LETTER TO THE HONORABLE CYRUS VANCE FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000400040002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 2, 1965
• Content Type: LETTER

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;i he Honorable Cyrus Vance
Secretary of Defense
Cy:
Attached is a copy of a letter delivered to a 5 by STAT
yesterday. It cameras the project that you and I have discuss"
which you intend to go into when yeu are in . Louis later this month.
a prepared to have his representatives ready In St. Louis it
this talus your convenience.
You will note in the final paragrapb, totes they STAT
can accomplish an engine 4. rr-t onstration program in nine months at
a cost of Z. million. such a program would demonstrate the feasi-
bility of operating a liquid hydrogen fueled rocket en5ine under con-
trolled conditions at 3,000 pounds pressure.
Defense
oo the project you and I have discussed, and therefore he
April 1965
In What" I have a & "at deal of C
oak through" at hand which could have xua ny applications
urges our mediate and thoughtful consideration of his proposal that
we fund the engine demonstration.
d to believe that we should have this eng
d an an urgent basis with the idea of makIn a
a ent as to wbathor It would be worth our while to adapt the systesAi-
f the fact however. that we are talking about a
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c over the potentiality of this
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I which Ultimately will cost se e
require several bears.
minims of
ccesaful. however, it
a variety of reasons.
discuss a xny return next week.
merely,
Distribution:
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