JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000100100019-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: June 29, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 29 June 1972
1. Met with Mr. James Wilson, House Science and 25X1
Astronautics Committee staff, and briefed him on Soviet space activities.
2. Met with Mr. Jack Sullivan, House Foreign 25X1
Affairs Committee staff, who told me that the Chairman would appreciate a
change in the scheduled date for the Director's appearance before the
Committee to 10:00 a. m., Thursday, 27 July. The DCI has been advised.
3, and I met with Frank Slatinshek, STAT
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, and briefed him on the
situation with respect to Representative Les Aspin's statement on the floor
of the House on Tuesday regarding a letter he supposedly has sent to the
Director on the subject of CIA pilots being involved in opium traffic in Laos.
We left with Slatinshek copies of Aspin's floor statement, the Director's
response to a letter which Aspin had printed in the Congressional Record as
well as a copy of the Director's note to Representative Charles Gubser
forwarding a suggested statement for him to use in placing the Director's
letter in the Record. Slatinshek said it would have been a good idea for us to
have handled this through Chairman Lucien Nedzi, Intelligence Subcommittee,
but appreciated why we had involved Gubser in view of his past interest in the
drug problem. Slatinshek did recommend, however, that we provide Mr. Nedzi
with copies of the Aspin floor statement and the Director's letter so that he
would know what has transpired.
4, Called Representative Charles Gubser off the 25X1
floor of the House and gave him the note from the Director thanking him for his
cooperation and enclosing a floor statement for his use in placing in the Record
the Director's response to the Aspin letter. Mr. Gubser said the situation on the
floor was pretty hectic in view of the drive to recess tonight but he thought he
could get the floor long enough to do this.
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5. I Received a call from Mr. Jack Sullivan,
House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, who told me the Chairman would
like to schedule Wednesday, 26 July, if that date is available on the
Director's calendar, for a briefing on verification of the SALT agreements.
I told Sullivan I would be back in touch with him tomorrow.
6. Talked to Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Chief Clerk, 25X1
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, concerning the amendments made by
the Committee in S. 2224, a bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947.
In effect, the amendments eliminated the provision authorizing transmission
of Agency reports and analysis to other members of Congress.
7. Late in the day I called Representative
Charles Gubser (R. , Calif.) to tell him of the Director's plans to respond to
a letter (which we have not yet received) which Representative Les Aspin
(D., Wis.) placed in the Congressional Record referring to new evidence
indicating that CIA operated helicopters have been smuggling opium inside
Laos. I told him we had thought of including a paragraph in the letter
indicating that the Director was sending a copy of his response to Aspin to
Mr. Gubser in view of his interest in this problem, but wanted to be sure
he had no objection to our doing this. He said he had no objection whatsoever
and for us to "go right ahead. " He said furthermore he was prepared to go
much further and would either insert the letter in the Record or make a
statement on the subject or do anything we wished since he also was very
much concerned about what he referred to as "part of a conspiracy to
downgrade our American public institutions. " I thanked him very much
and told him we would keep his offer in mind and very likely be back in
touch with him.
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Tuesday - 27 June 1972
7. Met with Mr. George W. Ashworth, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee staff, who asked if the Agency could provide
the Committee with a brief survey of weather modification in Indochina.
He said that this is a matter that Senator Pell (D. , R. I. ) has become quite
interested in and that he has requested staff assistance in developing the
question. I told him that with the exceptions of Senator Pell's short press
release over the weekend concerning alleged weather modification
of American forces over North Vietnam, I knew nothing of the modification
and recommended to him that he refer the question to the Department of
State. As a followon to last week's briefing he asked also if the Agency has
any information concerning the possibility or engineering capability of the
Soviets to increase the missile capacity of the Y-class submarine from
12 to 16 or more missiles.
8. Met with Mr. Ralph Preston, House Appropriation25X1
Committee staff, who told me that his time for this week and part of next
has been completely scheduled but he will meet with our people as soon as
possible. I briefed him on the following items: North Vietnamese offensive
toward Hue, action on the Bolovens Palteau, North Vietnamese concern over
support by allies, Soviet delivery of the Flogger to frontal aviation, KY-9
test, orbit of an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft and the French nuclear test of
25 June.
9. Met with Mr. Jack Sullivan, House Foreign 25X1
Affairs Committee staff, who told me with apologies thatthe Committee will have
to change the 25 July date for possible meeting with the Director on verification
of the SALT agreement. He will call as soon as the Chairman focuses on a
new date. Mr. Sullivan asked if we could have a transcript and I reminded
him that we have not had a transcript in the past in appearance before the
Committee. This point will require further discussion. The present schedule
of the Committee will be to have Messrs. Rogers and Laird on the first day
of testimony, Admiral Moorer and another military witness on the second, and
Mr. Helms on the third day to be followed by such members of Congress and
private individuals as may request to be heard. The DCI has been advised.
10. Met with Mr. Richard Moose, Senate 25X1
Foreign Relations Committee staff, who told me that he has been working on
behalf of the Foreign Relations Committee with representatives of the Senate
Rules Committee and others concerning utilization of computer techniques.
He anticipates that the question of development of a vocabulary for Committee
use will arise within the next few weeks and asked if it mould be possible to
meet with Agency personnel for informal discussion on the subject. Mr. Briggs,
OPPB, has been advised.
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Monday - 26 June 1972
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5. Received a call from Jack Sullivan, House 25X1
Foreign Affairs Committee staff, who told me that Chairman Morgan would
like to schedule a briefing by the Director in Executive Session for Tuesday,
25 July, if that date is acceptable to the Director. I thanked Mr. Sullivan
for the call and told him I would relay the Chairman's request.
6. Met with Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Chief 25X1
Clerk, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who told me that Senator
Spong (D. , Va.) will be chairing a meeting tomorrow on the drug question.
Messrs. Ingersoll, D/BNDD, Rossides, Treasury Department, and a
representative of the State Department will be appearing during the morning.
As a followon to his earlier question, I reviewed the question of release of
names, titles, positions, and assignments of Agency personnel with Mr. Kuhl
in the light of the National Security Act of 1947 and the Central Intelligence
Agency Act of 1949. The review appeared to answer any present question
that he has on the subject. I left with him a copy of the Guide to CIA Statutes
and Law.
I returned the transcript of the Laird briefing of 21 June 1972.
7. Met with Mr. Robert Lockhart, Assistant 25X1
Counsel, House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, who told me that
a hearing on the Committee draft of the Federal Executive Service bill will not
be scheduled until the Committee returns on 17 July. In brief, he will be
pleased to meet with our people and review any questions that we have on the
Committee draft. It was his intent in drafting the bill and it is his opinion
that the Agency is completely exempt under the terms of the present draft.
9. Met briefly with Mr. James Wilson, House Scienc25X1
and Astronautics Committee staff, and briefed him on the most recent
Soviet Space launching.
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