REQUEST FOR APPEARANCES OF THE DCI BEFORE THE STATE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R000200010049-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: July 30, 1958
• Content Type: MF

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30 July l "I
MOR tDLtht FO .: Director of Central IatelliSeace
SUBJECT: Wiest for ,~aranca of the DCI Fore the
iii o Departa~asaat Organisation and Foreign
f tratioas committee of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee
1. This moaworandum cantatas a recommendation is paragraph 6
to* approval of the Director of Central Intelligence.
3? Mr. Boyd Crawford. Staff Administrator of the fall Committee
Reese Foreign Affairs. telephoned this aftoreoan is r:
Director could appear before t e Subcommittee on State Department
+C3a' animation and Foreign Operations. He indicated that this Subcommittee
is a cerned with not only the State Department but also with USIA and
liaison with CIA. That information is consistent with the Calendar of
Heise Foreign Affairs which so describes the functions of that Sobcom-
t Subcommittee is chaired by Wayne L. Hays (D. , Ohio), and
or members are..
. (D. , N.Y. ) Vorys, John M. (R., Ohio)
.rmi?tead I. Jr. (D., .Ala.) Jackson, DIMM44 L. (R., Calif.
Clement J. (D., Wisc..) Bentley, Alvin M. (R., Mich.)
3. 1 questioned Mr. Crawford on the subject matter of such an
apearance, sad he answered with one word, "Iraq.:" H. suggested a
tentative time of 2:30 P. M. on the 3tk of August. Without any commitment,
I informed Mr. Crawford I would look into the matter and advise further.
4. Is fte case of your appearance before the House Foreign Affairs
Comsat ttoe on IS June. the initial query was in the. form of a request for
before the utter-American Affairs Subcommittee. This
t'i eagne*tly translated into a written invitation by the Ch isaaaas of the
ittee, and all members of the full Committee were invited to
soli-called Subcommittee heariad. Presumably this could occur
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s the Senate Toretsa Relations Committee on 29 July.
S. In vtow of the discussions with dr. Macon this sn-ornias on
the question of C resst.nal appearances. I discussed the matter with
r. Smart. K. shares my opinion that it would be wdromoly difficult
under the circumstances to avoid discussing the Middle East situation
faU Foreign Agatre Committee. Mr. Smart said be would
attempt to mention the matter to Mr. Vinson and I informed Mr. Smart
that you might well wish. to discuss the matter with Mr. Vinson.
circuwestances of the precedes established by your
and tieo fact of yew discussing the Middle et
h
sign Relations. I would re mead tat r m
`row the a hairnma of the ton Hasse Forst" Affairs
Caaamittee to discuss the Middle East with &* fall Committee, subject
to wore out a matVAUT convenient time.
LC/JSW/ctrm (30 Jul 39)
cE DD CI
Les. Counsel
D CI
case. This well was not unexpected in. view of your
-re as Senate Foreign Relation. Committee and the
Affairs Committee subsequent to the Vice Prestdeat's
Jet S. WARNER
L gislaaative Counsel
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