JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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Office of Security, who changed the safe combinations on the personal
office safes of Representatives Leslie C. Arends (R., Ill.) and Charles
Gubser (R., Calif.). Both appreciated the Agency's assistance in this
matter .
1. Accompanied Mr.
2. Met with Representative Charles S.
Gubser (R., Calif.) who requested that a Secret security clearance
be granted to his Administrative Assistant,
Office of Security has been advised.
3. Received a call from Mr. Jack Matteson,
House Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee,
who requested that I come by on Monday to review a file relating to
classification of documents which involve the Central Intelligence Agency.
I thanked Jack for his call and told him I would be by during the day on
Monday.
4. Informed Mrs. Frances Anderson, in
the office of Senator Paul J. Fannin (R., Ariz.), that the Agency has
no record of application for employment by F- I
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of Representative Robert N. Giaimo (D. ,
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Susan Matthews, in the office
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6. I IMet with Messrs. Montgomery Winkler and
Eric Silberstein, in the office of Representative Charles M. Teague (R. , Calif.),
and reviewed with them a letter from a constituent who is scheduled for a
UNESCO assignment in Latin America and, among other things, offered to
"act as eyes and ears for CIA. " I said the Agency would not be interested
and suggested the problem of conflict of interest, which apparently didn't
bother Mr. Winkler. I indicated that we did debrief U. S. citizens traveling
abroad on occasion and if there were no intervening problems it may be best
for their constituent to call on our representatives following the completion
of his assignment and at that time give us whatever information he thinks
would be of value to his Government. I also suggested to Mr. Winkler that
he may want to contact the Department of State and/or the FBI on this for
their thoughts.
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Senator Stuart S mington (D. , Mo.) and, with the Director's approval,
1. In response to a direct request from
DD/S&T, is calling on the Senator this afternoon.
2. On the Director's instructions I called
Mr. Ed Braswell, on the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee,
and Mr. William Woodruff, on the staff of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, to insure that they had passed to Chairmen Stennis and
Russell respectively, an item from the Chicago Daily News indicating
that Senator Fulbright was about to make a speech on the ABM question
based largely on classified information provided by the Agency.
Mr. Braswell had passed this information to Chairman Stennis.
Mr. Woodruff said that Chairman Russell had been out of town but he
would pass it to the Chairman upon his return tomorrow.
3. Mr. Roland Paul, Counsel for the
Symington Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which
has been looking into U. S. overseas installations, called to request an
Agency briefing preparatory to a trip which he and his colleague, Mr.
Walter Pincus, plan to make to the Far East. Mr. Paul said they will
be leaving about 25 June and would like the briefing sometime during the
week of 16 June. They plan to visit Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Taiwan,
Thailand, Laos, and the Philippines and would like about a one-hour
briefing on each, covering mainly political and security problems and
including a prognosis of future developments. They will also receive
briefings from State and Defense, but would like to get a fairly full picture
from the Agency even though it might duplicate some of the things which
they might hear from other agencies. They will come to Headquarters for
the briefings and will hope to complete them on the same day.
Mr. Paul will call again in mid-June to set a firm date and
arrange further details.
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4. Called Ben Gilleas, on the staff of the
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about the case o I advised Mr. Gilleas that, as I
had expected., our Director of Personnel had acted favorably on Mr.
25X1A I I request for an extension of his retirement date and that he
would be retiring at age 62. Mr. Gilleas appreciated our keeping him
informed on this.
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5. Colonel Outlaw, in the Office of the
Secretary of Defense, Legislative Liaison Office, called to say that
Secretary Packard would like to review Mr. Helm's statement before
Mr. River's committee on 18 March. In accordance with arrangements
established with Mr. Frank Hand, DOD Liaison, I checked this with him
and learned that this request had not come from Secretary Packard but had
been generated at the staff level and should not be acted upon. I subsequently
called Colonel Outlaw and told him I understood this request had been rescinded
and gave him the name of an officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
to check with on this, if necessary.
Mr. Hand has advised that any requests of this nature should be
acted upon only if cleared by him or made directly by Mr. Laird or Mr. Packard
to the Director.
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7. I I Mr. William Woodruff, on the staff of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, called to say that it had been necessary to
cancel the briefing which they had requested from the Director on 3 June.
No alternate date has been suggested but Mr. Woodruff will be in touch with
us again about this. The Director's office and OCI, have been
notified.
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8. Met with Chairman Rivers and with
Representatives Melvin Price (D., Ill.), Leslie -Arends (R.: ,
Charles Gubser (R., Calif.), and William Bray (R., Ind.) as a
followup to the CIA Subcommittee meeting of the House Armed Services
Committee on 27 May and discussed with them the staff Counsel's
recommendation concerning safekeeping of classified information.
(See Memorandum for the Record.)
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of Senator Paul J. Fannin (R., Ariz.), called to inquire if
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would check and be back in touch.
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10. Spoke with Representative Otis
G. Pike (D. , N. Y.), in followup on an inquiry on his behalf by Mrs. Woolbert,
his Administrative Assistant, and helped him locate a Ho Chi Minh speech
in the 22 Mayl Mr. Pike thanked us for the
help and commented that he was an "avid reader" of theE::::::keports he
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11. Mr. Montgomery K. Winkler, Adminis-
trative Assistant to Representative Charles M. Teague (R. , Calif. ), called
to ask if we would stop by to discuss a letter which he said was sensitive.
I told him someone would come up to see him tomorrow.
12. Miss Peggy Rapking, in the office of Senator
Howard Baker, called and asked if the time of the briefing for the Senator
on 4 June could be changed from 10:00 to 9:00 A. M. This was confirmed.
13.1 1 Per a call from the Director's office, arranged
with Mr. Frank Hand, OSD Liaison, to provide him for the private use of
Secretary Laird a copy of the Director's prepared statement of 23 April before
the Gore Subcommittee.
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1. Met with Bill Woodruff, on the staff of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, and briefed him on conditions which
Governor Rockefeller may encounter during his trip through Latin
America. Mr. Woodruff mentioned in passing that Senator Ellender
apparently would be unable to attend the Defense Appropriations briefing
scheduled for the 3rd of June but Woodruff doesn't anticipate that Senator
Russell will postpone the briefing on this account.
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2. I I Met with Brian Corcoran, in the office
of Senator Henry M. Jackson (D., Wash.), at his e uest. Corcoran asked
if we would be willing to have someone talk with ? Washington
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3. As a followup to the Director's briefing
and the discussion concerning House Armed Services Committee
members' office safes, met with Chairman Rivers, Mrs. Oneta Stockstill,
Executive Secretary of the Committee, and Representatives Charles
Bennett (D., Fla.) and O. C. Fisher (D., Texas). Other members
were not available during the afternoon. (See Memorandum for the
Record.)
4. I I Furnished to Mrs. Carol
Mitchell, in the office of Senator Robert Griffin (R., Mich.), a
suggested reply to a constituent, who had
inquired about the Agency's budget. Mrs. Mitchell said the draft
reply would solve their problems nicely.
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Mr. R. E. Dunne, Assistant Counsel, Senate Permanent Investiga-
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ho was inE : uring the years 1961 through
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Opportunity Commission in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Committee
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in I nd if so would appreciate authorization to question him con-
cernin certain_kctivities during the period of his residence in
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25X1A Abraham Ribicoff (D., Conn.) is a completely open one and that Agency
representatives could well be present if desired during the questioning.
I advised Mr. Dunne that I would relay the Committee's request and be
back in touch with him.
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Mr. John Maury, briefed the
CIA Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. See Memo
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request to the Director of this date.
7. Peggy Rapking, in the office of Senator
Howard Baker, called and said that Wednesday, 4 June at 10:00 A. M.
would be a good time for the Senator to be briefed on Soviet controlled
thermonuclear fusion developments. This was in response to the Senator's
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1. Received a call from Colonel Ben Outlaw,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislation, who
advised that the Secretary is in receipt of a request from a member
of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics for a detailed
briefing on American capabilities and research and development on
overhead reconnaissance type activities. Colonel Outlaw wanted to
verify that Chairman Miller had received briefings from the Agency
involving this level of security sensitivity and that Mr. Ducander and
others of the Committee staff hold proper security clearances. The
present intention is to meet with Chairman Miller and Mr. Ducander
on the question. No Agency involvement is foreseen.
2. I I Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, House
Armed Services Committee staff, and confirmed with him the
arrangements for the Director's briefing of the CIA Subcommittee
on Tuesday, 27 May, at 9:00 a.m., room 2212, Rayburn House Office
Building. Mr. Slatinshek advised that the Chairman plans to leave
the city about noon. Also briefed Mr. Slatinshek on the following items:
b. Soviet extended range tests for the SS-9 MRV
3. I I Met with Mr. Robert L. Michaels, House
Appropriations Committee staff, who advised that Representative
Glenard Lipscomb (R., Calif.) has not returned the receipt for the
budget book that was delivered for his use. Mr. Michaels advised that
no further mention has been made for scheduling the CIA Subcommittee
briefing. I briefed Mr. Michaels on the following items:
b. Soviet extended range tests for the SS-9 MRV
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4. In response to his request, I
advised Mr. Adlerman, General Counsel, Senate Permanent Inves-
tigations Subcommittee, that F_ I is leaving the
Agency but has advised that he is accepting a position with a member
of the House of Representatives. Mr. Adlerman thanked me for the
call and noted that he had since received the same information.
5. I I Called Charles Lombard, Senate
Republican Policy Committee staff, in response to his earlier inquiry
and called his attention to a short ABM glossary which was printed in the
14 March issue of Time magazine.
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6. I I Pursuant to arrangements with
David Muchow, Legislative Reference, called Austin T. Ivory, Inter-
national Programs, BOB, and advised that the Agency had no comment
on the Department of State's proposed draft bill "To amend the Foreign
Military Sales Act" as the subject was outside of the scope of the Agency's
responsibility. Mr. Ivory thanked us for our response in order to meet
their deadline and requested that we send BOB a confirming letter. STATSPEC
7. Al Tarabochia, on the staff of the Senate
Subcommittee on Internal Security, called and asked if we would put him
on the mailing list to receive I told
him we would be happy to do so and the necessary arrangements have been
made. Tarabochia mentioned that he receives a number of Cuban newspapers,
on a daily basis, and offered these to us if we did not have ready access to
them ourselves.
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1. Mr. Charles Lombard, Professional Staff
Member, Senate Republican Policy Committee, called to request our assistance
in helping them compile a short unclassified glossary of terms relating to
ABM, such as those used in a comprehensive story in Newsweek or Time.
He said this glossary, which is being prepared for use of the membership,
would be needed by Tuesday. Through the cooperation of several Agency
offices we are attempting to locate a suitable glossary that has already been
published by the press.
2. I I Called David Muchow, BOB, to learn
if there were any substantive changes in the Foreign Military Sales Act other
than those appearing in the material sent to the Agency for comment and
learned there were not.
3. Stopped by the office of Russ Blandford,
House Armed Services Committee staff, to ask if he had any last minute
suggestions for our upcoming (27 May) briefing of the Agency Subcommittee
beyond what he had already explained to General Cushman. Blandford said
he had nothing to add. I asked if he thought there were any problems we
should talk about in terms of our liaison or whether he wanted to be briefed
on any current items. He said he was quite satisfied with the liaison, situation
and felt he was adequately briefed as a result of regular visits.
4. and I discussed with Assistant Secretary
of State for Congressional Relations William Macomber and later with Carl
arcy, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, the assignment of
making clear that so far as the Agency was concerned
this had nothing to do with Ambassador Godley's assignment there. See
Memos for the Record for details.
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5. I I Called Dorothy Fosdick, Staff Director,
Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, to say that
I would like to meet with her and Senator Henry M. Jackson to bring them
up-to-date on some recent intelligence items and also to answer any questions
that might be troubling them regarding the Agency's role in the current missile
controversy. Miss Fosdick said the Senator had just left for the coast and
might be back next week but possibly would not be back until early June. She
said if he did return next week she would be in touch with me.
6. I I In the absence of Representative John R.
Rarick (D., La.), I spoke to his assistant, Mr. Neel Edwards, concerning
allegations by certain members of the Ukrainian community that the Agency
is supporting a new Ukrainian association. I told Edwards that the Agency
does not comment on such allegations but it might be of interest to him to
know that there is considerable factionalism in the Ukrainian group and that
it has been very common in the past that one group would accuse another of
accepting Agency support in order to discredit them. Edwards said he was
sure this would satisfy the Congressman, but he would be in touch with me
if anything further is needed.
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Adlerrnan, General Counsel, McClellan Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations, who requested advice for Senator McClellan's guidance
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ment with the Committee. Advised Mr. Adlerman I would relay his request
and be back in touch with him on Monday.
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8. Talked briefly with Mr. Harry
Cromer, House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, and advised that the
updating of the charts of the Chinese Communist Government and party
leadership and biographic sketches will be available for the Committee
the latter part of the week of 2 June. Mr. Cromer expressed his apprecia-
tion for the advice and noted that this would be ample time for the Committee's
needs.
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9. I I Met briefly with Frank Matchett,
House Manpower and Civil Service Subcommittee staff, who advised that
Chairman Henderson's draft bill on constitutional rights of Govern-
ment employees has not been scheduled as yet for introduction to the
House. He noted that the Chairman in all probability will be meeting
with Senator Ervin (D., N. C.) again before such introduction would
take place. He also noted that interest in the bill and demands for
action on the Ervin bill have cooled considerably. The unions are
starting to press with some vigor for a new wage board bill and a new
labor information bill.
10. I Met with Mr. J. R. Blandford, Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who advised that he had
had a fine visit with General Cushman yesterday and is looking forward
to the General's introduction to the CIA Subcommittee on Tuesday. I
reviewed with Mr. Blandford the contemplated surfacing of a former
Cuban intelligence officer and briefed him on the following items:
a. Sino-Soviet clash on the Kazakhstan-Sinkiang
border
b. 21 May Soviet extended range SS-9 MRV tests
11. 1 At his request, met with Mr. Vincent
Augliere, Staff Director, Moss Government Information and Foreign
Operations Subcommittee, concerning Mr. Theodore Jacqueney who had
met with Committee representatives during the week. (See memorandum
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1. I I Called Mr. Carl Marcy, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee staff, to advise him that we could not approve or sanitize the
draft public speech he sent us yesterday. Mr. Marcy said he feared this
would be the case and that he would report this back to the Chairman. See
Memo for the Record for details.
2. I Called Mr. James Lowenstein, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee staff, and, in response to his query of yesterday, advised
(on the basis of information from OSR) that the number of Soviets in military
uniform is 3. 6 million. I said that this was an unclassified but substantially
accurate figure and he could use it publicly.
Later in the morning, Mr. Lowenstein called back to say that Mr. Jack
Stempler, L&L Office of Defense Department, gave him a figure of 3. 452 million
for U. S. men in uniform. Lowenstein said that the Director had recently told
the Gore Subcommittee the U. S. figure was higher than the Soviet figure, and
asked me to clarify the inconsistency. After checking with Bruce Clarke, D/OSR,
I called Lowenstein back to explain the difficulties of arriving at precise
comparative figures and suggested that it would be safer to stick to a statement
that Soviet and U. S. military personnel strength are substantially equal.
Mr. Lowenstein said he realized the problem was complicated and accepted
this suggestion.
3. Mr. David Muchow, BOB, called and
advised that the proposed Foreign Military Sales Act is being sent to the Agency
for comments, but we need not abide by the 23 May due date as we had been
overlooked when the proposal was initially coordinated. However, our comments
sometime Monday would be appreciated since the proposal is scheduled to be
transmitted to the Congress the day after the transmittal of the Foreign Aid
message which will be sent either Monday or Tuesday. DD/P, and
DD/I, have been alerted.
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4. Hand carried to Senator Everett McKinley
Dirksen's (R. , Ill.) office a personal note from the Director to the Senator.
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5. I I Left with Winston Bryant, Legislative
Assistant to Senator John L. McClellan (D. , Arl. ), copies of the latest
exchange of letters between Senator Ervin and the Director on S. 782. Bryant
said he was glad to have these since Senator McClellan, has indicated he wants
to do everything he can for us on this bill. I am to see Bryant again the latter
part of next week to discuss this situation further.
6. I I Met with Bill Woodruff, on the staff of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, and briefed him on the situation regarding the draft
speech referred to us for security review by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. I left with Woodruff a copy of the Chicago Daily News item alluding
to this speech. Woodruff seemed to feel that the Director had taken the right
course with respect to this situation but added that Senator Fulbright now had an
issue, i. e. , the fact that he could not refute Secretary Laird's position on the
ABM because of the security restrictions placed upon him. I pointed out that
Senator Fulbright could have made this argument even if the speech had not been
submitted to us.
7. Met with Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff, Senate Armed
Services Committee, and briefed him on the situation regarding the draft
speech referred to us for security review by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. I left with Braswell a copy of the Chicago Daily News item alluding
to this speech. Braswell was most interested in this and the impact that it might
have on future discussions of the ABM issue. He speculated at some length on
this and raised the question of whether the Director should have stated his position
to Senator Fulbright in writing so there could be no question about it. I indicated
that I felt this would have been rather unusual under the circumstances and on
reflection Braswell seemed, to agree. As Woodruff had done, Braswell indicated
this now gave Senator Fulbright an opportunity to say that he was hampered in
rebutting what he alleges to be erroneous testimony given by Secretary Laird
because security restrictions preclude him from discussing this issue in public.
Braswell expects that Senator Fulbright will use this speech in a closed session
of the Senate (such as the one last year on the Sentinel program) and this would
appear to be a reasonable assumption. He also indicated that Chairman Stennis
will probably want the Director to brief the full Armed Services Committee in
this general area before the ABM is debate
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1. I I Carl Marcy, Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, called to say he was sending over a draft speech
which he would appreciate we review informally from a security stand-
point. (See Memo for the Director explaining details. )
Later in the day Jim Lowenstein called and explained that they
wished a response urgently, preferably by 22 May.
2. I I Jim Lowenstein, on the staff of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, called to say that Senator Claiborne Pell
(D. , R.I. ) wanted unclassified figures on the total number of Soviet and
U. S. troops in uniform. I referred the matter to OSR.
Senator Stuart S min ton (D. , Mo. called
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4. I I David Muchow, BOB, called in connection
with H. Con. Res. 80 introduced by Representative Frank Annunzio (D., Ill.)
expressing the sense of Congress against the persecution of persons by Soviet
Russia because of their religion to determine if the Agency's position (factual
statements) reported in previous years in connection with similar resolutions
had materially altered. Muchow said that State's report to the Foreign Affairs
Committee on H. Con. Res. 80 is consistent with State's previous reports on
this subject, namely against official condemnation and in favor of continuing
efforts by private groups to improve the situation. I told him we would check
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5. I I Received from Mary McLaughlin, on the staff of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a copy of a draft speech entitled
"Prejudice,Intelligence and the ABM" for security review by the Agency.
6. I IMet with Mr. Robert Michaels, on the staff of
the House Committee on Appropriations, and discussed with him the anticipated
surfacing of a former Cuban intelligence officer, F- I
I also briefed him on the
Mr. Michaels found the matter of some interest.
following items:
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b. new Soviet Pacific extended range tests;
c. Chinese missile activities.
7, Met with Mr. Frank Slatinshek, on the staff of the
House Armed Services ommittee, and'hriefed him on the planned surfacing
of a former Cuban intelligence officer, Mr. Slatinshek
suggested that, although Mr. Blandford is not available, it might be well to brief
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the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organization and
Disarmament Affairs of 23 April was forwarded to the Committee for their use
and was returned at the end of the day to the Agency for safekeeping. This
concludes the present Committee requirement for daily access to the transcript.
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William S. Moorhead (D. , Pa. ), called to say that they had received a call from 25X1A
their Pittsburgh office regarding an alleged 1PCIA agent" by the name oI 25X1A
who had contacted a Professo of the University of Pennsylvania.
Miss Hechtman said that I had asked their Pittsburgh office if they could
check with the Agency to be certain that I was in fact a CIA representative.
After talking with of DCS, I met with Miss Hechtman and confirmed
that I is an Agency employee and had made contact with because
of our interest in talking with aefugee who is working for him. I explained
S offices to Miss Hechtman and gave her the name of
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10. I I Met with Bill Woodruff, on the staff of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, and briefed him on the Director's visit with
Senator Proxmire regarding a possible appearance before the Joint Economic
Committee. I told him that.it. had been agreed we would not appear but that
at the Director's suggestion Proxmire will contact the State Department and
ask that they testify before his Committee. It was also agreed there would be
no objection to a State witness stating that the views expressed by them were
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Briefed Bill Woodruff on the following:
work being done by ChiCom missile facilities;
modifications of the Shuang Ch'eng Tzu missile plant;
information on the production of Foxbat interceptors.
I also alerted Woodruff to the case of the Cuban intelligence officer,
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and the possibility that he would be surfacing in the
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interested in having the Director brief the Defense Subcommittee of the Senate
Appropriations Committee sometime during the first two weeks in June. Woodruff
will be touch with us later about the specific date. He said the Senator would like
a briefing along the lines which the Director gave to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. I reminded him that the Foreign Relations briefing was essentially
the one given to the combined CIA. Subcommittees earlier but without some of
the more sophisticated graphics and asked him his view as to the level of classi-
fication for the Defense Subcommittee briefing. Woodruff said his only real
feeling about this was that the briefing should be at least as deep as the one given
to the Foreign 'Relations Committee. (I subsequently alerted and it
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Proxmire, I queried Woodruff on Senator Proxmire's interest in PPBS.
Woodruff is aware of Proxmire's intense interest in PPBS but expressed his
own negative opinion of it and said he would expect that this system would create
real problems in our Agency. He said it was his understanding that the Department
of State had tried it without success.
15. I I Left with the secretary of Dean Pohlenz, in
the office of Senator Roman L. Hruska (R., Neb.), a copy of the most recent
exchange of correspondence between
our suggested amendments to S. 782.
talk with him about this tomorrow.
Senator Ervin and the Director regarding
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Assistant to Representative Dante Fascell (D. , Fla. ), and later with the Congress-
man himself. They have passed on to us a letter which Fascell has received from
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man concerning the activities of General Marcos Perez Jimenez. This is being
forwarded to WH Division. (See Memo for the Record for details. )
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Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, regarding her
request for Agency assistance on the impact of the Cuban missile crisis on
Soviet weapons production. She would still like a paper from us saying what we
feel can be said on this subject. Miss Fosdick also made the statement that it
had come to her attention that CIA employees at the "working level" had made
statements to members of the Press,who have subsequently appeared on nationwide
television, saying that statements made by Secretary Laird on the ABM issue
are not supported by intelligence information. (See Memo for the Record for
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1. In response to his call last week, I talked
with Ben Gilleas, on the staff of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee, on
the Kruckosky case. I told him that the case was pending with our Director
of Personnel, who had all the facts, and that I would expect a decision in the
near future. I told him I would be in touch with him as soon as I learned of
the outcome.
2. Spoke with Mr. Victor Zafra, BOB;
Mr. Andrew Ruddock, CSC; and Robert Hull, Department of State, concerning
BOB's recent request for Agency proposed legislation to implement the transfer
of credit and minimum guaranteed benefit concepts. The outcome is that the
Civil Service Commission is updating their legislative package on this subject
and will keep it in a standby status subject to a more formal request by BOB.
CIA and State action is necessarily tied to and should follow the Commission's.
See memo for the record.
3. I (Reviewed with Mr. James Lowenstein, on the staff
of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the Director's response to a
question relating to concentration of the United States and Soviet population
contained in the transcript of the Director's briefing of 23 April. Mr. Lowenstein
advised that the supplement of the information provided by as more
than adequate. No further action is required on this matter. bee Journal item
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5. Met with Mr. Peter A. Gerardi, on the staff
of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, who is leaving the staff
at the end of the month. After reviewing his clearances with him, a termination
secrecy agreement was executed. Mr. Gerardi is returning to private industry.
6. Met with J. R. Blandford, on the staff of the House
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g. Soviet ground force division strength in
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h. Soviet naval presence in the Indian Ocean.
8. I IThe transcript of the Director's testimony before
the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organization and
Disarmament Affairs of Z3 April was forwarded to the Committee for their use
and was returned at the end of the day. At the close of business, Mary McLaughlin
advised that the transcript will be needed during the day tomorrow, since further
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1. Called Mrs. Ziebarth, in the office of
Representative Henry Schadeberg (R. , Wis. ), and informed her that we
have no record of an application for employment b for
whom she had previously called, but we had sent out the proper forms.
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Service Commission, regarding BOB's request for legislative proposals to
implement the transfer of credit and minimun guaranteed benefit concepts.
He was surprised by BOB's action and said he was sure that BOB had not
made this request of the Commission in connection with the Civil Service
Retirement Act. See memo for the record.
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of State, and advised him o e ou come of the conversation with Mr. Ruddock,
Civil Service Commission. It was agreed that neither the CIA nor Foreign
Service retirement system should take the lead on transfer of credit or
minimum guaranteed benefits and that we should relay this to Mr. Zafra,
in BOB.
4. Attempted to reach Mr. Victor Zafra,
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6. I I Made arrangements with Peggy Raynor,
Personal Secretary to Senator William W. Proxmire (D. , Wis. ), for the
Director to meet with the Senator tomorrow at 3:00 p. m,
7. I (George Murphy, on the staff of the Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy, called to say that they were checking their
records on the latest NIE of the Soviet atomic energy programs and
wondered if one had been issued since 1967. We advised the staff that the
1967 NIE was the last one written on the subject.
8. I I Talked with Dorothy Fosdick, Staff Director
of the Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, and
told her that in checking with our people on her query on the Cuban missile
crisis, I found that we did not feel that the thesis which she had suggested
(that the crisis was the beginning of a major buildup in the Soviet military
field) could be substantiated. Miss Fosdick asked some peripheral questions
on this which we are checking out with the DDI.
9. I I Hand carried to Virginia Laird, Personal
Secretary to Senator Stuart Symington (D. , Mo. ), the Director's letter to the
Senator providing him with information on Agency installations abroad.
10. The transcript of the Director's testimony
before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organiza-
tion and Disarmament Affairs of 23 April was forwarded to the Committee for
their use and was returned at the end of the day. Later in the day, Mary
McLaughlin advised that the transcript will be needed tomorrow.
11. Met with Mr. Bruce Merkle, Administrative
Assistant to Representative William Bray (R. , Ind.), in response to his request.
Mr. Merkle passed on for our information that the United Nations High Commis-
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12. I I Met with Mr. J. R. Blandford, House Armed
Services Committee, and briefed him on the following items:
a. Bulgarian-Soviet ASW training maneuvers in the
Mediterranean.
b. Soviet SS-9 construction.
c. Soviet Foxbat interceptor production.
d. Soviet ground force division strength in western
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House Appropriations Committee, who advised that although the Chairman has
mentioned a meeting of the CIA Subcommittee, he has not determined a date for
such meeting. I briefed Mr. Michaels on the following items.
a. Bulgarian-Soviet ASW training maneuvers in the
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b. Soviet SS-9 construction.
c. Soviet Foxbat interceptor production.
d. Soviet ground force division strength in western
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During a visit to Cape Kennedy today for the Apollo X launch,
a. Told Chairman L. Mendel Rivers, House Armed Services
Committee, that I would like to talk with him briefly to get clarification on
what he wished us to cover during our Z7 May 1969 briefing of the CIA
Subcommittee. He said he would get in touch with me after his return to
Washington on 19 May 1969.
b. Senator Allott, of the Senate Appropriations Committee,
said he personally favored an early Agency briefing of the full Committee
but in View of their present calendar he thought it would be some time before
they could get around to it.
c. I talked with Chairman William T. Murphy, Far East
Subcommittee of House Foreign Affairs Committee, who said he would like
an early Agency briefing on the internal situation in Communist China. I
suggested he take this up with Chairman Morgan, of the full Committee,
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1. I I Dorothy Fosdick, Staff Director, of the
Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, called and
asked if we would check to see whether any support could be given to the
argument that the Cuban missile crisis served as a bench mark for the
Soviets in their defense programs in that following the Cuban crisis the
Soviets engaged in a major military build.upso that they would not be in a
position to back down as they did over Cuba. She would like a classified
paper for Senator Jackson on this and anything which could be said of an
unclassified nature as well.
2. Met with Bill Woodruff, on the staff of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, and briefed him on recent intelligence
information on Soviet missile sites. I also reviewed with Woodruff, in
some detail, the Director's talk with Senator Russell regarding Senator
Symington's request for a list of overseas installations and Senator Proxmire's
letter asking the Director to appear before the Subcommittee on Economy in
the Government of the Joint Economic Committee. Woodruff referred to
Senator Proxmire as a very reasonable individual and felt that Senator
Russell's suggestion that the Director sit down and talk with him is a good
one.
3. Met with Jim Gehrig, Staff Director of the Senate
Space Committee, and told him what we knew to date regarding the first of
the two most recent Venus shots. Gehrig expressed some amazement at
the recent article by Charles Sheldon on the comparison of U. S. and Soviet
space programs. He was particularly surprised by the amount of detailed
information (which Gehrig had considered sensitive) regarding Soviet space
activities which appeared in this publication. I told Gehrig it was my under-
standing that Dr. Sheldon was quite careful in his publications- -checking on
the accuracy of his information and content of his material from the standpoint
of security classification. I told Gehrig I would talk further with Mr. Dave
Brandwein, FMSAC, and be back in touch with him.
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4. I I Met with Mr. Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff,
Senate Armed Services Committee, and provided him with the most recent
intelligence information on Soviet missile sites. I found Braswell had
already been briefed by DIA on this but he appreciated our interest in trying
to keep him up -to-date. I also advised Braswell of Senator Symington's
request for information on Agency overseas installations. Braswell expressed
concern about this but knew of no other way of dealing with the problem
particularly in view of Senator Russell's position on the subject.
5. I I Talked with Mr. Braswell, at some length,
regarding the Daniels bill and the possibility of an Administration proposal
on transfer of credit as a substitute for it. He was very much interested in
this but said he does not expect very fast action bythe Congress on the
Daniels bill and again stated his opinion that,if the Daniels bill passes the
House, the provision for sick leave credit may well be deleted in the Senate.
Furthermore, he sees no relationship between the transfer of credit proposals
and the Daniels bill and, therefore, can not imagine that the transfer proposal
could be considered as a substitute for the Daniels bill.
6. advised Mr. Braswell of the most recent
exchange of letters between Senator Ervin and the Director which resulted in
our submission of proposed Agency amendments to S. 782. Braswell said
he thought this was the right thing to do under the circumstances and suggested
that we keep interested members of the Senate appraised of these developments.
7. Miss Evelyn Stilley, in the office of
Representative Nick Galifianakis (D., N.C.), requested unclassified visual
information on the Montagnards. I informed her that we would not normally
deal with unclassified information on this subject, but offered to check to see
if I could advise her on ssible sources and did so later in the day, based on
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and Mr. Jack DeSipio, spoke with Mr. W. Brown, Civil Service Commission,
and to the best of his knowledge the Commission has not yet received a request
from BOB for legislative proposals to implement the transfer of credit and
guaranteed minimum benefits concepts. It was agreed that I would try to get
in touch with Mr. Ruddock when he returns to the city.
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tive John Culver (D. , Iowa), called and requested the home phone number of
for the Congressman, who is a personal friend. I
obtained the number from WH Cuba, and provided it to her.
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Committee staff, and summarized for him the Director's conversation with
Senator Russell yesterday. See Memo for Record for details.
2. Senator George Murphy (R. , Calif.) visited
the Agency today for lunch and a briefing given by the Director.
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See Memo for the Record for details.
3. Visited the office of Chairman L. Mendel
Rivers, House Armed Services Committee, and talked with his Secretary,
Mrs. Bull, about a meeting with Mr. Rivers to get his desires regarding our
upcoming (27 May) briefing of the CIA Subcommittee. Mrs. Bull said that
Mr. Rivers would be out of town until early next week, but would be at Cape
Kennedy over the weekend and suggested I try to discuss the problem with
him there. Otherwise, she said I should contact her early Monday, 19 May.
4. I I Mrs. Ziebarth, in the office of Representative
Henry Schadeberg (R. , Wis. ), called on behalf of a constituent, 1 :1
who said he had written to the Agency in March asking for employment
application forms but had heard nothing. I told her I would check into it and
be back in touch, and in any event we would send the application form out
immediately.
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Foreign Relations Committee, called and said he has a problem with our answer
to one of the questions posed during the Director's appearances before Senator
Gore's Subcommittee. The answer concerning Lowenstein has to do with the
concentration of the population in the U. S. and the Soviet Union. After talking
with OSR, and Mr. Paisley of his staff, I attempted to
clarify this for Lowenstein. He is still having trouble with it however and asked
that we submit a corrected response to this question. We will work with OSR
on this.
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6. I I James Gehrig, Staff Director of the Senate
Space Committee, expressed interest in the number of Soviet Generals who
have died or who have been killed in the past few weeks. He was also interested
in knowing whether we had seen Dr. Charles Sheldon's recent article (having
to do with a comparison with U. S. and Soviet space programs) and what we
thought of it. On the first question, I told Gehrig that while the number of
deaths of Soviet Generals has been somewhat high in recent weeks it is not
unusually so. I added I would drop by tomorrow and talk with him about this
and the Sheldon article.
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and me to meet with Mr. Pat Holt, of the Foreign Relations Committee staff,
tomorrow to give him the briefing on insurgency in Latin America.
8.
Committee
13 May.
Returned to the Senate Armed Services
the transcripts of the DOD testimony before the Committee on
9, Called Robert Hull, Department of
State, and learned that BOB had requested them to provide legislative
amendments to Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System to
implement transfer of credit and minimum guaranteed concepts. It was
agreed that leadership in this field should of necessity be the Civil Service
retirement system and that our respective amendments would be dependent
upon what was done by the Civil Service Commission in this field.
10. I I Returned the earlier call of John Lofton,
Republican Congressional Committee staff, who had several suggestions which
he felt were improvements for knd thanked him for his
thoughts. Based on my earlier discussion with Mr. I Iwas
able to satisy his primary needs by suggesting that he subscribe to the
Political Handbook of the World published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
This seemed to fully satisfy his interests
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1. I Thad Murray, in the office of Senator
William B. S on requested information concerning the employment turn-down
of ]Virginia. had
alleged in correspondence with Senator Spong that he had been turned down by
NSA because "he had not received security clearances" and felt that the later
turn down by CIA in early 1967 was related to the failure of security clearance
at NSA. After checking with the Office of Security, I advised Mr. Murray that
ad been one of many applicants for a professional position and
that he had been paired against others of superior qualifications. Informally
I advised Mr. Murray that there did not appear to be any security considerations
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Astronautics Committee staff, and briefed him on a possible Soviet space
event later this month. Wilson advised that members of the Committee and
some staff members would be travelling to Cape Kennedy this weekend but
it was not at all certain yet who would be going.
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4. Mary.
Committee staff, called and requested that Miss Judith Fleischhacker be
included in the list of persons on the Committee staff who can receive Committee
transcripts from Agency couriers.
5. I I Oneta Stockstill, House Armed Services Com-
mittee staff, called and asked if the Director could brief the CIA Subcommittee
on 27 May 1969 at 9:00 a. m. After checking with the Director, Miss Stockstill
was advised that this time was confirmed.
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6. Talked with Russ Blandford, House Armed Services
Committee staff, who advised that it is not certain at this time what the full
Committee schedule will be on Tuesday, 27 May following the Agency meeting.
In consequence, the length of time available for. our meeting is not certain.
See Memo for the Record for details.
7. The transcript of the Director's testimony
before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organiza-
tion and Disarmament Affairs of 23 April was forwarded to the Committee for
their use and was returned at the end of the day.
8 Talked to Mrs. Woods, in the office of Senator
Ga lord Nelson (D. , Wis.), concerning a letter from a constituent,
inquiring if the Agency were investigating her brother-in-law. I
told Mrs. Woods that we had checked carefully and that the Agency has no record
of brother-in-law and is not investigating him. Mrs. Woods
said she would reply to along these lines.
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committee on Preparedness Investigation, called to express interest in the case
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being pressed to retire immediately, would like to be able to stay on with the
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would look into the case, which he understands is presently being considered
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on a loan basis, a copy of the executive session testimony of DOD witnesses
before the Committee in morning and afternoon sessions on 13 May on Military
Procurement for FY 1970. These were obtained in order to review the exchanges
between Senator Stuart Symington (D. , Mo.) and DDR&E, with
regard to Agency responses to the 20 questions submitted to the Director at the
time of his briefing of Senator Gore's Subcommittee on International Organization
and Disarmament Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The
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11. 1 IPat Holt, on the staff of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, called and asked if we could arrange for him to be
briefed sometime Friday afternoon on the subject of insurgency in Latin
America. This has been taken up with of DDI.
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Senator Richard B. Russell (D. , Ga. ) and made an appointment for the Director
to see Senator Russell at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon.
13. In response to a query from Tom Keenan, on 25X1A
the staff of Representative Emilio Q. Daddario (D. , Conn. ), in the
Office of Security, checked out a telephone number which turned out to be the
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Federal Housing Administration.
14. Called Nancy Lee, in the office of
Senator Warren G. Magnuson (D. , Wash.), and advised her, that the Civil
Service Commission's retirement files showed the same home of record
address for s I had given her yesterday.
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who may be considered proper subscribers for th aily
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ing his request yesterday for
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17. I ISpoke with Mr. M. Levine, Office of
General Counsel, HEW, who is preparing the 1969 Social Security Amendments
and it was agreed that he would need nothing further from us to include the
CIA Retirement Act in the "transfer of credit" provisions. We would, however,
be required to propose complementary amendments to the CIA Retirement Act.
18. Delivered pamphlets on the Agency to
the offices of Senator George Murphy and Senator Alan Cranston in response
to their requests for information on the Agency for a constituent,
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1. I I Called on Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Counsel for the
Pike Subcommittee of House Armed Services Committee investigating the
Pueblo and EC-121 incidents and explained to him the scope of Agency recon
activities. Mr. Slatinshek said he was sure this explanation would satisfy
Chairman Pike. See Memo for the Record for details.
2. Called on Representative William G. Bray
and discussed briefly with him the Soviet leadership situation, mentioning
the fact that we had no evidence that the recent deaths of a number of Soviet
general officers were attributable to a purge of the military.
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6. I I Victor Zaf ra, Bureau of the Budget, called
Mr. Maury to request an Agency report on the legislative proposals to transfer
credits to social security when eligibility is not vested under federal staff
retirement systems and to guarantee benefits under federal staff retirement
systems at levels at least as high as social security. He explained that the
report is urgently needed and requested that we get in touch with Mr. Levine,
General Counsel's office, HEW, if we have any questions.
7. I I Called Miss Nancy Lee, in the office
of Senator Warren G. Magnuson D. , Wash.), concerning her earlier inquiry
on the home of record of a former Agency employee (see Journal of 8 May).
I explained tha ad been retired in 1959 and that we were checkin
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before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organization
and Disarmament Affairs of 23 April was forwarded to the Committee for their
use and was returned at the end of the day. Late in the afternoon, Mrs.
McLaughlin called and requested that the transcript be returned tomorrow,
14 May for Committee use.
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Committee on Atomic Energy, called and said he would like a copy of the
speech which the Director gave to the Business Council over the weekend.
I told Murphy that the ground rules on these talks in the past had been that
they were strictly informal and off-the-record in character and no written
text was released. Murphy commented on the references to statements
made by the Director in articles in the Post and the New York Times but
said he was only asking in the event a text was available.
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possibility of a subscription to the White Book through the Library of Congress.
She said she would look into this and after discussing it with Mr. Giaimo may
be back in touch, although she had no problems with the Agency position.
and asked if we could send one to a constituent labor union
leader. I explained why we could not and suggested she might look into the
2. I I Returned the call of Mrs. Myers, in the
office of Representative James M. Hanley (D. , N. Y.), and informed her that
we had received the application o in April 1969 and had
informed her by letter dated 6 May 19 9 that we had no suitable vacancy.
Mrs. Myers thanked us for the prompt response to her inquiry.
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5.1 I Hand carried to William Woodruff, on the staff
the Senate Appropriations Committee, a copy of the 1970 Congressional
Budget Submission Book. Woodruff plans to begin a review of this book
but does not expect to have a meeting with our people on it for awhile. I
alerted him to the fact that the item for the Radios should not be considered
final as it was currently being reviewed by the Director.
6.1 II briefed William Woodruff on the problems which
the Soviets are having with the SL-12 booster, the current tendency to the
Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Yepishev article, and recent deaths of Soviet
officers.
7.1 Hand carried to Dorothy Fosdick, Staff
Director of the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International
Operations, the printed text of the article A Great International Teaching
from Volume 6 of the Kommunist.
8. Met with Dean Pohlenz, in the office of
Senator Roman L. Hruska (R. , Neb. ), by way of follow-up to my earlier
conversation with him on the Ervin bill, S. 782. Pohlenz said that Senator
Hruska had read the material which we had provided him but had not made
a definite decision regarding. it. Pohlenz said the Senator was preoccupied
with a number of other subjects at the moment and said that he would take
up the matter of seeing him on this again in the near future.
9. I I Per the Director's instructions, I called
on Senator John Stennis and explained the situation regarding press accounts
of the Director's talk before the Business Council at Hot Springs. The
Senator seemed reasonably relaxed about the matter. See Memo for the
Record for details.
10. I I Miss Kathy Thompson, in the office of
Senator George Murphy, called to confirm the Senator's visit to the Agency
and lunch with the Director at 12:30 on Thursday, 15 May 1969. It was agreed
we would provide transportation for the Senator.
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11. I I Per the Director's instructions, called
Mrs. Sheer, in the office of Senator Jacob K. Javits, and explained that we
could not respond to her request for a copy of the Director's Hot Springs talk
to the Business Council because it was strictly unofficial and off-the-record.
I said in fact the only salient points were those already noted, reasonably
accurately, in the press, and the bulk of the talk was merely an historical
review of how some of the issues of today had developed over the years. She
said she would report this to the Senator.
12.1 The transcript of the Director's testimony
before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organization
and Disarmament Affairs of 23 April was forwarded to the Committee for their
use and was returned at the end of the day. Later in the afternoon Mrs.
McLaughlin called and requested that the transcript be returned tomorrow,
13 May, for Committee use.
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Armed Services Committee, in response to his request and briefed him on
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SL-12 booster, Soviet consideration of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, General
Yepishev's article in Kommunist and recent deaths of Soviet general officers.
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14. Met with Mr. Wilson, House Science and Astro-
15. Met with Mr. Robert Michaels, on the staff of
the House Appropriations Committee, and delivered to him two copies of the
budget book. Mr. Michaels indicated that he and Represenative Glenard
Lipscomb (R. , Calif.) hoped to put as much time as possible on the book before
the next Subcommittee meeting with the Director. I also briefed Mr. Michaels
on certain weapons programs, Soviet SL-12 booster, Soviet consideration
of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, General Yepishev's article in Kommunist, and
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16. I I Met with Representative Glenard Lipscomb
(R. , Calif.) and advised him that the budget book had been delivered to Mr.
Robert Michaels. Representative Lipscomb noted that although the unclassified
paper on the Soviet threat was technically what he had requested it fell somewhat
short of what is appearing in the press daily and that it appeared to him that
additional information has apparently been downgraded. I took the occasion to
outline for him some of the problems involved in the intelligence community
in maintaining classification of sensitive information.
17. In response to his call, I met with Mr.
Bruce Merkle, Administrative Assistant to Representative William G. Bra
(Ii. , Ind.), and received from him an employment resume on
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1. Hand carried to Dorothy Fosdick,
Staff Director of the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and
International Operations, the text of the Yepishev article as it was
printed in Odaily report on the Soviet Union yesterday. I
also provided her with the raw copy of an editorial entitled A Great
International Teaching which along with the Yepishev article appeared
in the Soviet Kommunist, Volume Number 6.
2. I I The transcript of the Director's testi-
mony before the Senate. Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International
Organization and Disarmament Affairs of 23 April 1969 was forwarded
to the Committee for their review and was returned at the end of the
day.
Mrs. McLaughlin, of the Committee staff, called late in the
day and advised that the Committee would need the transcript again
on Monday, 12 May, for use during the entire work day.
3. I I Delivered to Miss Dorothy Fosdick
a collection of public statements by officials of various Bloc nations
on the Brezhnev doctrine and the Czech invasion. Miss Fosdick was
most appreciative of Agency assistance in this matter.
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5. I IMet with Robert Michaels, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who advised that the Committee schedule is such that he
is unable to forecast when the Chairman will want to meet on the Agency
budget. In consequence he requested that the budget book be made available
for his review with Representative Lipscomb and suggested he would like to
receive the book Monday afternoon. Michaels does not foresee a meeting
with the Committee however during the next ten days or so.
Mr. Michaels was briefed on the following items:
a. Fatah activities
b. Launching of a new Soviet submarine
c. New Soviet attack submarine
d. Soviet May Day parade
e. Soviet missile deployments
f. Soviet first quarter industrial growth
g. Soviet-ChiCom Damansky Island encounter
h. Soviet air defenses on Sino-Soviet border
i. A Soviet aerodynamic vehicle
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Committee staff, who advised that although the members of the CIA Subcommittee
appear interested in a meeting with the Director, the Chairman has given no
indication of when he might schedule such a meeting. I suggested to Blandford
that it would be helpful if he could provide as much notice as possible on the
hearing because of the Director's continuing heavy schedule. He indicated he
would. Blandford also requested advice for the Chairman on the press reports
that the Israelis have nuclear warheads available. I advised I would relay his
request and be back in touch on Monday.
Mr. Blandford was briefed on the following items:
a. New Soviet attack submarine
b. Soviet May Day parade
c. Soviet missile deployments
d. Soviet first quarter industrial growth
e. Soviet-ChiCom Damansky Island encounter
f. Soviet air defenses on Sino-Soviet border
g. A Soviet aerodynamic vehicle
h. Israeli-Egyptian Suez area problem
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7. 1 Susan Riesel, in the office of
Senator Charles E. Goodell (R. , N. Y.) called on behalf of the
Stoneybrook Branch of the University of New York and requested
that they be sent a subscription to
that the subscription for a fee is available through the Documents
Expediting Project of the Library of Congress and that other
branches of the New York State University system such as Binghamton,
Alfred, and Buffalo were receiving
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1. uIn response to his request, hand carried to
George Murphy, on the staff of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
biographic information on a number of members of the Soviet delegation
to the recent conference in Vienna on the peaceful uses of explosions.
2. Hand carried to Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff
of the Senate Armed Services Committee, a copy of our response to the
20 questions submitted to the Director during his briefing of the Sub-
committee on International Organization and Disarmament Affairs of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 23 April 1969. Braswell reviewed
the document closely and said he would bring it to the attention of Senator
John Stennis (D. , Miss.) at the earliest opportunity. He commented that
when the Agency appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee
he knew the Chairman would want us to be quite specific on the details
pertaining to the SS-9.
3. During the course of our conversation
Mr. Braswell brought up the subject of the Daniels bill saying that he did
not expect any immediate action on the bill when it is received in the Senate.
He also commented that it would not surprise him to see the Senate eliminate
the sick leave provision from the bill.
4. I I I briefed Mr. Braswell on recent information
on the "Caspian Sea monster, 11 Egyptian "brinksmanship" along the Suez
Canal, and continued Soviet movement of the air defenses along the Sino-
Soviet border.
5. Hand carried to William Woodruff, on the staff
of the Senate Appropriations Committee, a copy of our response to the
20 questions submitted to the Director during his briefing of the Sub-
committee on International Organization and Disarmament Affairs of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 23 April 1969. I also briefed
Mr. Woodruff on recent information on the "Caspian Sea monster, " Egyptian
"brinksmanship" along the Suez Canal, and continued Soviet movement of
the air defenses along the Sino-Soviet border.
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6. 1 1 Hand carried to Dorothy Fosdick, Staff
Director of the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International
Operations, the raw copy of the translation of the Yepishev article which
appeared in a recent issue of Kommunist. The other item which she
requested from this magazine will be forwarded to her tomorrow.
7. Miss Nancy Lee, in the office of Senator
Warren G. Magnuson (D., Wash.), called on behalf of a constituent interested
in locating the relatives of a deceased Agency employee Mrs. Weiss,
Personnel, is pulling the file from Archives.
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(D. , Pa.), and advised that we would have a definite answer on the application
Mrs. Noll thanked us for keeping her.
of in about two weeks.
informed and said she would drop I a line immediately.
9. Miss Fry, in the office of Representative
Robert Mollohan (D., W.Va. ), called concerning the application of
and it was agreed that we would keep Mr. Mollohan advised of
the status of the application by letter.
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newly assigned to the CIA Subcommittee of House Armed Services, who will
press Chairman Rivers for an early Agency briefing of the Subcommittee. He
expressed particular interest in Soviet submarine developments.
11. The transcript of the Director's testimony before
the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organization and
Disarmament Affairs of 23 April 1969 was forwarded to the Committee for their
use and was returned at the end of the day. During the day, the Director's
response to the series of questions posed by Chairman Gore in the hearings
was forwarded to the Committee for inclusion in the transcript. The questions
and answers were returned with the transcript at the close of the day.
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25X1 12. I I Met with Mrs. Gertrude King, in the office
of Representative Thomas E. Morgan, and reviewed briefly with her corres-
25X1A pondence received from oncerning certain travel
claims. Mrs. King advised that the claim was such a confused mass of detail
that she was at her wits end what to do with it and was most pleased at the
Agency's offer of assistance in preparing a response. The German Desk
and Office of Personnel have been advised.
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Committee staff, that the Agency has no available positions that would
accomodate the qualifications Mr. Westphal thanked
me for the Agency's review.
Army before the end of the week.
14. Alfred Cromarty called and advised that
information had been supplied to Mr. Cottner, DCS/OPS/Department of Army,
for the Army's use in replying to questions posed by the House Armed Services
Investigating Subcommittee concerning procurement of miniaturized E&E
equipment. Response to the Subcommittee is expected to go forward from
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1. I I In follow-up on arrangements made
last week, called Mr. Bernard Dobranski, Administrative Assistant to
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similar request through Legal Aid had come to the Director in 1966 and that
the oral response through DCS channels was that there was no basis for our
determining that subject would be subject to punishment if he returned to Iran.
NE is reviewing the case to see if there has been any change in this 1966
judgment and will inform us of the outcome.
3. I I Miss Fry, in the office of Representative
Robert Mollohan (D. , W.Va.), called to inquire if a graduate of a service
academy with military intelligence background could be assured of Agency
employment. I told her there could be no assurance of employment, but that
we would be pleased to review an application once the individual satisfied his
military obligations. At her request agreed to so state this in a letter to the
Congressman which could be forwarded to the constituent.
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25X1 4. I I Mrs. Noll, in the office of Representative
Fred B. Rooney (D. , Pa.), called regarding the status of the application
25X1A of E_ I Based on the advice of Personnel, I told Mrs. Noll
that we were not optimistic about the outcome, but that the application was
still being reviewed and that we may have something to report further,
hopefully tomorrow. Mrs. Noll explained that Representative Rooney was
particularly interested in this case since a teacher, on his
advice went through typing and shorthand training to increase her chances
for Federal employment.
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before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organi-
zation and Disarmament Affairs on 23 April 1969 was forwarded to the
Committee for their use and was returned at the end of the day.
6. I I Called Mr. James Lowenstein, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, and advised that the Agency responses
to questions posed to the Director in the 23 April hearing is under review
but may not be available for transmission to the Committee until sometime
tomorrow. Mr. Lowenstein advised that the responses would have been
quite helpful during the four-day review that is underway by the Committee.
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touch with him. I also advised that there would probably not be any position
available but would refer the matter in keeping with the Committee's request.
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who advised that he is assisting one o the operating divisions in plans for
handling two foreign visitors. A. visit to Capitol Hill would be appreciated.
As soon as more information is available on the visitors, arrangements will
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9. I I Received a call from Mr. Bruce
Merkle, Administrative Assistant to Representative William Bray (R. , Ind. ).
Mr. Merkle requested that I stop by his office for a minute when it is
convenient and review an employment application of interest to Mr. Bray.
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Memo for Record for details. The Senator requested a map and explanation
of the Agency's overseas installations which we agreed to provide.
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12. Attended the Director's luncheon for
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Agency has any interest in F- I a State Department Foreign
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1. Delivered to Mrs. Nelda Barrett, in the
office of Reresentative James C. Corman (D. , Calif.), a suggested reply
to a constituent who had inquired concerning the Agency.
Mrs. Barret said this was exactly what she had hoped to receive.
2. Called Mr. Borstein, in the office of
Representative Leonard Farbstein (D. , N. Y. ), concerning his earlier request
for a briefing on shifts in the Politburo. I suggested that since the Department
of State had all the information available to the Agency on this subject that
Borstein request a briefing from the Department of State, to which he agreed.
3. I IHand carried to William Woodruff, on the staff
of the Senate Appropriations Committee, a blind memorandum prepared by
the Office of Economic Research on the subject of the Galosh missile sites.
Attached to the memorandum was a map showing the location of each of the
sites and their status of completion. Mr. Woodruff said this was precisely
what Senator Milton Young (R. , N. Dak.) needed to straighten out his thinking
on this.
4. Mr. Woodruff inquired as to when he would be
receiving an Agency budget book. He said that in looking at the revised
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ink changes on the original budget. This might make it simpler to identify
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to support Grumman Aircraft in the F-14 project. Senator Young apparently
feels that this Company, which has done considerable work for the Federal
Government on naval and communications projects, may have capabilities of
interest to us. We are to do nothin on this until contacted by Senator Young
but I have alerted of DD/S&T, to determine what we may
know about this organization.
7. I I During the day, I talked with Mr. Charles
Kendrick, Administrative Assistant to Senator Peter Dominick (R. , Colo.),
and Maxine Hyde, Personal Secretary, regarding the Senator's visit to the
Agency for luncheon tomorrow. The Senator is driving his own car and is
familiar with the directions for reaching the building.
8. The transcript of the Director's testimony
before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Organization
and Disarmament Affairs on 23 April 1969 was forwarded to the Committee
for their use and was returned at the end of the day.
9. Called Jim Lowenstein, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee staff, and advised that the Agency response to
Chairman Gore's questions in the hearing of 23 April is in process but
may not be completed before the end of the day. Lowenstein advisedthe
responses were needed as soon as they could be provided but that he was
certain the Chairman would understand the necessary delays in transmittal.
10. Talked with Ken Sprankle, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and advised, in response to his query on Friday, that Miss
had been employed by the Agency during the period
June 1956 through September 1957 and had left this Agency to further her
education. I also advised thati would be clearly re-employable
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11. I I Received a call from Colonel Roy Steele,
Chief, Committee Investigations Staff, Office of Legislative Liaison, Depart-
ment of the Army. Colonel Steele advised that a draft response to the
questions raised by House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee concerning
procurement of miniaturized E&E equipment has been prepared. After some
discussion, I suggested that the response be coordinated with our Agency
procurement office so that a single reply could go back at this time to House
Armed Services Committee.
Later in the day, Mr. Cottner, DCS/Ops/Army, was put in contact
with Office of Logistics.
12. I Delivered to Representative Glenard P.
Lipscomb an updated version of an unclassified paper entitled " The Military
Posture of the Soviet Union. " Representative Lipscomb was most appreciative.
13. Met with Mr. Ed Hugler, House Post Office
and Civil Service Manpower Subcommittee staff, and reviewed with him
portions of the draft bill prepared for submission to the House by Chairman
Henderson regarding constitutional rights of Federal employees. Hugler
advised there is no indication at present when Mr. Henderson will put the
bill in the hopper.
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J. Derwinski who wanted to point out that he had
but this particular item would receive very little circulation and I thought
there was no reason for him to feel embarrassment because of it.
Mr. Derwinski said he would appreciate an Agency briefing within
the next couple of weeks on Greece and Taiwan.
Mr. Derwinski recalled our earlier discussions about the Ervin
bill (S. 782) and assured me he would support us any way he could if and
when the matter comes up in the House Post Office and Civil Service Sub-
committee of which he is a member.
3. I I Called on and briefed Representative Philip J.
Philbin on the Soviet leadership situation, tensions in the Middle East,
Sino-Soviet relations, and Soviet naval developments. Mr. Philbin said he
hoped for an early meeting of our House Armed Services Sub; committee.
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4. Talked with Frank Slatinshek, Counsel, House
Armed Services Committee, who said that there was some feeling in the Pike
Subcommittee investigating the Pueblo and related reconnaissance flaps that
the Agency might be engaged in some reconnaissance activities which had not
been brought to the Subcommittee's attention and which the Subcommittee should
know about. I questioned this, but Slatinshek said that in any event he would
like a rundown of any reconnaissance activities run unilaterally by the Agency
which involved flap potential after which we could decide whether any of them
fell within the jurisdiction of the Pike Subcommittee. If so, Slatinshek said
we should at least make Pike and the senior Republican member, Mr. Bray,
aware of the situation.
5. I I Paid a routine call on Representative Charles
Bennett who said he had no problems regarding the Agency or its Armed
Services Subcommittee except a feeling that there should be an early meeting
of the Subcommittee. He expressed concern about the way the Safeguard issue
had been handled and said he hoped that at the next meeting of our Subcommittee
we could clarify the situation. I explained to him that our competence and
authority was strictly limited to Soviet weapons and we were in no position to
discuss the pros and cons of Safeguard as such.
6. In the course of a routine call on Representative
William G. Bray, I gave a brief rundown on tensions in the Middle East,
Soviet leadership situation, and Soviet naval activities and submarine
construction. As in the past, Mr. Bray was much concerned about the situation
in the universities and the student attacks on the Agency, and has several
speeches and articles on this subject in the mill.
7. I (Paid a brief courtesy call on Representative
Leslie Arends who said he thought a meeting of our House Armed Services
Subcommittee was "overdue" and he would take the matter up with Chairman
Rivers shortly.
8. Paid a courtesy call on Representative
Alvin O'Konski who seemed mainly concerned with student unrest but commented
on a need for an early meeting of our House Armed Services Subcommittee.
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10. I I Briefed Representative Melvin Price on the
Soviet leadership situation, Middle East tensions, Sino-Soviet relations and Soviet
naval developments. Mr. Price had been particularly preoccupied lately with
studies on the world population explosion but said he was hoping for an early
meeting of our Subcommittee so he could get up-to-date on things like the ABM
problem. He volunteered the comment that he thought the Agency's stock on
the Hill was at an all time high, largely because of the way the Director had
been handling himself.
11. During a brief courtesy call I gave Representative
O. C. Fisher a -rundown on Soviet naval developments, Sino-Soviet relations
and the Middle East situation. He said he looked forward to an early meeting
of our House Armed Services Subcommittee so he could get up-to-date on these
and other developments in more detail.
12. I Met with Ed Braswell, Chief of Staff, Senate
Armed Services Committee, who said that Chairman Stennis had recently
commented on the conflicting testimony and confusion regarding the SS-9 and
said he would probably want to call on the Agency to seek clarification.
Regarding the Daniels bill, Braswell recommended that we not take
our problem to the Post Office and Civil Service Committee but rely on the
Armed Services Committee so as not to create a jurisdictional problem. He
said he was reasonably confident that if the civil service benefits went through--
a big if at this time in his opinion--the Committee would approve similar
benefits for the Agency system.
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13. I IDelivered to Senator Stuart Symington's office
a personal letter to the Senator from the Director.
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who requested assistance in identifying certain quotes of statements by Soviet
officials. This is a follow-on to the briefing provided Senator Henry M. Jackson
on the matter. Miss Fosdick indicated that the Senator is doing an
item for publication. After discussion with the Office of the DD/I,
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Secretary to Majority Leader Mansfield, a TASS item commenting on
statements made by the Senator on the U. S. defense budget. I took this
opportunity to talk with Mr. Kimmitt about the possibility of Senator
Mike Mansfield (D. , Mont.) making a visit to the Agency sometime in
the near future. (See Memo for the Record for details. )
2. I Delivered to Jay Sourwine, Chief Counsel,
Senate Special Subcommittee on Internal Security, background material on
I Iwhich Sourwine had previously requested. Sourwine informed
me that as a long arrest record which he had obtained from the FBI
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informal advice concerning a former Agency employee who is under consider-
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employed June 1956 to September 1957. I advised Mr. Sprankle I would check
and be back in touch with him the first of the week.
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1. I I Bernard Dobranski, Administrative
Assistant to Representative William Murphy (D. , Ill.), called to thank us
for sending the Congressman the China Map Folio the other day and asked
if we had any other similar folios on the Far Eastern Asia and I said I
would be pleased to check.
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STATSPEC called to request sixi e sent to Frederick Merrill, 1422
Longworth House Office Building, who apparently does the foreign affairs
research for the Group. I explained the restrictions in connection with this
"official use only" material which she appeared to fully appreciate. Have
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Committee staff, and Robert Michaels, House Appropriations Committee
staff, visited the Agency to view the film. "True Sons of the People" and
to receive a briefing on a sensitive collection project. (See Memo for the
Record for details.) While in the building Woodruff paid a brief courtesy
call on the DDCI.
4. Arnold Brustin, in the office of Senator
Gaylord Nelson, called and with deep apology said that the Senator's legislative
schedule was such that he would have to cancel the arrangements. which we
had made for a briefing of him on the Soviet and ChiCom threat. He gave
no indication that they had any intention of trying to re-schedule this at
some time in the near future. I assured Brustin that we understood that
these situations developed and were completely flexible about them.
5. Mr. Borstein, in the office of Representative
Leonard Farbstein (D. , N. Y. ), called and requested a briefing for Farbstein
on recent shifts in the Politburo. I told him I would check and be back in touch.
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6. I 1 At his request, called on Senator James
Eastland (D. , Mo.) who was concerned about a press item stating that a
Soviet ship had recently loaded Rhodesian chrome ore at the port of
Mozambique. Eastland said he is giving a speech on the subject of Rhodesia
on Monday and would like to know if there is any truth in the allegation.
After checking wit in DDI, I informed Eastland that the press
item is without foundation.
7. I I Called Mr. Boyd Crawford, House Foreign
Affairs Committee staff, to say that we had received a call from the office
of Representative Leonard Farbstein (D., N. Y. ), Chairman of the Europe
Subcommittee of House Foreign Affairs, requesting an Agency briefing on
recent shifts in the Politburo. I asked Mr. Crawford if he would check with
Dr. Morgan, Chairman of the full Committee, to see whether he had any
objections to this briefing.
Later in the day, Mr. Crawford called to advise that the Chairman
"frowns on this sort of request" and recommended we inform Representative
Farbstein he should go to State Department or through the Chairman for
this type of information. I thanked Mr. Crawford for his assistance in this
matter.
8. I talked at some length with Mr. Robert
Michaels, on the staff of the House Appropriations Committee, before his
return to the city this morning. After the briefing provided for him
and Mr. William Woodruff, on the staff of the Senate Appropriations Committee,
he noted in particular the economy mood of the House. He believes that
some action could be taken this year looking to reduction in tbe number of
families of vehicles in the space programs. He also noted that the
Appropriations Committee is becoming more critical of "management
study" costs.
9. I IReceived a call from Mr. Arthur Kuhl,
Chief Clerk, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who requested that the
transcript of the Director's testimony before the Committee on 23 April be
made available to the Committee on Monday through Thursday of the coming
week. He advised that although no hearings are scheduled, the Committee
will have need for the availability of the transcript and almost continual
review on those days.
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10.1 Mr. James Lowenstein, on the staff of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called and advised that the
Committee is anxious to receive the Director's response to a list of
questions provided at the Hearings of 23 April. It will be most appreciated
if the responses could be received by close of business tomorrow, 2 May.
I thanked Mr. Lowenstein for hisrall and advised I would rela.ir his messa.ae_
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