- -- - - - October 2e -1952 bear Dir President ahile 1 mow the tremendoua pressure tumor which you or _ urk1ng 1 boliovo you would like to be iniorno that today a the Air Force has unloved on schedule- #5 plowed nearly thru years ago the initial operational capability with the Minute- v-u man miesile The first three missiles uited near Holman Air Force Moe Montana have had Whetd installod too have been assigned targets in the U353 Because those three oissilos constitute an element of a unitizeo lamch complex of twenty mutual safety precautions have been taken which necessitate approximately eight hours of preparation before th so missiles can be limited However in the event of an iminont national mgeocy the precautions can be waived and the preparatory actions taken after whisk these missiles can be maintained on nooi-n1ert and can be launched within thirty minutes w are making argon efforts to increase this capability without one liking the established safety Eva two dAyz an Idditional three ndsailes will ho l ded ouch inch increment having the same lunch capability to tho first until mid-Eoveobor when the mtixo mica of twenty will be apart tionally ready it that time the complex will he placed in it normal ex-I status and all twenty missiles will be able to be launched in thirty tomes Tail-15 1 believe a most significant occasion mung the of a three-year steady build-up toward our - present goal of 8913 Hioutooan missiles Respoctfully on I arms dugout bi Zuokort h - a Pteoi out OFC 0F SIG I DSAF FILES a io 11 b so 2T - lions cc Secretory of liofmse igi iigr I 4J v -3 1 - F s - - '3 5393311 513911831410 M an omrm Tn-1 $131 3 1m gm - '1 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu