SURFACING OF LRI PROTOTYPE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500080027-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: May 20, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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~/1EhRt~~.ANF3t3'l1+1 Ft3R: Ulxector, National .Recorxxiaissance ~~ffice
StTI3,~ECT' Surfacing of LI~I Prototype.
i~.E~`~F~ENCE Prrapcsal fox Surfacing an i~RI l~rotot~rtae a:s
Cover far the C~~CA,R'T Frograrr4,
1. `I`he ref$renc$d rnemvxanciuxn~ dated l~3 .April 19+53, out-
linsd a proposal for the surfacing of art LR.I prototype as a cover
mechanism for the OXCART prograxx~..
~. As you will recall, immediately subsequent to yc-ur re-
ca~ipt of thf;s proposals an infoxma.l meeting was held to di~rcus~+ the+
xecomenda?~ions included therein and to deta+x~n3ine a further ct~urse
of ~xction. It w~ce concluded at #hat tune that no further action weruld
be taken ran th+s recommendations until you load had an opportursity to
disease the ra3erits of the pr@gosal with Secretarp ~t~icNamara and
+~licited his vi~,~-s ors the sub,~ect. Since that. time there has peen
no fx~rther e~rchange caf cazre~~pvndenca tan tl-is sub,~eat and: 'we are
uncextaiza as tea whether the pxahlem has burn discussedwith Sec-
r+~ta:ry ~icl+~a~ssr,a and, if sea, the. results of such a d~.scussion.
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3. The guxpoee of this xnexncaxandurn is to ~erst$te the g~~ve
ccas-cern ea~pressed in oar previous mexrxoxandutm Frith regard to the
pcassihility of an untoward incident ~-lsich could result in an uncon-
trealied eurfa~cing of the ~JXCA.RT vehicle. Since that paper was
v~~rittezx, there have bases several minor io,cidente invcalviug :x~echan-
ical ms.lfuactione and si,ghtinge of the A? 12 which might haves c3evel~
opeci intea ssricaus prtablexne had fssrtur~eK sot otherwise dictated. In
addition, during thi~r pearicad, esscalatead activity ire the R-lZ pxocure;-
meat program has, as we anticips-tesd, geenearated fncreasing epeacula?
Lion 'Math in the industry and in the Aix Force regs.rding ma~.y facets
of the program..
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4. Ian ligk~t o#' tha foregc~ing- I feel that it its x~ot only appro-
priste~ but e~sse~tial st thta tirrze, try request a recant-id+~r~tiou of
t~3,a problem by the I~1Rr} with a view toward making re~cc~mrn,er~aiatioxr.e
t4 thes Ad Hoc Cover ~omna.ittee ar~d higherr Authoritie,e as tc~ wvh~#her
we ehou~.d co~~inue w~..th the cur~en#~y a~rgrovad cvntfr~ge~cy plate car
take .ac#fo~, ato izr~piemeut the proposed SRI eur#a.cing. I ~xaould appre-
ci~ates your connxr~ea~ts at your aarliest cc+nvenience.
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