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4. Restricted . Air Corps Jet Propulsion Research, GALCIT Project No. 11 Report lio. 15; THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASPHALT BASE SOLID­PROPt.:LLANT, J. w. Parsons, !l. !1. Mills, Copy No • .33;-ciassi­lied CoNFIDENTIAL, California Institute of Technology 1 Oct­ober 16, 1942.

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6. Confidential Air Corps Jet Propulsion Research~ GALCIT ProJect No. 1, Report No. 9t RESULTS OF FLIGR'! TESTS OF THE ERcOOPE AIR­PLANT rUTH AUXU.IARY JET PROPULSION SUPPLIED BY SOLID Pfia>::LLANT JETU'NiTs, F. J. iiiliiia iDd J. w. Parsons, Cow tk. h2, claasitled CONFIDENTIAL, Cal.i!ornia Institute ot Technolog:r, September 2, 19bl.

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::Jecurity Classification Section, !fright- ·· · Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, auvises Jet ?ropulsior. reports declassified Octobbr, 1945.

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llEMORANDUil FOR: DIRECTOR, FIDERA.L BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION J.TTN 1 Kr. Re:ynolds

SUBJECT: Cauif'ication o~ Documents

APn t, 1951

l. Re!'erence is aade t.o t.he attached letter !'rOM the Federal Bureau o! Investigation dated 2i February 1951, and your Terbal request of 5 March 1951, relative to the determination of the classification of certain docu~ents and the desirability of introducing these documents as evidence.

-0 For yo~; -;~ormation the military security clusiiication of the material in question is as follows:

a. Items 1 thro·.tgh 6, inclusive, and items 9 and 10 are unclassified.

b •. Item 7 contains information bearing a military security classi~i­cation of RESTRICTED.

c. Items 8 1 ll, 12 and 13 contain intonnation bearing a ailitary security classification of COJJ<'ID~-NTIAL.

:i) ~e documents referred to in paragraph 2 b and c above, relate to the national defense. The Department of the J.rmy has no objection to the use of Items l through 7 1 inclusive, and Items 9 and 10 as evidence. The iniarmation contained in Items B, 11, 12 and 13 relates to current CONFIDENTIAL research and d.velopment and as such should not be divul ed to una t o persons. . llE8LASSIFIED BY . -

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1. A saM~ of the apecitic docuaents 11entioned in paragreph lJ, diacloeecl that d;e1a1ons oa a111tar;; s;curl"t1 claia1f1eatiaaa rest with the Department at the ~. Office, Chief of Ordnance, since tbie work at California Inatituta of Tachnoloa waa &Jid baa bHn continued aDder the adllinistrativa direction of that Departraant,

2. It will be ditficult to arrin at recoamendatioua regardinc 11111t&r7 aecuriV of the documeo.ta cited under paragraph l.lz, unleu the detail& could be eD.Ilined in the co11plete docwaenta. The•• detaila are 11k-1aa related to ~ Ordnance con­tract& which the Air Force baa requested thea to conduct.

3. It is urged tba t all papers be subJJi ·,ted to a co:npeteo.t technical authori -cy in the Ar""/ -Jrnance Depart:nent (e.g, .lr. Ja::~e~ 11., You:nans 1 Roc.cet Develop:1ent Branch, P.oo11 2D J70,Il, The Pentagon, phone F:c"t, 5;:033) "ho could ;orepara authoritative and final recoz~endations on present securitT classification& on all the docwaanta cited.

4. It is daaired to e11phasile that although so11e of then doc\l.llanta lii&Y be considered "Unclassified" from the ~ilitar,r securitr viewpoint, th~ ~ay contain certsin proprietary b!or:oation which the U. S. Govera~~ent i~t not permitted to ti1af'011"1~· t.n 11n.D11i'hn,.. ... .,l na,..•n"• ,, .... tJ.. ... .a. ~-·'h. ,..,, .. +.f ....... ..._p n' Q. p ......... ... ------ .... -- - --- .,._.. ... ---- t'""<ll -..,~. ~ ....... , .......... £ • ...., .... "" ............. "'~ ....... tJ. w ... - ....... "'.,_

Secraa,r agree~anta involved in one or ~ore procaaa discloauraa. Such poaaible diaclosurea can be decided also U, the~ Ordnanea·Department to protect the righta of their eontractora (i.e. Aerojat Engineering Corporation and Thiokol Corp­oration).

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you that tho f&ct~ in Criminal Division of prosecution.

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793 nnd 794 of Title 18, u.s. Code, but before rende:rln~ a fJ'.; dc~i!'ion &!'! to lih3i;heP prosec'.'tion l/Jlllcl be warrantee', th~ ~· Department requePt<'.cl thet s'·eps be taken to _asccrtaln '" whethLr the docu;n(mt~ involved "relvte to the n!'t"-onnl

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These questions ···JC'rc submit t cd to the r ep<>r ~mc;1t ui' Lhc i'rrr•:r. tcnci tn o confidentiel n;c.nor~:nclun cwtcc c1c'll "• l~~l, An~1:o1~~ 11crc f1Jrn1Rhed by Color.cl P~ul G. Crm1sr, USC, ·"lief, :·,ccurLty ; ivlsion, G-2, 1ep£CrtnJ<,r;t of t!Jc·: /Ire;;;, ~o'r~~lL·.' ton, I. C. i': coDy of the f.rl:;ytn m0!'1orcnc\t::~, i~~ {_tt;. ·l·.huC. ··~·,r·:JV> for your 1nfor:nnt.ion.

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Reference is mecle to your :ncmorandum in ca:-tlo;Hld me.tter dl,tec1 January 18, 19:1, your rcfer·c;,ce Jj;, :C'li :vb, ••herein you adviserl that t!1e facts indicated a ~o·~lble violotic>n of SectionA 793 and 794, Title 10, u.s. cueo. Howevor 0 before rendering a ducislon as to whether pros~cution is worrontod, you requested that steps be teten to <ktcrr.linc whether the oocur1cnts involved in this c1 ~c

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•·IU}·'··';f.r ,objcct·on to the;oo;o documents being inroduc'ect s.~ evl<·.enco. ,.,s_,., 1 z--4 ~-'"" •

g~y~"j, ··· '• .).,., . J'.s you_.'~\.11 recall, Lhe subjuct r;dmitted t>.1t o:. ~~- ~~-- ?£•:>tc:;toer lL,, 19~,0, ~;hilo he HC" emoloye,, t.t the lluch:::s JJA~·~'ic.yf,Jrcrrft Go·npcny, CC.Jlvor City, Ccl1.forn1e, he remo'!ecl f'ron ()s'i~ t11ct l"lont, >Cithout Puthority, a totel of' 13 docur:1-::.nts ·.~ .. -.--~· t..r. \r,1: ~ to jet propulsion motors end rocket p 'Opellcnts. -r-.- f;r:.- c~cr-cr1bed by nL:iJlier- in tht.. report :>f' ···I

IVfL~.a" L'J' /·.n~cles, Culifornla, c'.ate.-1 Nov<:~Jb.:r 2, wlll' 1-7nich ht•s been prc·d·Ywly fu,·-nl~hec y ·u.

Ths q11c.qtlonf! propounder: b. you h••v.:> beenr· .. ferrcri to ti'JJ rcpcrt 'cnt of the t.rmy, end in a confldentiul .,,c;,;C)r~nrlur.J to thiG Bureau dc.ted April 6, 1951, t-:1s~oc·cre wc;·o furn[,-j,ed by Colonel Puul G. Crt-Jiler, Jc~C, Chief, Sc~uri.t;r Tivl~ion, Qf;ica of the ts~i~tant Chief of Staff, C-2, f0THtt'1_,;:Lnt Of the i'(niJ 1 Y\ash1nc,ton 1 ~i• C. il·--·t•tin~nt ),JJ·t1:.J.l~ o!' th" i.rny•" :·w '0I'm.num are quoted uJ f'olloHs:

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{;!'Sons."

The nni1!berc;1 items refer to the 1.3 documents a~ e:"u:~• -:--·· !;cci and de~cribed in tho t·bovc-mcmttoned Los J'.r.·ol o. rB·>ori., d&tcd lloYoP:I)'_r 2, F;' 0. ·

fts your r0cords will reflect, since the deto of your rcforoncod memorandum, rour FTll investigative rej'lorts in this mattor have been forw~.:rdecl to you, dated ns follc·,;:J: Jlmlllti'Y 20, 1951, c.t Los Angeles; Fobru~;ry 24, 1951, &t Cincinnati; l1arch 8, 19;)1, st Los Angeles, and March 21 1 1951, ll.t San r-iogo, In addition, there is cmclosod hcr.:;with ano cn~y of cEch cf the followinG in co:1~c .'JJin tl1t!'! 11<•tter: Report of Sf. LOS

clut€<1 ,~.pr1l 21, 1951, &nd rop ~l:!hlneton, r. c., d&ted lpril

It is roque,, ted tbet you H:viso, nftor rev·.' wine-. theQo re:oortc. r. d the 'bovc lnfor.,wtio~'l from tho T'c:··-.·~r.cnt oJ' the /.rmy, uhethor pro~ ecutlon in thi!> Cli!'! o is ~1arrunted.

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J\.llGELES 6/s·/51 5/8/51

J·JJDi LJII'l'ESIJ!:-; PARSOi-;S, al:a Jack Parsons ESPIONAGE - IS

svNOPsrs oF FACTS' Col. PAUL G. CRJIJ.lEil, GSC 1 Chief, Secc;ri ty Division, G-2, Departnent of 1\rrr':y, Washington,

;J '/:: D.C., advised that ol' the documents removed by .. l . ·,, ..J.\,. subject from Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver

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ILer: 7 contuins information bearing a military s~curit:;· clc.;;sification of Restricteu.

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SYNOPSfS OF FACTS' Assistant United States Attorney kV~US D. McEACHEN, Los A.'1geles, declined prosecution due to lack of sufficient ev"_dencc of intent or reason to believe that inforr:;:ttion obtained by subject was to be used to inju.re United States, or to the adv·antage of another nation. Evidence returnad to owners per instructions of the As5istant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, APPROPRIATE AG~NSIES

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On Oc:tcb·er 25, l9'.ol, Assistant United States Attorney ANG\<3 ::J, l.:cc:':iiClDi/. L0;; f:..;Jt;elgs, CalifcrJ1ia, advised that pros,')cution was declined in this ca:;.; duB to the lack of sufficient evidence of intent or rt'a~on t,, believe thd info,.-;na~ion obtained was to be used to injure tho Tjni.tcd S..!v 3.tas or to the advautage of a foreign nation.

Assista,lt Unit&J .States Attorney L!cSACH~;~ directed that evidence obtain?.d during the i.nv3sti,:ation should be returned to its proper o.m~rs.

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ti ve Assistant in tho Research and ne-,.,~lop­ment h·boratory, Experimental Fabrication De~ present when Colmv~l 1\..H..Ct!t~ -v.as inforQed as a:.:o7e stated. -}resent as r8presen;:,a­ti ve or th:: Hurhes Aircraft Ccrr.~1any, and accePted tne 11u.ghes Aircraft aoc1J.nnnts.

The rlocw..e:1ts obtained from~ Hughes Aircre1ft Corl~an:,-, Culv·e:r City, talich ~;~ere turn~ativa: of th,; 7 --~~-~~1~" .'~ircra ft Gomr;an~' when the sucject left their employrr.ent, and whic;-, -; ;:._, idl-3ntified a~ -Deloncinc to the California Institute of l~chnology, C<J.lji'o.cn~ a. J"t L:1.t· 0rat l~ovember 1, 1951, by Special A.::;en an-, and d. receipt ·was obt'-ined fro.r Office:·.

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f-ul7cr c.: ty, California, v.ho ascertained. that st:.bject, an e·ilplG~yee

of '":hA.t corporation, ha:l rewJved certain classified ·docu::lents ;:-.c;,r­f:\inint; to je-:.-?rOF~l~ion m:1tors an1 roc~et oropelle.nts fror.. t}-:-::· :'11~~

of t!:at C•J:"Jpun~; witi,out authorization on 9E) ' 1e SLO.b-sequentl~· t11rn0d t~cse doc~~P~ts ever to ~~OSE

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ccst estimate a~ the suz~P&'ti·:· "):' ~~e Southsrn Cnli!crni~ C~~- :er c~ s socie~y, ~ccordin& to the Octobrr Zl,

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G-2 advised that the item classified aa restricted and the unclassi-fied items could be used as evidence in a trial, however, the items classified aa confidential related to current research and developmeut and: aa ~UCh; G-2 adTiaed that th~ ahould not be di~J!ged to unau~horized persona. '!'hie information was presented to the Deparimeut in memorandum dated Kay 9, 1951, with a request that the Department advise Whether

\\ prosecution in thia case waa warranted.. 1he Department by. memorandum dated Kay l7 • 1951, adTiaed the caae -• being referred to the u. S.

JAttorney at Loa Angeles and requested that pertinent reports be aub­f mi tted to him.

Aaaiatant United States Attorney AlDous D. llcEachon, Loa An£e1ea. California. advised that office that he declined oroaecution

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A reTiew of the Bureau indices fails to reveal any new infor­mation concerning subject aince the institution of thia investigation.

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In Tiew of the fact that the U. B. Attorney for the Southern Diatrict of California has declined prosecution, it ia recommended this investigation be closed.

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