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> may 1942 eoINON . G84 G10. 1G. OD. 27 _ - UNITED STATES lB Memorandum , Wee t ae 2M, olson . eee 7 ; DATE: May 14, 1966 / ho 1-Mr. Tolson _. : 1- - Mr. DeLoach — suaject: SENATE FOREIGN TIONS A 04 - Mr. Sullivan ete ORE: COMMITTEE £4 Ee 1-Mr. Bowers | 2 SENATE RESOLUTION 210 ee . - OVERSE N FOREIGN Oaenete (& Bente. Uemaniee Oni Fores Relations Ge Senator Eugene McCarthy (D - Minn. ) on Thursday, 5/ 12/66, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, proposed a resolution establishing a Senate committee to oversee the activities of the Central | Intelligence Agency (CIA) and to additionally have jurisdiction over all of — : #8 what is known as the "intelligence community.” The resolution would replace the informal "watchdog group” (presently headed up by Senator ok Richard B. Russell, Chairman, Senate Armed ServiosCommittee) with .~ a nine-man standing committee, with three members each from ‘the Armed Servis, Appropriations and Foreign Relations committees. = The "test vote" on 5/12/66, at a meeting of the = Benate 3 Foreign ae Relations Committee was 11 in favor ‘of the resolution and’ Six against the resolution. - Senator Case (New Jersey) abstained from voting. _The vere. - = was ‘against. "tabling", consequently, giving the resolution a second | opportunity to be voted upon at a future meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ion Tuesday, 5/17/66. A second vote could not be - | taken inasmuch as Senator Lausche walked out of the meeting on © Ptsseae _ | Thursday, 5/12/66, and, therefore, failed to allow a quorum. | vs a The Senators in favor of the bill naturally believe they won, a ¥ictory on 5/12/66 in view of the 11 to six vote against “tabling"™.: -: Proxy votes were cast for Senator Gale McGee of Wyoming and Tom ; Dodd of Connecticut. The proxy votes were cast by Senator McCarthy or the resolution. =~ 1g ¢ Z- ~S§ 9f2- GO Re Pa wors = -. The votes stack up like REG 3 on: Fulbright, Mansfield, * Dodd, McGee, Sparkman, Gore, Church, Clark, Pell, and Morse. ot bed / . . arse rks (6) 2 © CONTINUED TOYA | Enclosure cee ae ee pe QA, CULL OEE RET TE SRL PNET OT Emenee eee nee “TOMAY TD wpe .