BRIEFING OF HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WORLD WIDE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: January 31, 1978
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM. FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Briefing of House Appropriations Defense Subcommitee
on World Wide Intelligence Matters
1. ~n 26 January at 10:00 a.m. the Defense Subcommittee
of the House Appropriations Committee convened to continue the
briefing begun the previous day on current intelligence around the
world. A sweep of the room (H 140) was conducted by CIA security,
the briefing was electronically monitored, and security was provided
for the transcript notes. The hearing ran from 10:00 a. m. until
12.:15 and from 2:00 p.m. until 4:15.
2.0 Subcommittee Members present for all or part of the
briefing were: Chairman George H. Mahon (D., Tex.), Representatives
Robert L. F. Sikes (D.;, Fla.), Joseph P. Addabbo (D., N.Y.), John J.
McFall (D., Calif.). John J. Flynt, Jr. (D., Ga.), Bill D. Burlison
(D._,. Mo. ), Jack Edwards (R., Ala.) and J. Kenneth Robinson (R., Va. ),
300 Staff members present for all or part of the hearing were
25X1 Ralph Preston, Charles Snodgrass, Peter Murphy, Derek Vander Schaaf,
John M. Garrity and Charles Murphy.
4. he witnesses were as is indicated on the attached
25X1 witness al1st. The subjects covered included balance of Warsaw Pact--
session the Chairman thanked Associate Director for
Managment, National Foreign Assessment Center, for a fine
presentation.
-;NATO forces, the Soviet military budget, the political and military
situation in the horn of Africa, the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli
military balance, the Sino-Soviet dispute, Chinese foreign policy and
the Chinese economy.
5. Subcommittee Members' questions reflected their hope to
use the inrormation being provided to help them arrive at FY 1979 Defense
budget decisions. The questioning was lively and at the end of the
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Tuesday - 31 January 1978
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1. LIAISON Per Annette Swider's request 25XI
I forwarded to Elliot Maxwell, of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence staff, and to Walter Sheridan, of the Senate Human Resources
papers while under contract to Project MKULTRA,
2., LIAISON Called Larry Ellsworth, 25x1
Senate Select Committee on Ethics staff, in the late evening of 30 January 1978
to advise him that our search for materials requested in their 9 January 1978
letter was complete and that the documents would be available here for
their review anytime after noon on 1 February. Judy Schneider, of
the Committee staff, called in the morning of 31 January 1978 to advise
me that she and one other staffer would review the materials at 10.00 a. m.
on 2 February. 25x1
was advised and agreed to
these arrangements,
3. LIAISON Received a call from Jan 25x1
Laughry, of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct staff,
who stated that the envelope addressed to the Director of Security that
I had previously arranged to have picked up was never picked up. 25x1
has been advised. 25x1
4. LIAISON Attended the bi-weekly Senate 25x1
Select Committee on Intelligence briefing. Senator Jose h den (D., Delp
V/and about a dozen staffers were present to hear FAC/CSS 5x1
brief on the few current intelligence OSR 5x1
brief on the Soviet strategic forces, answered a num er of 25x1
questions raised by the staff on the spot and we will follow-up with brief
responses on a few remaining ones.
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