MEMO FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FROM (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00185A000100020121-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 121
• Publication Date: August 1, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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Approvecor Release 2002/06/14: CIA-RDP71BQ,0185A000100020121-7
1 August 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
1. This is a pretty good summary article on a new frontier
in solid state, and, if possible, I think you will find the entire
article worthwhile reading for two reasons:
(a) ORD, OEL and others will, no doubt, be proposing
schemes built around devices employing the Gunn effect, and
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(b) About a year ago in OEL, I opposed alIstudy
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contract forl to look into the basic theories
of this effect which were not then understood. My primary
reason for this was thati ould only be a drop in the
bucket in comparison to DOD money su ortin the work, and,
furthermore, I was not sure that was the right 25X1 A
bucket. Now, at about the time w en the results of this contract
would be available, we have this excellent unclassified article.
This illustrates that we ought to conserve our resources to
strongly push unique ideas and applications peculiar to our needs.
2. If you are very short of time, I suggest you read only the
summary paragraphs I have marked on the last page of the article.
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