JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00364R000200010095-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 95
• Publication Date: January 24, 1969
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal -Office of Legislative Counsel Page 2
Friday - 24 January lyo9
~? Received a call from Mr. Art Kuhl, Senate
r oreign Relations Committee staff, as a partial followup to Senator
Svn ington's letter to the DCI concerning the Senator's trip over the
Lincoln week recess. Mr. Kuhl requested advice concerning the security
clearances of Major General John, Murphy, Mr. David Calhoun, Jr. , and
himself in order to avoid any possible embarrassment with regard to the
briefing sessions with Agency representatives at each of their stops
during the trip. He noted that necessary arrangements will have to be
made in the event that any of these three individuals do not have appro-
priate security clearances. I t hankea him for the call and advised that
I wouio be back in to cn ~,.~ First of the week.
5. I I Me-;; with Mr. Bruce Merkie, Adminis;,ra-
.Ve Assistanlt to e reS0n-a- e Wi. nam Bray, ana returned to l iin the
Congressman's ia,est C.ra , of his paper on New Leif attacks on the CIA.
Only minor eci:-,;oriai comments were provided.
Mr. Merkle passed on, for our information, a copy of the
January 23 letter of a xVlemoer of Congress being circulated to members
of the House of Representatives soliciting co-sponsorship of a bill to
establish a Department of Peace. This bill, which was orginally sub-
mitted to the 90th Congress, will be reintroduced or. 6 February. As
of January 21, 1969, this bill has 43 co-sponsors in the House. A confer-
ence of sponsors, both House and Senate, to revise the legislation and
coordinate plans for legislative enactment is scheduled for January 29.
6. Met with Mrs. Prine, Assistant to
Representative Frank Stubblefield (D. , Ky. ), in response to her call and
advised that a preliminary check did not reveal any Agency association
with Mrs. Prine advised that
this is a case involving a father who has lost communication with his son.
Although not identified specifically, the father indicates that he had
received forms from the CIA some years ago which indicated that his
son was employed by us. Mrs. Prine indicated that Representative
Stubblefield would appreciate such archives checks as possible to ascer-
tain whetherl had ever been associated with the Agency.
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OURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 7 January 1969
1 Iti'Tor'ed out with Robert Michaels, Staff
Assistant, House Appropriations Committee, plans for his visit to some
Agency activities 8 to 11 January 1969.
2. V"' iiam Woodruff, Assistant Chief
Clerk, Senate Appropriations Cciwuittee, informed rue that Senator Russell
wanted to be certain that his Subcommittee received an Agency roundup
before we briefed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Woodruff
..aced to be informed as soon as we had any indication that the Foreign
il.elations Committee wished to schedule a briefing. He said Senator Rus_.ell
would be preoccupied with the Senate Rules debate next week (13-17 January)
but might like an Agency briefing following week (20 - 24 January). In
any event however the Senator would want to be sure that his Subcommittee
.eard from the Agency before we appeared before Senator Fulbright's
Committee.
3. I I Met with Representative F. Edward
Hebert (D. , La.) and advised him that has
not filed the application for employment furnished him at the time of inter-
view and that we are now putting his file on the inactive list. Mr. Hebert
agreed that the file should not be kept open an longer and expressed
appreciation for our assistance in this case.
In conversation, Mr. Hebert advised that he will be returning to New Orleans
in March for an eye operation which will take him out of circulation for some
three months. For the first time in recent months, he seemed somewhat
optimistic about improving his eyesight.
4. I I Met with Mr. J. R. Blandford, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, and completed the appropriate documenta-
tion on two projects for which Secrecy Oaths had not been signed.
5. IMet with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Counsel, House
Armed Se and briefed him on the security control systems
utilized in the protection of sensitive information and completed the appro-
priate Secrecy Oath. Mr. Slatinshek has recently been designated by the
Chairman to attend CIA Subcommittee briefings.
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