JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050037-9
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November 15, 2006
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June 2, 1972
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Approved For Release 2006/11/1 t 415R000400050037-9 r:a Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Friday - 2 June 1972 Page 2 6. (Confidential - JGO) Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations Committee staff, who told me that he will try to schedule a visit to the Agency and possible luncheon with Messrs. Steininger and Proctor at the earliest possible date. He will not know until the first of the week whether he will be able to do it during the coming week. Preston told me that he does not see how he can schedule any further hearings on the community budget. He feels that he will have to take the information he has in hand and go to markup without further hearings from Defense components. 7. (Confidential - GLC) J. Sourwine, Chief Counsel, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, called with reference to the testimony of Alfred McCoy before Senator Proxmire's Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Appro- priations Committee. Sourwine was aware of the allegations McCoy is making in his testimony today and said if there was anything the Subcommittee could do that would be helpful either to the Agency, to the Subcommittee, or both in setting the record straight on this subject, he would be happy to cooperate with us. In this connection he mentioned the study which is being conducted by the Subcommittee's task force which is being headed by General Lou Walt and. presently traveling around the world looking into the drug problem. Sourwine also noted Jack Anderson had mentioned there were eight CIA reports on this subject which might or might not be accurate. He said if these reports or any other information could be made public through the task force they would be happy to cooperate. I told Sourwine I would look into this. Approved For Release 2006/11/15: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050037-9 Approved For Release 2006/11/15: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050037-9 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3 Friday - 2 June 1972 g. Talked with Colonel George Dalferes, Djepui i Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs), and subsequgntly sent to Assistant Secretary Rady Johnson the backup material we had prepared for Senator McGee's information at the McCoy hearing this afternoon. IItold Johnson that since McGee had not used this material DOD might find it useful in preparing Secretary Laird's response to these charges when he appears 25X1 before Proxmire's Subcommittee on Monday. 9.1 At lunch today I talked with Bill Woodruff, Count 41 Senate Appropriations Committee, about our intention to give Ralph Preston, House Appropriations Committee staff, a thorough briefing on the sensitive Woodruff thought this would be highly desirable, comme that if Preston had difficulty with this program it could present a real problem. Woodruff said he had provided Preston with all of his background files on the program in an effort to bring him up to speed. 10. (Secret - JMM) Mr. Cary and I met with Senator Gale McGee and explained to him our problems with allegations of Alfred McCoy regarding the drug traffic in Southeast Asia. McGee was very helpful and promised to appear this afternoon to look out for our interests. He put us in touch with Maurice Pujol;, of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee staff of Senate Appropriations. We prepared material for Senator McGee's use at the hearing. See Memo for Record. SECRET Approved For Release 2006/11/15: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050037-9. Approved For Release 2006/11/15: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050037-9 ~f .a~ 1460 A Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 4 Friday - 2 June 1972 11. Talked to Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate ' 25x1 s Appropriations om-r ee, regarding the problem of Alfred McCoy prepared testimony for the Proxmire Subcommittee. Woodruff offered to, try to get Senators Milton Young or Allen Ellender to head off the hearing! or have it in executive session, but we decided on another course. 12. I I Visited the office of Senator John Sparkm--Lftxl in connection with a personnel matter but he was not available. His secretar xi recommended I follow up on Monday. JOHN M. MAURY Legislative Counsel cc: O/DDCI Mr. Houston Mr. Thuermer DDI DDS DDS &'T EA /D:DP OPPB SECRET Approved For Release 2006/11/15: CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050037-9