BRIEFING BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE CIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE ARMED SERVICES - 23 MAY 1967

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 23, 1967
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Briefing by the Director of the CIA Subcommittee of
House Armed Services - 23 May 1967
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1. The Director, accompanied by
met with the CIA Subcommittee of House
Armed Services. The meeting commenced at 9:00 a. m, and ran until
10:00 a. in. Present from, the Subcommittee were:
L. Mendel Rivers
Philip J. Philbin
William H. Bates
Melvin Price
Porter Hardy, Jr.
William G. Bray
Charles E. Bennett
Charles A. Halleck
Both Rues Blandford and Phil Kelleher from the staff were present.
Prior to the hearing there was a sweep of the room and there was
monitoring during the hearing. As usual, no transcript was taken.
1. The Director went through the item of Cuban Subversive
Activities in Latin America verbatim. There were a few questions
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3. Mr. Bray inquired about Agency involvement in the sate of
M?16 rifles to Singapore. Mr. Helms at first indicated he would have
to check into this but stated he had chocked this just
recently and there was no truth to the story that CIA- was involved in
any way.
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competent to deal with Egypt at this time if matters carx::e to a show-
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