MEETING WITH JOHN RICH AND PAT HOLT OF THE STAFF OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000100110003-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 27, 1972
• Content Type: MFR

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27 July 1972
SUBJECT: Meeting with John Rich and Pat Holt of the Staff
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1. The morning of 20 July 1972, (Deputy
Chief, DDP/NARCOG) and I, accompanied by o n aury, Legis-
lative Counsel, met'in one of the Senate Office buildings
with John Rich and Pat Holt, members of the staff of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Rich recently accom-
panied Senator Spong on a trip to Italy, France, Turkey,
Iran, and England during which they looked at the narcotics
problem.
2. Rich indicated interest in our view as to whether
the attack on the supply side of the narcotics problem had
a real chance for success. In a rather long discussion, we
provided him a general review of the world opium situation
and patterns of trafficking in opium and opium deriviatives.
Pat Holt, who works on Latin American affairs on the staff,
expressed interest in names of any specific of- 25X1C
ficials involved in narcotics traffic. We were a so asked
how long the agency has been working on the narcotics question,
and an apparently pointed question asked by Holt had to do
with whether our work on the narcotics problem was diverting
our attention from other matters. The session was very
friendly throughout.
3. At Mr. Maury's instruction I took to this session
a set of our intelligence memoranda on international nar-
cotics matters. These were given to Mr. Rich, and Mr. Maury
reiterated to Mr. Rich the general ground rules for such
(i.e., Rich may use these for his own information, but if he
wishes to make other use of the material, he should check
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fied material can be declassified or sanitized or put to the
desired use.) A list of the classified documents lent to Mr.
Rich is attached.
4. Also provided Mr. Rich at this session was a copy
of the newly printed World Opium Survey 1972. This is an un-
classified document being published under the CCINC label.
Rich was informed that he was getting an advance copy. (On
21 July Walter Minnick of the White House Staff told me that
they would like to hold up distribution of the new World
Opium Survey until the next meeting of the CCINC; this CCINC
meeting a een scheduled for 24 July but was now put off
for about two weeks. I asked Mr. Maury to inform Rich that
the distribution of the Survey was being delayed and that
Rich should keep his copy close. Mr. Maury undertook to do25X1A
this.)
oorainator on
International Narcotics Matters
Attachment: A/S
Distribution:
Orig - Congressional File
1 - Chrono
1 - DDP/NARCOG
1 - ADDI
1 - D/OCI
1 - OLC (Mr. Maury)
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