Trip Report -3- I then took him to the boat where Otterman showed him around, then had a cordial discussion on schedules and logistics surrounding getting people on and off the vessel. Dr. Pratt seemed pleased with the condition of the boat. Otterman and I told Dr. Pratt that the two barges were not ready since his schedule and the weather precluded Putting up the steel work in Honolulu to carry them. The barges were sent to Kwajalein via Matson with the anticipation that the Liktanur II could get to Kwajalein in time to fabricate the steel work. Gale warnings held up the ship. This did not make Dr. Pratt happy but generally the meeting was productive, I then was informed by the District Administrator that Reynold DeBrum was sent to Honolulu on a medical referral, but he felt he could get us a substitute as pilot. I then took Otterman to meet with Global's Resident Manager, Don McAfee, and Tom Evans, the Director of Transportation. We learned that the power was being hooked up immediately and the meeting was extremely cordial. This was followed by a similar meeting with the Base Commander who also was as helpful as anyone could reasonably expect. I then met with the Distad and Scott Stege and urged them to pay off Old per diem claims under PL 5-52 and submit the invoice to us, This urging was on the basis that we had offered to pay claims up to $45,000 and TTPI had accepted this offer. They thought this was a good idea. One problem is that Ebeye claims could not be properly documented. Stege said it would help to have a letter from us stating that we agreed to pay claims based on their best efforts to reconstruct. Prior to the Monday meeting with the Ebeye people I met with Dr. Pratt, Bill Scott, and Peter Heotis in themedical trailer on Ebeye. Dr. Pratt told me that he approved the use of the Egabrag on the basis of Otterman's presentation showing the use of barges to keep people high and dry. I told him .again that due to bad weather in Honolulu that DOE and H&N decided to send the barges to Kwajalein via Matson and that U.S. Oceanography could fabricate the carrying structure on Kwajalein. Bad weather set us behind schedule and I didn't think we could meet his time frame and that we should try to get the people on and off the island with whalers, (Earlier Otterman had told us that it could take up to 14 days to prepare the barges and fabricate the carrying structure.) He said that the ship wasn't going unless the barges were on. We were both very angry at this point and agreed to talk about it the next day. 905; 584