JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: April 14, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 14 April 1972
FBIS, reported that a 25X1A
Mr. James L. Gallagher, Researc nays on the Minority Staff of theSTATOTHR
House Internal Security Committee, visited the Joint Publications Research
Service the other day to request several materials for the Committee'siOTHR
During his conversations with
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2. OER, called to say Stat;5X16
Department had asked our permission to pass to several people on the Hill
copies of an'
I suggested t that they determine which members of Congress were
involved and we wou then give them an answer. He said he would do this.
3. Met with Mrs. Helen Lawson, Secretary
to Senator Henry Bellmon (R. , Okla. ), and left with her a number of maps of
the Headquarters' location for use by the Senator's breakfast group which is
scheduled for 27 April 1972.
4. Met with Mr. Drury Blair, Senate Immigration
and Naturalization Subcommittee staff, who told me that he has had no queries
abou since the bill was
placed in pending status. See Journal of e ruary IV tz
5. Met with Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who told me that the Committee schedule has his time
committed through the middle of next week. He does want to visit Headquarters
for review of the Agency budget book and will try to schedule Thursday or
Friday, 27 or 28 April, to meet with us. Mr. Briggs, OPPB, has been advised.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 12 April 1972
1. Called Burnett Thompson, in Representative
Whitehurst's (R. , Va.) office, to say that someone fro
office would be contacting who had asked Whitehurst'tTATOTHR
assistance in putting him in touch a appropriate people in the Agency
regarding some technical devicesiad developed. STATOTHR
2. Hand-carried to George Murphy, Joint Committee
on Atomic Energy staff, some additional responses to questions which had
been raised during the Director's 16 February briefing of the Committee.
I briefed Murphy on the analysis of the debris from the latest Chinese
nuclear test and he asked that I give him a short note on this which he could
give to Executive Director Ed Bauser and Seymour Shwiller, of the staff.
3. Met with Scott Cohen, in the office of Senator
Charles H. Percy (R., Ill.), and left with him an unclassified press item
from the Arab World on the subject of Egyptian claims that the Soviets will
give them some help in aircraft production by establishing an assembly plant
for MIG fighters in Egypt. I told Cohen this report was consistent with reports
I and explained that the situation was
largely a contest between the Egyptians and the Soviets as to whether they
would get a MIG-21 or a MIG-23 plant. I added, however, we could not confi1A
with certainty that there has been actual agreement on either one.
4. Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriations
Committee staff, who told me that he will be unable to visit Headquarters on
Friday for briefing on the Agency budget. The Chairman's schedule is such
at the present that he is unable to forecast at this time when he will be able to
visit the Agency. He also noted that it may be some time next week before he
will know the scheduling for the Director's appearance on the community and
Agency budget. Mr. Chuck Briggs, OPPB, has been advised.
I briefed Mr. Preston on the following items: North Vietnamese offensive
and party dissension in North Vietnam; ChiCom airfield construction; Soviet
naval activity in the Cienfuegos area, Soviet-Iraq treaty, SS-NX-8 and Galosh
missile testing and the TU-144.
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Friday - 7 April 1972
14. Talked to Mrs. Kathy O'Neill, in
the office of Representative Richard Ichord (D. , Mo. ), who told me that
Representative Ichord plans to be back in the city on Monday and that it
would be best to talk to him on his return concerning his request to the
Archivist of the United State for certain Warren Commission documents.
Messrs. Houston, OGC, an CI Staff, have been advised.
15. Received a call from Mr. J. Sourwine,
Chief Counsel, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, who asked if we had
an English translation of an interview with Ernest Mandel that was reported in
Der Spiegel. The item was supposedly reported on page 41 of a recent date.
After checking with I told Mr. Sourwine that
we do not have a translation available. I identified the issue as 6 March.
Mr. Sourwine thanked me for the assistance and said that he would go to the
Library of Congress for the translation.
16. Received a call from Mr. Carl Marcy,
Chief of Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who said that he had been
queried by Steve Terry, Senator Aiken's (R. , Vt. ) Legislative Assistant,
concerning the number of Catholics in North Vietnam and the number of
Catholic churches. After checking with DDI, I advised 25X1A
that the 1971 figures indicated 1. 2 million Catholics and 620 parishes. The
number of churches does not relate to the number of parishes since some
have both churches and chapels while others have neither and no current
figure is available on churches.
17. Talked to Mr. Ralph Preston, House
Appropriations Committee staff, who told me that he will be unable to
visit Headquarters before next Friday. Additional hearings relating to
the war will be started some time during the week. We scheduled next
Friday, 14 April, at 9:00 a. m. for Mr. Preston to visit Headquarters for
briefing on the Agency budget and lunch. Mr. Briggs, OPPB, has been
advised.
JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
cc: ER O/DDCI
Mr. Houston Mr. Thuermer
Mr. Clarke Ex/Dir DDI DDS DDS&T
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 6 April 1972
1. Accompanied General Walters to the
confirmation hearing before an open session of the Senate Armed Services
Committee. Only Chairman Stennis and Senators Margaret Chase Smith
and Barry Goldwater were present, and no sensitive or controversial
matters arose. However, Senators Strom Thurmond and Harold Hughes
submitted, in absentia, questions to be answered in writing for the record.
2. Met with Ed Braswell and Jim Woolsey, Senate
Armed Services Committee staff, and briefed them on recent developments
regarding Soviet SLBMs and the SS-11 ICBM.
3. Briefed Frank Slatinshek, Acting Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, on latest Soviet SLBM and SS-11 develop-
ments.
Mr. Slatinshek had no word on Chairman Nedzi's plans for the
Agency's appearance before his Subcommittee on the classification and
security of Government material, or for routine intelligence briefings.
4. Briefed Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant, House
Appropriations Committee, on latest Soviet SLBM and SS-11 developments.
5. Talked to Mr. John Ticer, Senate Armed
Services Committee staff, who confirmed that the Committee had approved
General Walters' nomination and said that it might go to the floor as early
as tomorrow if no opposition developed.
6. 1 In response to the request of Mr. David
Martin, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee staff, delivered to
Ralph Hutto, of the Subcommittee staff, additional copies of theC
documents for their use in publication.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 5 April 1972
1. Joe Wolf, State Department, called to
say that Senator J. W. Fulbright has posed some supplementary questions
to State regarding the hearing on State's authorization bill. One of the
questions given to Mr. Ron Spiers, Director, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, was "Do you think that this Committee has the right to have
information about foreign intelligence collection activities. " Mr. Wolf
said the Department's response to this question is that State Department
keeps an eye on foreign policy implications of foreign intelligence collection
activities, but the question of foreign intelligence collection should be
answered by the Directors of CIA, NSA and DIA. Wolf said they had thought
of putting in their response a reference to the protection of sources and
methods but felt that Fulbright would think they were saying the Committee
could not be trusted with the protection of sources and methods.
2. William Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, visited Headquarters for a budget briefing
participated in by Messrs. Colby, Tweedy, Clarke, Briggs,
and Maury. He was also briefed on some special projects by
Dr. Steininger, followed by lunch with Messrs. Tweedy, Clarke, Briggs,
land Maury. See Memos for Record.
3. (Internal Use Only - JGO) Received a call from Mr. Ralph
Preston, House Appropriations Committee staff, from his home. He
expressed his apologies that he will be unable to attend the briefing
arranged for this morning for himself and Mr. Woodruff, Senate Appropriations
Committee staff. He has a very sore throat and by doctor's suggestion will
be spending the day at home. Mr. Preston said that he will reschedule for
one day next week when he gets back in the office. I thanked him for the call.
Mr. Briggs, OPPB, has been advised.
4. At the request of Mr. Colby's office,
talked to Ruby Hamblen, Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
staff, and arranged for the loan of two easels for use in the Director's
briefing of Senate Armed Services Committee this afternoon.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 3 April 1972
1. Representative Charles Chamberlain
R. Mich, called to arrange for a personnel interview in behalf of
who will soon retire from the Air Force. RepresentatL'SX1AA
Chamberlain statea does not know personally, however,
he has known his family for many years and state he come
excellent family background. Arrangements were made for
to be interviewed at the Washington Area Recruitment Office at 0900,
10 April and Ann in Representative Chamberlain's office was so advised.
Talked to Ralph Preston, House 25X1A
_Apro-priations Committee ataff, and received from him an identification of
his vehicle so that he can pass through the Parkway gate on his arrival
Wednesday morning. Mr. Preston does plan to stay for lunch.
OS, has been advised.
3. Returned the transcript of Tuesday,
28 March, borrowed on Friday to Mr. Carl Marcy, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
4. Met with Scott Cohen, Administrative
Assistant to Senator Charles Percy (R. , Ill), in response to his request
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