£ PO" ig oe ~~ om Pe yi LO ed .. i / ,/ oy tte - i fg Som és ; 4 if "a : 4 * oF hf OLIV oe ng ASA Sw : GEREN “6 r) gees tye mets. gal _ Bt j . , Mh jk FE a REPORT ON MEETING HZLD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1953, AT TH PENTAGON, BETWEEW CANADA AND THY UNITED STATES,TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF EACH COUNTRY REGARDING THE VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS SUGGESTED FOR THE FeN. RIFLE BY BOARD NO.3, AT FI. BENNING. ASSISTING Brigadier Major K. Major 0. Major R, Lt. Gen. Morres A.Toms E. Baxter H, Clagett, Colonel WERE: DQMC [D&D)— CANADA ORGN R & D Br., OC O (CANADA) DAD (ANQ) OTTAWA BOARD #3, OCAFF Jr, R. H. Wells Colonel J. C. Hayden Chief, ORCN US @3 D/A R & D Sr., @&3 D/A Colonel R. H. Skaggs Lt. Colonel FE. B. Crossman Colonel B. P. Johnson Major J. P. Jarvis Mr, Ralph Falesi Mr, A, C. Bonkemeyer D&T Sect., - OCAFF ORDTS (Small Arms 0CO) 6-4 Office Asst. Chief Starf 64, OcO (Industrial Division) ORDTS R, Laloux FON. Mr, F. H. Carten J. Browning was Lt. Colonel Crossman acted as described as an Informal Meeting Mr. sequenee. ORDTS Bonkemeyer acted Brigadier Morpes as D/A (Chief-Small Arms Chairman of or "Working the Meeting, which Party Meeting®. Secretary, and Br-nch O0CO) listed each point in I.- this feature. It-is not but it will be interested to Americans in this respect. feature of the English can announced that see results recuesting this the Canada has an open mind accomplished by the modification in its own on guns, Cressman explained that the United States felt that thia be obtained for practically nothing,considering the design rifle. was Mr. Laloux explained that the optical incompatible with elip loading. Crossman rovide for the affirmatively. asked optical whether sight or sight desired by the a mere change of the covers could for loading. Mr. Laloux answered clip