JFK Assassination System Date: 4/14/201 Identification Form  ~ Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10311-10121 hAsdassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54214 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: 62-27799-464 Pe Oo7=201"7 Document Information ‘ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BRENNAN, D.J. JR. TO: SULLIVAN, D. J. TITLE: DATE: 02/13/1964 “PAGES: 11 SUBJECTS : USSS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 11/26/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF DOD COMMENTS : INC 3 RPT, REFERRED TO DOD v9.1 HW 542714 DBocld: 32311099 Page 1
ef & ee LY. 3 eo, ee ° U oP SS . : Tolson | oo UNITED STATES GC, “XNMENT 3 \ Biginont | Casper Memorandum ok 9.3 ae u\* ~ ‘ an . ah Ptevons Gale TO iA “3 MR. We C. SULLIVAN W oh DATE: February 13, 1964 Rosen of wgetavel ~ . Gm. aT rotter FROM : MR, D. Je BRENNAN, wn, ae SUBJECT: 2 etileaatcR STE PROTECTION OF THE PRESIDENT My memorandum January 17, 1964, reported t Kt the Department of Defense,-in conjunction with industry and the Secret Service, was attempting to develop technical methods of protecting the President, - S cha Defense NProject has now furnished tie attached | Progress Report on oject Star," which is.‘the icode_name for . this research effort?"This report reflects. ‘that.reséarch is \ under way to modify an existing Presidential. limousine so that its armor will stop 30-caliber ball ammunition.<«.Defense hopes to be able ito produce a design for a car by -Septémber 1, 1964, which will.be so well armored that it will §top~30-caliber -armor-piercing ammunition, ~ - a ® ‘Additional research is being carried on to develop* a bullet-proof, grenade-proof, and explosive-proof speakers: platform for Presidential use. In connection with this, oF research is, being done on means uo FG; istracting or disrupting an attack ‘on the President and On iacoustic and electronic = devices which will detéct the approach of any_ projéctile *. , toward the President. +. re geue:. JHA &5 SS, The helicopters used: by the President are to. be armored, and research is being conducted to make them safer. : 2 ‘ : ne oe | Acrion: 5 MAM , , For information. We will continue to follow this matter with Defense and Secret Service. Enclosure i nil ost "Eeakpli~ Bem ont Lir Udohtads gE 1-Mr. Sullivan . 1pMr 3 Malley ep ia *tuie? Bartlett. 248 {3 1l-Liaison 1l-Mr. Wells HW 542914 Docld:32311099 Page 2?
A seerret toa SS ee i ITER ST ‘y 4 HW 54214 Docld: 32311099 Page 3 : | ; a : - -.. Quick-Fix Automobile: 4 te Vadetaeeneaatern pe nae yet asm a EAA AE DA a NAB LAS TO AN Paget penning TNR Sal an Ak aes _ SE aaainnied a ee a ale lta eer ae ee me _— PROJECT STAR .. - jadladditadianetttelieibebalatehae SECURITY THREAT ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH Progress Report . oo 4 12 December 1963 - 20 January 1964 “In early December 1963, elements of the Department of Defense initiated a research and development program in support of efforts to reduce the vulnerability of important political persons to assas- sination, This action was the result of arrangements made by the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), the Director of the Office of Science. o and Technology (OST), the Director of Defense Research and Engineer-- - ” ing (ODDR&E), and the Director of the Advanced Research Projects . ao Agency (ARPA),: , ' The principal tasks are: (1) the modification of an existing limousine _ to defeat 30.ca ibre.ball.ammunition, and de. ivery of the moditied ~ vehicle in early March 1964: (2) the design of second-seneration,lim- - ousines to defeat,..30.calibre armor=piercing.am wunitien, with ve- , Bicie delivery no later than 1 September 1964; (3) “an initial anal sis. of the characteristics of likely modes of attack and a survey of possible = and practicablé COUnTSTMMESSUTEST TO" De completed by 15 January 1964; _ - (4) detailed analysis of likely modes of attack and development and _ -. evaluation of appropriate ‘countermeasures, with a phase report by -..1 May 1964, and completion by 30 June 1965. The first task is re- _ ferred to as the ''quick-fix automobile, " while the remaining tasks . are identified as Project STAR, OS . Ny : : 7 Under the direction of representatives of Dr. E, G, Fubini, ODDR&E;- . - “a group of péople was.assembled from ballistics and materials organ~ — _. izations in ODDR&E, ARPA, Army, Navy and Air Force, to design and specify modifications for the "quick-fix automobile," A mock-up a: “. # . of the modified auto was prepared by Hess and Eisenhardt of Cincinnati _[[Pand was approved by the USSS. and ODDR&E representatives on 30 December 1963, > ; ; _ ee | Armor materials are being tested bythe U.S. Army’ Development and . Proof Services (DPS) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in accordance with _a test plan developed by the U.S. Army Tank’ and Automotive Center _ (ATAC) and the U.S, ‘Army. Materials Research Agency (AMRA), This — DOWGRADED “AT 3 YEAR IN?ERVALS: DECLASSIP1ED AFTER 12 YEARS. -D9D DIR 5200.10. C Pa QY IH ce vA fot.L Ponies ERE estore eT 2s ecrosure ast OF ag Z-Péges