a 3. DOE/PASO Liaison/Administration: The initial breakdown in the PASO/BNL liaison occurred during my visit in Honolulu on January llth. I think that a number of these problems might have been clarified at that time if they had been mentioned. When confronted with a "go - no go” situation in Kwajalein with our volunteer physicians on the way from the United States, I was locked into a very undesirable course of action from the BNL standpoint.“ During the two day loading period before we sailed, it quickly became apparent that Mr. Otterman, who was functioning as the Captain of the ship (although he was not the registered master of the ship) was extremely upset about the volume of supplies that were being loaded by the medical team.’ I assumed at this time that Mr. Otterman was unaware of the logistic letter that I had sent to the PASO office in November, 1978, listing exactly what supplies were to be carried. Mr. Brown tells me that he passed this letter on to Mr. Otterman. Mr. Otterman seemed quite surprised at the volume of material that was presented for storage. Because of inadequate storage space aboard the ship he insisted that the food gifts, many of which were perishable, be placed in the medical party's berthing area, leaving no storage space for personal gear. They sug- gested that we store anything we wanted to take along for the two week survey in laundry bags. The housekeeping logistics for the survey have always been the ship's responsibility, including all linens. After we'd sailed, we found that no towels had been provided for the medical party and we had to break open our medical supply chest and use medical towels for our personal use, and we were still short. On the return trip to Kwajalein from Utirik we were carrying a pre-eclamptic lady as a medical evacuation and at about 2230 in the evening she delivered her child at sea, under adverse conditions. 905: 432 The patient's mother was accompanying