Box 558
This box contains the 17 Dec. 61 trip report by Bill Ogle on his visit to i
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Christmas Island earlier that month.
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It is document No. JO-541 and is contained
in the first folder in the box.
This box also contains information on Pacific and NTS building and land
programs thru the period of interest as well as some security and classification
notes from Dominic.
Correspondence in the last half of Decenber of 61 indicates a possible visit
by Fleming of Livermore to England to discuss the problems of B-57 sampling of
air bursts, apparantly to get information that the British acquired on their use
of these aircraft.
JT
A letter from Foster to Betts on 22 December notes that LASL
desires to send Paul Guthals along with Fleming and that Livermore prefers hak
the week of 15 January for the visit.
An 18 Dec. memo from Col. Anderson, Deputy to Gen. Betts, to Gen. Betts
discusses the results of a meeting with Gen. Starbird and includes the
following items among others.
DMA has issued authority to ALO authorizing
Reeves to direct H&N to begin hiring personnel immediately and H&N plans
to have about 1000 people ultimately involved in the JTF operations.
The first DOD high altitude shot is scheduled for 7 May at Johnston Island
with actual work towards this date beginning at Johnston Island on Jan 3.
It is stated also that Johnston will not be used as a base for sampler aircraft. The Honolulu newspapers have written a couple of articles which are
regarded as "surmise" articles, addressing the H&N hiring. The JTF generated
cover story is that the hiring is for strictly DOD work at Johnston Island
for construction, rehabilitation and service support for Johnston Air Force
Base. As for funding for Johnston Island build-up, it is tentatively decided
that DOD will pay for construction which relates to the DOD technical pro-
gram, whereas the rehabilitation of the administrative facilities will be
paid for by the AEC.
As for the Johnston Island management it is planned
for an agreement to be negotiated such that JTF-8 will take control of
J. I. from the present controlling agency which I believe is PACAF and will
negotiate satisfactory agreements for use with the present users.
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H6N will
then provide the support facilities and the AEC will be reimbursed for the
costs that are attributed to non-JTF users. Operational drop aircraft and
Sampler aircraft are planned to be based at Barbers Point Naval Air Station
with only minor additional facilities needed there.
The remainder of the
Air Task group will be based at Hickam and there is a need for at least
$100,000 to be spent there to build and rehabilitate barracks buildings.
Furthermore, the
to capacity will
quarters will be
of the buildings
MATS freight terminal at Hickam which is presently jammed
require some additions for the JTF needs. JTF headlocated on Ford Island and the Navy has agreed to the use
there which are in need of some repair.
Gen. Starbird
feels the AEC should pay the rehabilitation costs listed above for Ford
Island and, I believe, Hickam also, based on the fact that the requirement
of these facilities arises primarily from the AEC development shots.
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