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3.
DOF/PASOLiaison/Administration:
‘the initial breakdown in the PASO/ANL
Liaison occurred during my visit in Honolulu on January llth.
I think that a
number of these problems might have been clerified at that time if they had
been mentioned.
When confronted with a "go - no go" situation in Kwajalein
with our volunteer physicians on the way from the United States, I was locked
into a very undesirable course of action from the BNL standpoint.
During the
two day loading period before we sailed, it quickly becaue apparent that
Mr. Otterman, who was functioning as the Captain of the ship (although he wis
not the registered master of the ship) was extremely upset about the valum>
of supplies that were boing lo.led by the medical team.
time that Mr. Otterman was univare of the legistic
the PASO office in November,
carried.
letter
IT assumed at this
-Ehat I hed sont to
1978, listing exactly what supplies were to be
Mr. Brown tells me that he passed this letter on to Mr.
Otlerinan.
Mr. Otterman scemed quite surprised at the .. lume of material that was presente
for storage.
Because of inadi quate storage space aboard the ship he insisted
that the food gifts, many of which were perishable, be placed in the meadical
pacty's berthing area,
leaving no storage space for personal gear.
They sug-
gested that we store anything we wanted to take along for the two weck survey
in laundry bags.
Yhe housekeeping logistics for the survey have always been the ship's
responsibility,
including all
Linens.
After we'd sailed,
we found that neo
towels had been provided for the medical party and we had to hreak open our
medical supply chest and use medical towels for our personal. use, and we were
still short.
On the return trip to Kwajalein from Utirik we were carrying a pre-eclemptic
lady as a medical evacuation and at about 2230 in the evening she delivered her
child at sea, under adverse conditions.
The patient's mother was accompany ing