. 1 are reoorded here m a gd* to those *o MY enco~ter the s- problem. It was soon seen that Spllcing of the sable was the crucial factor In the 6Ubm8rine oable Prog_. Tb speed with whioh the oable oould be splioed would aet the time Schedule. The manner in whioh it was to be spliced governed the ~out of $poe needed for a cable ‘stationashore and influenced and the selection Of a ship for laying. The soundness of the splioing would measure the auaaesa of the oablelaying program. Hot aplioea (vuloanized and molded) of both the rubber jaokete and plaetio insulationwere at first planned but these plans were abandoned when the teohnioianeof the oable manufacturer (Simplex Wire and Cable Company) presented their plans for a reliable cold splice (epeoialtapes and oommenta) whioh required less skill and less equipment. Their estimates of the time required for eaoh oold oplioe Indioated that the eglioing would not prolong the cable projeot beyond 15 March 1947. Although CEM (T) Hagowan was entirely fhmiliarwith splioes of all kinds, it was felt that more trained splioer8 would be needed. AProgr~ for the training of three (3) Navy CEMCs in splioing at the Simplex Wire and Cable Company in Cambridge Massaohueetts, was therefore developed. Three types of oable were to be ordered. The 10-oonduotortype 115P and the 3-oonduotor rubber covered type 104 had been asked for by the Atomio Energy Commission. A !koonduotor armor-oovered type 14 Seotion n . _ .. = TO MK/Nv TECHNICAL muuFtcE Cm’m INFORMATION