JOURNAL - OFFICE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00364R000200120013-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: May 16, 1969
• Content Type: NOTES

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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 16 May 1969
1. 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 buildupso 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. 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.
3. 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 Charles Sheldon 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 I 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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Wednesday - 16 April 1969
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18. Hand carried to Mr. James Knowles,
Director of Research, Joint Economic Committee, the Director's reply to
Representative Hale Bogg's request for Agency assistance in an upcoming
Committee study on the Soviet economy. Knowles and I then discussed the
request with John Stark, Staff Director of the Committee, who accepted the
fact that areas of classification made it impossible for us to assist the
Committee to the extent requested and agreed that our people should work
with Leon Herman, of the Library of Congress, on that area of the study
in which we could be of assistance.
JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
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Ex /Dir- Compt
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DD/S&T
Mr. Houston
Mr. Goodwin
Item 18 - OER (Dr. Allen)
Item 8 - Personnel
Item 14 - Personnel
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