BRIEFING OF CIA SUBCOMMITTEES OF SENATE ARMED SERVICES AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 1, 1962
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Briefing of CIA Subcommittees of Senate
Armed Services and Appropriations
Committees
1. This memorandum is for information only.
2. Immediately after you left this morning and as Mr. Stoertz
began his presentation, Senator Russell voluntarily indicated that he
had no need for such information to be recorded and the Agency reporter
was excused. Mr. Stoertz then gave his briefing almost precisely on
the same lines of the briefing he gave the Vinson Subcommittee earlier
this week. He specifically covered the Air Force and Army dissents
on the missile situation and further covered the Air Force dissent on
the long range bomber situation. Stennis in particular, but also others,
were interested in the question of the dissents and wondered what was
the basis for such dissent. It was explained carefully that all members
of USIB had available to them precisely the same information but that
the differences came in the evaluation of the information available. It
was noted, of course, that all other members of USIB had concurred
in the Estimates.
3. All members seemed to be most interested in the presentation
but particular interest was displayed by Russell, Saltonstall and Stennis
who asked many very good questions. Very shortly after 12 o'clock, it
was indicated the Senators would have to go to the floor and, consequently,
Mr. Cline did notgive any of his presentation.
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4. The Senators were most gracious in their comments and
thanks for the Agency representatives coming up to assist them. You
may be interested that at the time Mr. Stoertz got ready to give his
presentation Senator Stennis, in an aside to Senator Young, stated
"Now we will get the real poop. " Further, Senator Saltonstall told
Mr. Stoertz at the conclusion of the briefing that his presentation
"was the best that I have ever heard before this Committee. " He
then inquired just a bit into Mr. Stoertz's background and experience.
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