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bong ate gd cata Be tec hc oo ehh. wares Shake Lh, Keiixtet Soci: toe Bee Me eee M. A. Jones to Wick Memorandum MC CARTHY 'S PROPOSED COMMITTEE On INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS: , EE The Se ens ‘on lteligence Operations was mado on Map , 1966, by Senator Eugene « Carthy (D. --Minnesota) in a resolution he presented ata meeting of 9 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Select Committee ashe = gm proposed it would consist of nine Senators--three each from the Appro- = x. 4- priations, Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees of the == ——~ Senate. The major effect of the proposal would be the addition of three Senators from the Foreign Relations Committee since thespresent Sub- committee on Central Intelligence Agency already has membersfrom he the Armed Services and the Appropriations Committess OD he ee The resolution proposed that the Select Committee on Intelligence Operations would "keep itself fully and currently informed of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Bureau af - Intelligence and Research of the Department of State, and other agencies of Government (including but not limited to the Federal Bureau of . Investigation) insofar as the activities of such agencies relate to foreign intelligence or counter-intelligence, " A move was made at the meeting on May 12, 1966, when the resolution was first presented to table it. This was defeated. by a vote of 11 to six. Senator Frank J. Lauscte (D. --Ohio) prevented further votes at that time by leaving the meeting and thus leaving no quorum. - bo. We subsequently made contact with the following Senators see 0 Es ‘~ (or their top legislative assistants) who are members of the Foreign 00° 00275 2 “"" Relations Committee: John J, Sparkman, Frank J. Lausche, Thomas J. : Dodd, <C.laiborne Pell, Eugene J. McCarthy, Gale W. McGee, Bourke B, “ ~ - Hickenlooper, George D.’ Aiken, Karl E, Mundt and Clifford P, Case, ~.. pointing out the inadvisability of including the FBI under the Brovisions Cotes | en: this ‘Committee on Intelligence Operations, sO The resolution was presented for final ‘action at the ee an Foreign Relations Committee meeting on May 17, 1966. Before any vote eS was taken, Senator McCarthy proposed three amendments, the first of .. eS which was to omit the reference to the FBI. The other two amendments : 4 related to the employment of a staff and the payment of expenses. . The | ve = _ The latter two changes were proposed specifically to avoid the resolution