47 aga Deaver, Colorads September 13, 1955 Dear Mr. Chairman: This ie farther in response to the Jcint letter of June 30, 1955, from you and censtor Jackson with enclosed findings and recommendations concerning the Interccatinental Balitatic Missile; Mkewtae, to the report of the Milltary “ubcommittes cf the J<int Committee on Atomic nergy, transmitted by similar joint letters of July 29, insofar as the latter relates te the sare subject. lS aseurme yeu will acquaint fenator Jacihson with the content of this letter. lapprectate your reports, the exhaustive study which your Commities gave the subject, and your recommendations. Your Signy views, set cut in both documents, have had my thorough consi- deration. The earliest development of ICBM capability te of vital im purtance to the security of the United ‘rates, As you have learned, the “nviets may well have begun tep priority work con this weason shortly after World War H, Although the ICBMhas been carried as ahigh privrity project by the Department of Defense for geome years, it was not until early in 1954 that it was given full irpetus. =xcellent werk has been done during the past two years by those in charge «-f the pregram. and Il am coavinced that in order to achieve maximum acceleration of this project we should continue to build on the saund foundation that has been laid. Naturally, we are moving forward on this project without tolerat- ing any of the delays which may atrend ncermal peacetime develop- 3 r !i We are daterminad tv utilize ali the sills, energies and rascurces, available and heipflul, to the end that nsthing surmcuntable shall stand in the way 1 the meet rapid crogreas on this program, DECLASSIFIED cha ES, See, " VUE vIvisioN OF CLASSIFICATION, US ENFRGE SECRE Ce $SERE a RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, HAS NO DETERMINED THAT THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS RESHACTED DATA OR FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA, WAS NO OBECTION TO ITS DECLASBIFIOATION: ADA 4 C f ts : 7? T§-M2 BS Pr REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT. D. Brsyragqer LIBRARY me ment or procurement programs. 2-F- aa Dates 2 AL ylecf REVIEWED BY ___- pp (S[7& He tae tg REPOSITORY Fetahnaste Gn rn Why we COLLECTION tation. Lidersaia Atte BOX No. 4 roo FC /O55-S5¢, CL.) BEST COPY AVAILABLE