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LOGISITICS FACTORS OF WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN APPRISED. | ACCEPTED ROGER*S |
TELETYPE FROM KWAJALEIN AS & RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON HIS BEST
JUDGMENT AND HIS SUPERIOR UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH THE JOB AT HAND AND
THE SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS, IN EARLIER MESSAGES, ft HAVE ADDRESSED THE
DNA CONCERN OVER THE DELAY 1N THE SOIL SURVEY PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT
UPON DNA°S BUDGETARY ACTION, { HOPE THAT BY NOW IT 1S UNDERSTOOD THAT
EVEN IN THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE FOR THE FIELD SURVEY, tT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THE SOIL SURVEY RESULTS COULD HAVE ANY TIMELY AND WEANING~
FUL IMPACT UPON DNA®S COST ESTIMATING IN THE FEB. 1973 TIME FRAME,
THERE WERE, | AM INFORMED, NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS ON KWAJALEIN WITH.
THE DNA ENGINEERING SURVEY PERSONNEL. DNA WAS ASSURED AT THAT TIME
THAT NV WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ENGINEERING SURVEY ON WHATEVER
SCHEDULE DNA MIGHT ADOPT. THE REVISION OF THE SCHEDULE FOR THE
RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR WHICH {| HAVE RESPONSIBILITY, HOWEVER, WAS A
PROPER MATTER FOR ROGER TO RECOMMEND WITHIN HIS OWN COMMAND CHANNEL AND
WAS, | THINK, NOT APPROPRIATELY SUBJECT TO EARLIER NEGOTIATION WITH
ANY OUTSIDE ACTIVITY.
| HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HEARD AN ALLEGATION THAT ROGER RAY HAS
**PICKED UP THE BALL AND RUN WITH IT°*, HAS ACTED UNILATERALLY AND HAS
BEEN "OUT AHEAD OF THE PACK*® ON THE ENIWETOK MATTER. THE RECORD