KNOWING THAT MY TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH YOU THIS MORNING MUST HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE MIDST OF YOUR EFFORTS TO CATCH UP AFTER A HECTIC TRIP,

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00709R000200500032-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: April 17, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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STAT
STAT
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April 17, 1951
Dear John:
Rnoviw:; that ny tolophono conversation with you this .orn12:.3
rust havo takon place in the nidst of your efforts to catch
up aftor a hectic trip, I tl?ou7::.t it ni.t o best if I rent
you a short noto ommarizin7, tho salient points ue covered.
I not for you that of Convair, 7t. worth, callod STAT
the other day to inquire into our availability to snpport
Convair in tno porformanoo of research and development rolatin7,
to niosiles and other vehicloss roro specific ly, 771,111a
malt us to perform for Convair the samo typo of verkin7 services
un aro porformin7, under contract for you, ard particularly
ouch research and dovolopmant as uould apply to ^'
vair veuld promos() to build for the Air '?orce.
plans to discuss his proposal uith General Shrive
n tp20
not day or so. 7 do not believe that Convair i In mind,
at this tine, the establirftmont of a facility to carry out
the typo of moasuroments and research in Iflich wo are nou
en71:7od but rather would like to incorporato the advanced state-
of-the-art uo are studyin in vehicle dosi7no.
As a consequence, it appears to us that this minht be an or-
Dortrmity to arrive at an arran7omont vin t:lo Air Three under
Traich research and dovolormont in the ?pacific field covore
In our Contract could be norformod for the Air 7orco t7.1ron7:7,
your or7anisatio21 and utilize facilitios controlled by you.
Ue are certain that re can briar nov personnel into the Droject
on an ap7)ropriato tine. scale to noet the suitalae toms of
onoa additional rorlz. 72urthermore, it ronld apnear that the
ymrforlancs of ouch additional T.Torl: ueuld no2:o poonible a re-
duction of cost impact an your project. Our conversations
ulth 7:1(1mor rere purely enploratory and, for the most part,
an attant by us to obtain some mIderotanain of what 7..o had
in .11n.d. In furtoranco of this objective, Ire have arced to
moot 71.th ;,?,in in Tins Vtras 7,robably sonetine c1urin the roo!:
of QrI1 24.
Mo second, -ooint uo touched upon in ny con on rith you
was the hope for announcenonts relatin7; to As I under-
otan4 the situation at procont, a nootin7, trill be held tonorrou
In uYch a decision rill bo reached on 71m7 and Uhon the an-
nonncoent %7111 be In vier of the presonce in Tar: Vo-no
pornonnol, re continue to be concerned
tat a7rooment rill be ronc7-od to
at the earliest possible date co that
) both clarified and stabilised.
and at t.to site of
ovor the situation
naizo t"ao annonnconent
position can
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STAT
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STAT
April 17, 1961
Paso 2
1..na1ly, I aotod :,A)r you that our work in rocont woohn 'ono
brotht us to to point that wo Pool that precise 17now1od7o
of thc oontours of 'Ca.'s denicla is essential so at wo
apply ou:, typo of measures witIlin that contour. Our ror
win solo nodol on hand :as roached the pcint whore re
fool :?.!).t, as 2ar as t72,o total forward part of the rodol in
concernod, wo havo boon nblo to achlovo a/11':"It rniht
plication Wklich talr.es un only t7lren unitn n7iovc 7,oa2. at all
four levels involved and 72oro inportant we have boon 0,7)10 to
limit no nnular width to apnraminatoly fivo dorees. 7L77:1,
it would nppoar that vo have now learnod oorroct thin
source of difficulty to perhans ton units totter t:T.n we woro
able to do boforo.
Uo are no oinr on to add the back part of to nodal and
try out cono now idcas on no trouble snots involved tanro.
I should add that to have AMT sot up eqnipront whoh rill
pornit us to toot tho caractoristics of the natorials nctivoly
o:-.Tloyod in the ombodinontn on uhich rano noacuronents nrl
'nun, wn are no in a position to doublo ?hoc!: in situ-
ations 7:horo matorial differancos appear to be contributin7
to nno7:7alous rosultc. thoso linos, we hope to forward
to you :.71t771.:a the n=t wcle7:: or ton days n roport sunnarinin
our activitlos or the 7;oriod Oct6"ler 15, 1950 to April 15, 1%1.
X tnt you w-111 find no aovo holphii.
7,717:sw
Oincorc1y your,
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