JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 21 JUNE 1972

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2005
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: June 21, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 21 June 1972
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21 (John Goldsmith, of the Senate Armed Services
Committee stall, called to say he'd just talked to Cheryl Klein, of Dominick's
office, who told him of Senator Case's com romise ro osal to limit the
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1 11 Goldsmith wanted to be sure that this proposal was acceptable to
the Agency and I told him it was. I added, however, that while it would solve
the CIA problem I couldn't speak for the White House or State and the final
OK would have to come from them.
Regarding lending us a copy of the transcript of the Laird and Moorer
testimony of yesterday, Goldsmith said this could be done and we should get
in touch with Jack Ticer.
3. I ralked several times during the day with the
principal staff people involved in preparation of material to support Senator
Dominick's amendment (#1257) to strike Section 515 of the Foreign Assistance
Authorization bill (S. 3390). Of particular interest was a report from Miss Cheryl
Klein, on the staff of Senator Peter Dominick, to the effect that Senator Dominick
and Senator Byrd (presumably Senator Robert Byrd) had expressed to Bill
Hildenbrand, in the Minority Leader's office, some concern that discussion of
Dominick's amendment would reci itate a demand for a secret session of the
Senate =- I For this reason there was
some thought the leadership would delay bringing up Senator Dominick's
amendment until Friday when there might be less chance for this type of discussion.
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8. ohn Lehman, NSC staff, called to ask how
the Director's appearance ____ _._ the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
yesterday went. I said there were no major problems although the Director
did get a number of questions about the validity of the "bargaining chips" theory
i. e. , that we should proceed with our strategic weapons programs in order to
maintain a bargaining position and, why the Soviets had been unwilling to
declare the number of their ICBM -launchers. I said none of these questions
produced any fireworks or controversy. Lehman asked whether we had sent
over to the White House a copy of the Director's prepared statement and I
explained the Director had a policy of not releasing or coordinating his
statements, since he felt to do so would have an adverse effect on his
credibility as an independent voice. Lehman did not pursue the matter.
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10. Talked to Carl Marcy, Staff Director, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, who described a rather tempestuous session of
the Committee today when Chairman Fulbright had attacked Secretary Laird
for exaggerating the Soviet threat in order to get money for defense programs
and charged Laird with distorting intelligence for this purpose, citing the contrast
between Laird's testimony and earlier testimony by CIA witnesses.
25X1 11. Called Dick Schultz, House Internal
Security Committee stall, and told . im that I had looked into the status of
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we had no suitable vacancy, and subsequently, the application had been re-
25X1A evaluated with the same result. As a consequence, if I had
pending job opportunities, I would recommend that he ought to accept them,
explaining that we were just not hiring in the areas which he had expressed
interest.. Ialso told him that the results of this most recent review would
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contact Mr. Ichord. )
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