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Received call from General Thatbhers DCS/D, advising that the Army has

proposed certain changes to the armament MC I s for the MEM to those submitted by

the Air Force. He needed the Air Force position on these for a meeting on 6 March.

I called Colonel Norton and suggested that VDT get in touch with Colonel Herman in

DCS who bad the action on the matter. I also advised Colonel Ab01& as well as

eels Hole:men and Ayers, mum.

I was advised by Colonel Genes that he had been inforeed by Headquarters .

USAF that the briefing of Secretary Quarles on VS 117L bad been indefinitely postponed.

Major Mortensen, ARP liaison officer, brought in a draft 10I concerning

correspondence on WS 1071, WS 315L and WS 125. I suggested certain changes and

planned to coordinate the draft with WDD prior to further action here.

Major Malcolm D. Hart, 6508, reported for duty as Assistant WDD Liaison

Officer as of 2 March 1956.

6 March 1956

Colonel Norton requested the procedure for securing a missile nomenclature

for the IRBK. After subsequent checking, I advised him that this could be handled

through Colonel Barrerre, WADC Engineering Standards Office, who assigned the

number and thence to Colonel Walling, DI CS/M, Headquarters pia, Who • took final

action on the matter. •

Attended a meeting called by RDTR to discuss with Lt Colonel May, AMP,

the proposed solar furnace facility. In view of the broad potential ussege of

such a facility, the various concerned staff offices planned to advise Colonel

May as to the features they feel will .make the facility most useful. '

3. General Ostrander received a call from Colonel Power, AFDDF, regarding

a meeting on 7 March on picket ships for the Snark program. The meeting to be

held in Mr. McNeil's office (ASP/Comptroller) is to answer certain questions

which Colonel Power passed on. Some of these involve WS 1071. I passed the

information on to Colonel Jacobson and subsequently received a telephone call from

Major Morgan, WDD liaison officer at AFMTC, that WDDI s requirements and poiition

had been thoroughly worked out with AFMTC who would be represented at the meeting.

A memorandum for record has been prepared concerning this meeting and distrited

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4. Security violations at WDD was a subject for special discussion at the

a nt Control ef ven to the Vice Commanders

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on 13 March 1956. ' has had 26 security violations since July 1955. Eighteen

of the violations have been committed by civilians and eight by military personnel.

It is noted that the rate has fallen to sere in recent weeks.

7 March 1956

Coordinated, after same changes, on a letter to Headquarters USAF reporting

on the action Patrick proposes in regard to the facilities roquiren ents for D. 102

and Vanguard.

Coordinated with Colonel Boatman a proposed visit to WDD by Brigadier

General Gregory, recently assigned as Commander, OSP..

W. Mem, informed us that he was in receipt of two MIPH's from

the ivy in the amount of :500 each. Cne EIPH was for use by the Navy Liaison

Office at ATi:TC and the other for the Navy Liaison Office at OD. The funds

were for services other than persona. was advised to formard/ZPR I s to

AF•.:TC and .MD.

A:waived a call from Colonel Soper concerning the acceleration of certain

test stands at &FFTC. Colonel Bad ge, sSli., with Corps of Engineers, bLd informed

him that DZ had requested the Beneficial Occupancy Date for certain stands at

Arm: be moved up from December to 1 October 1956, and that an additional 000,000

would be required. V&jor blerhart, .:DC, was contacted for information on this

and be informed us that ZD had not requested acceleration of the BOD for the

stands in question (1-4, 1-1, and 1-2) and that dates shown in November 1955

Developsant Flan were still valid. Major Everhart further advised that be was

of the opinion that the Corps of Engineers bad a BOD of 21 December 1956 in the

contract for some of the stands and if so then acceleration would be necessary.

however, the 21 Deeeeber 1956 date was not generated at ADD and evidently was

not coordinated with .DL. Colonel Soper was advised of OD comments.

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1. das visited by Er. Robert Taggart of Reed Research, Inc., Washington,

L.C., who has a contract with RAM on missile detection. Suitable clearance

and need to know have been certified by MLC. idvised •r. Taggart in general

terms of the and IZe. probrams and of certain test schedules at aNTC. I

suggested tnat he visit '.:DE for more complete information.

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Made a short presentation on AID at the orientation of newly assigned

personnel briefing.

USAF in an indorsement to a letter concerning the *Report of the Advisory

Group on Computers , requested that ARDC make a thorough and far reaching analysis

of all ground and airborne digital computer developments, including those which

are a part of specific aircraft, missile and weapon eystems. The purpose of the

analysis will be to determine whether duplication, where it exists, can be eliminated, and the extent to which multipurpose digital computers can be applied in

place of one or more special purpose computer designs. mos called a meeting on

this to discuss the approach to use in answering the USAF letter. Amoy questions

were raised at the meeting but no decisions were roadbed. MO commitments were

made by EDGE and the position taken was that expressed by 'ADD in answer to previous

requests for comments on same subject.

9 March 1956

Attended the E3 staff meeting and was advised that a Ta was being sent

to imac on the housing problem. At my suggestion, the Commander, 'ftMD was included as an information addressee.

Together with Colonel Abola briefed General gessume on the March progress

reports on ICBM and TAN: and got his signature on the letter of transmittal.

3. Discussed briefly with General Ostrander a problem raised by General

Fates' office on the use of Test Stand 1-5 at MET&

A. General PoWer had called Colonel Winstead on 6 March 1956 concerning a

geodetic survey requirement placed on the Aeronautical Fhotographic and Charting

Service directly or indirectly by STD for the solution to Geodetic and Gravimetric

problems associated with WS 107A. Investigation bylNajor Harkins, RDSTTG, while

on TDY on 8 March indicated only the general nature of the problem. Met with

Major Fox, 2DTDWT, and discussed the possible problem. Major Fox will go to

APCS to investigate the problem further and possibly will need to go to both

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