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MECÃORANDUM FOR:

I Slatue Roport oa Animnl Programs

Thlo memorandum containa a current stotas report jae woll ns n requcot for a curront Iroquiremcote, tochnical modi-

2. Bickaround. Yeu mny rocall thet In l003. In a momorandum to Uie Director recommended D /tako over reaponslblllty of tako over reaponslblllty of Iand taat It Iand tant It that the continue to dovelop enimnl syateme which might carry out a num-. ber of uscful i(Attochmeat A1. Ibecamo nctise in .

thie area'boainnii, in 1904; Rod tn Mey l005 in rosponae to a re quegt by I provided you with a summary of our curront programa and prosoct (Allochment B).

3. Current Status.

a. Project Technical fesolblllty wns demonotratod for Uilz system approximately one yenr ago. We anticlpato operatlonal Songibillty will bo deroonatrated .in July of thls sar at which time these animals wil cnrry ,out

Tho requiremeata etem from and In part from who lo jointly fundiog thls program. There boe been close collaboratlon with ithrouph the coarse of Lble procrem, and I havo recently alertedthroush the thnt a doclsion wull bo requlred ne to tbo Inlorest of the Ifollowing the demonstrationo. :

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, SUBJECT Statua Report on Animal Programa

b. Stedics. The wo or for tho cmplacemont of ¿cvicos Ln undor activo laveelicotlon nt thle lime. Riceuliu to date aro qulio cncouraglne allhough ut la loo eurly to come to a declslon oo to tholr uuolulnooo, This progrnm lo boing coordinated on a regular baola with I underotand that jlo going to provide us with pultablo (hardware for leatlng out thla oyotem.

c. Projoct iunder tho direction of aloncd a numbor of

lhas nor leyntcme

|pru(otypes). The animnle' behavior Lo
In cats
normal, the synten Is reliablo and rclatively Inoxponolvo.
A pumbor of the cata nre undergolng tralnlag nl thia time.
Doga cun slso be uoed In the snmc mannor, are cuoier to i A demonstrntion
train, but do not huve wos provided for represcatntives of
of theso I1 la ime
portent thnt wo recolve opocllic culdanco from tho nt thls time beforo engaging In Rny rollow on
-uctlon. I would liko to rcqucst your nsslstance In purvoylag [for opoclllo:
the vorlous olllces
technicul roqulromcnte apd modlsicatlone wblch rould be required to implement land anlmal pystemo.

4. Posalble Options.

a. Cuts and dogo were orlglnnlly chouen for atudy
since they aro common In moat parlo of tho world. Aljaystem, animole
though we bave conceotrated on
could be trained for a varioty of other imisolona, 1.

dovicen, or no ns a mcana of ompincin: other I. systeme. Howover, current /needo puoy diclato thal amuller or larcer anlmals bo Lavoeilgnted Cor othor klads 0f míselone.

b.: You may wleh to havo us Lrain theoo anlmalo to do other klodc f eclivitles.

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