JOURNAL- OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000200170078-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 78
• Publication Date: May 11, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 11 May 1971
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8. I I Al Tarabochia, Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee, called on behalf of ~\an unnamed Senator interested
in whether Rennie Davis had met with North Vietnamese representatives
in Paris last September. I told Tarabochia that, as he well knows, we
do not keep track of the activities of U. S. citizens and suggested ;hat ra
contact the FBI.
9. Met with Senator Clifford P. Hansen (R. , Wyo..
and Sam Marler and William Thomson, of his staff, regarding a response
for the Senator to make to inquiries from the poet, Allen Ginsberg, concerning
allegations of CIA involvement in Southeast Asian drug traffic. The Senator
welcomed our suggestions for responding to Ginsberg, and agreed to try
to obtain from the Bureau of Narcotics a statement which could be made
public in order to set the record straight.
10. and I met with Representative
Morris K. Udall (D., Ariz.) and explained our problems with the Ervin bill
guaranteeing the privacy of Federal employees. Mr. Udall seemed to under-
stand our problems, but offered no encouragement so far as our request for a
complete exemption was concerned. 25X1A
Mr. Udall asked us to check into an individual in Tuscan who had been
involved in some shady activities, and who, according to the local press there,
was suspected of being a CIA employee. (Se Memo for Record.)
11. Met with Thad Murray, in the office of
Senator William pong, w au w ed assistance in responding to a constituent
inquiry regarding allegations in the Jack Anderson column that the Agency was
involved in Southeast Asian drug traffic. Murray accepted my suggestions for
a response, and agreed to have Senator Spong ask for further details from the
Bureau of Narcotics.
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