JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL THURSDAY - 10 AUGUST 1972

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 10, 1972
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Thursday - 10 August 1972
1. - GLC) Mr. Harold Brownman, OSP, called to
advise that John Holleran has arranged for Colonel Walecka, Charles Roth,
and Brownman to brief Bill Woodruff and Ralph Preston, of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees staff, on a sensitive matter next Tuesday,
15 August, at 11 a. m. Brownman said we were welcome to have a representa-
tive present if we wished.
2. _
GLC) Marshall Wright, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Congressional Relations, called to alert us to the fact that Senator
George Aiken (R., Vt.:) mentioned to him twice yesterday that someone
from CIA had told him the Democrats were going to use the SALT agreement
against the President in the upcoming campaign claiming that the President
did not know what he was signing in Moscow. Wright urged us not to say
anything to Aiken about this, but said he wanted to alert us to the fact that
Aiken had said this to him. I told Wright the only explanation I could think
of was that the Senator had gotten this information from AFL/CIO sources
and made the mistake of saying CIA instead of CIO. Wright said this had not
occurred to him and it was quite possible. I asked him if he thought he could
go back to Aiken on this to clarify the situation and he said he felt he could not.
3. - RW) Dick Nellius, Administrative Assistant to
Representative Bill Young (R., Fla. ), called regarding a speech the Congress-
man is making at the Administration's request at noon today on Hanoi
statements of U. S. bombing of North Vietnamese dikes. Nellius wanted
copies of some early August Asia and Pacific Area Books. These (7, 8, and 9
August) were delivered to him by 11 a. m.
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4. (Unclassified - RW) Judy Spahr, Senate Subcommittee on National
Security and International Operations staff, called about a mixup in their FBIS
subscriptions. They are receiving two copies of the People's Republic of
China Area Book but no copies of the White Book. FBIS was advised and
will take care of this.
Miss Spahr also asked for a copy of the first half of Sadat 27 July
speech saying they had received the second half of it and would now like to
have the first half. FBIS is sending this to us.
5. - GLC) Hand-carried to David Martin Senate Internal
Security Su committee staff, the map he had requested fro
showing Communist controlled areas in Southeast Asia, the C ina road near
Muong Sing, and the areas involving opium trade. I reminded Martin this
was a classified map. When he said he had seen something similar in the 25x1
newspaper, I told him I understood there had been a map in the New York
Times and if he wished to use that of course that was up to him.
I mentioned to Martin that) had been expecting some material
from him yesterday which he still had not recieved. Martin said he would not
have a draft of the testimony to be given by General Walt to the Subcommittee
on Monday before noon tomorrow. I told himiIwas extremely busy and 25x1
I didn't know what he would be able to do in this time frame, but we would
wait to hear from him (Martin) tomorrow.
6. (Unclassified - JMM) Met with Representative Ed Hutchinson
(R. , Mich.) whom I briefed on our concern regarding the Ervin bill rider to
the House Civil Rights extension bill (H. R, 12652). Hutchinson appeared
generally sympathetic with our problem but pointed out that if the issue reached
the floor, we would probably lose in view of the prevailing sentiment in the
House. He suggested that I talk with Representatives Brooks (D. , Tex. ),
McCulloch (R., Ohio), and McClory (R., Ill.), who he believes may be
members of the conference committee. He said there were no indications that
the bill would move in the immediate future, but he would call me if he
obtained any contrary information. I left with him copies of backup material
explaining the bill and problems in detail.
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7. - JMM) Talked to Herb Hoffman, of the House
Judiciary Committee staff, and told him of my conversation with Representative
Hutchinson (see above). Hoffman said he was confident that no action would
be taken regarding the Ervin bill for several days at least but he would call
me promptly if there were any developments.
8. - JMM) Talked to Mr. Colgate Prentice, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations (House), who said
that he understood Defense had agreed to provide the briefing on dikes and
bombing targets in North Vietnam for Representative Paul McCloskey (R. , Calif. ).
9. JGO) Talked to Mr. James Wilson, House
Science and Astronautics Committee staff, and received from him Chairman
Teague's detailed itinerary for the trip starting 17 August for Holland, Soviet
Union, Hungary, and France. IFMSAC, has been advise Xl
is a longtime friend of
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