we A TWX from Ogle to his test unit commanders (Goeckermann, Schuster, Strabala,
and Kiley) on 26 December notes that Sam Howell has appointed Paul Spain to be
the construction coordinator for the overseas operation and that he will chair a
committee of J-6 type representatives of the various addressees.
up a meeting of the representatives
of each of the addresses who
Spain is to set
are to be
C
appointed to discuss the plans and resolve the conflicts between the various
users; and Rod Ray is requested to make arrangements with Spain along the lines
of necessary missile base construction requirements for H&N.
= Ai 26December THX from Hoerlin to the DASA Adjutant General notes the LASL
requirements for at least one aircraft instrumented optically for space
diagnostic
equipment.
He details the number of windows, the
specific criteria including the base it is desired to operate from (Johnston
tsland), the altitude capability (30,000 feet or higher), the requirements
for pressurization and heating as wel! as the minimum amount of vibration, and
in general those fhings which require a KCI35 preferably.
A 26December TWX from Reeves to Col. Thomas Mann of Headquarters DASA notes
that appropriate action is needed immediately so that Sandia and H&N
can
CY
acquire the necesaary real estate for the rocket launchers for Nike Apaches on
the island of Kauai.
Approximately 22 launchers and associated trailer and tent
facilities.
m= A 26December_TWX from Hoerlin to Sam Howell of H&N notes the LASL requirements
for space and facilities at
Maui
(Haleakala).
Hoerlin requests that H&N secure
at the earliest time the appropriate real estate as close to the top of the
_,
Cu
mountain as possible.
In addition to the meebings of the Bethe panel and the
Joint U.S./U.K. Committee
to evaluate the Russian progress, there is a military
committee known as the “Twining
Committee," which is chaired by retired General Natha
n F. Twining.
There was apparently
some report either sent to Twining or received
trom his committee around Christmas of
61 to which comments were being made by people such as
Foster, Griggs, Teller, and Ulam.
.
Gf
ULam sent his remarks in a 26 December TWX to Headquarters
Air Force for Twining,
gre. rey
beginning "there is an inescapable conciusion from the briefi
ng we had and from the
;
Z ff