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RESEARCH AND 1>EVELOPi 1ENT BO.ARD 

Committee on Eleotronioa 

Panel on Componanta 

.AGTI~ 

Sixteenth Pae1:1ng 1:o be he lcl 

27 June 1949 at 0900 DS! 

Room SD-664, National Daf'enae Bldg. (Pentagon) 

llaahington, D. c. 

(Rooept1on Deak 3E-64B) 

15 June 1949 

Itam. 1. ~ova:!. ot lUnutea - :Fifteenth Hoeti:lg. 

Item. 2. Propoaed Km!.i~n.1 Bos.rd Hobililation Pl!!,• 

Item a. 

Colonel Tatom Will present and d11ouaa two memora.mla to the Kunitiona 

Boa.rd, 

Ae A. general diaouaaion on the dittiaalty of' proauring atan.dal'cl 

JAB oompor..enta. 

b. Cmnmsnta on the proposed plan tor the eleatronia equipment 

1nduatey, Thia mamora.nd.um will be a summation of the 

oomm.onta ma.de by the steering 001111111.ttee • . !ho Panel ia requested to aonaidor those two dratts to detennina . 

whether tney" should be forwarded to the Munitions Board Tia the 

Committee on Eleotroniaa. 

Orp:a:a.ization. 

3.1 Diraatin tar Subpanel c,zi i.iinia.ture Componen.ta and Paakaged 

Sub-Aaaembliea -- A directive f'or the Subpa.nel on. Piniature 

Components and Pa.aka.gad Sub-AaaembU.ea has been. rev1end bJ' 

the Saaret11.Z7 and will be presented tor Panel anproval by 

Dr. Brunetti. 

3e2 Diroative tor Subpanel on !z-uurmiaaion Linea -- Mr. JIZ"os 

will present a new charter of this Subpanal for Panel 

approval. 

Item. 4. .A.lloaa.tion ot Responsibility for Components Research aml D8T8lOJ!1.!!1t 

Program. 

For information. .A.ttaohed as EL 138/1 ia a. memorandum from the 

Chairman, Committee on Bleotroniaa t.o the heautiw SeoratB.171 

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Thia document oontaiD,a inf'ornation atteating the national defanaa ot the United 

Statea within the meaning of the B•pionage La.w~, !itle 181 u.s.o., Seotion• 

a '193 and '194. The tra.na:miHion or the revelation ot it• oontenta in 8.rI7 manner 

'lllll'to an unauthorised pereon ia prohibited b7 law. 

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Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 04-21-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 

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• Items. Budget Review 

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tor FY 1951. 

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For ini"ormt:lon.. Tbs Saorotaey Trill review the aonaideration a.n.4 

Cmmnittee 11 aotion on the proposed oomponent1 budget for FY 1951. 

Item a. other Bu1ina11. 

Item ?. Date ad Plaae ot Jlext I.feating • 

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EL 138/l • RESEA.~CH AI1D DEVBLOPMEPJT POARD 

Committee on Eleotronio• 

W'a1h1Dgtan., D. Co 

RJ!lCO'"!tllPIDA'l' IOR FOR 

ALLOCATION OF RESPOllSIBILlft 

11,_1949 

Toi The Executive Secretary, RDB 

1. Field ot Reaommend.ation1 The Committee on Bleotronio• haa considered 

the field of Cou~ononts wrtii respect to allocation ot responsibility. The 

area of reaearoh and development involved oomprisea the following progr1.1111, 

or portions thereat: All materials usable in eleatranio equipment and part• 

aHmnblie•• 

. 2. Reaomrnendation.1 It i• the reaommendation at thi• Committee that with 

respect to the field outlined above, no allocation ot pr:l,ma.ry reaponaibU.1"t7 

be •de• The Panel on Component• and it• Su.bpanela at pl"eaant coordinate 

the work in thia field on 1LD :lndividual project baaia. Because of the 

apeoial nature of th• field, it ia aonaidered that this method ot operation 

ia desirable and that it af'teats the purposes of RDB 133/2. 

Se Budget S1.U!D!U7I 

(1) !otal bud.get Ft 1949•••••••••••••••••••••••.A.pprox:lma.tely $3,925,000 

(2) Breakdown by Departments 

!otal 

02,500,000 

425,000 

Air Force 1,000,000 

Description of work oovared I 

Development of work and raaearah work 

leading to the development of 1uah 

alaatronia aomponent• a1 re1i1tor1, 

aapaaitor1, aoil1, ary1tal1, dieleatrio material•, exaluding eleat~on 

tu.baa and antemiaa. 

4. Diacu1&ion.1 In arriving at its recmimumdation aa given abwe, the 

Committee on Electronics considered the criteria apecit1ad 1n. paragraph 2 ot 

mm 133/2, aa directed, plus other criteria as ou.tU.ned balaw. .A. aam.plet• 

•umm&l"l' of the Committee vi8W'll concernizig all criteria considered tollcnns-

(1) All three of the Services have similar and app.roximtel7 equal 

requir8J!181Lts. 

(2) All three of the Servioes ma.in.tam cot!l.petent oom.ponent groups. 

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Thia doaument contain.a inf'ormation atteoting the national defense ot the United 

states withizi the meaning ot the Bapiom.ge La.W8 1 Title 18, U'.B.C., Sectiom 

79! and 794. The tranamiHion or the r8'V8lation of its contents in &11.J" 

m&!U181" to an unauthori.ed person is PJ"Ohib1ted by law. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . 
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(3) The Jlm.ition1 Board ha1 made no 1ingle aerYioe purohaae a1eigri• 

men.t in thi1 f'ield. • 

5. Collateral RDB Cmmnittae 1n.tareat1 

Although the f'ield ot oom.ponanta i1 at intereet to all ~el1 of' the 

Cmmn!ttee OD Eleatronia1 and moat ot the athel' Comadtteea ot the Board, it 

11 believed that the interest of' the other Cmnmittee1 i• primrilJ in the 

application ot the aomponent1 rather than their reaaa.roh and development. 

Aaoordtiigly, no oonourrenaa1 are deemed neae1a&rJ• 

(1) The Tote ot thia Committee on the recommendation. contained ill 

Section 2 wa1 aa tollow11 Unanimous. 

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D. 4. QUARLES 

Chairman 

Committee OD Eleotroniaa 

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