JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 8 FEBRUARY 1971

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1971
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 8 February 1971
1. I I In response to my query Bill Woodruff,
Counsel, Senate Appropriations Committee, said he hoped that Proctor
Jones, who formerly served as a staff assistant in Senator Russell's
personal office, would remain on the Appropriations Committee payroll
as a junior clerk, but it is not definite at this time.
Charles Campbell, Senator Russell's Administrative Assistant,
has moved to the staff of Senator Russell's replacement, Senator David
Henry Gambrell.
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1 In response to his query Friday about the
2 February Jack Anderson column alleging SR-71s flown by American
pilots were flying over Communist China, I advised Russ Blandford,
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, that Anderson had
taken several unrelated facts and put them together to produce an
erroneous assertion. See Memorandum for the Record.
3. I I At the request of Scott Cohen, Staff
STATINTL Assistant to Senator Charles Percy (R. , Ill. ), I made an appointment for
formerly with USIA in Sao Paulo, for a personnel
STATINTL interview with tomorrow at 2:45 p.m.
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4. George Murphy, of the Joint Committee
on Atomic Energy staff, said he had talked with Senator Pastore this
morning and 10:00 a. m. on 24 February looks like a good date for the
Director's annual briefing. The Director and have been M1
notified.
Murphy continues to express concern over the high-level negotiations
being conducted
Murphy is convinced they will subsequently
wind up in the hands of the Soviets and the Chinese Communists and with
the acquisition of these machines they will obtain computer technology
which they have not been able to develop on their own. In connection with
this Murphy asked if there were any new studies on the computer subject
which could be made available to the Joint Committee. He specifically
mentioned a study by the National Academy of Science on computer exports
originally prepared in 1969 and updated in 1970.
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tion Subcommittee staff, called to advise that the private r9lief bill n
was introduced on Friday, 5 February 19711 1
6. I I Met with Mr. John Garrity, House
Defense Appropriations Sumittee staff, who told me that briefings
by the Secretary of Defense (who will be followed by various military
commanders) are tentatively scheduled to begin on 4 March. The full
Committee is expected to hold an organizational meeting later this week.
7. I Met with Mr. Herbert Roback, Staff
Administrator, Military Operations Subcommittee, Committee on
Government Operations, who told me that the Chairman, Representative
Chet Holifield (D. , Calif. ), is considering reassignment of Committee
jurisdiction of the Central Intelligence Agency to his own Subcommittee,
the Military Operations Subcommittee, from the Moss Subcommittee on
Government Information and Foreign Operations. Mr. Roback indicated
that there is no indication that the Chairman intends to place demands
on the Agency for briefings or otherwise. He noted that Mr. Holifield
is completely well disposed toward the Agency and its activities, and
in the past has kept up-to-date on the Agency through his membership
in the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Mr. Roback thanked me for
coming by and said he would keep me posted as the situation develops.
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8. 1 1 Met with Messrs. Russ Blandford and Frank
Slatinshek, House Armed Services Committee staff, who told me that
the rules of the House Armed Services Committee provide that members
of the full Committee may attend any Subcommittee meeting and participate
in the meeting without vote. They feel this rule may be troublesome for
the subcommittee chairmen in the coming year.
I briefed Messrs. Blandford and Slatinshek on the Soviet
acknowledgment of the current naval visit to Cuba. and the 5X1 D
latter item.
It was requested that further information be provided on the
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9. I I 1 talked to General 25X1
Counsel, NSA, who told me that the Director of NSA with the approval
of the office of the Secretary of Defense will be meeting with the
Chairmen and policy members of the Armed Services and Appropriations
Committees to bring them up-to-date on NSA activities and to upgrade
the present posture of NSA in congressional circles.
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