DCI BRIEFING OF DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE OF SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE-19 NOVEMBER 1970

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• Publication Date: November 23, 1970
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23 November 1970
THIS DOCUMENT WAS SUBJECT TO liT/CHILE JUSTICE INVESTIGATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT. DCI Briefing of Defense Subcommittee of Senate
Appropriations Committee -- 19 November. 1970
1. On 19 November the Director appeared before the Defense
Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The session
lasted from 1552 until 1805 hours. A technical sweep of the room,
5-126 in the Capitol, was conducted and the room was kept under
technical monitoring throughout. Discussions included SI and TY1-1
material. Highlights of the session are summarized below. No
transcript was taken.
2. Present from the Subcommittee for all or part of the
braefing were:
Allen J. Ellender (D., La.), Acting Chairman
John Stennis (D. , Miss.)
John O. Pastore (D. , R.I.)
Mike Mansfield (D. , Mont.)
Milton R. Young (R. , N. Dak. )
Margaret Chase Smith (R,, Me.)
Gordon Allott (R., Colo.)
Roman L. Hruska (R., Neb.)
Ex Officio Members present were:
Stuart Symington (D., Mo.)
Henry M. Jackson (D., Wash.)
Strom Thurmond (R., S. C.)
3. Present from the Subcommittee staff were:
William Woodruff, Counsel
Francis Hewitt, Assistant Clerk
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4. Accompanying the Director were:
Lawrence K. White, Esc/Dir- Compt
George Carver, SAVA
John M. Maury, Legislative Counsel
5. The Director's presentation included those portions of his
prepared briefing dated 19 November 1970 (on file in the Office of
Legislative Counsel) concerning the Middle East, Indochina, Chile,
Soviet Naval Activity in Cuba, . and Communist Military Activity.
(He did not'use the section on the Cuban political situation.)
9. After hearing the Director's prepared remarks on Chile,
Senator El:lender asked whether, and how, the Soviets had assisted
the Chilean leftists. The Director mentioned financial and propaganda
support in particular. Senator Ellender asked whether we had not
supported the oUher side in Chile to at least the same extent the
Russians had supported the leftists. The Director said we had
provided economic aid to the previous regime on a substantial
scale, and Senator Ellennder asked, if this was so, why the Chileans
had turned against us. Senator Pastore asked whether the coup was
engineered by Moscow or was a popular reaction against the status
quo. The Director suggested it was partly both.
10. Senator Symington questioned the Director's statement
that Chile had been moving steadily toward the left--he wanted to
know whether "toward the left" meant more democratic or more
totalitarian. The Director said he was only trying to note the trend
toward more nationalization and governmental control. Senator
Symington said the trend toward more government control could
take place under both rightist and leftist governments, so that
shouldn't be the test of who we help.
11. Senator Pastore emphasized the danger that we might
fail to recognize truly popular revolutions and label them Communist-
inspired. The Director acknowledged this danger but pointed out the
U. S. had been trying to respond to legitimate popular aspirations by
promoting liberal reforms through democratic rather than totalitarian
means.
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