JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday - 28 January 1972
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Called Tom Korologos, White House staff,
to say that the Director's appearance before the Senate Armed Services
Committee yesterday had gone smoothly and the only question regarding the
reorganization of the intelligence community had come from Senator Stuart
Symington who was apparently pacified by the Director's answer,
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Thursday - 27 January 1972
6. Accompanied the Director and Messrs. Duckett,
Bruce Clarke, Carver to a briefing of the full Senate Armed
services Committee. See Memo for Record.
7. During a break in the-Armed Service
b rie.fing, Senator William Saxbe asked the Director about a recent crisis
in Afganistan agriculture resulting from a prolonged drought. After checking
withi by phone, I explained the details of this situation to
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Wednesday - 26 January 1972
(Checked with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel,
Senate Armed Services Committee, on final arrangements for the Director's
briefing of the full. Committee tomorrow at 10 a. m.
Talked to Jack Ticer, Senate Armed Services
Committee staff, who asked or information on which members of their staff
had attended previous briefings by the Director. After checking the files,
we provided this information. Mr. Ticer assured me there was no intention
of i2 liCg a transcript of the Director's testimony tomorrow.
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Thursday - 20 January 1972
IMet with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services Committee. and gave him a paper on comparative pay-scales
of regular and irregular forces in Laos. Also discussed the'Director's upcoming
briefing. See Memo for the Record. 25X1A
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Wednesday - 19 January 1972
5. Talked to Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services ommi ee, who said he had shown Senator Stennis the
President's memorandum to the community and personal letter to the
Director regarding the reorganization of the intelligence community. I
asked whether he raised with the Senator the question of whether they
should be shown to Senator Symington. Braswell said he had not but was
sure whatever the Director decided would be all right with the Senator.
I suggested the Director might like to have a private meeting with the
Senator prior to his appearance before the Committee on 27 January.
Braswell suggested I arrange this directly with the Senator's office.
After checking with the Director I called Mildred Ward, in the
Senator's office, who said she would try to work out a meeting between
the Director and the Senator, probably Monday or Tuesday.
6.1 We were informed by Frank Slatinshek, Assistant
Chief Counsel, House Armed Services Committee, that Chairman Hebert
agreed with the suggestion of Chairman Nedzi, of the Intelligence Subcommittee,
that it would be a good idea to have the Director appear in open session
regarding classification and security of Government documents. After
consulting with the Director I explained to Slatinshek the very serious
problems such a suggestion created. Slatinshek said he appreciated these
problems, but argued that Nedzi and Hebert felt under very heavy pressure
from Committee members and others to conduct open hearings on the subject,
and believed the Director uniquely qualified to appear. Slatinshek said that if
this pressure was not turned aside by the kind of "controlled" hearing they
proposed it might break out in uncontrolled form elsewhere and cause serious
problems for us all. We ended up agreeing that an early personal meeting
between the Director and the Chairman would be desirable.
After checking with the Director I called Chairman Nedzi and made
a date for the Director to meet with the Chairman at 10:30 on Friday morning,
21 January, in room 2418 Rayburn Building.
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Monday - 17 January 1972
1. Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed
,Services Committee, ca ed to say he had talked to Chairman Stennis on
Friday night and the Chairman said he would like to schedule the Director's
world wrapup briefing of the full Armed Services Committee on Thursday,
27 January. Braswell said the Chairman felt the Director should plan to
spend both morning and afternoon with the Committee.
In response to my question as to whether the Chairman wanted any
coverage of the intelligence community changes in this session, Braswell
said the Chairman wanted this billed strictly as a world wrapup briefing
without any advance reference to discussion of the community changes.
He added, however, that it was quite likely the subject could come up
during this meeting and went on to say that if it did this might make an
additional session on the subject unnecessary.
After assuring that this time was satisfactory with the Director,
I confirmed the briefing date with Braswell.
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Thursday - 13 January 1972
Informed Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel,
Senate Armed Services Comma ee, of the above, explaining that we were
following well-established ground rules under which we would be of course
prepared to brief Senator Symington himself, as a member of our oversight
Committee, on the matters in question but could not discuss them with
staff investigators of the Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Braswell
said he thought our position was reasonable and clear and saw no need to
alert Senator Stennis.
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Tuesday - 11 January 1972
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I I Met with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services Committee, , and briefed him on latest information regarding
Soviet ICBM silos and our intelligence coverage of the recent India/Pakistan
crisis.
I told Mr. Braswell we foresaw problems if the Chairman decided
to combine hearings on the nomination of a new DDCI and the significance
of the reorganization of the intelligence community. Braswell said he
fully agreed. I suggested he might pass our concern to Chairman Stennis
and suggest that before the Chairman made a final decision on such hearings
he consult the Director. Braswell said he would definitely do so.
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Monday - 10 January 1972
3. Met with Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate
Armed Services ommi ee, and gave him copies of papers dealing with
the community "reorganizati.on, Uexplaining that we had at last succeeded
in getting authority to show them to our Committee chairmen and staff
chiefs. See Memo for the Record.
I mentioned to Braswell our situation regarding Senator Fulbright's
request for National Estimates dealing with Southeast Asia since 1950.
Braswell had no comment other than to remark that he thought we had no
alternative other than to handle the matter as we were.
Braswell confirmed that the Chairman, with whom he had just had
an hour's telephone conversation, planned an intelligence briefing for the
full Armed Service.s. Committee during the week of 24 January 1972. He
said that in addition the Chairman planned to hold hearings on the
reorganization of the intelligence community simultaneously with the
confirmation hearings of the new DDCI as soon as the latter's nomination
was received.
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10 January 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Conversation with Mr. Edward Braswell, Chief Counsel,
Senate Armed Services Committee, Re Reorganization
of the Intelligence Community
1. Today I showed Mr. Braswell a copy of the 5 November 1971
Presidential memo on the reorganization of the intelligence community
and a copy of the President's letter to the Director of 1 November 1971.
Mr. Braswell's immediate reaction was to point out the first paragraph
on page 3 of the President's memo, instructing the Director to delegate
authority to the DDCI for the plans, programs and day-to-day operations
of the CIA. Mr. Braswell said this was exactly what Senators Stennis,
Symington and others were concerned about, and was completely incon-
sistent with the oral assurances which I had given to the effect the Director
would retain his authority and responsibility for the overall -direction of
the Agency. I said it was too soon to know exactly how the new arrange-
ments would shake down, but I was morally certain that so long as Mr.
Helms was Director, he would .riot relinquish the reins over the Agency
which he had grown up with and which he knew like the back of his hand.
I said I saw no problem in Mr. Helms carrying on both responsibilities,
since in fact he had already had most of the responsibilities for the
community called for in the new directive, but simply lacked the authority
to carry them out. I argued that if anything the new directive might clarify
these responsibilities thereby making them less rather than more burden-
some. Mr. Braswell said "we will just have to see. "
2. Mr. Braswell said that in view of the provisions of the above
quoted paragraph we could expect the new DDCI to get a very intensive
grilling at the time of his confirmation, and the relative authority of the 25X1A
Director and the DDCI under the reorganization plan would be thoroughly
examined.
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Friday - 7 January 1972
Legislative Assistant to Representative Bob Eckhardt (D. , Texas), concerning
the letter of 22 December from Mr. Gordon Jennings concerning the Director
of Central Intelligence and left with him a biographic sketch of the Director,
a copy of the report of the Senate Armed Services confirmation hearings
dated 23 June 1966, and the CIA unclassified pamphlet. Mr. Markowitz was
most appreciative.
Met with Mr. Steven Markowitz,
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Friday - 7 January 1972
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Called Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel,
Senate Armed Services Committee, to say that Jim Kendall, of the
Committee staff, had called our office requesting more details on the
reorganization of the intelligence community. I told Braswell of a
couple of classified papers on the subject which I would like to show him
in strict confidence at the first opportunity and get his views about
showing them to Kendall, who I understood was pulling together material
on the reorganization for Chairman Stennis. Braswell agreed we would
get together the first of the week.
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Friday - 7 January 1972
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Met with Mr. Herb Atkinson, Clerk, Senate
Armed Services Committee, an provided him with literature and other
information on "shredders" which can be used in the destruction of some
of the Committee's classified material. I also gave him a copy of the
new China atlas for the Committee's use.
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Wednesday - 5 January 1972
Accompanied Messrs. David B ran wein, C/FMSAC,
to a meeting with Mr. Ed Braswell,
Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee. In response to his earlier
requests, Brandwein briefed Braswell on Soviet anti-satellite satellites and 25X1
McCarthy briefed him on irregular troops in
Laos. Braswell also too this opportunity to get an upaared briefing from
n the general situation in Laos. We mentioned the pressure this
was generating with regard to'the various statutory limitations imposed on
programs in Laos and while Braswell agreed this was a problem he gave the
impression there would be very little "give" in the Congress in this area.
I also left with Braswell a duplicate copy of the material which we
had previously given Jim Kendall, Senate Preparedness Investigating Sub-
committee staff, on the recent changes in the intelligence community structure.
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By D. E. Ronk
VIENTIANE, Jan. 1-A `
? badly' demoralized army of
Moo tribesmen waits at the
CIA base of Long Cheng, 96.
miles north of here,, for
Communist forces to 'make
their next move:
Long Cheng is a virtual
,ghost town; after its 30,000
civilian residents fled fol-
lowing the loss of the Plain,
of Jars to Pathet Lao and
North Vietnamese forces
last month. Long Cheng-is
locked away deep in the
mountains, most of which
trough the day, but the sol-
wantto leave.
awe of a tank rumbling to
within 40 yards of his unit
and pumping round after
round into their position.
Walked Three Days
Nhuan said they left the
plain Dec. 18, at least a day
earlier. than U.S. sources in
.Vientiane announced, walk-
ing three days to Ban Na, 15
Nhuan did not look, for "". `? ""` "" .,. " ?
After two weeks, Nhuan
4.4
were overwhelmed, He did.
confirm what is being
whir- . , ". ?nirnl AC in
said he cannot remember
seeing a single dead North
Vietnamese, but added that
Vientiane, that Woo senior tillery'and infantrymen on:'"
officers were celebrating :' Fire Support Base King
the Meo new year at bong
Chong, away from their Kong overlooking his own
troops on the plain, .when the position made it to Ban Na
attack came. Nhuan said he with them when they re-
treated.
and other junior officers .
and sergeants were in com- "'.Now evhrybn'is"tivai_tiury
mind: 'to leavea Long Cheng,"
money problems contributed North and east of the
to the low morale. Thai base, and already within the
troops get three and four.: outer defense perimeter,
times as much money as North Vietnamese cmi Pa-
Moo troops,. and are pi+id di-.' thet Lao commanders are
by the Ameri.cans." groul)Ing men, materiel and
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not been paid by their Meo _4 Of time, before they attack,
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officers for two. or three.'' informed sources sa
months, which Nhuan said U.S. planners have not re-
that the United States has '
no intention of supporting
future attempts by Gen.
Vang Pa.o to recapture the
plain. There were also
strong indications that the
United States would write
Long Cheng off if it falls be-
fore the rainy season, which
begins in four months,
"The enq to defending
Laos is in sight," one U.S.
source said.
Army Can't Hold
Lt. Nhuan, 25, a Lao offi-
cer who joined Gen. Vang
Pao's. army a year ago when
he could find no decent I
work in Vientiane, said the
Meo army would not hold if
heavily hit by the enemy.
"We are afraid, very
afraid now," he said.
Nhuan is a veteran of the
Plain of Jars retreat, as well
as its capture earlier this,.
year by Vang Pao's forces.
In the past two years he
has come to know the CIA-
supported Moo army in the
flush of success and in bit
ter, frightening defeat. He
rambled on about the rush
of artillery and soldiers that
crushed the Laotians on the
30-square miles nl$iin.: .
produced bitter tensions. linquished hope for Long'
But it was not just that, :Chong, but they hastened to
Nhuan ,said.. He ' spoke in add the question: "How im-
portant is Long Cheng, any-
way?
"The mountains up there
are big. There is lots Of.
room to go and. no sense in'
being tied to, one location," .
a CIA planner said.
A qualified U.S. govern-
ment source said: "Long-
Chong can be held even at
this point, so long as no one
makes a big mistake when
the crunch comes."
Temporary Move
Nhuan said he believed
their next location would be
at Ban Son, about 20 miles
southeast of Long Cheng. Ile
said the Americans took
their equipment to Ban Son,
but other sources said that
was only a temporary emer-
gency move.
' 'Nhuan noted that follow-
ing the retreat from the II
plain, Meo troops found that
N o r t h Vietnamese-Pathet
,Lao commanders, had in
what seemed almost like an
afterthought, moved I n t o
small but critical positions
both north and east of Long
Cheng, pushing the Moo
army closer to headquarters.
It was not an after-
thought, but, as U.S. Plan-
ners said, a coordinated ef-
fort to outflank the retreat-
ing Meo-Thai forces. The
Communists also moved
small commando units to.
within three miles of the
base itself for harassment
and reconnaissance,
looking I.he base has glut d(*-
fense of long Cheng in a
"grave" condition, military
observers said,
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Mrre recently, the Soviet --------
li7niota as identified certain
Q IET GAIN SEES i scien.tific payloads as Inter-
cosmos, weather satellites as
coin-
SATE TT
IN LLIT31 I M unications satellites commercial
as Mol-
niya or Lightning. In each case
Cosmos Shows Capability
of Felling Orbital Craft
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla., Jan. I
(AP) - On Dec. 3 the Soviet
satellite Cosmos 462 was
launched from the Tyuratam
rocket base. Within hours it
zipped close to Cosmos 459,
launched four days earlier, and
exploded into 13 pieces. Both
satellites were destroyed 150
miles above the earth.
Western experts concluded
that the Soviet Union had the
capability of blasting from the
skies American reconnaissance
satellites, most of which oper-
ate 100 to 150 miles up.
In two similar tests earlier
In the year, Cosmos interceptors
blew up close to target space-
craft flying at higher altitudes,
360 and 550 miles, on paths
similar to those flown by,
United States military com-
munication's and navigation
satellites.
The test Dec. 3 demonstrated
that the Russians had appar-
ently perfected interception at
the lower altitude. This is more
difficult because, the nearer the
earth, the faster the target
moves in relation to a ground
location.
One of Many
A satellite interceptor is just
one of many unmanned space
systems the Soviet Union is
developing under the Cosmos
label.
It began using this general
term for all its satellites in
1962, following the initial Sput-
niks, as a means of shielding
exactly what it was doing in
space. It reports only the
barest details: the orbital
figures, the time taken for the
first revolution and the angle
equator.
Most of the early Cosmos
flights tested nilitary syst:enls
such as reconnaISSanCe, C0111-
nlllllicatlons and navigation.
Others made scientific obsor-
vations and checked out equip-
ment for weather and conuner-
cial communications satellites
and for later manned flights
and unmanned missions to the
moon and the planets.
other Communist-bloc nations
are involved in either develop-
ing or using the payloads.
Manned missions are con-
ducted in the Soyuz-Salyut pro-
grams, moon flights are in the
Lune program, and planetary
,missions are 'named for the
target planet.
Most Are Military
But all other launchings re-
main under the Cosmos label.
Most are military, but there
also are scientific and test
satellites.
A few years ago it was
difficult for outsiders to deter-
mine the role of each Cosmos.
But with improved tracking and
intelligence, American experts
can now identify the individual
mission by analyzing the. orbital
path, the launching site-the
Soviet Union has three-the
altitude, the length of time in
orbit and other signs.
When the Cosmos 462 inter-
ceptor was Paunched, for ex-
ample, a United States recon-
naissance satellite' spotted the
exhaust of the rising rocket
and relayed the information in-
stantly to. ground stations,
which began tracking the pay-
load when it achieved orbit.
Within minutes after it had ex-
ploded near its target, the
trackers knew that it had blown
into exactly 13 pieces.
Another. Russian space wea-
porn the United States is watch-
ing with concern is the frac-
tional.prbital bombardment sys-
stem, in which a satellite capa-
ble.of carrying a nuclear bomb
flies into orbit but returns to
Russian soil before completing
one orbit of the globe.
At least 15 tests have been
,conducted since 1967. Most of
the early ones, which started
with Cosmos 298, failed, but it
is. believed the Russians now
have an operational system.
. In case of war such a weapon
could be launched into a 100.
mile-high orbit in any direction
and could live on an earth tar-
? get with very little warning.,
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