JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000100040013-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 18, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 18 November 1971
Senator Young said Senator Ellender was pushing bills through
and they might adjourn as early as 8 December.
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3. 1 1 Met with Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, and discussed the Defense Appropriations bill, H. R. 11731,
sent to the Senate this week. Mr. Preston was most helpful.
4. I I Met briefly with Al Westphal, House Foreign
Affairs Committee staff, who told me that the Radios bill has now been
scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, Friday, November 19, for discussion by
the House.
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 4
Tuesday - 9 November 1971
10. 1 1 In a chance meeting in the Capitol, Harry
Symmes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations,
said he understood that when General Westmoreland was testifying before
the Foreign Relations Committee he was asked if the Agency had any interest
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I told Symmes we had been in touch with the Pentagon in advance of the
appearance of the Joint Chiefs and that General Lambert was well briefed
on this. He suggested we might want to check with Defense on this.
s looking into this.
11. Talked with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, who said there was some concern in the Senate
over the recent changes in the intelligence setup. See Memorandum for
the Record.
Received a call from Mr. John Lally,
Assistant Counsel, Special Subcommittee on Armed Services Investigating
of the House Committee on Armed Services, who asked if we could verify
for Chairman Hebert information given to the Committee a few moments
before in hearings that are being conducted today concerning the Cuban
International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists who arrived in New Orleans
on 26 October 1971 and are being held for deportation. See Memorandum
for the Record.
14. Met with Mr. William Phillips, Staff
Director, u comma ee on oreign Operations and Government Information
of the House Committee on Government Operations, and reviewed with him
the draft Agency response to the Chairman's request of 26 October 1971
concerning "the degree of public participation in formal meetings and hearings
conducted within the Executive Branch and other agencies. " Mr. Phillips
indicated that the response, in his opinion, would be completely acceptable.
He noted in passing that this was the first response of any kind the Committee
has had to the questionnaire.
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 5 November 1971
1. Received a call from Mr. Frank Slatinshek,
Assistant Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who told
me that he has a draft of language for the conference report and wants
to insure that it meets our needs as much as possible. I told him that
Mr. Maury and Iwere on the Hill and I would have one of them
meet with him a ossible.
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2. 1 1 Received a call from John Clarke, OPPB, who told
should be made with Senator Stennis, Chairman, Senate Armed Services
Committee, for this information. I told Mr. Clarke that it would be necessary
to check with Senator Stennis before such a report is forwarded back to the
Committee to insure his approval. Mr. Clarke indicated that probably nothing
much can happen before Monday. He will keep our office advised.
and Margaret Chase mit and Representative Mahon whom he briefed on
the White House announcement regarding the intelligence community. See
Memo for the Record.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 4 November 1971
I. I I Met with Mr. Robert Lockhart, House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee staff, who told me that the regular
meeting of the full Committee has been scheduled for 10:00 a. m. , Thursday,
18 November with the same agenda including H. R. 11150, the Ervin bill, that
was scheduled for the last meeting when the Committee was unable to reach
a quorum.
2. Met with Miss Valerie Duval, Legislative
Assistant to Representative John E, Moss (D. , Calif. ), and gave her a copy
of the unclassified pamphlet "The Central Intelligence Agency" and a copy of
Mr. Helms' speech of 14 April 1971. This was in response to her call of
yesterday in response to a constituent inquiry. Miss Duval was most appreciative.
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4, Talked to Dr. Al Westphal, House
Foreign Affairs Committee staff, who told me that the Committee Chairman
is ready to appear before the Rules Committee whenever he is called to testify
on S. 18. The bill is pending in Rules Committee but no date is scheduled
for consideration. He does expect, however, that they will have the measure
cleared through the House this year.
advised.
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5. et briefly with Carol Berdes, Administrative
Assistant to Representative Ogden Reid (R. , N. Y. ), who told me that her final
day in the office will be the 16th. I told her I will be by before she leaves to close
out her secret clearance.
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Tuesday - 2 November 1971
11. Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who told me that he has not received a comeback copy
from Chairman Mahon of the letter to Chairman Dulski, House Post Office
and Civil Service Committee, concerning H. R. 11150. He assumes the letter
did go out, however. He asked that I hold off on delivery of the safe
probably until after the 11th when the Committee is scheduled to go to the
floor with the Defense Appropriations bill. In response to my question he
agreed that this will be a good time to clear out the back documents that have
been held by the Committee for return to the Agency.
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