.,4 6. Further Planning Action During the balanoe of the planning phase the following principal actions were taken$ a. h office was set up at Hiekmn Field. It was nnti~ipated that the ohief duties of the offioe would be to follow minor supply shortages as they developed,and to keep those in Hawaii, who should be “ informed, advised of what we were doing. The duties aotually evolved about as planned. The personnel of the office were Lt Colonel R. S. Morgan, GE, in general charge of the offiae~ ●nd Captain ~. W. Killen, AC, 926th Engineers, Supply Officer. The offioe wae looated adjacent to that of the . Engineer, Seventh Air Force (later Pacifio Air Command),who furnished us clerical help as required. However, the offioe operated separately from that of the Engineer, reporting direotly to A-5, Paoifio Air Conmand, as far as staff supervisionwae conoemed. b. (1) Materials to be obtained in Hawaii were requisitioned. ‘l’he original bill ofmateriale had been c-piled ”hastily,as previously described, and the original screening for availability in the islande had been done equally in haste. Henoe, strenuous efforts were made both to refine the Mll of materials and to diaoover additional quantities of supplies here. (2) The quantities on the bill of material tended to inorease steadily. The local availabilitiesalso inoreased, in a broad general way, propotiionately. (3) All Air Foroe, Army, and Navy eupply eouroes were utilized in obtaining the requirementsfor the pro$eot. Navy souroea Seotion XVXd 6 ii