BRIEFING OF HOUSE SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R000200010011-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 8, 1959
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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SUBJECT: Briefing of House Science and Astronautics Committee
1. In accordance with previous arrangements, Agency
representatives appeared before the House Science and Astro-
nautics Committee in Executive Session on 5 June for approxi-
mately two hours beginning at 10 a. m. The briefing was held in
room 214B, Now House Office Building, and there was a technical
sweep of the room prior to the briefing. Present from the
Committee were:
Overton Brooks (D.. Louisiana), Chairman
B. F. Sisk (D., California)
J. Edgar Chenoweth (R., Colorado)
James G. Fulton (R., Pennsylvania)
Erwin Mitchell (D., Georgia)
Perkins Bass (R., New Hampshire)
Staff members present were:
Spencer M. Beeresford
Charles S. Sheldon, Ii
Raymond Wilcove
Agency representatives present:
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No transcript was taken,, but arrangements were made by the
Chairman for Mr. Beresford to prepare a summary which would
then be cleared with the Agency. Mr. Sheldon advised me that
they had facilities only for storage of up to SECRET classification.
2. Dr. Scoville did the principal briefing from a series of
papers and not a prepared statement. In effect, he advised the
Chairman that he was continuing the briefing the Agency had
conducted in February. However, Dr. Scoville did bring the
3. There were several references by Representative
Chenoweth to the question of who is ahead in what fields. insofar
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Dr. Scoville that this is based on bar an reliable intelligence
but that certainly in other fields we were not satisfied.
4. Representative Sisk took this occasion to comment rather
fully that he believed the intelligence people were doing a pretty
good job. Representative Chenoweth hastened to make a statement
that I'll was not implying that our intelligence was bad. I, too,
think it is good."
5. ~ Representative Sisk asked a specific question relating
to velocity data of the Soviet lunar shot as it left the earth and
as it passed the moon. This information was promised to him.
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6. At the conclusion Representative Brooks thanked the
Agency representatives most graciously for the briefing and
stated he thought it was most interesting and of considerable
help to the Committee.
S/ John S. Warner
JOHN S. WARNER
Legislative Counsel
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR
For approval.
Attached Is a memorandum which records
the, hearing before the House Science and
Astronautics Committee on 5 June. The hearing
went very well and Mr. Brooks was most
appreciative of the briefing.
In view of the fact that Dr. Scoville covered
the recent Soviet ICBM shot to the longest range
yet, I strongly recommend that a brief memo
concerning this shot be forwarded to the
following Committee s
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR
Ssnat$ Prslaredssss Investigating Sub-
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The CIA S ibcOmmittees Of Senate and
House Armed Services.
Dr. Scoviils co*cars and is preparing an
appropriate s xemarwiducm if you approYs.
sI John S. Warner
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