JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Publication Date: July 28, 1966
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Thursday - 28 July 1966
4. 1 1 JSW) The Director, accompanied by
25X1A Colonel White, John S. Warner,
appeared before the Philbin Subcommittee of House Armed Services on
the Agency legislative package _fl R. 16306.. There was very full
attendance with Mr. Rivers and Mr. William Bates dropping in for a
portion of the hearing. The hearing went well with the Subcommittee
approving our package as it was presented to them.
5? I I - JSW) As a result of the discussion on
the floor of the Senate of the Helms letter to the St. Louis Globe Democrat,
Mr. Helms personally talked with Senators Fulbright, Mansfield, Stennis,
Saltonstall, Symington, Milton Young, and Margaret Chase Smith. Mr.
Helms also tentatively accepted Senator Fulbright's request that he appear
before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tomorrow morning at
10:30 in Executive Session.
Subsequently, I briefed Bill Darden, Bill Woodruff, Russ Blandford
and Bob Michaels on the facts of the matter of the Helms letter with a
specific request that Blandford and Michaels give this to their Chairmen.
6. I I- JSW) Bill Darden, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, called to advise that he had been in touch with Senator
Russell and briefed him. While the conversation was going on, Senator
Symington called into Darden to see if Russell had any thoughts about the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting tomorrow morning.
Apparently, Senator Russell's reaction was that Mr. Helms should be
most careful and saw nothing else for him to do but for him to say he was
sorry and would not write any more letters.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 25 July 1966
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- GLC) Talked with Mr. Evans, in the office
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Friday involvin I gave Evans
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added that while I had alerted appropriate people here to ts case,
we had no current interest in it. Mr. Evans thanked me for the informa-
tion I gave him and said he would advise me of any significant developments.
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1. GLC) Met with William Woodruff, Senate
Appropriations Committee staff, and talked with him at some length
regarding the budget hearings of NSA and DIA. See Memo for the
Record for details.
3. - GLC) Picked up from Mr. Kelleher, House
Armed Services Committee staff, copies of a number of questions which
he had posed after reading over our legislative package.
4. GLC) Had a brief conversation with Mr. Jack
Leahy, Congressional Relations of State Department. In response to
my question, Mr. Leahy informed me that the Foreign Service Act
amendments had been "buried" in the Foreign Relations Committee.,
He cited as the reason for this, problems which a number of members
on the Committee had with certain of the amendments and the lack of any
one strong advocate on the Department's behalf who would push the Com-
mittee to final consideration. We are checking further on this.
5. - GLC) Mrs. Welch, in the office of Representative
Charles A. Mosher, called concerning a letter she had received from
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1. JSW) Mr. Kelleher, House Armed Services
Committee staff, called to advise that he thought the books we had
furnished him had some errors in certain of the pages. We will check
into this and check his three books on Monday.
2. I - JSW) Mr. Dunn, in the office of Representative
Leslie Arends, called to ask us to send some appropriate material for
an applicant. I said we would be happy to do this.
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NSA, advised that NSA
appeared before a special Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday for
approximately two hours. General Carter and Tordella were the key
witnesses. Senator Russell was in the chair. Attending the meeting were:
Senators Saltonstall, Smith, Stennis, Hayden, Jackson, Thurmond, Young,
and Symington. Staff people present were William Woodruff and Francis
Hewitt. indicated that they were subjected to intensive
questioning on the role of NSA and what it did and also its relationship to
DIA and CIA. They were also asked how well they were doing their job
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-~- `'^ In furnished than he has experienced. 0 promised to make some notes,
since no transcript was taken, and to let us have them.
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4. I. CEA) Jay Sourwine, Senate Internal Security Sub-
committee, called to pass on information he had received from one of their
Cuban refugee sources that instructions have gone out from Havana to the
Independence Movement in Puerto Rico to create violence in Puerto Rico
this week. I passed the information tol who
will see that it goes to the appropriate people in the FBI.
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Thursday - 21 July 1966
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1. - JSW) Talked with Mr. Michaels, House
Appropriations Committee staff, and advised him that in line with our
discussions we planned to pursue no further the plan of possible no-year
limits on our appropriations but would look at the matter if any problem
developed late in the fiscal year. He indicated that he had raised with
the Chairman the question of an early meeting but had gotten no specific
time. r
2. JSW) Phil Kelleher, House Armed Services
Committee staff, called to request us to proofread the bill as introduced
and printed. He also indicated that Mr. Philbin would be unable to hold
the hearings on next Wednesday and would like to set it for Thursday.
I stated I was sure this was all right and would confirm it.
3. JSW) The Director talked with Senator
Russell Long in connection with Senator McCarthy's query of IRS on AFME.
In effect, Senator Long said he saw no reason why the Finance Committee
should get into this and that he was a strong supporter of the Agency, the
President, and Senator Russell.
4. I I- JSW) I Personnel, called saying STAT
he had a call from Miss bay, in the office of Senator Clifford Case,
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on this personnel case since April. After checking with Personnel, Miss Day
25X1A was informed that I Iwas under consideration for a position and
the Senator would be notified as soon as there were any results to report.
25X1A Miss Day said whether I Iwas employed by us or not, the Senator
would like to know.
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5.1 [ GLC) Mr. Marchese, in the office of Representative
B. F. Sisk, called to ask if we would be interested in employing a young
law student for the balance of the summer. I explained our summer employ-
ment program to Mr. Marchese who said he understood completely.
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1. CEA) Picked up copies of the Agency
legislation rom House Armed Services Committee.
2. CEA) Spoke to William Jordan, in the
office of Senator Richard Russell, about a constituent letter which he
had forwarded to the Agency concerning a U. S. prisoner in North Vietnam.
Mr. Jordan stated that a buckslip stating that the Agency has no informa-
tion on the prisoner is all that the Senator wants.
3. CEA) Delivered a memorandum on the Asia
News Service to Franc cNamara, House Un-American Activities
Committee staff, and picked up copies of the testimony of DS=182.
4. CEA) Discussed a constituent letter with
Homer Lee Krout, in the office of Representative Joel Broyhill, and
suggested an appropriate reply. Mr. Krout thanked me for the suggestion
and said he would use it in the reply.
5. CEA) At his request, made an appointment
with Repre r Rodino for ten o'clock, 25 July 1966, to discuss
H. R. 14545, a bill for the benefit of employees of RFE and RL.
6. JSW) At the request of the Director,
George Carver met with Senator Stuart Symington and provided him with
additional material on the Vungtau situation.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 19 July 1966
8. I I- CEA) Delivered to Phillip Kelleher, House
Armed Services Committee staff, three copies each of the explanation
and justification and the sectional analysis of the Agency bill which is
scheduled for hearings next week.
9, - CEA) Delivered to Mr. J. Garner Cline,
House Immigration Subcommittee staff, a memorandum concerning
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10. I I- CEA) Discussed the problem of U.S. prisoners
in North Vietnam with Pat Meo, in the office of Representative Ogden Reid,
and furnished her with certain information which the Congressman had
requested.
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Monday - 18 July 1966
1. - JSW) Talked with Mr. Russ Blandford,
House Armed Services ommittee staff, who wished some information
on the Drew Pearson article of 28 June 1966. Arrangements were made
to see him tomorrow on this and several other items.
2. - JSW) Talked with. Carl Marcy, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, regarding Admiral Raborn's answer to
a question in Committee on the use of Fulbright scholars by the Agency.
The actual transcript was sent forward to Mr. Marcy. Apparently,
Senator Fulbright had the strong feeling that Admiral Raborn had flatly
refused to answer a question on this and was disturbed that Admiral
Raborn had, in effect, answered the same question on national television
yesterday. The transcript does show that Admiral Raborn at a later
point in the hearings specifically informed the Chairman that as a
matter of policy the Agency did not utilize the Fulbright exchange program.
3. - JSW) Talked with Senator Henry M.
Jackson briefly concerning the outcome of the resolution last week. He
felt it came out about as expected. He thought that there might be
further sniping and a little guerrilla warfare but he was sure that this
could be handled.
4. I I- JSW) Talked with Phil Kelleher, House Armed
Services Committee staff, who has set a firm date of 27 July at ten o'clock
before the Philbin Subcommittee to hear Agency legislation.
5.1 F JSW) Representative Ogden Reid called to
ask for additional information on the Vietnam POW situation. I gave him
several additional facts and indicated we were still checking on others and
would be in touch.
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