APPEARANCE OF DCI BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS - TUESDAY, 6 MARCH 1962, 4:OO P.M

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 9, 1962
• Content Type: MFR

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9 March 1962
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Appearance of DCI before Senate Foreign Relations -
Tuesday, 6 March 1962, 4:00 p.m.
1. In accordance with previous arrangements, the Director
appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in executive
session to discuss the Powers case. The hearing began at four
o'clock and ran for approximately two hours. There was a technical
sweep of the room and a transcript was taken. Present from the
Agency were:
John A. McCone, Director of Central Intelligence
Lawrence R. Houston, General Counsel
John S. Warner, Legislative Counsel
Intelligence Officer
Consulting Psychologist
USAF
Present from the Committee were the following Senators:
J. S. Fulbright, Chairman
John Sparkman Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Frank J. Lausche George D. Aiken
Stuart Symington John J. Williams
Present from the staff of the Committee were:
Phillip Carlson, Staff Assistant
Donald G. Henderson, Consultant
Carl Marcy, Chief of Staff
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2. The Director followed basically the same pattern as the
House Foreign Affairs, that is, he read from his prepared notes
which took up the various aspects surrounding the case which
supplemented the released unclassified statement. After
approximately an hour, all members present seemed basically
satisfied and in fact Williams and Lausche urged that the Senate
Committee take official action to approve the report presented by
the Agency to assist in removing any doubts remaining in the case.
3. Senator Fulbright then turned to some basic questions
on the Agency and its relationship with the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. In addition, he raised the issue of McCarthy's Joint
Committee resolution which was before the Foreign Relations
Committee for action. Fulbright asked questions as to the number
of employees, number of agents, how many employees were in
Washington, and our budget. Mr. McCone supplied these figures
and later requested that the budget figure be considered very
confidential and be stricken from the record.
4. An interesting discussion developed on the Joint
Committee with the Director pointing out that he recognized the
legitimate concern of the Foreign Relations Committee with respect
to the Agency but suggested for their consideration that a Joint
Committee would not solve this problem but in fact would complicate
it. He pointed out that a Joint Committee on Intelligence probably
would hold to itself the information it received much as did the
Joint Atomic Energy Committee and, consequently, Senate Foreign
Relations would undoubtedly get less information concerning
intelligence and CIA than under the current setup. Lausche strongly
agreed with this view and Sparkman also agreed. It is believed that
Fulbright was very impressed by this argument. It should be noted
that during these later discussions these three Senators were the
only ones left. However, Fulbright persisted by asking the Director
for his recommendation as to a solution. The Director speculated
that possibly there could be some informal arrangement with
appropriate coordination with Senate Armed Services.
5. That part of the meeting which dealt with the Agency and
its relationship with Senate Foreign Relations will be carefully studied
about 6:15 p. m.
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