MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR FROM MSC

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• Publication Date: December 27, 1962
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27 December 1962
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR
Attached is Scoville's recommended position in connection
with Charyk's proposal on the A-I2. I am am in agreement with it. I
think the real crux of the matter is whether or not the President
will ever authorize its use over the Soviet Union. I doubt that he
is prepared to make that decision now and, accordingly. I would
urge that we stand firm and not surface the vehicle at this time. I
think this most be a Presidential decision and must be clearly and
forceably made directly to the members of the National Security
Council. Otherwise I fear that in the interest of expedience, those
people who are trapped with the political unpleasantness of the
situation will not be as security conscious as they should be. I am
informed very clandestinely that the Air Force, at least the military
elements, are not at all enchanted with this Charyk proposal.
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