MEETING WITH THE RUSSELL SUBCOMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82R00025R000400100002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 19, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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19 May 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Meeting with the Russell Subcommittee
1. This memorandum is for information only.
2. Acting on the Agency's suggestion, Senator Russell has asked
for a meeting today at 5:30 p.m. Russell is interested in hearing about
South Viet Nam and Southeast Asia generally. It was also indicated that
Russell might be interested in a few more details on the situation of the
newly found microphones in the American Embassy in Moscow. (Security
will make available documents on this later in the afternoon. )
3. It is difficult to anticipate other topics that will come up.
However, it seems likely that questions will be asked about Panama and
Cuba. The Director may also wish to comment briefly on the two books,
The Bay of Pigs and The Invisible Government.
4. Of course, Senator Russell has been extremely busy with
general military legislation, appropriations matters and civil rights.
House-passed legislation is beginning to pile up in the Senate Committee
and it seems likely that many of the lesser priority items will not be acted
on. I believe it appropriate to urge Senator Russell to consider our
retirement legislation. Probably it would not consume a great deal of
time and it would be a considerable setback if the work already accomplished,
that is House passage, were to go down the drain because of Senate inaction
since we would have to start afresh with the 89th Congress. Further, it
would certainly be a setback to Agency morale and deprive us of a helpful25X1
tool in bringing down various components to current ceilings.
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