignment will limit the number of individuals to be present next Thursday
,and suggested that go over to the following week. After checking with
Mr. Duckett's, DDS&T, office I called Mr. Berdes and suggested Tuesday
morning, 9 May, at 10:00. He will check with the Chairman and be back in
touch tomorrow. See Journal of 26 April 1972. STATSPEC
4. (Confidential - GLC) Left with David Martin, of the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee staff, some additional material on the Versailles Peace
Conference on Southeast Asia with the understanding that this material would
be used by Martin in its present form.
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5. I Staff, called to say that DOD
had raised with him the possibility of having a military man present at
briefing of David Martin's, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee staff, group
tomorrow. told Walter C. Minnick, of the White House staff, he
had no objection but this was a matter that they should take up with Martin.
was advised. He also made it clear that we were not providing Martin
with any classified documents.
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Tuesday - 25 April 1972
Appropriations Committee staff, who told me he would be unable to visit
Headquarters this week. He will try to arrange his schedule to come out
during next week but is unable to predict at this time what day that might
be. He told me the Chairman's and Special Subcommittee's time is fully
scheduled through the week of the 5th and, consequently, the meeting of
the special group on the community budget and the Agency budget will have
to be after our meetings with Senate Appropriations. Mr. Briggs, OPPB,
has been advised.
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Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Representative Frank
Bow's (R., Ohio) office, and personally with Represenative Clement
Zablocki (D., Wis.) but none of them knew of anyone in the House who had
received a copy of Madam Binh's letter to the Congress.
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Tuesday 25 April 1972
6. Left with Helen Lawson, in the office of
Senator Henry Bellmon (R., Okla.), copies of maps of the Agency to be
sent to members of the group who will breakfast at the Agency with the
Director on 4 May. Miss Lawson gave me a copy of the letter they have
sent to their group announcing this session. She said she would let us
know how many members will attend as soon as she has this information
but she does not expect this will be more than several days in advance of
the meeting.
7. I IChecked with Bill Woodruff, Counsel,
Senate Appropriations Commiffee, and obtained from him the schedule for
the briefing of the Intelligence Operations Subcommittee on the budgets of
the intelligence community. Fbl]owing the Director's briefing in the morning
and afternoon of 5 May on the community budget and his briefing in the
morning of 8 May on the Agency budget, they expect to have Dr. Hall up on
the morning of 11 May followed by DIA, NSA and the reconnaissance witnesses
on the afternoon of the 11th and the morning and afternoon of the 12th. The
exact schedule following Dr. Hall's appearance is flexible.
9. 4Attended a meeting of the Legislative
Interdepartmental Group at the White House. See Memo for Record.
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Tuesday - 25 April 1972
10. John Goldsmith, Senate Armed Services
Committee stall, called about an insert which had been made by DOD in the
Nutter/Sullivan testimony of 7 March 1972 before the He was
particularly anxious to get an explanation as to what 1was. After
checking with C /FE, I told Goldsmit this was not our
program and A. =w%j LL.L%A LJ he checked this out with the Pentagon. He
thanked me and said he would do so.
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called concerning a call he received fr Office of Financo,
Inter-
national Division, General Accounting Office (129-6384). 1rMr.oStovall
stated that on occasion GAO prepares reports which involve the Agency.
He mentioned the reports on refugees in South East Asia prepared for
Senator Kennedy's Subcommittee and a report being prepared on Radio
Liberty and Radio Free Europe. He offered to provide to the Agency
copies of these and other reports for information or in draft prior to pub-
lication should the Agency so desire. Stovall's call was to the Director
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o finance and was referred to II who knows Stovall personally
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OLC, subsequently called the DDS. Itated he has 25X1
maintained the liaison with GAO on various repdrrs ncerning the Agency 25X1
and he would handle the matter.
together with nd
of CA Staff, met with Mr. Kopp,
e and r. Noah ., of USIA, to. review the problems
posed by the restrictionson the preparation and dissemination of information
abroad which were favorably reported by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1972. See Memo-
randum for the Record.
Mrs. Booth, in the office of Re resentativ G. Snyder (R. , Ky. ), that
the personnel application of as inactive. Per her request,
I told Mrs. Booth that we w u-no to review the file again in view of our
current personnel requirements and that we would confirm this in a letter
to Representative Snyder and would advise of the outcome. 25X1
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Monday - 24 April 1972
4. Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate Appropriations
Committee, called to say Chairman Ellender would like the Director to appear
before the Intelligence Subcommittee on Friday, 5 May, to cover the community
budget. The Chairman has set aside both morning and afternoon for this
session.
The Chairman would also like the Director on the morning of Monday,
8 May, to cover the CIA budget.
I later met with Woodruff personally to brief him on information
regarding the Soviet ICBM program and Woodruff recommended that the
Director cover this briefly during his 5 May appearance with the Subcommittee.
5. Met with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, and Jim
Woolsey, General Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, whom I
developments regarding the Soviet ICBM program.
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6. Received a call early this morning from Dorothy
Fosdick, Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations,
who said Senator Jackson had just called her regarding the William Beecher
article in today's New York Times regarding a new Soviet missile and would
like his staff briefed on this as soon as possible.
I later met with Miss Fosdick in the Senator's office and briefed her
on our present assessment of the information mentioned inihe Beecher article
cautioning it was tentative and the Senator might find himself out on an
embarrassing limb if he tried to draw firm conclusions from the information
at this stage.
7. Met with Senator Milton Young whom I briefed on
latest information on the Soviet strategic missile program and the details of
litigation regarding the Marchetti case. The Senator repeated his earlier
complaint about not having been briefed in advance an this matter, remarking
that the failure of DOD to alert hirn to a recent problem had cost the Department
$25. million. _I explained that action in the Marchetti case was in the hands
of the Department of Justice and we had no control over the timing.
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Friday - 21 April 1972
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5. Delivered to the offices of Senators
Mike Mansfield (D., Mont.), Hugh Scott (R., Pa.), and Edmund Muskie
(D., Maine) FBIS items in which their names were mentioned. Also delivered
a FBIS item to the Senate Foreign Relations staff for Senators Fulbright and
Case.
6. Talked with Marshall Wright, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, regarding the
material he might need from us for this afternoon's meeting in the White
House on the State /USIA authorization bill. Wright said he had decided
not to follow the procedure suggested in Tuesday's meeting and recommended
I merely bring to the meeting any papers we had bearing on the subject. I
reviewed briefly with him our position on the sections having to do with the
dissemination of information and ceilings on the number of U. S. personnel
abroad. Wright felt there was nothing in our position regarding dissemination
of information which would be troublesome to USIA although USIA might want
to take a stronger position which would also encompass our needs.
7. 1 -J Walter Elder advised Mr. McCone did not
expect to Be in a area uring a period of the Foreign Relations Committee
hearings on the Cooper bill, S. 2224. Furthermore it appears that the
inquiry which Mr. McCone received concerning the possibility of his testifying
on the bill was very informal.
Armed Services Committee room where we reviewed the excision which DOD
-proposed be made
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all of the changes whic had requested had been made by DOD
and we made several additional excisions in the text.
Later in the day I conferred again with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel of
the Committee, on the question of the wisdom of making public the details of
Braswell said he would discuss this aspect of
the matter with Chairman Stennis.
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Thursday - 20 April 1972
1. Called Leonard Killgore, Administrative
Assistant to Senator Barry Goldwater (R., Ariz. ), and expressed to him
our appreciation for his setting up the luncheon meeting for the Senior
Seminar with Senator Goldwater yesterday, I told him it had been a real
fine session and we were most grateful to both him and the Senator. Killgore
said he flew to New York with the Senator last night and he had commented
to him that he (Goldwater) had enjoyed having the opportunity to talk to our
people. Killgore said for us not to hesitate to call on them anytime they
could be of assistance. I thanked him and told him to do likewise with us.
2. In the absence of J. Sourwine I talked with
Sam Scott and Cecil Presson, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee staff,
thanking them for Sourwine's note and offer to provide us with multiple
copies of their publication of "Soviet Intelligence and Security Services,
1964-70, A Selected Bibliography of Soviet Publications, With Some
Additional Titles From Other Sources. " They said they would be happy to
supply us with the 200 copies which I requested. I Staff, 25X1
will arrange to pick these up.
I alled to say David Martin,
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee sta , a advised him that he and
retired U. S. Marine Corps General Lou Walt, along with another former
Marine officer, will be investigating possible illicit traffic in drugs from
Communist China. I 'll be briefing these men next Thursday,
27 April. I gave him some background information on David Martin and
briefed him on our contacts with him over the years.
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Wednesday - 19 April 1972
1. Accompanied Mr. Bruce Clarke, D/OSR, to a
meeting with Representative Ogden Reid (D. , N. Y. ). Mr. Clarke updated
information previously provided concerning the Soviet strategic forces. The
meeting was most cordial. It was interestin to note that Representative
Reid strongly favors rogram and there is no followup
action from the meeting.
2. ad several conversations with Jack Ticer,
Senate Armed Services Committee staff, about deletions which we were
recommending to DOD or inclusion in
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a so as a ricer to let us have a look at the transcript with the deletions
recommended by DOD before it goes to the printers. He said we could do this.
See Memorandum for the Record.
3. AVA, called to say State 25X1
Department had contacted him about a request they had received from Senator
Edward Gurney ( or a copy of the translation of COSVN Directives 25X1
42 and 43. It was recommendation that instead of having State pass
these to Gurney that we give them to the Senator directly. Copies of the
directives were hand-carried to Jim Groot, the Senator's Administrative
Assistant, who was advised we were providing this information which the
Senator had requested from the State Department, but made it clear there
should be no attribution to the Agency in the use of it.
4. Senator Barry Goldwater (R. , Ariz.) hosted
a luncheon and talked to the Agency Senior Seminar about Agency relations with
the Senate and other matters of common concern.
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I briefed Braswell on several current intelligence items inc u in :
the 9 April Soviet SS-NX-8 test, identification of a larger Soviet TU-144,
and a major Chinese program of airfield construction.
2. Left with the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
a paper on the Chinese Communist nuclear test of which
George Murphy, of the staff, requested yesterday.
3. Left with David Martin, Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee staff, a number of unclassified documents on the
Versailles Peace Conference which he had asked about and a paper prepared
bvF- entitled "Detente and the World Revolutionary Process:
A Soviet View. "
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5. ) Delivered to Miss Stafford, in the 25X1
office of Representative G. William Whitehurst R. Va. a draft response
for use in replying to
together with an appli
6. Met briefly with Frank Slatinshek, House
Armed Services Committee staff, who told me that DIA representatives are
meeting with the Intelligence Subcommittee this afternoon for an intelligence
briefing. I also met with Bill Hogan, of the Committee staff, who told me
that he was not up-to-date on Mr. Slatinshek's conversations during the day
with Chairman Nedzi concerning possible Agency briefings. Mr. Hogan
asked that I call him in the morning after he has had a chance to confer with
Mr. Slatinshek.
7. Spoke with Libby Reynolds, in the office of
Representative Jack Kemp (R. , N. Y. ), who advised that some fifteen fresh-
man Republicans had demonstrated a very strong interest in the breakfast-
briefing scheduled at Headquarters for 18 April. She said she realized this
was a larger number than was contemplated and she wondered if we could
accommodate a group this size. I told her that I thought we could handle
this number but that I would try to confirm that fact and let her know.
8. Met with Senator Henry Bellmon (R., Okla.)
and explained the Director would not be available to meet with the Senator's
breakfast group on the Hill but we would be happy to invite them to Headquarters
for breakfast. Bellmon thought this a good idea and suggested I work out the
arrangements with his Secretary Mrs. Lawson.
I discussed the above with Mrs. Lawson and after checking with the
Director we agreed to set Thursday, 27 April at 8:00 a. m. as the date and
time. Since the Senator had said some members would want to come first to
their offices and might like transportation from there to Headquarters, I told
Mrs. Lawson we could arrange this and provide maps to those who would
like. to come on their own.
9. Met with Senator Milton Young whom I briefed on
recent developments regarding Soviet SLBMs and Chinese airfield construction.
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Tuesday - 11 April 1972
1. Talked to Representative Ogden Reid (D. , N. Y. )
who requested a current updating of the information provided him earlier on
Soviet nuclear submarines, SLBMs, and strategic use of these weapons in
the Atlantic and Mediterranean in preparation for upcoming hearings on
I told Representative Reid we would be unable to provide information
on the American nuclear deterrent. This was an area that is reserved to
DOD. It was tentatively agreed that the meeting would be scheduled for
Monday or Tuesday afternoon, 17 or 18 April. SR, has
been advised.
2. Received a call from Miss K. Hendrix,
in the office of Representative Richard H. Ichord (D. , Mo. ), who said that
she is still working on a time for meeting with Representative Ichord on
the "Warren Commission papers. " She will call us.
3. Scott Cohen, Executive Assistant to Senator
Charles H. Percy (R. , Ill.), called to check on the validity of information
which had come to their attention to the effect that the Soviets were building
a new MIG assembly plant in Egypt. He said they were aware of the existence
of a facility in Alexandria but this appeared to be something different. After
checking with I lof OSR, I advised Cohen
that there were unclassified reports in the press to the effect that the Soviets
were going to help the Egyptians with their aircraft and missile production
but we had seen nothing further on this. Cohen expressed interest in any of
the unclassified material on this subject. I told him I would see what was
available and get it to him.
4. George Murphy, Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy staff, called to say I was in touch with him today about the
possibility of a briefing on the security procedures and physical security
setup in the JCAE but he informed Smith that he was unable to go into these
matters without a specific approval from his chairman. He said he had
reported, this to William Miller, of Senator Cooper's staff, who had originally
contacted him about talking with Smith and he (Murphy) regretted that
had not been informed of this.
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5, Received a call from Mary Thad Drake,
in the Lakeland, Florida office of Senator Chiles (D. , Fla. ), who asked
for the nearest Agency office to Lakeland. After some questioning she
indicated that a constituent, a former Special Forces officer, was the
individual who want n contact ency "probably for employment.
After checking with I told Miss Drake that our nearest
I land would be pleased to
ca e constituent an ma e an appropriate appointment directly with him.
Miss Drake said that the problem in this case is that the constituent does
not have a telephone. I suggested that he write our Director of Personnel
directly and gave her Mr. Fisher's name and address in Washington, D. C.
I told her also that I would send the appropriate employment brochures
and applications to Senator Chiles' Washington, D. C. office for transmittal
to Miss Drake. She was most appreciative.
6. William McAfee, INR/DDC, State Department,
called to say that David Abshire, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional
Relations, had asked Ray Cline, Director Intelligence and Research, for
material on the Cooper bill (S. 2224) for his (Abshire's) use in talking to the
Foreign Relations Committee later this week. McAfee said he assumed we
had developed some thoughts on this and he would appreciate anything we
could pass on to them. I told him we had sent a basic position paper to
Tom Lattimer, in the White House, for Dr. Kissinger's use and had also
provided some material to Ed Braswell, on the Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, this morning. I told him I would forward copies of this
material as well as some additional comments of mine having to do with
comparison of the Cooper bill with Section 202 of the Atomic Energy Act
with the understanding that it would not be used in its present form since
this had been sent to Braswell for possible use in a floor statement by
Senator Stennis. The material was sent this afternoon.
7. Lloyd Hackler, Administrative Assistant to
Senator Lloyd Bentsen, called to say the Senator would like the briefing on the
military situation in Indochina which he mentioned to the Director at 3:00 this
afternoon. After checking with OCI I found the experts concerned were already
committed to an important meeting and called back to suggest tomorrow
morning, to which Hackler agreed.
Later in the day Hackler called back to say Senator Stennis had called
on the Pentagon on the same subject tomorrow and Bentsen assumed this
woul answer his questions.
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Friday - 7 April 1972
9. Met with Mr. Robert Willian, Senate Finance
Committee staff, and discussed with him the action the Committee would take
on H. R. 9900. Mr. Willian said they planned to report the bill out without
any changes and gave no encouragement on the possibility of amending it to
accommodate the Agency's needs. See Memorandum for the Record.
10. avid Martin, Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee staff, called to advise that the Subcommittee would be going
to press very shortly with the publication of the Nkrumah documents using
a letter which they had obtained from the Department of State to support
their authenticity. He said this publication would start a new series to be
entitled "Communist Global Subversion and American Security. " This
specific document would be entitled "Attempted Communist Subversion of
Africa Through Nkrumah's Ghana. " Martin added that as soon as he finished
writing an introductory commentary he would get a jacket number from GPO
which he would pass on to us in the event our people wanted to "ride the
jacket. "
12. Delivered the Director's reply to an
inquiry made by Senator Sam Ervin, Jr. (D., N. C.), Chairman of the
Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of Senate Judiciary Committee.
13. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Talked to Mr. Gordon Murchie, USIA,
who told me that he had not yet forwarded the question pertaining to Agency
control of RFE and RL set forth in the long listing received from Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. I told Mr. Murchie I would call him as soon
as we had a chance to review the questions once we have them in hand. See
Journal of 4 April 1972.
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4, Talked to John Lehman, of the
NSC staff, about our response to Senator Ervin's (D. , N. C.) request
for a report on our executive agreements with foreign countries.
Lehman suggested I talk to Charles Bevans, of State.
5, called Charles Bevans, Assistant
Legal Advisor for Treaty fairs o' e State Department, and we agreed
on a text for our response to Senator Ervin saying that any such agreements
which the Agency has participated were being reported by the State
Department.
Received a call from Maurine Dantzic,
Senate Armed Services Committee staff, regarding General Walters'
nomination. She told me that the Senate did not call the executive
calendar on Friday.
7. Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services Committee, called to ask that we provide him with the
information for use in a possible speech by Senator Stennis (D. , Miss. )
in oppossition to the Cooper bill (S. 2224) which would require that
intelligence material be made freely available to the Congress.
8. George Murphy, Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy staff, called to say that William Miller, on the staff of
Senator John Cooper (R. , Ky. ), had contacted him about the possibility
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Cooper bill, S. 2224) a briefing on the physical security of the JCAE and
the procedures that the Committee follows. Mr. Murphy is reluctant to
get involved with without the approval of Chairman Pastore,
but wanted to confirm the employment dates of I -----land to 25X1
verify that he left the Agency in good standing. Mr. Murphy and I
discussed the pros and cons of drawing parallels between the JCAE and
other committees of the Congress and Mr. Murphy said he planned to do
nothing on this unless he was pressed further by Mr. Miller and got the
approval of his Chairman.
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3. Met with Senator Symington (D. , Mo.) as a
followup to his complaints to the Director during the Armed Services
Subcommittee session on 5 April about duplication of intelligence activities
in the Middle East. It turned out Symington had confused some MAG and
communications activities with intelligence operations, and after a
40-minute talk he seemed fairly satisfied. During our conversation he
complained that too many burdens were being imposed on the Agency, such
as economic reporting, paramilitary operations, covering the narcotics
traffic, etc.
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2. 1 1 William Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, visited Headquarters for a budget briefing
participated in by Messrs. Colby, Tweedy,
nd Maury. He was also briefed on some special projects by
t by lunch with Messrs. Tweedy, Briggs,
and Maury. See Memos for Recor
3. Received a call from Mr. Ralph
Preston, House Appropriations Committee staff, from his home. He
expressed his apologies that he will be unable to attend the briefing
arranged for this morning for himself and Mr. Woodruff, Senate Appropriations
Committee staff. He has a very sore throat and by doctor's suggestion will
be spending the day at home. Mr. Preston said that he will reschedule for
one day next week when he gets back in the office. I thanked him for the call.
Mr. Briggs, OPPB, has been advised.
4. I I At the request of Mr. Colby's office,
talked to Ruby Hamblen, Senate eronautical and Space Sciences Committee
staff, and arranged for the loan of two easels for use in the Director's
,briefing of Senate Armed Services Committee this afternoon.
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2, Called James Halmo, Deputy Assistant
Secretary o State for ongressiona elations, to ask whether they had
received a letter from Senator Ervin (D. , N. C.) inquiring about executive
agreements,and how they propose to reply. Halmo said that Charles Bevans,
Assistant Legal Advisor for Treaty Affairs, was the expert on this subject
and suggested we talk to him. I passed this word on to Mr. Houston, General
Counsel, who will get in touch with Bevans.
3. Called Rady Johnson, Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs), about Senator Ervin's request on
executive agreements. Johnson said Defense General Counsel, Fred Buzhardt,
was going to handle it, and was planning to testify on the matter. I asked
Johnson if he knew of any accepted definition of executive agreement. He said
he did not. I said I would ask Larry Houston to call Buzhardt.
4. John Goldsmith, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, called regarding articles in the New York Post on 29 March
and the Chicago Sun-Times on 28 March stating that Mr. John McCone was
supporting the Cooper bill which provided for dissemination of intelligence
information to the Congress. Goldsmith was interested in any information
we had on the basis of these two articles. I called him back later and told
him we knew of no basis for these statements except the possibility that
someone had seen Mr. McCone's name on the list of possible witnesses
favorable to this legislation, but we had no information as to whether or not
Mr. McCone would, in fact, testify.
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