APPARENT DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN 117L AND C ASSEMBLY FACILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000600140012-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 14, 1959
• Content Type: MF

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.1 4ORkVLN FOR: Deputy Director (plans)
SU3 rte. Apparent Disr_re,Zacies Between 117L and
. C Assembly Facilii,i.es
i, A, r, nteere,3 to yo-.. briefly on 12 October after the .Senior
5-aif Le- g and not in response ,_o your request, I would offer the
fotiovl::g extract from one of our memoranda for the record:
"In reviewing t:^e p.iant in which the nose cones for Project
1171 are being assembled, it has been noted that great are is
taken to create an.atmosphere of surgical-sterility.- This
includes the changing of clothes, complete bathing, surgical
ga ments, face masks, hats, etc. Sven a wind tunnel, which dries
and filters air at 40 to 50 miles per hour removes any remaining
lint or dust from the person before he .enters the room. Positive
air pressure affects temperature and humidity Control throughout
the interior chambers of the operation. Large heavy castings
for'precise optical alignment and vibration simulation of the most
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sophisticated, costly and up-to-date. design sill .
spacious' preparation rooms. Contrasting sharply with the picture
of this sterile, highly controlled environment,' it has been noted
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that the "C" facility has the atmosphere of some-What less '
l cleanliness factors with no apparent controls for pressure,
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humidity, dust, and temperature, but rather the appearance of
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.highly technical and complex nachine? a"nlaably
ible for us to evaluate the ditfereuce ivthese two
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methodologies but there can be little doubt that-we are dealing
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with two very separate. and distinct methodic of accomp
analogbu8- end products . Certainly the 117L` facility ~.a more
expensive even though the compte nd technology presented
are similar.".
ARTEUR C. LUfDABL
Director
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photographic Intelligence Center
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