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March 19,
10?SeoRey
1954
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When | spoke to Mr White and Mr, Ryan before lunch
relative to the subject in which they are interested (paragraph
16 of NSC 97/6)
| noted that a report of progress on this sub-
ject was to be aade oy you to the National Security Council by
January ., 1954
«tn any recommendations considered aporopriate.
After lanca i checked your progress report of January 8, 1954, anc ‘aviewed what was tiere aaid on this subject
in ite paragraph °
io view of what you said to me in our little talk at
lunch, I assume taat you wil) be preasing further on this matter
with SJecretary McKay and Secretary Anderson.
It would be interesting to know whether the proposal which Mr. Ryan's conpany
hes made, according to him to provide the pipeline capacity
through expenditure of private funds, was as valid and feasible
as he believes
According to him and Mr. White, the proposal
was to put two pipe lines in one trench, each having five hundred
thousand barre]
ly by industry,
capacity a day,
exe of them to be used currentand the other to de in reserve for governmental
use when need should arisa
In return for this, the government
would be asked to pay fifteen sillion dollars a year for two
Years, and ten million dollars a year for three years, after the
pipe-line had been built.
It would be interesting alao to know
whether the opposition mentioned by Mr Ryan to the building of
these pipe iines at this tims wae fermidable
gource of any celay
and the likely
au assuming that at some time in the future, you will
Let me know when eo
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be able t:
make o further progress
ROBERT OUTLER
Special assistant
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