JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 25 NOVEMBER 1968

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 25 November 1968
1. I Called Chairman L. Mendel Rivers, House
Armed Services Committee; Mr. J. Russell Blandford, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee; Mr. Robert Michaels, Staff Assistant,
House Appropriations Committee; Mr. Edward Braswell, Professional
Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; and Miss Dorothy
Fosdick, Staff Director, Si bco-mmitts-Q. on,_Natianai_Socurity and Into. _
national Operations,, to inform each that concern regarding Romania, on
which I briefed them on 22 November, had subsided.
2. I In the course of the above mentioned
phone conversation with Chairman Rivers, he said that it occurred to him
that the recent hijacking of American aircraft might have been ins,])ired by
Castro as a means of clandestinely obtaining U. S. currency. I said I was
aware of no evidence to this effect but would investigate and confirm.
3. Scott Cohen, on the staff of Senator
Charles H. Percy (R. , Ill. ), called to say that, in connection with his
appointment to the Committee on Government Operations, Senator Percy
has asked Cohen to contact various "foreign policy agencies" to arrange
briefings for his personal staff members so they might become more
knowledgeable in this field. He said the Senator had specifically mentioned
CIA. I suggested to Cohen that he exclude us from this kind of arrangement
for a variety of reasons (which Cohen understood) but added that we still
stood ready to brief the Senator or him on specific situations more within
our area of responsibility. Cohen thanked me and said he agreed completely
with our position. (See Memo for the Record for details).
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Monday - 25 November 1968
5. In response to her request, hand carried
to Judith Spahr, on the staff of the Subcommittee on National Security and
-laternational Operations, a copy of the containing the text
of the Brezhnew speech given earlier this month.
6. Mr. Vincent J. Augliere, on the staff of
the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Government Information, called
concerning a request that Chairman Moss had received from a group of
college students who will be debating other colleges. Augliere would like a
reference to an official or authoritative statement which would indicate that
CIA does not interfere in the internal affairs of foreign governments without
the approval of appropriate authority, such as the President, the National
Security Council or the Secretary of State. Augliere felt this was a point
which would come up again and again in student debates and felt it would be
useful to put the matter to rest with an authoritative response if this could
be done. I told him I would look into this and would be in touch with him.
7. Dr. James Lucier, on the staff of Senator
Strom Thurmond (R. , S. C. ), called and asked if we had any printed material
which contained a description of the official functions of this Agency which
he might pass on to a constituent. I suggested that we provide him with several
copies of the Agency pamphlet. Lucier said this sounded like precisely what he
needed and copies are being sent to him.
8. I I Received a call from Mr. Herb Res sing who
identified himself as being with the President's Commission on Pennsylvania
Avenue. He said he was interested in speaking with someone who was most up-
to-date on aerial photography of downtown Washington, D. C. I told Mr. Ressing
this was not a responsibility of CIA and (after checking with Mr. Goodwin)
suggested that he direct his inquiry to the office of Mr. Phil C. Goulding,
Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Public
Affairs). Mr. Ressing thanked me for this information.
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