JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000400130080-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: March 13, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Tuesday - 13 March 1973
8. I I Met with Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who told me that he had received a call from a newspaper
requestin that would be
coming to] I After checking
with John Warner, OGC, and Angus Thuermer, Assistant to the Director, 25X1
I told Preston that back pay and general questions from the press media
are being the as matters
relating to personal affairs. Preston to me a he will be
involved in reprogramming hearings through this week and most of next
and will not be able to schedule a meeting with me an IC, 25X1
on intelligence community matters before the end of next week a the earliest.
He will have to await until that time also to schedule the briefing he has
requested at Headquarters on the CIA budget. has been advised.
I brought Preston up-to-date on the Director's meeting with the 25X1
joint Senate CIA subcommittees on Chile. Preston asked that I keep him
up-to-date so that Chairman Mahon will not be caught out on any inadvertent
or other publicity that might arise from these meetings.
I briefed Preston on the Syrian acquisition of the Soviet FROG-7;
Soviet SS-X-17 ICBM test; and the 10 February interception of an opium
shipment from Afghanistan to Iran.
", Met with Frank Slatinshek, Chief Counsel,
House Arme ervices Committee, and discussed the proposed briefing
for himself and Chairman Nedzi, Intelligence Subcommittee, that had been
requested on CIA methodology in OB and other statistical analyses.
Slatinshek asked that I contact Chairman Nedzi and arrange for the briefing
directly with him. I briefed Slatinshek on the Director's appearance before the
joint CIA Subcommittees of Senate Armed Services and Appropriations.
Slatinshek had no comment.
I also briefed Slatinshek on the Syrian acquisition of the Soviet
.FROG-7; Soviet SS-X-17 ICBM test; and the 10 February interception of an
opium shipment from Afghanistan to Iran.
1,0.1 1 Talked to Fred Ladd, State Department
(632-2478), who is handling the staff arrangements for briefings for Jim
Lowenstein and Dick Moose, on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on U. S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad. A
ing here at Headquarters at 9:30 a. m. ,
Aort
tentative date was set f -ncy brie
Wednesday, 21 March. C/FE, has been advised.
CRC, 6/9/2003
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