Reewie”
II, MY EARLIER ESTIMATE OF SITUATION RELATIVE TO JOHNSTON
ISLAND APPEARS REASONABLY ACCURATE,
MORE DETAILED COST ESTIMATE,
THE TEAM VISIT RESULTED IN
MORE IMPORTANT POINTS:
A, MONEY SPENT HERE NOT RPT NOT RECOVERABLE,
1.8
MILLION,
B. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS OF MOVING ALL
PROJECTS TO JOHNSTON ESTIMATED ON 1.97 MILLION,
C, ALL CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, TRAVEL,
ETCETERA, 3.15 MILLION,
D, TIME ESTIMATE, 5 TO 7 MONTHS.
E. I HAD NOT RPT NOT KNOWN THAT SAND ISLAND WAS
DESIGNATED AS BIRD SAFCTUARY,
THIS NOT RPT NOT
TROUBLESOME ON JOHNSTON, BUT CLEARANCE ON THIS
POINT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
III, A, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUERY ON SERIOUS EYEBURN
IN THE OUTER ZONES, THE INTENT IN OUR STUDY WAS TO
IMPLY THAT "SERIOUS" MEANS 50 PERCENT OF RABBITS WOULD
HAVE A DEMONSTRABLE BURN IN THE RETINA,
IF THE BURN
WERE IN THE AREA OF CENTRAL VISION, IT WOULD
CONSTITUTE A SERIOUS DISABILITY, POSSIBLY PERMANENT.
IF IT WERE 10 PERCENT OFF THE LINE OF CENTRAL VISION,
THE IMPAIRMENT WOULD NOT RPT NOT BE SERIOUS AFTER
SOME TIME BECAUSE OF ADAPTATION, BUT WOULD BE VERY
NOTICEABLE FOR SOME PERIOD,
B, MARRIAGE OF TEAK WARHEAD ACCOMPLISHED TODAY,
DECISION TO FIRE ORANGE FIRST WOULD MEAN ONE DAY
DELAY FOR EACH DAY UNTIL DECISION REACHED, TODAY
INCLUDED,