BELGIAN Orricgy Subject To From Reference Date John V, Browning eS September Ist, 195 There seems to between the 8 month committee minutes be some confusion in the ordering delivery periods specified in the of August 12 and the procedure executive 6 month periods originally cited in my July 30, 1954 memorandum. In his memo Big bases his estimate on the 12 month period with possible extension to 16 months. We have, of course, no objection to the two eight month periods concomittant with a change in adopted this general schedule in my discussions with F.N. Further only the order one of immediate far our (as the ordering date, and amended in my memo first interest eight to F.N. month During I accordingly of August 23, period the two becomes 1954) the intermediate periods of the transformation to a different annual delivery calendar, we might as well enjoy the temporarily shorter commitments. I might point out that in determining each of these two intermediate orders, we are, nevertheless glad to have a longer period taken into consideration since from a technical and a human standpoint, we particularly wish to avoid short»term ups and downs in production. In this last respect, Big's suggested schedule of monthly automatic production is almost completely inacceptable as an index of monthly production rate although we may be able to do something toward this delivery goal by asking F.N. to continue allowing some stockpiling here during the early months. - Discussions with and although he wants below, been 1) to it has That we will changing our 1956. The a) Mr Laloux a little agreed ‘en on these more time Immediate eight here) month period and July 31, August 1955. agreed Pesan have been completed to consult on the first point two the in the interim prior half of January in principe: separate our orders into regular ordering date to schedule matters upon of parts later is as follows: an order covering deliveries over the between'becember (end of our usual delivery period 1955. Delivery in St Louis from January 1 to end