PAGE 6 RHWNEAAOOOB UNCLAS////EYES ONLY//// | TO DNA, WITH THE HOPED@FOR RESULT. SURELY ROGER HAD NO INTENTION OF BYPASSING ME OR YOU, OR THE DIRECTOR OF ONA OR ANYONE IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AT MCCLELLAN, IN SEEKING TO LEARN EN ADVANCE, AS A GOOD STAFF OFFICER SHOULD, WHAT WAS LIKELY TO BE THE REACTION TO A REQUEST HE ASKED HIS BOSS TO SIGN. THE THIRD MATTER, | UNDERSTAND, HAS TO DO WITH THE SO-CALLED “PULLOUT OF ENIWETOK AT THE TIME OF TYPHOON OLGA. THE TOTAL EVACUATION OF ENIWETOK ON OCT, 23 WAS DIRECTED BY CG, SAMTEC IN LIGHT OF A PREDICTION THAT THE TYPHOON WOULD 0O SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ATOLL. 1 ASSUME THAT THAT EVACUATION 1S NOT IN QUESTION, I i! t ' " 4 ' THE RETURN TO ENIWETOK S36 HOURS LATER WAS INTENDED AS A RECONNAISANCE iN FORCE To DETERMINE WHETHER THE SURVEY PROGRAM COULD BE RESUNED. BY NOW YOU HAVE SEEN RAY®S TELETYPE REPORT TO ME ON THAT SUBJECT AND HAVE PERHAPS HEARD HIS ACCOUNT OF IT ON TAPE, THE DEPARTURE OF ALL AEC AND DONA PERSONNEL FROW ENIWETOK AT ABOUT 1300 LOCAL ON OCT. 25 WAS DICTATED BY A STATEMENT FROM THE SITE MANAGER THAT HE COULD NOT SUPPORT ANY PROJECT PERSONNEL AT THAT TIME, THE TIWE OF DEPARTURE FROM ENIWETOK FOR KWAJALEIN WAS DICTATED BY OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AT KWAJALEIN FOR THE EVACUATION AIRCRAFT. HAVING CONSULTED BT #0008