JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 20 MARCH 1972

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000400050053-1
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: March 20, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 20 March 1972
1. Mr. Fred Flott, State Department, called
to alert us that Representative Lester Wolff, a friend of Flott's who is
running against Representative Seymour Halpern (their constituency has
been redistricted), is trying to get headlines and plans to go into the
allegations of CIA involvement in drug-traffic. I told Flott to have Wolff
or his Administrative Assistant call me and we would be glad to straighten
him out.
Robert Owens, Administrative Assistant to Representative Wolff,
called to say that Wolff was much concerned about reports of Agency involve-
ment in the drug traffic but before raising the matter in public he would
appreriate a briefing. I said I would be glad to talk to Walff with the
understanding that any discussion o.f the Agency role in coping with the
drug traffic would have to be confidential. Owens said he was sure this
would be acceptable, and I said under these conditions I would have no
objections to Owens being present. He said to schedule the briefing .for
Thursday, 23 March 1972 at .11:30 a. m.
2. Called Frank Slatinshek, Assistant Chief
Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, to alert him to tomorrow's
story by Jack Anderson about the Agency involvement with ITT in Chile,
3. Called Chairman Lucien Nedzi, Intelligence
Subcornrnittee of House Armed Services Committee, to alert him to the Jack
Anderson story, which he appreciated,
I also explained to Mr. Nedzi that the press stoxies about AID health
and rriedical .funds for Laos being diverted to CIA were quite misleading.
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g, Discussed with Nancy, in the office
of Senator John V. Tunney (D. , Calif. ), a proposed reply to a letter from
a constituent expressing concern that the Agency was directing and financing
the ~rowin,~~ of rnariluana in Saigon. The constituent had written a similar
letter to Senator Alan Cranston (D. , Calif.) to which a suggested reply had
been prepared and discussed with Mr. Steeper, in the office of Senator Cranston.
It was agrf:ed that in the reply from Senator Tunney to the constituent, the
prior reply to Senator Cranston would be referred to and no further action
appeared necessary.
9. A letter to the Agency from Representative
John J. Rooney (D. , N. Y.) was discussed with Mary Miller of the office
staff. The constituent was seeking a claim for back pay from the CIA for
services a:Lleging from 1939 to January 1947. I informed Mrs. Miller
that the Agency had not been established until July 1947. However, a
thorough check of the records of CIA and predecessor organizations was
made and all were negative. Mrs. Miller was most appreciative of our
efforts.
10. Delivered a China Atlas to Peggy Clements,
in the office of Representative Robert E. Jones (D. , Ala. ).
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11. Left two sets of the FBIS Daily Report with
Kathy Morgan, on the staff of Senator Mike Gravel (D. , Alaska), per
arrangements
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Dick Schultz, Associate Chief Counsel,
House Internal Security Committee, asked if we could set up a meeting with
a securit re resentative to discuss the Agency's use of the Committee's records
for Schultz explained that he was setting up a number
of suchinforrnal, off-the-record meetings for the purpose of evaluating their
indices in the face of charges by Representative Robert Drinan (D. , Mass. )
and others that the should disband this function. I told him tha~~ I wQ~xld pass
his .request on and Office of Security, has been advised.
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