JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000400030058-8
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: September 8, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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Friday 8 September 1972
8. (Internal Use Only - JGO) I talked briefly with Mr. Lou Conein,
BN'DD, who is scheduled to meet with John Brady and Bob Boyer, House
Foreign Affairs Committee staff, on Monday morning concerning material
from Alfred W. McCoy's book "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia"
which is attributed by the author to an interview with Mr. Conein. This
call was in response to several calls by Conein earlier in the day tol 1
for guidance.. I told Conein that Messrs. Brady and Boyer were under a
charter from Chairman Morgan to make a firsthand on-the-spot investigation
of the various charges in the McCoy book. I told him that he would not find
them hostile in any regard and that he should feel free to be as cordial as
possible in responding to their queries. Nt2,YOG,
and Osborn, D/S, have been advised.
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5. JGO) In response to his call, I met with Jack
Brady, House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, and after checking with
ivision, gave him telephone numbers for Lou Conein.
This was by way of followup to a suggestion made in yesterday's meeting
with Agency representatives that he might want to contact Mr. Conein
directly concerning the statements made by Mr. McCoy with regard to
interviews with Mr. Conein. Mr. Brady told me in confidence that the
staff report will be classified secret. The report is in response to
Chairman Morgan's personal re uest. See Journal of 6 September 1972.
Messrs. Warner, OGC, an have been advised.
6. JGO) Received a call from Frank Slatinshek, Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, who told me that Chairman
Nedzi would like a briefing on Monday at 10:30 a. m. In Slatinshek's
opinion the briefing would be an updating of the previous briefings given the
CIA. Subcommittee on the world situation. He suggested, however, that it
would be well if we called Nedzi directly to identify any particular items
he might want covered.
7.1 ~ JMM) Met with Bill Woodruff, Counsel, Senate
Appropriations Committee, whom I briefed on a current question of withdrawal
from the Reserves. He said he would take this up with Chairman McClellan
the first of the week, but could not predict how McClellan would react since
this was the first time such matters had been brought to his attention.
8. JMM) Met with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services Committee, whom I briefed on recent developments regarding
e said maybe Chairman Stennis
will want an update briefing on Soviet strategic weapons in the next week or two.
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13. I I John Stratton, Investigator, House Internal25X1
Security Committee, called and asked if we could provide him with the radio
frequency and range of Radio Hanoi. He said they were interested in this
information in connection with the statements by Jane Fonda. The request
was relayed to FB1S.
14. - LLM) David Martin, Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee staff, called to request Agency assistance in reviewing testimony
to be presented by General Walt on 13 September to the Subcommittee on the
world drug situation. He said the material would be available for pickup by
us at 2:30 on 8 September and he would appreciate our comments by noon on
Monday. I told Martin that we wish to be cooperative wherever possible, but
that this was a very short deadline and I would have to check on the availability
of personnel to handle this task and would let him know the outcome. I called
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an said that in his office would review the material and that he
would contact to alert him. I placed a call to
Martin to advise him of this and to ask what specific topics would be involved,
but I did not receive a return call.
Martin said the Committee had been asked for the source of a statement
in a committee print, "Soviet Intelligence and Security Services, 1964-70, "
which was not footnoted. The statement was in the introduction and attributed
to Khrushchev a remark that espionage is needed only by aggressors and
that the Soviet Union does not engage in espio on't intend
to attack anyone. The request was relayed td I CI Staff.
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