DEAR MR. (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00328A000200050039-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: July 13, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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Hr. &bart B.
?hie, 04404007
Battelle likaorial
505 ling Avenue,
Oblumbue 1, Ohio
Dear Mr. Pilberti
Roveerch
195t-
Enclosed is a copy of a draft transcript of the presentations
mode by you and your colleagues on 13 June at the Propellents
Seminar conducted by the nu Working Group on Propellents and
Peel Additives in Washington at that time. I saiserry to soy
that the recording failed at several points sad that, at others,
we wore male to understand what wards were being said. We
have put down what we heard, eyes, when it did not appear to
make sense, thleklAg that the sound we transcribed might help
you to remember the correct word. Imammunh as there has been
a special interest in the remarka your people made about the
use of boron in propellents and the significance of it in this
oonnection, you nay wish to review the sections dealing with this
commodity with special curs.
Ion will notice that, other than a prelim'fnnry divisioa of
the material into sentences and paragraphs and the insertion of
commas where the speaker appearef to pause for that reason, we
have not attempted to edit the traneoript.
have about the form of presentation will be
ever, if you find it easier to pay attention
accuracy, we shall be glad to take care of the editing when you
return the corrected draft to us.
Will you please supply us with copies of the slides you us
and with complete source references wherever possible and appropr
both for the slides and for the ether information you preeented?
I an told that it would be most appropriate for you to make arrange?
ments with the pubaishers for the use of ay copyrighted waterial
that was reproduced on your slides or otherwise quoted ny you.
However, if you run into any difficulty, in this natter, do not
hesitate to call on us for assistance.
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In the cases where you have aiitioned oanies, if you
could supply the complete official name of the ecepany and its
addrees, we could be sure we have identified it correctly. You
Will note-that, in places, we have indicated what we thought was
the proper identification and ia others, we have indicated a
need for it.
May I remind you that some af thoee who attended the Seminar
asked that you indicate* in so far as possible, how much of the
information is Unclassified, Goafidential, or Secret, rather than
Secret/X0FORN? as the Seminar was classified? If you could label
paragraphs or sentences wherever they differ from the overall clase-
fication, it would be most helpful.
For a couple of weeks, now, people have been calling me,
miring, *When will the transcript be distributed?* *Gantt
you do anything to burry it?" Ste. Of crourse have assured
them that we were doing all that we could and that Iwas sure
that you, also, would do ell tha you could to expedite it
when I got the draft transcript tAD you. If we can help in
any web please let us know. OUZ telephone number is:
EXecutive 3-6115, Extenoion 4247.
and one carbon
el Additives,
*Transcript," pp.
25X1A9a
Secretary
EDIC Working Group oz
Propellents and
Fuel Additives
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