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authorities and brief the specialists.
Lieutenant McDaniel re-entered Rongerik on 10 March aboard the
destroyer, USS NICHOLAS to assist in nonitoring the situation there.
He submitted a survey of the situation to this Headquarters.
During late January, it was discovered that some Rawinsonde balloons were not of the type ordered with the specific written request
that no substitutions be mde at the depot.
To be certain that this
substitution was general at all weather islands ard that height re-
sults desired could not be obtained with the substituted type, a survey was conducted.
The results became conclusive during this period.
The balloons were not obtaining the heights which the requested baTloons had obtained on a previous project.
The fact of the sudstd-cn -
tuted balloons was pointed out in a lotter to Task Group 7.4 through
Test Services Unit.
It was suggested that higher height averages
of perhaps ten thousand feet night be obtained with the originally
requested balloons, but no promise could be made as some conditions
exist in this tropical region which might prevent higher heights
from being attained,
Since there were questions of economy and
feasibility of immediate procurement to be considered, no recom
mendations were submitted by this Headquarters.
In an indorse-
ment to this letter, Task Group 7.4 replied that action was being
“Gakento procure these extra balloons,
Also on 13 March, Chief Warrant Officer Kapral (Commander,
Detachment 1) and Staff Sergeant Billie F, Andrews (25171) pro-
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See Supporting Document "F", Incl #2.
See Supporting Document "C",
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