JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 15 NOVEMBER 1972

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2005
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• Publication Date: November 15, 1972
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 15 November 1972
1. I Senator Stuart Symington (D. , Mo.) visited
Headquarters where he reviewed the Cuban missile exhibit, lunched with
The Senator seemed quite pleased with the briefing and in conclusion
was assured by the Director that we would be prepared to provide him and
other members of the group travelling with him with a general briefing on
Eastern Europe during the group's sojourn in Bonn. Senator Symington said
members of the group are presently expected to include Senators Jackson,
Moss, Hollings, Nelson, Eagleton, Bentsen, Stevens and Schweike r.
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2. Helen Lawson, Secretary to Senator Henry
Bellmon (R. , Okla.), called to say that although this was short notice the Senator
would like a briefing on Soviet agriculture prior to his departure for the Soviet
Union this evening. After checking with the DDI, I told Miss Lawson that
OER) would meet with the Senator at 2:30 p.m. today in his
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Wednesday - 15 November 1972
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3. Accompanied OCI,
who briefed Representatives Donald Fraser (D., N. Y. ), Benjamin S.
Rosenthal (D., N.Y.), John Buchanan (R., Ala.), and Sherman P.
Lloyd (R. , Utah), of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and staff
members Cliff Hackett and Robert Boettcher, preparatory to their
upcoming trip to the Soviet Union.
hierarchy and I remarked that, as lawyers, e
some social and political insights by meeting with judicial or law
enforcement officials to discuss general problems of crime or
corruption. The briefing lasted two and a half hours and all present
expressed their appreciation.
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4-. I called Ralph Preston, House
Appropriations Committee staff, and asked his opinion of using the
opportunity while Representative Whitten (D. , Miss.) is visiting
Headquarters to brief him on a sensitive project. It was Preston's
opinion that such a briefing on this visit would be counterproductive
that Mr. Whitten would not want to spend the time during this visit.
As an aside Preston noted that since Whitten was interested in a briefing
on South America he might not be interested, in spending very much
time on the Cuban missile crisis display. Preston told me that he would
be leaving at noon with the congressional delegation for Representative
Bow's (R. , Ohio) funeral in Canton, Ohio. He expects to return this
evening as soon as the funeral is over.
of OER, to a briefing of Senator Henry Bellmon (R., Okla.) on the Soviet
agriculture situation, especially the wheat shortage. The Senator seemed
quite satisfied with the briefing and thanked us for coming to see him on
such short notice. See Memorandum for the Record.
6. I IYesterday Mrs. Anderson, in the office
of Senator Richard c. wei er . , Pa. ), called to set up an interview
for a constituent, An interview was scheduled with Mr.
OP, for 10:00 on Wednesday, 15 November 1972.
JOHN M. MAURY
egislative Counsel
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