r-- ee ne rete etheu-nedi a de delle A, f4 2 2 hoe ain e_anile . ee eet ee ae PAGE 2 RHWNEAAQOOS UNCLAS////EYES ONLY//// ROUTE, HE PASSED INSTRUCTIONS TO HAVE ALL MEMBERS OF HIS SURVEY TEAM WHO COULD BE ACCOMMODATED MANIFESTED ON THE MAC FLIGHT FOR HONOLULU -- THERE TO AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. § UNDERSTAND THAT IN SOME WAY THIS INSTRUCTION WAS INTERPRETED TO APPLY ALSO TO THE HOLMES & NARVER PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE DNA ENGINEERING SURVEY AND THAT, AS A CONSEQUENCE, THEY TOO WERE ABOARD THE MAC FLIGHT TO HONOLULU. ROGER'S JUDGMENT IN RETURNING HIS SURVEY PERSONNEL TO HONOLULU WAS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AT THE TIME. KNOWING THE FACTS THAT HE THEN HAD AT HAND, | ENDORSE HIS DECISION AS A WISE ONE. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, OF COURSE, HAVE COMPLETELY SUPPORTED HIS ACTION. { REGRET, AS DOES HE, THE MISUNDERSTANDING WHICH CAUSED THE HOLMES & NARVER PEOPLE TO RETURN TO HONOLUOLU ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM OTHER THAN THEIR OWN PROJECT LEADER. AS A FOURTH MATTER, # UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN CRITICISM OF RAY'S **TALKING TO THE HELICOPTER PILOTS DIRECT®’. THE FACTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: UPON RETURN TO KWAJALEIN ON OCT. 25, ROGER RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM LT. COL. JOE ROBINSON OF MARTNE AIR GROUP 36 ON OKINAWA, ADVISING THAT MAG 36 WAS COMMITTED TO PROVICE HELICOPTER SUPPORT AT ENIWETOK COMMENCHNG ABOUT NOV. 1. COL. ROBINSON HAD HEARD THAT THE SURVEY WAS TO COM, SEVENTH FLEET, WHEREIN HE, RAY, WAS BAOLY MISQUOTED AS TO THE EXTENT OF STORM DAMAGE AT ENIWETOK, HE, THEREFORE, ORIGINATED A Sot rsy oo 7 2