Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XIV, Soviet Union

199. Memorandum for the Record¹

Washington, February 9, 1967.

SUBJECT

• Senate Contacts on United States-Soviet Consular Treaty

1. After speaking with the President on the telephone, I called Senator Russell at 11:40 A.M., on 7 February, and spoke with him along the lines that the President had suggested.² After informing him that I was seeing Senator Dirksen that afternoon, I volunteered that since meeting with Senator Russell on 28 January, I had ascertained that the United States Intelligence Board, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense were all in favor of seeing the Consular Treaty ratified. Senator Russell expressed appreciation for this information. He did not ask to talk with me further on this matter.

2. At 4:00 P.M., on 7 February, I met with Senator Dirksen, at his request, in his back office in the Capitol. We spent twenty minutes together. I covered in detail with him the points which the President had suggested, including the support of USIB, the JCS, the Secretary of Defense, and the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. [12 lines of source text not declassified]³ ⁴

3. Attached are the papers relating to the meeting with Senator Dirksen.⁵

RH
Director

1. Source: Central Intelligence Agency: Job 80–B01285A, DCI (Helms) Files, DCI (Helms) Memo for the Record, Folder 9. Secret.
2. Attached is a transcript of Helms’ February 7 conversation with the President.
3. [text not declassified] which is attached, [text not declassified]. A copy is also in the Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President—Walt W. Rostow, Vol. 19, #1a.
4. [text not declassified] which is attached, [text not declassified].
5. Also attached are a transcript of Helms’ February 7 telephone conversation with Katzenbach and a membership list for the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.