JOURNAL- OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: November 14, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 14 November 1972
1. Obtained from Pat Holt, Acting Chief of
Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, his itinerary for his trip which
is: Panama, November 19-25; Argentina, November 26 to December 2 or 3;
and Chile, December 2 or 3 to December 8. I confirmed that all Holt wants
I uis the same type of background briefing he has received on
his trips in the past.
Services Committee staff, the "Comparative Study of Basic VC Reports"
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which he had requested from our people in the field. Goldsmith said that
in his conversation with the Chairman on his trip the Chairman gave no
indication of concern with respect to the Laos ceiling. (Goldsmith commented
to me that Ambassador Godley had said he was not concerned in view of the
strong possibility of a cease-fire and in any event thought expenditures would
be under the ceiling this year.) Goldsmith said the people in Laos are taking
a close look at the Accord of July 23, 1962 for Laos {specifically Section A
of Article 1) with respect to the definition of military; personnel who might
be retained in Laos under the nine point agreement. The above info rmation25X1 A
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Services Committee staff, who told me of his impressions from his recent
trip to Indochina. He spoke highly of our 1 25X1A
I ~s aware that
i.n i,aos are at a monthly rate which would exceed the
ceiling, but appreciates the necessity for this and sees no reason to believe
that the ceiling would in fact be violated. In addition to a written report he
plans to discuss his observations shortly with Chairman Stennis and will let
us know if he finds the Chairman particularly concerned about any Agency
problems in the area,
11. Called Dick Schultz, Associate Chief
Counsel, House Internal Security Committee, and arranged to meet with
him and Donald Sanders, Chief Counsel, anytime this week at my convenience
to discuss possibilities of broadening 18 U. S. C. 783(b) (Scarbeck statute). 25X1A
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JOHN M. MAURY
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Monday - 6 November 1972
8. Talked to Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel,
Senate Armed Services Committee, and explained that we had gotten some
indication from Defense that Chairman Stennis might be concerned about
the possibility that our program in Laos was moving forward at such a rate
that it would result in exceeding ceilin imposed by the
Congress there. I said the Director might like to discuss this matter with
the Chairman, and anything else the Chairman might have on his mind, at
the Chairman's convenience. Braswell said he was not sure how the
Chairman felt on this matter but he did recall that Pentagon officials had
recently remarked that they were holding the line in Laos but certain other
agencies might not be. Braswell said that Stennis was in Mississippi at
the present but would be returning to Washington shortly and if we wished
to get in touch with him we should do so through Mr. Cresswell,
Accompanied I
to a briefing of Joel Abramson and Colby King, Senator Charles McC. Mathias'
(R., Md.) staffers on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on the Agency's role in
the Federal narcotics detection program. I briefed these men on 25X1A
the Agency's role in the program. Abramson, who was completely unfamiliar
with even the most basic aspects of the U. S. intelligence collection program,
asked many questions which answered patiently and effectively. 25X1A
Mr. King on the other hand, being a former State Department employee assigned
to the embassy II was somewhat familiar with the Agency's activities
abroad. These staff members are meeting with representatives of all depart-
ments and agencies which have a role in the Federal narcotics program so that
they can more effectively assist Senator Mathias in assessing the effectiveness
of Federal programs in the 93rd Congress.
10. Called Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services Committee, and invited him to attend a briefing on a
sensitive project at Headquarters on Friday along with a visit to the NPIC
exhibit. Braswell expressed his regrets but said he would be out of town
from Thursday through Saturday of this week. I told him we would try to
arrange a separate briefing for him and perhaps Bill Woodruff, Counsel,
Senate Appropriations Committee, at a later date.
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