JOURNAL -- OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY 28 JULY 1953

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• Publication Date: July 28, 1953
• Content Type: NOTES

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Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 28 July 1953
1. Congressman Widnall (R. , N. J.) called Mr. Kirkpatrick
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regarding the case of
who is sub-
ject to a deportation hearing today. The Congressman desires infor-
mation as to whether CIA could be of assistance in supporting this
25X1A case on behalf of He was assured that we would inform
25X1A I&NS of wi ingness to assist CIA, and that we would also
brief the Congressman personally on the background in support of
25X1A his private bill for I (H. R. 5874). Mr.r -1 of the 25X1A
Security Office, talked with the Board of Immigration Appeals, and
it was agreed that CIA would write a further letter to the I&NS, re -
25X1A stating that was willing to be useful; that the Czech coup
had prevented him from assisting CIA; and that he had a definite in-
telligence potential.
2. Mr. Dulles called upon Congressman Taber and the Con-
gressman informed him that Cong. Sikes (D. , Fla.) was making a
trip to Europe. Mr. Taber would like to have the Congressman in-
spect the RFE facilities in Europe as well as certain other CIA instal-
lations. Mr. Dulles acceded to this request.
3. Mr. Dulles then discussed with Mr. Taber the personnel
ceiling which the latter had imposed on CIA. Mr. Taber denied any
knowledge of such a ceiling or any intention to impose such a limita-
tion upon CIA. Mr. Sprankle was then called in to the meeting and
produced the letter which Mr. Taber had sent. The matter has now
been left open for discussion with the Bureau of the Budget, and Col.
White will inform Mr. Sprankle of the results.
4. Senator Saltonstall has informed the DCI that there will be
no action this year on any resolution to establish a Joint Congressional
Committee on Central Intelligence. However, he wished to discuss
25X1A certain aspects of the case with the DCI and Senators Bridges
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and In view of the rush toward adjournment, it is doubtful
whether this meeting can be arranged. The DCI informed me that
there will probably be no action over the summer on an ad hoc group
under Senator Saltonstall to look into CIA matters.
5. Mr. of ONE has been selected to accom-
pany Senator Hic en ooper an is party on their forthcoming trip to
clearance can be obtained in time.
6. In reply to the request of the Internal Security Subcommittee
of the Senate Judiciary Committee that we authorize the release of the
CIA Executive Session testimony in thel to Mr. McLeod 25X1A
of the Department of State, I informed Mr. Morris that we would be
willing to do so, provided we had an opportunity to review the testi-
mony first in order to protect intelligence sources and methods. Mr.
Morris thereupon suggested that the Committee agree to forward the
testimony to the State Department through CIA, and that we would in-
form the Committee as to the material which we deleted so that
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eliminated. Mr. Morris informed consequence
me that
the request for the testimony had come originally from a Mr. O' Tiepka(Sp?)
of Mr. McLeod's staff, and that Mr. Morris had discussed the matter
with Mr. Rogers, the Deputy Attorney General, who had agreed that it
would be preferable to have the case handled by the Department of
State rather than attempt a Department of Justice proceeding.
7. At our request, Senator Watkins has introduced S. 2489
and S. 2490, private bills to grant permanent residence to
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