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PART 1. PER OUR DISCUSSION IN VALLEY FORGE LAST FRIDAY, THIS 

MESSAGE CONSTITUTES AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION TO NOTIFY ALL 

APPROPRIATE MOL CONTRACTORS THAT: 

1. ALL FURTHER DEVELOPMENT EFFORT TOWARD AN UNMANNED MOL 

RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEFERRED 

REPEAT DEFERRED UNTIL AT LEAST FY 1972. MOL CONTRACTORS SHOULD 

THEREFORE IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL EFFORTS AND/OR EXPENDITURES 

UNIQUE TO THE UNMANNED MOL SYSTEM. 

2. THE UNMANNED MOL FLIGHT VEHICLES 6 AND 7 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PREVIOUSLY-PLANNED BLOCK I MOL PROGRAM. A FOURTH 

MANNED MOL SYSTEM LAUNCH (A NEW FV-6, IDENTICAL TO FV'S-3,-4, AND 

-5) HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED IN THEIR STEAD. THE NEW BLOCK I MOL 

PROGRAM THEREFORE NOW INCLUDES SIX FLIGHTS: THE PREVIOUSLYPLANNED FV-1 AND -2 UNMANNED QUAL LAUNCHES; AND FOUR MANNED, 

ALL-UP, 30 DAY RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS AT APPROXIMATELY SIX 

MONTH INTERVAL S. 

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3. NO ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN OR CHANGES MADE IN THE MANNED 

MOL CONFIGURATION WHICH WOULD KNOWINGLY PRECLUDE POSSIBLE 

FUTURE MODIFICATION TO AN UNMANNED MOL SYSTEM (AS PREVIOUSLY 

PLANNED). 

4. AN APPROPRIATE CONTRACTOR-FUNDED AND IN-HOUSE GOVERNMENTSTUDY PROGRAM WILL BE CONDUCTED IN FY 1970. A DOD DECISION ON 

THE FOLLOW-ON MOL PROGRAM OR ITS SUCCESSOR WILL BE MADE ON OP 

BEFORE DECEMBER 1970. 

PART II. ALL MOL CONTRACTS WHICH REFLECT ANALYSIS, DESIGN, 

DEVELOPMENT, OR PRODUCTION UNIQUE TO THE HERETOFORE UNMANNED 

MOL CONFIGURATION SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY AMENDED AT AN EARLY 

DATE. ADDITIONALLY, APPROPRIATE MOL CONTRACTS SHOULD BE 

WENDED TO REFLECT THAT FV-6 NOW IS A MANNED SYSTEM FLIGHT 

IDENTICAL TO FV-3, -4, AND -5... WITH REGARD TO THOSE MOL 17:rrN 

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CONTRACTS.THAT SUPPORTED THE PREVIOUSLY-PLANNED SEVEN LAUNCHEShadle via BYEMAkA 

4'ITH ITEMS OP ACTIVITIES COMMON TO BOTH MANNED AND UNMANNED Emil System 

LAUNCHES (E.G. SEVEN T-I I IM'S: FIVE FLIGHT SETS PLUS SPARE . 

FUEL CELLS, ETC.), USE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT WHETHER TO AMEND 

THEM NT 0" WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER 1970. WHEN CONVENIENT, 

PLEASE ADVISE ME OF ACTIONS OR PLANS WITH REGARD TO MARTIN, 

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ALLIS-CHALMERS, IBM, ETC., CONTRACTS I THAT LATTER CATEGORY. 

PART III. THE SYSTEMS OFFICE WAS ADVISED PREVIOUSLY THAT ON 

MARCH 19 SECRETARY LAIRD TOLD THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES 

COMMITTEE IN A NON-BYE!VAN SESSION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION 

BELIEVED ALL "COL "OBJECTIVES" COULD BE MET WITH ONE FEWER 

LAUNCH AND THE FY P. NOA REQUEST HAD THEREFORE BEEN! REDUCED 

FROM 1,576 TO $556 MILLION!. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE FIVE YEAR 

DEFENSE PLAN THEN REFLECTED $556 MILLION IN FY 70 AND 

55,(?) MILLION IN FY 71 FOR VOL. . . BOTH A BYEMAN AND NONBYEMAN EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGE FROM A SEVEN TO A SIX 

LAUNCH VOL PROGRAM APE BEING HAND-CARRIED TO YOU VIA COL 

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