CABLE TO IMMEDIATE (Sanitized) INFO PRIORITY (Sanitized) FROM DIRECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00447R000100010008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 9, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FOR KELLY JOHNSON FROM GENERAL LEDFORD
1. THE INSPECTION AS YOU OUTLINED IN THE ABOVE REF IS APPROVE,),
I RELY ON YOU FOR ALL THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL JUDGEMENTS IN THIS
TYPE OF SITUATION.
2, IF ALA,, THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO A STRUCTURAL FAILURE DUE TO,
EXCEEDING THE ENVELOPE STRENGTH, AND IF THIS 15 YOUR CONSIDERED
JUDGEMENT THEN I ACCEPT YOUR JUDGEMENT, I AM PUZZLED, HOWEVER,
BY THE QUESTION OF HOW THE ACFT EXCEEDED THE ENVELOPE. FROM ALL
THE EVIDENCE I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THE
PILOT OR THE ACFT EXCEEDED THE PRESENTLY DEFINED ENVELOPE ON THIS
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