(Sanitized) DRY SILVER MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05171A000200020098-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 98
• Publication Date: August 7, 1970
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR TfiE RECORD
SUBJECT: IPry Silver Materials and Equipment Program
1. On 5 Au ust 1970, (at my request) contacted
concerning funding for a task under our =dry silver
materials project that iI had been previously supporting.
indicated prospects were not good, but that the situation was not
possible. He said that the dry silver program would be reviewed in
depth at the CCB meeting to be held on 11-13 August 1970. He said that,
if the Board wanted to support this effort, the funds would have to come
out of current CCB nd the recommendation would have to be approved
further indicated that he could not give us a
final answer until the first or second week of September. This presents
us with a fundamental problem sincel answer would cone too late
considering the time that we have let in which to negotiate a follow-on
contract--to delay would mean a break in the continuity of the contract.
With this problem in mind, I have examined several alternatives as to the
best method for proceeding.
2. It is my understanding that we have verbal approval from the
ExDir/NPIC to proceed with the total program, either with total funding
from NPIC's R&D bud et or with partial funding to come from our budget
supplemented bylIfunding for Task 1. With these premises in mind,
the following alternatives appear to be the most viable:
a. To proceed as. planned utilizing all NPIC funding. This has
the advantages of permitting us to bring the program under
contract within the time restraints created by the termination
of the existing contract while, at the same time, offering
minimum risk of losing either personnel or program continuity.
It offers us the additional benefit of total control of the
program, since outside funding invariably introduces some
element of outside control. It also means that a program
which is close to completion--with what appears to be a high
degree of success--will be credited to the Agency rather than
our having to share the credit, which would otherwise result.
This approach has the obvious disadvantage of requiring a
greater portion of funds from NPIC's R&D budget and the Agency's
overall R&D resources.
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b. The second option, which appears realistic, is to treat
the, project as if we were in fact split-funding it. That
is, we would contract for the total program, but split-
fund the program--predicated upon the availability of funds.
This approach works in the following manner; we would fund
the total program utilizing only those funds needed for
those tasks not to be funded by tasks Howe would
contract for the total price--our pltask--
subject to the avails of funds. Work would start on
all t is . Later, if is able to fund Task 1, we will
then'ta'ke the money transferred to NPIC and fund the balance
of the contract. if C is unable to provide the required
funding we would then have to make the necessary funds
available from our FY-71 R&D budget. This approach has the
put the program under contract. It would save NPIC and the
Agency money, but has all the disadvantages previously given
as advantages under option 1. This approach has been d.is-
uaed with and it appears to be a practical
approach from a contra c ual standpoint.
ous alternative of delaying the program until we get
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an answer from is not considered to be viable because of Charlie's
lack of optimism ono aining funding and the attendant delays and risks
it is my recommendation that we proceed for the total
ves available
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program with the total funding to come from NPIC's FY-71 RFD budget.
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