JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL THURSDAY - 9 APRIL 1959

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00357R000100230004-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2014
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• Publication Date: April 9, 1959
• Content Type: MISC

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Thursday - April 1959
7. Mr. Wallace Is the office of Congressman James C. Oliver
(D. ? hisias) galled and said the Callitilltailla desired isferntatien as Soviet
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was advised that we did eel have specific infornsatisa in ?ifi sr silted
Cr naclassified SIMS as this Soviet activity. Congressmas Oliver Ikea came
as the teleplinae sad said he was particularly interested, a material known
as "cesium. " Me expiable* that his interest was in part political inasmuch
as Maims has fairly large deposits et this material, fie feels that the
Vatted States has not given the fullest cessideratiern to the potentials of
this material ia the fields et rocketry sad missiles. Mets interested la
hatowtag whether the Seviets have evideated aay interest in 41111111111112. Ms
said he has isferesatioa Se the effect that they have receatly bees active
La getting sepplies of cesium from the baud ef Ulm. This matter was
discussed witb .1 05! who will look into it sad let es
knew sentethiag within the next few-sleeks.
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S. said he had necstved ? call
from Mr. Doe Markel as the staff of the Solute Committee as laterstate
and Tortoise Commerse. Markel has reqeested ioformatisa on activities
I. the 11.14 .1 oceanography by Urals* couatrise with special emphasis ea
the USSR. 0. explaiaed that the Committee was conducting a study as
oceaaography I. the Vatted States. It is expiated that sad a
represeatative el this office will visit with Markel ia a* effort to reduce his
request to a more specific area or perhaps beadle the inquiry as a verbal
basis.
9. Talked with Mr. William Gelber& (Duress of the Midget, ext. &SS)
as the OCDbi draft bill to establish a nation/ defense civilian reserve. Gelber;
said le had sot received say Apar, reports as this draft bill as yet but
persoaally saw no real steed for it. flowerer. Immo agoodoe *r finPertleoets
might submit valid Teases@ for its existence. He was told that while we had
act developed as Agency positioa, we had been impressed by sprier Civil
Service Commissioa draft at this bill sad had some concern *heist the
provisioas relating taw the eitspas7atent states of possess ensployed ea Ka
active duty states Wider seek a proposal.
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Jahn S. Warner
Legislative Counsel
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