JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00682R000200110060-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: August 20, 1954
• Content Type: NOTES

Approved For RWease 2004/0381ECf IE1DP91-00682RQ,p0200110060-5
Journal
Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday - 20 August 1954
25X1A
1. Mr. Kirkpatrick and Mr. Houston agree that the problem of
not being able to reach Senator Jenner to ascertain whether he would
be willing to efore the Senate 25X1 X
Internal Security Sub-Committee could best be met by briefing Alva
Carpenter, the Sub-Committee Counsel, who might be in a position to
make some preliminary judgements and who would also be the person
with whom Chairman Jenner would be in touch with first. I therefore
discussed with Carpenter and Mandel, Committee Research Chief, the
entire background of this case, and it was their opinion that it was
a case which the Sub-Committee should handle and that in all proba-
bility Chairman Jenner would concur. They inquired whether they might
discuss it with Mr. Sourwine and Senator McCarran, but I informed them
that I was not at liberty to have the matter discussed any further.
They immediately pointed out that if they were to do a good job in
preparing this case, they would need a minimum of approximately two
weeks and that if. the Secretary of State were to send certain notes
to foreign governments on 24 August, the necessity of holding a
hearing immediately thereafter could only result in a badly prepared
case. If this could be accomplished, they would set to work at once
to prepare the case as rapidly as possible. Mr. Houston and Mr.
Kirkpatrick concurred in my opinion that this was a most reasonable
approach, and I have communicated this request to 2 5X1A
Mr. Wisner subsequently authorized them to seek the post-
ponement from Assistant Secretary of State McCardle who is the main
proponent of the urgent issuing of the notice in order that it may be
announced by the Secretary of State on 24 August, prior to his depart-
ing for the SEATO conference in the Philippines. Mr. Wisner has also
approved our starting to fill the Committee Counsel in at once
so that they may start to prepare the case. In the meanwhile, Mr.
Carpenter will continue to make every attempt to surface Senator
Jenner.
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