~ ‘ nEPYUE PAIEGY ACTTMATER MATERIAL REMOVED Braye , a. : HEADQUARTERS TASK GROUP 7.4 PROVISIONAL APO 187, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California 322 24 March 1954 Major ~ . fir Force specialWeapons Conhtor Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico Dear I fccl that I have bccn more than a little remis in mv rcsponsibility to keep you informed or. our progress in this operation, “I hope I can bring kov. up-to-date with this ictver amu in the future give you a report every ton days or so, Upon arrival in the forward areca, it was evident that a program was necdcd to restore order. Supplics had not becn properly stored, vehicular parking arcas were not establishcd, and-old boards, wirc, cable drums, ete,, werc scattered throughout the areas. Personnel, aircraft and ve- hicular safcty hazards were prevelent. Ve immediately started assigning arcas of responsibility for clean-up and with hard work on the -art of everone, a little naint here and there, and the crcction of fences in the appropriate arcas, we now have the base locking more like an Air Force Base in the Z.I, and everything is in its proper place, Everyone is now aware of the importance of kecping all arcas in a neat and orderly manner and periodic inspections are made to insure compliauce, In January and the first part of February, had not started projects that were to have been complcted in November and Deccnber, Some of these were; complction of the parachute building, wiring of the radiac and shop buildings, complction of the aircrait decontaminatica pad, erection of prefab buildings and tents, and clectkical wiring througheut the areca, In an effort to insurc that everything cssential to the cperation would be completed as carly as possible, we used Air Force personnel on the ercetion of prcfabs and tents and rcarranged the priority of other projects, All projects were completed by 1 March, however, it certainy isn't desirable to have the opcrating units arrive for en operation and not have adcquate supnort facilities available, I bclieve the rewsons for this situation are: (a) acceptcd more nrojouts then they-cowld handle with the personnel available, (b) iaricquate Grive hore and insufficient push from heme, and (c) Lack of clow: Aciinsstion of the respective authorities of the Army and Air Forec Corme:tevs in the Interin Farce. “AVN . | TAB NO. 19 3--3225SRD / 63 lo?