and asked whether it would be reasonable for them to come ahead on approximately November 1 and remain at Kwajalein until Eniwetok could receive them. Lt. Colonel Robinson indicated that he had already asked Kwajalein whether the necessary support could be made available and asked Mr. Ray to follow up on that question. Mr. Ray advised Colonel Robinson that he could not and would not modify the existing deployment and support request but that he would see to it that an appropriate modification to the request was sent to CINCPAC. Late that same evening, CAPT McDyer of the First Marine Air Wing in Japan telephoned Mr. Ray at Kwajalein to confirm the understanding with MAG 36. These two telephone calls, neither of which was originated by Mr. Ray, were his only direct communications with military organizations other than DNA concerning the helicopter resources. The following day, however, Mr. Ray received an information copy of a First Marine Air Wing message to COM, Seventh Fleet, wherein he was badly misquoted as to the extent of storm damage at Eniwetok. Mr. Ray, therefore, originated a message correcting that information. By tnis time, the Manager, NV, had asked Mr. Ray to come to Honolulu to meet with him, and so, in the message correcting the storm damage information, Mr. Ray requested a coordinating meeting with appropriate CINCPAC representatives in Honolulu. an info addressee on that message. LCDR Brown and Mr. Earl Gilmore. Director, DNA, was made On the same morning, Mr. Ray met with They discussed with representatives of ~ KR the proposed revised helicopter program and related KMR support requirements. During this period on Kwajalein, there were frequent discussions of alternatives with LCDR Brown and Mr. Gilmore and HGN; however, each group had its own detailed problems to deal with, thus the message from "Ray to CINCPAC" wes not coordinated in advance with 7 the DNA representative buc was shown to him soon after it was dispatched. Reschedule of Survey Program (Stretch-out) Toe initial survey scnedule was developed by NV to optimize the use of the resources which had been furnished during a time window which was