MEETING WITH DAVID PICKENS,OF THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS & DRUG ABUSE CONTROL, ON 23 MARCH 1978

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1978
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OLC: 78-1182
SUBJECT: Meeting with David Pickens, of the House Select Committee
on Narcotics & Drug Abuse Control, on 23 March 1978
1. 1I Met this morning with David Pickens, of the House Select
Committee on Narcotics & Drug Abuse Control staff, at the Committee
offices for approximately two hours . The purpose of the meeting was
to receive from Mr. Pickens a list which he had prepared outlining
the follow-up items which the Committee had requested from the
CIA during the hearing held on Monday, 20 March 1978. Those items
appear as attachment to this memorandum with action staffing as
indicated.
2. I u In addition to picking up and discussing with Mr. Pickens
the various requests, we discussed in general terms the subject of
how the hearings were going. Mr. Pickens noted that, although
certain members of the Committee were not entirely happy with
CIA's responses to their initial queries, the Committee felt overall
that CIA's presentation before the Committee was the most frank
and forthright of all the agencies that-had appeared before the
Committee. Mr. Pickens made special note of the fact that
Representative Paul Rogers (D., Fla.) was very impressed with
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manner _51 presentation. Mr. Pis ens
went on to state that he felt the Congriessmen's primary concern was
not so much with the fact that the CIA did not have as much information
on the subject matter of the hearing as they had hoped we would, but
rather the fact that hearings thus far indicate to the Committee that
the various agencies of the Executive Branch do not share information
nor coordinate matters of common interest as well as they should.
3.1 --VIr. . Pickens requested that if at all possible, the Committee
staff would like to have our final response in their hands not later
than 3 April 1978. I did not commit myself on this matter, but
rather told Mr. Pickens that I would check with the various offices
involved as to what was required to respond to the requests and
that I would get back to him today.
Office of Legislative Counsel
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