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Logistics Liaison Officer at Headquarters Sacramento Air Materiel Area,
MeClellan Air Force Base, who initiated supply action for direct shipment
to the proving ground.
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At the conclusion of the logistics conference in October, approxirately
70 per cent of the supply and equipment requirements lists for Task Group
7.4 elements had been received by the Materiel Directorate.
By 14 March
1958, more than &0 per cent of the requirements for all elemants had been
shipped fran Air Materiel Cammand Depots to the proving growmd.
The per
centage increased perceptibly for most elements by the end of April 19583
at that tims, all remaining items of "B" kits not in pipe-line statuswere
cancelled.
Construction.
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The Director of Materiel in October 1957 reported that
all except ome of major construction projects in the Task Group 7.4 pro»
gram for Fiscal Year 1958 had been approved hy the Ataris Energy Commission and other approving agencies.
The one exception was the planned ex-
pansion of the farm for petroleum, oil, and lubricants.
late approval of
nedessary funds and the long procurenent lead time for equipnent for the
farm resulted in the inability of the contractor (Holmes end Narver) to
couplete this facility for HAHDTACK.
The lack of this expended facility
was expected to make mandatory thse extremely careful mmitoring of supply
and consumption fimetions involving petroleum, oil, and lubricants.
The extension of the FRED (Eniwetok) rmway, the largest ond most
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