JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000500120091-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2006
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: February 2, 1970
• Content Type: NOTES

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CONFIDENTIAL
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Monday - 2 February 1970
9. Called Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff, Senate
Armed Services Committee, for clarification of reports from DIA regarding
their appearance before the Committee on 29 January. Braswell said that
on two separate occasions Secretary Laird had "tried to serve up Mr. Helms"
as part of a joint CIA/DIA briefing on the strategic threat. Braswell
speculated that Laird had tried to employ this device "to kick off his new
ABM pitch. " Braswell said Chairman Stennis had not accepted Laird's
proposal, but at the opening of the DIA briefing on 29 January had sought
to assure himself that the DIA briefing was based on material shared with
CIA, and on agreed estimates.
Referring to the Director's 30 January appearance, Braswell said
there was considerable interest in the tactical air situation in Europe
and our Subcommittee might wish to call the Director back to discuss this
25 problem at some future date.
.10. Called Russ Blandford, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, to say that in response to his question
of 23 January the Agency had never received any firm warning from any
Iranian officials regarding an imminent coup in Libya. I said the Shah and
others had occasionally spoken of the instability of the old regime in Libya
and Nasir might want to take advantage of the situation. However I said we
had never received any information from the State Department or anyone
else about. a specific warning given by Iranian foreign minister Zahedi
to Embassy officers shortly before the coup.
11. Representative John O. Marsh called to
say that he would like to discuss with me tomorrow a couple of items
regarding his report to the Appropriations Committee Chairman on his
recent trip to Southeast Asia. We agreed to meet, probably at my home,
after the Lipscomb funeral services.
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JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
CRC, 7/19/2003
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