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LABORATORY CAPACITY WHICH WAS THEN AVAILABLE TO US WAS ALREADY
HEAVILYCOMMITTED, WALT NERVIK SUGGESTED THAT MCCLELLAN HAO THE
TECHNICAL CAPABILITY AND HE UNDERSTOOD, INFORMALLY, WOULD WELCOME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. RECOGNIZING THAT SUCH PARTICIPATION
WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A DIRECTIVE OR MISSION ASSIGNMENT FROW
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BPWASHINGTON, ROGER DECIDED THAT {T MIGHT BE USEFUL TO DISCUSS
SP" THE FEASIBILITY OF SUCH AN ASSIGNMENT WITH SOMEONE FROM CARL
WALSKE'S OFFICE BEFORE FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROVIDE SUCH SUPPORT. SINCE HE KNEW GEN. BRICKEL ANO
KNEW ALSO THAT BRICKEL WOULD BE AT THE INTERAGENCY MEETING, HE
CALLED BRICKEL AND ASKED 1F THEY MIGHT HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION
SUBSEQUENT TO THE SEPT. 7 MEETING ON A SUBJECT. WHICH HE FELT WOULD
NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS ON THE TELEPHONE. AS fT TURNED OUT,
BRICKEL HAD A COMMITMENT BACK AT THE PENTAGON IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE INTERAGENCY MEETING AND INVITED ROGER AND WALT NERVIK TO
DROP BY HIS OFFICE FOR COFFEE AND CONVERSATION, THE SUBSTANCE OF
THE CONVERSATION WAS TO ASK GEN. BRICKEL {F HE FELT THAT OR,
WALSKE WOULD SUPPORT A REQUEST FOR MCCLELLAN LABORATORY ASSITANCE,
IF AND WHEN SUCH A REQUEST WERE MADE. SUBSEQUENTLY, AS YOU ARE
AWARE, A FORMAL REQUEST ORIGINATED BY WE WAS PASSED THROUGH D MA
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