JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000500120011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2004
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 17, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Tuesday - 17 October 1972
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1, alked to Senator Milton Young (R,
N. Dak.) regarding a personnel matter in which he had previously expressed
an interest. I said that the position for which we had considered the applicant
was no longer open and the chances of placing him were extremely slim but
if the Senator was personally interested we would make a particular effort
to find something, The Senator said that he did not recall the details and
doubted that this was a special interest case but it had been handled by
Chris Sylvester, his Administrative Assistant, who is presently in North
Dakota and would not return for a couple of weeks. I told Senator Young
that in this case we would send the applicant a letter saying we had nothing
at present but would keep his file active, and if we heard nothing from
Sylvester after several weeks we would close the matter out and tell the
applicant that no position could be found,
Senator Young said he would appreciate my coming by his office
tomorrow to bring him up-to-date on what was happening in Vietnam.
2. Talked to Ralph Preston, Staff Assistant,
House Appropriations Committee, about the proposed trip of Representative
Jamie Whitten and Preston to Latin America, I said we would be glad to
have I meet and provide them with briefings
prior to their departure. Regarding other areas, I suggested (on the
basis of recommendations by Chief, WH Division) that they might want
to visit Venezuela and Ecuador and, if they should venture further south
might find Brazil and Peru interesting. I said Panama was fairly tricky now
and they better consult State Department about a visit there, that we would
advise against a visit to Guatemala at this time, that there was not much going
on in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, that it was not a good time to visit Argentina
and certainly Chile.
Mr. Preston asked if there would be any problem if a member of the
Agriculture Subcommittee staff came along. I said we could clear him and cut
him in on situation briefings but certainly not Agency matters.
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