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EPG CARETAKER STATUS
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Jim Reeves informed me today that he will bring in to DMA the manpower/
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cost figures for EPG caretaker status on Tuesday, April 19.
I explained to
him that DoD h
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if they don't decide within the next few days, we will want to go to care-
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taker status as soon as practicable (rather than in FY '62 as ALOO had in
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(1) Ability to support TAC-SAC-AMC ‘refueling, billeting, messing,
as called upon) under caretaker status strength. The POL farm on
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Parry would be deactivated along with power and salt water fire fighting
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lines, ete.
In turn, this would mean storing the Diesel and Mogas
on Fred, thus displacing some of the required storage space for
Avgas and jet fuel.
I suggested that he price the cost of any
permanent extra manpower that would be clearly and solely attributable
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to meeting these TAC-SAC-AMC requirerents so that we can get DoD to
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(2) The PMR construction on Japtan which was to be completed this
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Authorizations from PMR are slow in coming
This means that some construction skills may be idle
ut there, waiting for PMR authorizations to proceed.
Captain
ouston and I tolé Reeves that if costs of that kind arise, PNR
@hould be requirec to pay for them even if it means renegotiating
he PMR contract.
ext week.
He will discuss this further when he comes in
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———~ "Assumirig that DoD does not decidein thenext tendays to take overEPG,
I believe thatbeforeAEC can place EPG in a caretaker status (and dispose
of the equipment and supply stockpiled out there) we need an officially
stated concurrence from SecDef that the le-month capability can be dropped.
Please see exchange of correspondence last fall between Chairman, AEC,
and SecDef at Tab A which officially established the 12-month readiness
criterion.
Therefore, request approval to coordinate with DASA end General Loper the
proposed letter at Tab from Chairman McCone to SecDef, which makes reference
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