DCI BRIEFING OF FULL HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - 18 MARCH 1969

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2004
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: March 19, 1969
• Content Type: MFR

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OLC 69-0231
19 March 1969
SUBJECT: DCI Briefing of Full House Armed Services
Committee - 18 March 1969
1. On 18 March 1969 the Director appeared before the full House
Armed Services Committee. The session lasted from 1010 until 1200 hours
and from 1410 until 1455
The briefing and discussion included material from
the SI and TKC systems. A transcript was taken.
2. Initially, the meeting was chaired by Representative Philip Philbin
(D., Mass. ), but throughout most of the morning Chairman L. Mendel Rivers
presided. Mr. Philbin resumed the chair during the afternoon
Members
present, for part or all of the session, were:
L. Mendel Rivers (D. , S.'C. ), Chairman
Philip J. Philbin (D. , Mass.)
O. C. Fisher (D. , Texas)
Charles E. Bennett (D. , Fla.)
James A. Byrne (D., Pa.)
Samuel S. Stratton (D. , N. Y. )
Otis G. Pike (D. , N. Y. )
Richard H. Ichord (D., Mo.)
Lucien N. Nedzi (D., Mich.)
Alton Lennon (D. , N. C. )
William J. Randall (D. , Mo.)
G. Elliott Hagan (D. , Ga. )
Charles H. Wilson (D. , Calif.)
Robert L. Leggett (D., Calif.)
Floyd V. Hicks (D., Wash.)
Richard C. White (D., Texas)
William Nichols (D., Ala.)
Jack T. Brinkley (D., Ga.)
Robert H. Mollohan (D., W.Va.)
W. C. Daniel (D., Va.)
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William G. Bray (R. , Ind. )
Robert C. Wilson (R. , Calif. )
Charles S. Gubser (R. , Calif.)
Alexander Pirnie (R., N.Y.)
Durward G. Hall (R., Mo.)
Robert T. Stafford (R. , Vt. )
Carleton J. King (R., N.Y.)
William L. Dickinson (R., Ala.)
Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (R., Ohio)
Ed Foreman (R. , N.M.)
John E. Hunt (R. , N. J. )
G. William Whitehurst (R., Va.)
Jorge L. Cordova-Diaz (P.R.)
3. Staff members present were:
J. Russell Blandford, Chief Counsel
Frank Slatinshek, Counsel
Oneta L. Stockstill, Executive Secretary
Berniece Kalinowski, Secretary
Earl J. Morgan, Professional Staff Member
Ralph Marshall, Professional Staff Member
William B. Short, Clerical Assistant
James Schumate
4. 4 companying the Director were:
Bruce Clarke, D/OSR
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John M. Maury
5. The Chairman's opening remarks, the Director's prepared statement
and the questions and answers are contained in the Subcommittee transcript,
a copy of which is available in the Office of Legislative Counsel.
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6. Follow up actions:
In response to a question raised by Representative William L.
Dickinson (R., Ala.), the Director said we would check available material
for conclusive evidence of the means by which surface-to-air missiles were
brought into North Vietnam.
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JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
Distribution:
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1 - Ex/Dir
1 - Mr. Clarke
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