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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20301 

9 SEP 

In reply refer to: 

1-12556/65 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 

SUBJECT: DOD Representation on the U.S. Delegation to the 

UN Outer Space Committee Meeting 

You are requested to furnish an Air Force officer thoroughly familiar 

with Defense space programs to act as DOD adviser to the U.S. delegation 

to the meeting of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. This meeting is to be held at UN Headquarters, 

New York City, approximately 20 September to 4 October 1965. The Legal 

Subcommittee has been charged with preparation of two agreements: 

Assistance to and Return of Astronauts and Space Vehicles and Liability 

for Damage Caused. by the Launching of Objects into Outer Space. 

The officer selected should report to Colonel Marshall E. Sanders, Room 

4D824, the Pentagon, on the morning of 17 September 1965 for briefing 

prior to proceeding to New York. Colonel F. Ned Hand has ably represented the DOD at previous meetings of the Legal Subcommittee, at which 

the above mentioned agreements were discussed. The Legal Counsel of 

the Department of State has requested. that Colonel Hand again be made 

available. 

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is prepared to pay the travel and 

per diem expenses of the officer selected for this duty. A fund. 

citation can be obtained by calling the ISA Executive Office (Lt. 

Colonel James H. Carroll, Extension 78126). 

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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS 10 September 1965 

MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL, OASD(A) 

THROUGH: WI0 

Travel Branch, Budget and Finance Division 

SUBJECT: Request for Temporary Duty and Fund Citation 

Request travel orders be issued for the following listed officer, to 

proceed on or about 16 September 1965 from Los Angeles, California to 

Washington, D. C. and then to New York City (reporting not later than 

17 September 1965) for approximately fifteen (15) days and return to 

Los Angeles, California: 

Colonel F. Ned Hand 

Two copies of orders issued under this authority must be forwarded to 

the Budget and Finance Division, OASD(A), Room 3B-279, Pentagon, 

Washington D.C. 20301. 

The Department of the Air Force is being requested to make Colonel 

Hand available to serve as the DOD representative on the U.S. delegation to a meeting of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN Committee on 

Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, scheduled to meet for approximately two 

weeks at UN headquarters in New York, commencing 20 September 1965. 

Colonel Hand has performed in this capacity on three previous occasions 

and his services are again requested by the Legal Counsel of the Department of State. 

Funds for travel and per diem (to include other expenses) will be made 

available from fund citations as follows: 9760100.11 4501 21A.449- 

156 ON 558351; 9760100.11 4501 21D849-156 ON 558366. 

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, BUDGET & FINANCE, OASL (A) 

Stephen A. Loftus 

Deputy Director, Policy Planning Staff