JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL THURSDAY - 4 NOVEMBER 1971

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• Publication Date: November 4, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 4 November 1971
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1. Met with Mr. Robert Lockhart, House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee staff, who told me that the regular
meeting of the full Committee has been scheduled for 10:00 a. m. , Thursday,
18 November with the same agenda including H. R. 11150, the Ervin bill, that
was scheduled for the last meeting when the Committee was unable to reach
a quorum.
2. I I Met with Miss Valerie Duval, Legislative
Assistant to Representative John E. Moss (D. , Calif. ), and gave her a copy
of the unclassified pamphlet "The Central Intelligence Agency" and a copy of
Mr. Helms' speech of 14 April 1971. This was in response to her call of
yesterday in response to a constituent inquiry. Miss Duval was most appreciative.
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et with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee stall, w o o me that he has learned
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in a supplemental request. Mr. Preston noted that this was quite different
from the information Mr. Clarke, OPPB, had given him. Mr. Preston sees
no particular problem with going the supplemental route if it is what the
I I and OMB desire. OPPB, has been advised.
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4. Talked to Dr. Al Westphal, House
Foreign Affairs Committee staff, who told me that the Committee Chairman
is ready to appear before the Rules Committee whenever he is called to testify
on S. 18. The bill is pending in Rules Committee but no date is scheduled
for consideration. He does expect, however, that they will have the measure
cleared through the House this year, has been
5, Met briefly with Carol Berdes, Administrative
Assistant to Representative Ogden Reid (R. , N. Y. ), who told me that her final
day in the office will be the 16th. I told her I will be by before she leaves to close
out her secret clearance.
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7? Hand-carried to Al Tarabochia, Senate
Internal Security u committee staff, a copy of the FBIS item of 18 August
containing a translation of the speech made by Fidel Castro welcoming
the return of the Cuban athletes from the Pan American games.
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Committee staff, called to say that the Committee was proposing another
compendium on China and hoped to obtain the cooperation of the Agency
in the submission of various studies as we had done in the past. He
said he understood that Mr. John Hart had been in touch with someone
in the Agency on this and merely wanted to alert us to the fact that the
Director will be receiving a letter on this in the near future.
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11.1 ' Accompanied Mr. Duckett, DDS&T, who
briefed the Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Develop-
ments of House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Soviet strategic weapons
systems--offensive and defensive. See Memo for the Record
12. Met with Representatives Hebert, Nedzi,
Price, Arends and Bray and Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Assistant Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, and briefed them on developments
affecting the intelligence community. See Memo for Record.
13. Met with Representative Paul Rogers and
explained that we had not forgotten his continued request for information on
"arms for opium" reports in Southeast Asia, but Iwas out of
town and we would probably be in touch with him next week.
14. During my conversation with Representative
Lucien Nedzi, he raised the question of a newspaper story in the Washington
Post regarding an Air America helicopter being shot down in Burma. I
explained the helicopter was on a charter mission for AID and engaged in
a purely peaceful mission to provide refugee supplies in Laos when it
accidentally strayed a short distance over the Burmese border and was
forced down.
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15. Checked with Jim Woolsey, Senate Armed
Services Committee staff, on the status of the conferee action on the
Symington amendment to the Military Procurement bill. Woolsey said
the conferees have concluded action on the bill and the House Armed
Services Committee staff is drafting the "Joint Explanatory Statement
of the Committee of Conference. " He said he would be working with them,
however, on the appropriate language
17. After coordinating with
Senator Jacob Javits (R. , N. Y. ), and relayed to his secretary information
concerning the choice of three dates for Lakeland's appearance before the
Advanced Intelligence Seminar. She said she would pass the information
on to him and try to be back to us on Monday.
OTR., I called the office of Peter Lakeland, Executive Secretary to
Mr. Houston Mr. Thuermer DDI
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