CABLE TO DIRECTOR FROM KWCABLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00329R000100170047-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2013
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: July 16, 1963
• Content Type: CABLE

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COMPLAINED OF THE DISCOMFORT AND HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN
OVER ITS EFFECT ON OVERALL PERFORYIANCE OF THE MISSION,
2. ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS OF DISCOMFORT HAS BEEN THE
FACE MASK AND NECK BEARING, AS A RESULT OF THIS WE HAVE A
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT DAVID CLARK POINTED TOWARD THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NECK SEAL AND SHOULDER MOUNTED HELMET TO
RELIEVE THIS DISCOMFORT,
3, A SECOND MAJOR ITEM OF DISCOMFORT IS THE MANY STRAPS
AND TUBES PASSING OVER THE SHOULDERS AND BACK AND AROUND THE
THIGHS. THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE TALK IN THE PAST ABOUT
AN INTEGRATED HARNESS DEVELOPMENT BUT NO ACTION HAS BEEN "
TAKEN, KELLY JOHNSON BRO.UGHT THE MATTER UP AGAIN o5 JULY AND .
IS REQUESTING THAT WE START A PROGRAM WITH DAVID CLARK AS ?
. SOON AS POSSIBLE TO DEVELOPE THIS TYPE SUIT. I FULLY CONCUR
IN THIS AND AM SUGGESTING WE GET THE GROUND WORK DONE SO SUCH
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A PROGRAM CAN BE DISCUSSED AMD APPROVED AT THE MEETING THE END
OF JULY.
4. KWBEIGE PLS PASS THIS MESSAGE TO MR. KELLY JOHNSON.
END OF MESSAGE
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