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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 46, folder \"1975/06/06 - Uranium Meeting\" of\nthe James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 46 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n2:00 PM - Uranium Meeting\nCabinet Room\nFriday, June 6, 1975\nI DCr- - chear Refere power - JoBs\nII Snith or pa tuby was to in and\nU.S. an one\ninvestive\nIII Suth can must a impected\ncreate which Her amount\nKnowledge united\n- much tribuing werms\nin\nA to Com. -loahing & you\n-\npui of VEA thousand\nm sold publicky\ncut 006 3/26\nFORD & LIBRARY 9ERALD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFile\nJune 6, 1975\nCOPY\nFOR:\nFROM:\nJIM CANNON\nAttached for your information.\nThe work plan mentioned in\nparagraph five will be ready\non Tuesday, June 10, 1975.\nAttachment\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJune 6, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD\nBY:\nJIM CANNON\nJune\nSUBJECT: PRESIDENT'S DECISION AND DIRECTION ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT\n1. The President chose Option 1, the private enterprise alternative.\n2. He wants the message and legislation worked out so that if the\nprivate enterprise group finds it cannot perform on schedule, then\nERDA must be ready to proceed with its add-on diffusion piant so\nthat no time is lost in reaching the increase in nuclear enrich-\nment capacity.\n3. He wants the enriched uranium team-White House, ERDA, FEA, OMB,\netc.--to get going right away to advance this project.\n4. This is a tremendous opportunity for this country--and so important\nto him that he may want to deliver a special message to a Joint\nSession of Congress on what this means to the future of the country.\n-- This would not be a dramatic appeal to the country, but a\nhard factual message designed to get the attention of the\nMembers of the House and Senate, and to get results in\nCongress.\n5. He wants the Domestic Council to prepare, by early next week, a\nwork plan showing a schedule for all documents, all contacts, and\nall other efforts that need to be undertaken, with the respon-\nsibility for each element of the project is to be clearly established.\n6. For those responsible, nothing else should have a higher priority.\ncc:\nSecretary Morton\nMr. Seamans\nMr. Rumsfeld\nMr. Dunham\nMr. Hartmann\nMr. Cavanaugh\nMr. Buchen\nMr. Marsh\nMr. Seidman\nMr. Friedersdorf\nMr. Lynn\nMr. Scowcroft\nMr. Connor\nMr. Zarb\nResident Resident - Emiluricy University 6/6/71\noption 1\nStart Summy\nup Rogut\nnow\nnucifires\ntotally ultasules\nwathing wull\nFORD is LIBRARY\nww a legler previde\nAnt usnt any\nlet then lum\nwest week\nwhere\nDur Men\non pm\nwhat we do\nAchedule\nall for wents\nall contacts\nFORD & GERALD LIBRAR\nrever way -\nup\nJr Sysion\ncut h dinutir\none\nHMD une\npertual\nGul X deen My\ncertul we\nget n get ents\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\n- meeting on\nIn - wanimu 6/6/75\n1)\nTimi E/S\n3-4 was for droft\n( by ERDA in\neithe core)\n2)\nGo to Coyen w/ fint\nUSV\nlate this serm\nor raly next\nwin, Gout of went\nGent route ?\n-\nExtrally regut\nwithout\nFORD & 076835 LIBRARY\nP- Either can - foul\nas wfand appres\nat what\nyes -\nin arler ht over buch\nwom, excless on\nutner muse us\nuntered cowthe -\nP - / ns to Canth\n1) lay out\nmil trulur 52 who\nsubut lego.\nFORD & LIBRARY 07/835\nin onten 2\n2) arth V amp\nBoth your Comm\nt Which clargin\nm to Countro +\nAnjuryments\n/\nHear - Int in partn when can\ntake K &\n-\nDehniq\nour lest w, ap penn of\ninterebility in supplies\ncar in Milian\nand wine podress make\ncausetion\nFORD OFRATO LIBRARY\nmy come I do\nmuthin realistrally\n&, N.\nBunk- valid fus\nI'm 2 was about UNA\noption\nIn into your\nThe grand neonoon\nworld he a just write\nSummer www mfr crutity\nin un power\nincludes, your males\nDete-six - upus\nFORDO & LIBRARY 07/11/0\nAlan - Panem Re\npotential delays\n1\nHey. in Carsum,\nL other\nprotect again what\nforgen owneship\n10 Ilean whenton\nto get primtry\n7 T - from\nwaud stom,\nNot Sun dont have\na to person't\nthe corigin\nI\nIV uoon serson\nFORD & LIBRARY 076830\ngot to 12 Dranetized\nwhiteen way we 8\nI\n(ton some -\nthe 30\nDon't Billin\nHely.\nBaching OEH\n,\ncan for decision\nin consuler's world\n-\nBig resut Education\nwhen way\nway orpouts will\nJeron it whe\nway.\nand VESA failur to\nappoints would\nFORD LIBRARY\norgine\nConginmed arthmor\nto get orders.\nfor us E control\ncompletely VcE. / who\nsun us Sinte contal\nno form pown\nKey\nP- Congres won't fully\nfund 1sr year\n-\nat least a 2-y-y cycle\nFORD is LIBRARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJune 5, 1975\nMEETING ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT\nFriday, June 6, 1975\n2:00 p.m. (30 minutes)\nThe Cabinet Room\nFrom:\nJim Cannon Love\nI. PURPOSE\nFor you to hear views on this matter before you make\nyour decision.\nII. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS, AND PRESS PLAN\nA. Background:\nThe narrow issue for your decision is whether to\npropose that the next increment of U.S. uranium\nenrichment capacity be:\nA privately-owned diffusion plant, with Federal\nGovernment back-up, or\nA Government-owned diffusion plant added on to\nan existing ERDA plant.\nThe broader implications of the decision are\nwhether:\nFuture U.S. production of uranium enrichment\nwill be by private enterprise or the Government.\nThe U.S. will maintain its leadership as the\nfree world's supplier of enriched uranium.\nFORD & LIBRARY\n- 2 -\nB. Participants:\nThe Secretary of State\nJim Lynn\nThe Secretary of the Interior\nPhil Buchen\nBrent Scowcroft\nFrank Zarb\nBill Seidman\nJim Connor\nJack Marsh\nBob Fri\nJim Cannon\nJim Cavanaugh\nBob Seamans\nGlenn Schleede\nAlan Greenspan\nMax Friedersdorf\nRobert Hartmann\nC. Press Plan:\nDon Rumsfeld (Cheney for)\nTo be announced as the President is meeting with\nstaff on energy related issues.\nIII. TALKING POINTS\n1. As I said when we met on this issue on May 23rd,\nI believe it is essential that we move quickly\non it and that we send our legislative proposal\nto the Congress by June 30.\n2. I want to hear the views of supporters of both\noptions before making a decision.\n3. Bob (Seamans), would you or Bob Fri (ERDA Deputy):\nGive a brief summary of the new proposal from\nthe consortium (UEA) and outline the actions\nthat you believe would be necessary to make\nthe proposal work, and\nFollow up with a summary of the Government\nplant alternative.\nSPECIAL NOTE: Since sending you the decision paper\non this issue, we have developed a chart which reflects\nestimated employment for Alternatives 1 and 2. (Tab A)\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\nJune 4, 1975\nFORD\nLIBRARY\nESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT IMPACT OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT CAPACITY EXPANSION ALTERNATIVES\nR.\nGREAT\nEmployment at End of Calendar Year\n1976\n1977\n1978\n1979\n1980\n1981\n1982\n1983\n1984\n1985\nAlternative 1 (UEA 9 million SWU plant)\nDesign and Engineering\n(probably California)\n700\n700\n400\n150\n150\n150\n,150\n1\nI\n1.\nProject Management\n80\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\nOnsite Construction (Alabama)\n- 2,000\n4,000\n6,000\n7,000\n4,000\n2,000\n1\nI\nI\nOperation (Alabama)\nI\n60\n150\n300\n500\n800\n1,000\n1,100\n1,100\n1,100\nPower Plants Construction\nand Operation (Alabama)\n-\n200\n700\n1,200\n1,700\n1,900\n1,600\n800\n200\n200\nERDA Support (Tennessee)\n80\n110\n110\n110\n110\n110\n110\n60\n-\n-\nTotal\n860\n3,170\n5,460\n7,860\n9,560\n7,060\n4,960\n2,060\n1,400\n1,400\nAlternative 2. (ERDA 5 million SWU add-on)\nDesign and Engineering\n100\n200\n400\n400\n300\n200\n200\n100\n100\n40\nERDA Management Support (Tennessee)\n50\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n50\nOnsite Construction (Ohio)\n100\n450\n1,300\n2,400\n2,800\n2,700\n1,500\n1,000\n100\n50\nOperation (Ohio)\n200\n350\n450\n650\n900\n950\n950\n550\n350\n230\nPower Plant Construction\nand Operation (Ohio)\n-\n200\n500\n700\n1,000\n900\n700\n150\n150\n150\nTotal1/\n450\n1,300\n2,750\n4,250\n5,100\n4,850\n3,450\n1,900\n500\n520\nExcludes cuployment at equipment suppliers."
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