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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO File

DATE: 30 January 1951

AFROM:

SUBJECT: "Side Tone Delay"

l. Reference is made to previous conferences in which \$3h,000
for research in connection with the "Side Tone Delay" and other re
lated items was approved by representatives of ; I & SO OSI etc.

2. On 29 January 1952, 2:00 PM, another conference was held in the office of which was attended by representing I & SO; acting as co-ordinator; representing; and and representing Budget. The reason for the conference was to establish the fact that Budget had approved and was willing to advance the \$34,000 and to allow and those interested to prepare to attend a conference with representatives and other interested parties in connection with the "Side Tone Delay" device and other instruments to be developed by and his associates.

3. It was agreed among all present that the proposed conference, which is to take place on Monday,4 February l952 at , would consider what and his associates were capable of doing and the object of this Agency would be to have come up with a device or mock-up that would act as a."Side Tone Delay", but would have no attachments to the person of the ,subject. stated that he would not want to merely come up with a paper or series of items that could be done but wantedto come up with a device capable of performing along the lines set out above.

4. It was agreed that at the conference set for 4 February 1952 that would attend and represent I & SO.

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