BRIEFING OF SPEAKER ALBERT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000500100096-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: July 29, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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July 29, l975
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Briefing of Speaker Albert
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of common Soviet-US concern in preparation for the trip 11
and other Congressmen are making to the Soviet Union, Ro-
mania and Yugoslavia. I Iclot seven minutes into his s -T
with the Speaker when Mr. A ert was called out, never to'i
'return. We spent the next hout briefing---at a somewhat l wer
level--Albert s uncleared staff aides, Mrs. Albert, and at
(to me) unidentified Congressional. wife. Happily, the
principal aide, Mrs. English, was relatively well-informed
and (dn the other side of the office) the other aides appeared
to be asking intelligent questions too, with Mrs.. Albert
contributing her share of questions and comparisons with
her China visit. A stenoty ist: attempted to preserve simu.l-
taneous conversations by We appear t
have exhausted the questioners and ourselves, to everyone~s
satisfaction. We had earlier delivered II written
observations on major issues-to Frank Slatinshek of Congr ss--
man Price's
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ce, who is putting together briefing pack ~ge.-
for the tour group, and on Friday 0 will discuss So-4
viet agriculture with Rep. Foley, who is a member of the croup..
1-undertook to send down a paper on the current scene in
Spain--where Albert will be spending three days' -est on the
way back in a.sentimental journey to the site of his, Oxfox?}d
- summer vacations. briefing cable prepared for Ambassad
Bruce by Wi 11 an niresl%,
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