I suggest that a good the following — offer: 1) Substitute 10 to 15,000 get 10,000 10,000 Two actually Shooters 2) the Require compromise program would be (I would ask for 15,000 delivered on time) automatic of our 1952 program. delivery of to the remaining 10,000 make F.N. and hope to shotguns Two for Shooter during the latter half of 1953. This could be accomplished by amending the delivery dates in our contracts to 5 or 6 months 3) later. Offer extra F.N. automatics some 4 to 5 delivered Dollars over more the per 50,000 automatic presently for the ordered. 4) any In order to protect ourselves, require the right to cancel part of the automatic order which is not delivered by the end of 1953. 5) Ask for the right to request an acceleration of the Two program at the expense of the expanded automatic program if new developments by our competitors should force us to move fast toward the presentation of our own new product. Shooter I think that such a program is within F.N.'s productive capacities, . This, of course, is not to say that there will not be difficulties. It will be necessary to raise the automatic barrel output from the present 240 barrels daily to a daily rate of 300 barrek; this will not be easy since some of the critical machines are already turning 24 hours per days but fortunately a considerable respite can be drawn from the large 10,000 plus stock of automatic barrels on hand right now. It will also be necessary to increase the output of the engraving departments measures have already been taken in anticipation of the Two Shooters; but increased automatic production would make the need felt sooner. And not least, it will be necessary to increase the assembly starts to 260 Browning’s per day starting immediately on October first after the last of the 1952 specifications have been launched. Happily, there are now good stocks of all the principal parts on hand and each of these had been adapted for two shift production during 1952. As a precaution, I have discussed the possibilities of such a program in detail with Demey (presenting it as a hypothetical question) and although he emphasized the difficulties, generally concurred its in practicability. he