SEPTEMBER 1978

SHADO---United States Central Control

MONTHLY STATUS REPORT, VOLUME 43; SEPT 1978

Announcing the FIRST Annual SHADO Handbook Printing and Collating
Extravaganza!

Yes. folks. tha big handbook is really going to happen, and I, for one, can
use some help getting it all put together, so all you Southern Caiifonia
operatives who have secretly habored an insane urge to got involved in the
mysterious intrigue of SHADO internal operations here's your golden
opportunity. The festivilies are scheduled to get underway at nos 1/2 N. Van
Ness (between Hollywood and Franklin), Hollywood, Calif. beginning at 10
A.M. (or thereabouts), baturday, October 21, and continuing to who knows
when . If further work remains to be done. operations will reconvene same
time, same station the following day Non-alcoholic refreshments will be
provided, bring yowr own poison if you like. There's a 24-hour grocery just
down the block for midnight (on midday) raids, should the need arise.

Pound the clock entertainment featuring UFO, Prisoner, Man From Atlantis,
and Fantastic journey videotapes will be provided. The apartment is
inhabited by four cats, so those of you with fur allergies be forewarned.
Come prepared to be ink-stained. The mimeo is a filthy machine if we end up
having to use it (I'm still trying to pull off the finances to get it
offset, but it's still touch and go)

If you"re planning on coming, please give me a little warning, preferably
through the mail since I'm hard to catch at home, but For those of you who
have no phone phobias, my number is 461-1428, with the best times to catch
me between 11 PM and 1 AM or between 6 and 10 AM. It should be an
interesting experience and I'm looking forward to having a little help and
meeting some of you. As further inducement (as if the above benefits aren't
enough), everyone who shows up and pitches in will receive a formal
acknowledgment in the next Status Peport.


Promotional Letters and Membership Packets

As usual things have fallen behind again in getting some of the club
materials packaged together and mailed out. It was Dale's policy (and it
should have been mentioned earlier, I realize with marvelous 20/20
hindsight) that as a result of the several month suspension of SHADO
operations in 1977, renewing members who were offered a reduced-rate renewal
fee would not be sent their usual yearly promotion notices and membership
renewal Packet, the reduced fees not being enough to cover those expenses.
Members renewing at the normal, $4.00 ($6.00 for foreign members) rate,
would. however, be sent their packets.

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Well, hardly any of the packets were sent out before Dale's death and a
number of you have renewed since then. All promotion and renewal packets
will he mailed out with the October handbook. I am sorry for the delay, but
handling tnings by myself without Dale's guidance is not as easy as it might
seem and I must ask for your patience and understadning in the matter.

This might also be a good opportunity to explain a few minor operational
details to those of you who have not been with the organization long enough
to have learned all the ropes. First, you will not be issued a new
membership card each year. As we have explained before, the cards are
perionallq signed by the Commander himself And asking him to sign over 200
cards each year seems a bit unreasonable, not to mention expensive, what
with postal rates soaring. What we do instead; is ask that you send us your
card with your renewal fees and we will update the expiration date on the
card and return it to you with your membership packet.

A number of the renewing members have been confused concerning the number of
stamps which should be included with their renewal fees. The answer is,
twelve. Top two reasons: one) the handbooks, even at third-class rates
require a lot of postage. The last handbook needed three stamps alonp and
the upcoming one will be twice its size; secondly, I am hoping to be able to
revert to a monthly newsletter, now that things are letting up a bit.
Although I am very reluctant to do so, I am faced with the possible
necessity of raising the membership fees.

I am still in the process of evaluating the organization's financial
situation, so the final votes aran't in yet. I have already been forced to
raise the fees for the foreign members from $6.00 to $6.50 to compensate for
the increased postal costs. The main reason that US membership fees haven't
increased in a long time is that the stamps automaticaily kept us up with
postage inflation.

A good number of you have probably had dealings in the past with an
organizat on called "Cottage industries" which offered UFO stills for sale.
Cottage Industries was run by Colonel Jones with the help of a business
associate that associate has been filling orders as best she can since
Dale's death, but has no real intent in continuing the operation.
Consequently, the entire Cotiage Industries inventory of stills from UFO is
being turned over to SHADO USCC. These stills and perhaps additional
offerings as well will be made available through the club, with any and all
proceeds being funneled into the SHADO treasury. Although I am not thrilled
with the notion of taking on even more responsibility, I do feel a certain
obligation to the club members to make these photos available to them
(beside which, the club can use the money). Please, no orders yet until I've
had time to get things organized. You'll hear about it when the SHADO photo
lab is open fur business.

The second batch of SHADO patches was ordered on Auyust 21. This order is
slightly different from the first in that the patches will be slightly
smaller and will not have a rectangular border enclosed the SHADO insignia,
The company has not yet confirmed our order, but we expect the patches to
arrive around the middle of November or possibly before, so please dont't
panic Renee Grace, Jeanne Campbell, or Yvonne Hintz. You have not been
forgotten!

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Sia Shyang Ing, the head of our Singapore operations, reports seeing Michael
Billington and Barnaby Shaw in the BBC production of War and Peace. For
those of you who might have forgotten (as I did), Barnaby Shaw played
Commander Straker's son John in "Question of Priorities" (with re-runs in
"Subsmash" and "Mind-bender") For you Los Angeles members, Channel 9 is
periodically showing episodes of "The Saint". While channel flipping one
night, I hit across an episode Ed Bishop was in. He appeared in several
spisodes of the Saint, so you might keep an eye out for him. The PBS
Children's Classic series is rerunning episodes of "What Katy Dit"! where Ed
stars as the heroine's father, Dr Philip Carr.


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Tapes...A while ago we sent out requests for members who had audiotape, of
UFO episodes who might be willing to make copies for other members. The
response, to say the least, was not overwhelming, but we did get two takers:

David Weaver, one of our Maryland operatives, reports that he has available
reasonable copies of most (if not all) episodes and is willing to provide
duplicates for $3.00 an episode, which includes both tape and postage. David
warns, however, that his local staticn likes commercials more than programs,
so the episodes may be somewhat editted. Write to him at: 5605 Joan Lane;
Temple Hills, MD 20031.

Dawn McLevy was our second volunteer. She offers a single episode for $2.00
or two episodes for $2.20. The price includes one cassette tape, one
cassette cover and postage. Both prices include Ampex cassettes. but her
prices may be slightly higher now since the postal hike. Write to her at:
2834 Redding Rd, Fairfield, Conn 06430.

Well, that's it for another month. The remainder of this issue is dedicated
to our membership roster. The list is sorted by zip code, to mike it easier
for members to locate other members nearby. The next Status Report will not
be out until after the handbook. I'm off for a two-week furlough (vacation)
in Washington D.C with some oo our operatives there, so any mail that comes
in before September 21 won't be opened, much less answered, until after I
get back. I'm under doctor's orders (Jackson's, that is), to take it easy
and get some rest, but I hope to put the time to good use in typing the
remaining pages of the handbook.

Until October!

Evelyn Walton
Head of Operations
SHADO U. S. Central Control

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