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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00511R000100180047-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: June 6, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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Haar Dan:
gaelos~t bsravith is our Braposal 2i~g9,~ ~i~ultrdi~ stxt+a~tts of ~arlc,
~llivsxy ~.nfararatia~-, co$t tasext~dorms sad terms xud ?scanditiaus, is
real3y thso:gropasxlsa
(1~ PraNgitl 1 ire for x Siena xz;~d l~stsrixl pirc+grsm to develop x
varutua sail far a +CircaUr rl.~-daa aaafigurxtiaz~, +ahich
days glass .prided by ~'ropssxl Z. 2~t~.a progasxl is
subdivideet Auto ssnrer~-i tasks, auy or x11 of a~bi~b could
3~e usdsr~adceaa, (simultxasously' or caasacutively} dspsodin~g
on the rste of effort you ear~t to anppart xad year
s~~lduls comsits~ents.
fide s~c+cesaful method developed is Yropossl 1 vrill thsa ~-s
used au th~a glass resulting from they procurement wader
F~cEapaeal 2. ~bs ssxliog of waits Frith ~n+taatured glass
is iagluded in Proposal 1. '3hfs effort is ~notsd on x
b~rdget basis, and assumes abet Daly ~xstlc d old ba .under-
takea. 81nca there rse so msnp variables, firm prices ~taci
teraas end caaditions,gill bs furnished after we have had x
C~aace to discuss this groposal ~ritb you.
use of ~ larger vxrirety o~ possihls vav~a seals.
(3) Yraposxl 3 is four x Bixsd $ri+rtss prvgrxm tAr se~ufxcture gixss
exaatl~r as specified ~xt r lrar~in~; d~~Z9 (4-22-61). Zf
you are usable to xaaspt our #i,rst tvo proposals, ws trust
Chat this third proposal vi11 permf.t you to selset our.Carp~-
rxtion to provide f iAiabed irsrs for ysur ~ or etheraise
sub+~trxetsd saaliag ~tt~rts.
Thsss proposals i~lude~ only such eng#,neaxiag sad s~snufxsturing efforts
xs are xequired to preetucs eptirat~._ ells x~rd +spto-s~sobanicxl aassotalisa
erith the specified raaa~ trxtmne pica sties. It is our understxadixag
that Engineering effoxts t4 atts~apt to ~tro~ the ratve~cant defarsrstian
of trxns~ittsd light are eat to bs iroa-latied. 7~se defat~.ans are
those "ripples", "tamps", '?spikos", "ip~'e~M~f Jot s~.milar departures
(2} Pr+~pasxl 2 is far x Fixed lric~a pragrasr to msaufxettare glass
for deliverable vacuess-sealed xiad+a~vr ai`i~ratia~as. It
loss uat iaelude test Blase t'xHS Tropasai 1, but doss inaluds
each spars pisses as tits cwtemarily sllaa foe metaufxcturi~r,
breatxge, his glass diffsss from khat of Prsposal 3 i~a
that it vauld be dia~sionid sad sxanfastured so as to pererit
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fsvaR fistaeas of t1~ optical rranrtut s-s c.rused b7- tits ~l~s itself
u~dJarr t'he~ thes~al ~xmdieata im .,;Mass Cia tvr~ caus+a~ ,uY th$
vaanaa~ seal or s mo~ttitag}. , ~ ~f the ~t ,~?~ ~r~ tbs a~etags
~avafra~-t, as caussd ~' woedgs s!r t6?'glass ~~lsaleata, h+mr~vtsr," is uadsr?
atayd to 1~e cur ~teaparc3aibility.
blths ~s do ~t kuaa Tut,, ~,~ say, a~~l~ ~t#ox~rnee`T~war
customer regv~ires 1~ to ~~da with :-. *-~ IiI s~-sC+gas w~~slie~re
thrt we do k~toar its ,tpl-x~oxiMt~ vltir`'~r~ex~ar~ce lia~iit ~rii~ca
this is almost a~ttirely a 1s~sMr~ff..~m liaits~d sy~steaa~. "~rsf+are ve
6avs attempted ts~ eaati~ate the irt~l~nts u~aru this ultimata perfsraa
of dsfarsatmd (a~x~tlat} aptitarl ~ravefrsats -far varying uaau~tta crf
d+?farmetioa ass caisulatsd ~ritb ~ siml+le ~.}? ~sppra~is~et
transfsr fvaactinas ~'+az four wave#re~nt defarmatioas axs st~x; is ors
l ~attachad}. ga P~gvrer? ~, tt:s satiasstsd traasfa+r ~ti~t !os th ,
'ape III sys~tsa~ is stuns, a :rs thras athsr traASfar boas
X1/6, a~sd ~/4 Vials-'to tat~tl wava~
(earsraspo~sding racy t+s /lit, 'yak
fr~-t dafox~rti~}; aid ttsass -traasfar +c~txvas axe also s't~r+a +~aeabin?~d
xith the 1Lyype III systsDO traaale~ ~. ~a ?il+~t try th+-s~ wravefE',
d~cfarmatiaass apses t'~e systes;' a arpsratie~esal parf~-z~aauea it shy #.$
Itl.gura ~. tdhethar the kiird Qf pavsfront dalarm?ta~s aertvallg ~co~uatersct ;
rrlt.l ca}aforae to Ch? s iiapls s~rdapl asset iaa t~wse talcml~tE~e is~ gat
t~rirsa, ~cartaia, but. ~ferr & "i,t in- ~ ors +sss su~i:~g, th~-trs sae>e
tssnwd s~dels txs s+a,cv~latiag tvh-icaacss frvr ttse Trp+t .I `sy~-t+e~a.
f~cttsersare, sa~et~ssr tt~a sstisaatid, eftseet of thsss detlprmhtiotss has
st+s ire F'igtirs ~~ is ia~posi~t to ya-+~ ss u~akaomat.
~ravsr, if e~p+sratia-esal perrfors~sce is a~a, impu~t~t is~adi+rust sr! yar~rac
etsl/elar~etit 3 o f the ~ III systaaoy tbles~t +rre re~eamd ttM~t qa~ . ep~p~sider
carefully, if havM rant daaaa adr t~ eactaa~t ~ retsiesh yv*~ can ~~ar~ait
a rrindva e~xsfiars.eiaa to d~-to~ra the ~vs!?.rant' a flataass. Alta?u~
gear Niaete~r apacitie:~atieus i~ dt+lwriag iJt-~Si sr+a seaasibla ~susafaeturireg
specifl.eatioms, they do ua-t asssrs ~' psrti+~zularly an~ll iapartsrs farsas
flatu ss t+s : tsan~eittsd ~nrat sead* tiMee'It'efora,~ map awry mot e?~t~a
sv~-stamtial perfe+se?ea dsgradatiss. spae~licatiaei~ of A~-29 dot
assure , that the tma Maus pfss~r ~rtll ~~r~dmc+e a t~~-t~tl dstorm~C~fa .lass
51,milarly, ttss lack Q# apae:i~icatws apt tine add seal. : meat mal-
r~tsult is tra~trlasa,ma ttsersa-11y ftsd ~pawsfremsR da~rmrtivass. t~atile
we era Barth vary aa~cLeaus to sssvict ' rrlapd~r requirat surd toy
gra~ids yarn xith am iatar~tvs tse~aaiaat2 proposal ~o pesmi.t ~ to
a~raltwate +~v~r c-ffer~ ses;rie~rs, t~ ` a~sria~c sdta-yrts rireti to devise
m~rrefraslt de~Eotra-tiara csmtra-ls ssa~ri2y is iss ttWr e~at+a~ory of - a
sturdy pra-grae~ suet niot a tactm~isal pra~uaY. ~ ors mart ~s~r~si ter u~.er-~
take sut~s a study , s#.aae , tats re~uiars#w~rdt for t is a~eart yet kx~auea.
t3A ttss ottssar Itaned, ~~ do chaos tee ~sa+cspt o~ ~~farsd ssr7riaea as
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described is tha att~ed propos~-~s, m ss~-t ydu to rar-~sa {1) that
the et~ect as sgstem pe~rlt ~ w~vr*lront del~sif~t- ~ be ads
tqd (~) that +se aser ~e ps~wp-w to a~t~sy-t R4 ~iatl a de~tt?ar
.
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bid such ~ar~ts-~t~uci~ silf.+lnt~i+~s ?~~t
last
W Best that yaes ca~nsider acceptittig axur Propc~sai 2 at t~.s ; ~~
debar ara~r actiess ~ seal pzocurem~ent s~ttii such tisae as tba -~ i
s~xling p~~tgzaas ie scessfuiiy c~ciuded. Bp sa dt~iug~ frill de-
crease t'ta~ ]wtd Baas ~bx a^veaatviai delivery, and obtain $t-il b,aueiit
of the pia aavei-nts- ~ ~h+r ' ; 9~e'"~r!a~*.. .
t certainly ail of as epns~.de~e~e##+~s ~ `rot $t o~rs~Ri.a~
emr appear to be aae~ts~-ctusi hadgi~g. tlra are only trying is ~! ~o~ative.
add ~auid be delighted either ~- eliecrss~ arty , cif these, Poi .~r#;t~a, y
ert' E+~ ~adii`y the seopa of enr present ga~at3,s if ~ do ,desire. We
rswain a~sious to ~nrisa y~rar ~aiado~r ragnit't~r a~ baps ymu t~i.1~. $ittd
ou~c proposals ta- bs `'satislaetos~r.
hest regards
ce: ~'.ir.H.
t.P.~.{wjo Fropassl~ J
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