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Let \(V\subset H\subset V^*\) be a standard Hilbert space triple. Also consider \(A_0,A_1,A_2\in L(V,V^*)\), \(f: [0,T]\to H\), and \(B\in L(Y,H)\), where \(Y\) is a separable reflexive Banach space and \(L\) (in all instances) stands for the space of all bounded linear operators. The authors study an optimal control problem associated with the abstract semilinear functional differential equation \[ \begin{aligned} {d\over dt} x(t) & = A_0x(t)+ A_1x(t- h)+ \int^0_{-h} a(s) A_2x(t+ s) ds+ f(t,x(t))+ Bu(t),\\ X(0) & = g^0,\quad x(s)= g^1(s),\quad -h\leq s< 0,\end{aligned} \] where \(a: [-h,0]\to R\) is Hölder continuous, and \((g^0, g^1)\in H\times L^2(- h,0:V)\). They establish the existence of optimal pairs, and derive necessary optimality conditions.