JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000300060012-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 12, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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Wednesday - 12 May 1971
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16, - JMM) Talked to Chairman James M. Hniey,
Employee enetits Subcommittee of House Post Office and Civil Service
Committee, who welcomed the suggestion that the Subcommittee vi..i.:
Headquarters for a breakfast briefing in the next several days and he
said that Dick Barton, of his staff, would coordinate with other Subcommittee
members and call me to work out arrangements.
17. ~ ~- JMM) Called William Thomson, in the dace of
Senator Clifford P. Hansen, who said that in view of the time deadi;,--a : they
had telegraphed to the Wyoming University newspaper, The Branciir -- Iron,
the Senator's open letter in response to Allen Ginsberg's open lette _uuery
to the Senator regarding Agency involvement in Southeast Asian drug rfic.
Mr. Thomson said that nevertheless they planned to go ahead with a
query to the Bureau of Narcotics which they hoped would produce ar, answer
that could usefully be made public.
18. I I- JMM) Received a call from Ben Welles `oz- the
New York Times, who said he understood that Representative Herrr:an Badillo
was introducing a bill forbidding the Agency to engage in paramilitary operations,
and Wells wondered if this would get much support on the Hill and L 'we were
seriously concerned. I said I didn't expect this bill to go very far.
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Friday - 14 May 1971
5. I I - JMM) Carl Marcy, Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, gave an informative and candid off-the-recorc_ talk to the
Advanced Intelligence Seminar which was warmly received and in which he
paid high tribute to the Agency.
6. JMM) Met with Senator William Spong and his
Executive Assistant Mr. Thad Murray, and reviewed some draft leters
they had prepared to constituents who had inquired about allegations of Agency
involvement in drug traffic in Southeast Asia. At my suggestion they are
writing to Director Ingersoll, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Lrags,
requesting the results of any investigation that the Bureau may have conducted
into the matter. In accordance with his long-standing policy, however, Spong
does not plan to put Ingersoll's response in the Congressional Reco -c.
7. JMM) Called Sam Marler, in the office of Senator
Clifford P. Hansen, who said that the Senator's letter to the Univer.~ity of
Wyoming's "Branding Iron" denying allegations of CIA involvement :.n Southeast
Asian drug tra.ff~ic had made the paper's deadline yesterday. He sad the
Senator had not yet written to Director Ingersoll, Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs, requesting additional information on the subject, but would
do so shortly and Marler would let me know when the letter went forward so
I could alert the proper people in Ingersoll's office.
8. I I- GLC) Talked with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services Committee, about the cost-of-living increase legislation for the
Civil Service retirement system which has been acted upon favoraba_y by both
House and Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committees. Braswell made
the following points :
a. If we wish to obtain a similar amendment for CIARDS, we will
have to go through the formal procedure for requesting sucl legislation;
b. It is absolutely impossible to get Senate and House action on
this legislation before 1 June;
c. Although he had not reviewed the specific legislation, it is
possible that we could get a bill which would be retroactive;
d. He would not want anyone to retire from the Agency on the
assumption that such legislation will receive favorable consideration.
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Tuesday - 11 May 1971
7. I I- JGO) Met with Mr. Drury Blair, Senate
Immigration and Naturalization Subcommittee staff, Senate Committee
on Judiciary, with regard to th In brief, hu
told me that at present the Committee does not need anything from the
Agency in support of the bill but that a copy of the report furnished the
House Committee, if available, might be useful. I told him I would get
a copy to him later in the week.
8. - LLM) Al Tarabochia, Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee, called on behalf of an unnamed Senator interested
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I told Tarabochia that, as he well knows, we
do not keep track of the activities of U. S. citizens and suggested tha he
contact the FBI.
9.1 ~ JMM) Met with Senator Clifford P. Hansen (R., Wyo~
and Sam Marler and William Thomson, of his staff, regarding a response
for the Senator to make to inquiries from the poet, Allen Ginsberg, concerning
allegations of CIA involvement in Southeast Asian drug traffic. The Senator
welcomed our suggestions for respon ing to Ginsberg, and agreed -Cu try
to obtain from the Bureau of Narcotics a statement which could be made
public in order to set the record straight.
10. I I- JMM) Mr. 0 and I met with Representative
Morris K. Udall (D., Ariz.) and explained our problems with the Lrvin bill
guaranteeing the privacy of Federal employees. Mr. Udall seemed to under-
stand our problems, but offered no encouragement so far as our rccuest for a
complete exemption was concerned.
Mr. Udall asked us to check into an individual in Tuscon who had been
involved in some shady activities, and who, according to the local press there,
was suspected of being a CIA employee. (See Mr.O Memo for Record. )
11. - JMM) Met with Thad Murray, in the of Lice of
Senator William Spong, who wanted assistance in responding to a constituent
inquiry regarding allegations in the Jack Anderson column that the Agency was
involved in Southeast Asian drug traffic. Murray accepted my suggestions for
a response, and agreed to have Senator Spong ask for further details from the
Bureau of Narcotics.
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