us to Rongelap and a ship was contacted by radio and diverted to
Kwajalein.
There was no regular field trip scheduled, so it was
necessary to charter the ship.
The T,.T. pays the ship company
$500.00 per day, but we argued that we paid $270.00 last time,
It was agreed the charge would be $270.00 per day.
We were
asked to send requests directly to the District Administrator,
They had received no word from T,.T. Headquarters that we were
even coming.
Discussions were held in support for the next survey
and a date of March 1, 1967 was set for planning purposes.
Since
another plane was not scheduled for Majuro for a week, it was
necessary to charter a DC-4 from the Army at Kwajalein thru
Global Associates.
It arrived Wednesday, September 28, at Majuro
at 1:30 p.m. and departed at 1:50 p.m. arriving at Kwajalein at 3:15.
The distance is 236 miles or 472 miles round trip.
fest both ways were obtained from McKay.
six T.T. passengers and some cargo.
to Kwajalein.
Copies of the mani-
The Army plane brought
Four T,T. passengers returned
The T.T, will give us credit against their billing.
The
cost of the plane was $211.00 per hour for Three hours and two minutes
or $639.96,
When we arrived at Kwajalein, the T.T. ship was waiting at the dock,
We boarded it at 3:45 climbing up a rickety ladder with several broken
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