JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 13 NOVEMBER 1972

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• Publication Date: November 13, 1972
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 13 November 1972
Talked to Ralph Preston, House
Appropriations Committee staff, who told me that in general all he
knew about Representative Bow's (R, , Ohio) death is what has been
reported by the press, that he died this morning of a heart attack.
Washington funeral will be Wednesday morning at Gawler's Funeral
Home, Washington, at 9:30 and later in Canton, Ohio.
Preston told me that Representative Whitten (D. , Miss. ) is
in town and has put final approval on Thursday for briefing and lunch
at Headquarters prior to departure on Saturday for Mexico City. I
will pick up Whitten and Preston at 10:30 a, m. at the Capitol. As for
other Committee members, it is expected that Mr. Mahon will be
returning to the city early the week of 20 November. Mr. Sikes, however,
at this time may not be returning to the city until January.
2.
! met
FE DivisiL, with Dr. John Brady and Mr. Robert Boyer,
House Foreign Affairs Co
mmittee staff, and reviewed with them and
explained certain portions of Committee notes relating to organization of
the Executive branch and the involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency
in coordinated Government narcotics program beginning in October 1969.
There were no followup questions from this meeting.
3. John Goldsmith, Senate Armed Services
Committee , called to say t at he had talked with Senator Stennis about
his trip and the Senator said nothing to him to fan or fuel the apprehension
which Jack Maury expressed to him last week. I have made arrangements
to see Goldsmith tomorrow.
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4. Talked to Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, who said he would not be able to visit the Agency
for the special briefing this week. He suggested that we go ahead and brief
Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, without
him.
With respect to the trip he and Senator McClellan are making, he
said they would be in Hawaii from 18 - 21 November, in Korea from
22 - 26 November, and back in Hawaii from 25 - 30 November.
5. I IPat Holt, Acting Chief of Staff, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, called to say he would be leaving Sunday for
He plans to spend one
wee,K in eacn country. e sai a wou i e to a to our people as he has
done before and "would appreciate it if we would grease the skids" for him.
I told him if there was any problem with this I would be back in touch with
him.
JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
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