LAUSCHE OJECTS TO FULBRIGHT ON LACK OF BRIEFINGS

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000200930101-9
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November 17, 2016
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April 5, 1999
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101
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November 15, 1962
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WASHINGTON STAR NOV 1 5 1962 Approved For Release 2000/08/27: CIA-RDP75 ibers who tlt;uest one. Aausche Ojec To Fuibright on tack of Briefings BY the Awopl?tad Tree Senator Lausehe, Democrat of Ohio, sharply objected today to the refusal of Senator Ful- bright, Democrat of Arkansas, to summon the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for an im- -mediate briefing on Cuba. Senator Lausche made public a new letter to Senator Ful- bright, the committee chair- mari, asserting the subject of "thi Cuban posture against our country is of such significance that information on it ought not ,to, be de laved for any rea- sons whatsoever." The Ohio Democrat, it mem- ber of the committee, said he did not consider Senator Ful- brIghht'a counter offer of in- forMal briefings for committee members who want them an adequate way to handle the! rd6uat.ion. Senator Lausche proposed to Senator Fulbright Tuesday that the full committee get a com- plete briefing on Soviet missiles and military equipment in Cuba from officials of the State and Defe me Departments and the Central Intelligence Agency. Senator Fuibright, who left yesterday for the NATO par- liamentary conference in Paris and other engagements abroad. immediately offered to set up a briefing its Senator Lausche :Approved For Release 2000/08/27 : CIA-RDP75-00149R000200930101-9