fe Nabe Zot Be reeeneete emceemene me ne ele 7 -liby Mr. Otterman on the prior day that a large storm was moving toward Utirik and he advised leaving a day ahead of our scheduled departure. this for two reasons, I agreed to First, we had discovercd a pre-cclamptic lady who needed ta be evacuated to Kwajalein as soon as possible - with the least amount of trauma, and second, because we were aware that a tropical storm had doveloped south of Kwajalein and the deteriorating weather, in Mr. Otterman's judgment, might hit Utirik and present some problems for the ship. An additional problem that developed because of our hasty departure involved a "going away party" Scheduled to be given for the medical team by the people of Utirik. We attempted to have a combined BNL/island party the evening before departure but the magistrate had nol understood that we wore leaving early, the resulting confusion again compromised the credibility of the medical group. SUMMARY OF SHTPS LOGISUIC RUPORTL It's obvious from the length and detail of this report that I consider the ship loyistic support for the January-February medical survey to be inadequate. I have presented all of the foregoing observations and opinions in writing, in a rough draft, to Mr. Stanley, Mr. Brown and Mr. Ray. TI dia this specifically to alert thein to the problems, as I saw them, prior to the Users Conference that was scheduled for February 28th, in Liverinore, California. I anticipated that a very delicate administrative problem would develop during the Users Conference since Mr. Otterman had been invited to that conference. I requested that the concerned DOK representatives have a preliminary mecting at Livermore, prior to the conference, to attempt to resolve these problems and not to use the conference itself ag a forum For the discussion of the details of the survey. Unfortunately, we were unable to accomplish this. can expand on why this was not accomplished if necessary. During the Users I