JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00364R000200060009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 17, 1969
• Content Type: NOTES

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CONFIDENTIAL
JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 17 February 1969
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2. I I-Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek,
Counsel, House Armed services ommittee, and discussed in some
detail an understanding of Committee members' reactions to various
congressional and travel activities of congressional factfinding missions.
Mr. Slatinshek was candid in his personal opinion that these are areas
that the Agency would be well to avoid except through established Sub-
committee channels. I briefed Mr. Slatinshek on press reactions and
claims of intelligence activities of Iassessment of
East German harassment of Berlin traffic; Soviet leadership situation;
and evidence of Soviet demobilization since withdrawal of forces from
Czechoslovakia.
3. I I Talked to Mr. Bruce Merkle,
Administrative Assistant to Representative William Bray, concerning
current employment prospects in the Agency for a young man who
failed out of college after one year and who is the son of a close friend
of Representative Bray. Mr. Merkle indicated that he is sure Mr. Bray
will recommend against application but wanted to verify his own under-
standing prior to responding.
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of Representative
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After checking with
Office of Personnel, I advised Miss King that an
appointment has been scheduled for Tuesday, Z5 February at 1:30.
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Received a call from Miss King,
Gus Yatron (D., Pa.), who requested an
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