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Chief, Technical. Dranch Requeot for Secret Contact Cloarance

1. vas nosociated in the technical development of the Sidetone Delay Dovico with .On Monday;18 May 1953, at'a conference in conncction with the winding up of the rasearch and development, of the Sidetone Dalay,: gtated that he was intergsted in axperinental roseorch in olectronics and other,matters,and askod the writer whether or not tho Agency would be interested in a number of. apparantly new scicntific idoas.

2. The writer infomed that the Agency is interested in any dovice or instrument.that can be used for oporational work and that if ho tould doscribe those dovices to the writor, the witer would tell him inforally thether dr not wo had a definite intcreot

then described soveral idoas which were of immediate interost aw to the writer and of definite intorest to theAgency.

3. Hovover, at this point, the writer was unable to contimue
discussion in viow of tho fact that did not havo any typo
of Acency clearance. Tho writor told Vat when he brinzs
the Sldotone Delay devica and related papers to Vasltincton in the ncar
future that he vould meke an offort to have hin clcared
at the "Secret" levol in ordor that idoas could be more 5

l.In this.connaction,the writer examined at theaes full field investigation hich hadconducted on in Soptonbor l950, A careful examination of. this file roflocts that record is ontirely cloar and from a scientific point of vicw, he is regarded as an outstanding, man.

5. In addition to this, the writer olitainod from of à gtatenent to the effect that be vas tho ono who originally had roquosted the invastigation on and doflnitoly has an "Top Secrot" clearance based on the full field invcstigation by

6. Atteched horovith is a brlef roowe of the investigation on taich vas rade byin Soptoaber 1950.

3,I,42,2.

Chiof,SecurityResoarch Staff

29 May 1953

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7. It would be creatly mopreciated if you would obtain through the proper channols a "Secret" contact clearance for with the highestpossible priority attached to this request. will be in Washington in the naxt two wecks and at that tine, tlld lite tandhes etociaes andsations with him at the "SECHT" level.