JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00364R000300050003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 16, 1969
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 16 May 1969
1. (Confidential - GLC) Dorothy Fosdick, Staff Director, of the
Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, called and
asked if we would check to see whether any support could be given to the
argument that the Cuban missile crisis served as a bench mark for the
Soviets in their defense programs in that following the Cuban crisis the
Soviets engaged in a major military build.upso that they would not be in a
position to back down as they did over Cuba . She would like a classified
paper for Senator Jackson on this and anything which could be said of an
unclassified nature as well.
2. (Secret - GLC) Met with Bill Woodruff, on the staff of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, and briefed him on recent intelligence
information on Soviet missile sites. I also reviewed with Woodruff, in
some detail, the Director's talk with Senator Russell regarding Senator
Symington's request for a list of overseas installations and Senator Proxmire's
letter asking the Director to appear before the Subcommittee on Economy in
the Government of the Joint Economic Committee. Woodruff referred to
Senator Proxmire as a very reasonable individual and felt that Senator
Russell's suggestion that the Director sit down and talk with him is a good
one.
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3. (Secret - GLC) Met with Jim Gehrig, Staff Director of the Senate
Space Committee, and told him what we knew to date regarding the first of
the two most recent Venus shots. Gehrig expressed some amazement at
the recent article by on the comparison of U. S. and Soviet
space programs. He was particularly surprised by the amount of detailed
information (which Gehrig had considered sensitive) regarding Soviet space
activities which appeared in this publication. I told Gehrig it was my under-
standing that was quite careful in his publications- -checking on
the accuracy of his information and content of his material from the standpoint
of security classification. I told Gehrig I would talk further with Mr. Dave
Brandwein, FMSAC, and be back in touch with him.
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