JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 28 OCTOBER 1953

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00682R000200090035-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2001
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: October 28, 1953
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal
Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 28 October 1953
1. a. Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R. , N. J. ), together with Mr.
Francis O. Wilcox, Chief of Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee, were briefed on the situation in the Far East and India Pakistan.
They are leaving on a trip for the Far East on 30 October. The briefing
was somewhat curtailed in view of the fact that the Senator arrived over
half an hour behind schedule. As a result, the DD/P portion of the brief-
ing was severely limited, although parts of it were covered at lunch (at
which Mr. Wilcox was not present). The Senator expressed a willingness
to come back for a debriefing upon his return and for further briefing on
the world situation and CIA.
b. In connection with the possibility that the situation in Indonesia
may deteriorate in anyone of several directions, the DCI stated that he would
inform Sen. Smith in the course of the latter's trip whether it might be ad-
visable for him to detour to Indonesia. At present it does not appear to be
necessary.
c. The DCI plans to consult with I I as well 25X1 C
25X1 C as the to determine whether it might be advisable to
25X1 C have Sen. Smith in either immediately before or during the I 1 C
elections scheduled oar U November. We will send Sen. Smith word on this
25X1 C matter
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25X1A e?l Iwill send word to the field so that thel 25X1A
officials in the countries which Sen. Smith plans to visit will make contact
with him.
25X1A f. I furnished Sen. Smith with Adm. Overesch's name and
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will make arrangements for the Admiral to contact the Senator on arrival in
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g. In the course of the briefing Mr. Wilcox expressed to the DCI his
regret that the Committee on Foreign Relations does not have any access
to CIA information, which he always felt would be extremely helpful to the
Committee. The DCI pointed out that he felt that he himself was the
intelligence advisor to the President and National Security Counel, and
had resisted the idea of being intelligence advisor to the Committees of
Congress (other than the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy
as this would tend to present a good many difficulties. The DCI pointed out
in particular that he might be placed in an embarrassing position by such
committees attempting to utilize the information in the formulation of
appropriations for various agencies.
2. Col. Bruce, Aide to the Secretary of the Army Stevens, called
to state that the Secretary wished me to get word to the DCI that the Army
interrogation team, which the Secretary had informed the DCI would be
sent to Germany to interrogate the German technician defector involved in
the Ft. Monmouth spy case, would not be sent. (See memo for the Director
this date).
3. Mr. James Hyde, of the legislative staff of the Bureau of the Budget,
informed me that the Bureau had no objection to our forwarding our proposed
reply to Chairman Langer, of the Senate Judiciary Committee, regarding
S. 2416, a bill for the relief of the
5. I informed Mr. Menefee, Administrative Assistant to Sen. Byrd
(who is presently unavailable as he is campaigning throughout Virginia) that
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the DCI would like to offer Senator Byrd a full briefing prior to the latter's
trip to Europe and the Middle East commencing 8 November. We will have
word on this subject on 2 November.
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