JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 24 JULY 1972

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: July 24, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 5
Monday - 24 July 1972
15. I In response to his call on Friday, I
talked with Pete Murphy, on the staff of the House Appropriations Committee.
I told him our people had obtained a copy of the DIA memorandum on the cost
of Soviet vessels and it was the opinion of our folks that we really could add
nothing to this. I explained some of the difficulties involved in making
comparisons between U. S. and Soviet ship building costs, but indicated that
we might be helpful in several related areas. I said we could indicate the
areas where the characteristics of the Kresta II differed from the DD-963
and we could pull together some material on what it would cost to build a
Kresta II boat in the United States. I said I doubted, however, that these
were really responsive to the area which concerned Representative Sidney
Yates (D. , Ill. ). Murphy thanked me for looking into this and said he would
try to explain these problems to the Congressman.
16. After consulting the Director, I called Ralph
Preston, Staff Assistant, House Appropriations Committee, to say the Director
could be available to appear before the Defense Subcommittee on Wednesday,
2 August, or Thursday, 3 August, preferably morning only. Preston said that
Representative William Minshall had been pushing for an "update" on the world
situation prior to mark up of the Defense Appropriation bill. Preston thought
an hour's presentation followed by questions for the rest of the morning would
be quite adequate. He indicated Chairman Mahon was dubious about having the
session at all and had not yet made a decision.
17. Talked to Dorothy Fosdick, Staff Director,
Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, who was
interested in getting a briefing on recent developments, particularly the extent
of the Soviet military evacuation in Egypt. I said all the details were not clear
and we agreed that we would defer such a briefing until the end of the week.
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