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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
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