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LABORATORY CAPACITY WHICH WAS THEN AVAILABLE TO US WAS ALREADY
HEAVILY COMMITTED, WALT NERVIK SUGGESTED THAT MCCLELLAN HAD THE
TECHNICAL CAPABILITY AND HE UNDERSTOOD,
INFORMALLY, WOULD WELCOME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. RECOGNIZING THAT SUCH PARTICIPATION
WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A DIRECTIVE OR MESSION ASSIGNMENT FROM
WASHINGTON, ROGER DECIDED THAT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO DISCUSS
THE FEASIBILITY OF SUCH AN ASSIGNMENT WITH SOMEONE FROM CARL
WALSKE'S OFFICE BEFORE FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROVIDE SUCH SUPPORT. SINCE HE KNEW GEN. BRICKEL AND
KNEW ALSO THAT BRICKEL WOULD BE AT THE
CALLED BRICKEL AND ASKED
INTERAGENCY MEETING, HE
IF THEY MIGHT HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION
SUBSEQUENT TO THE SEPT. 7 MEETING ON A SUBJECT WHICH HE FELT YOULD
NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO OTSCUSS ON THE TELEPHONE. AS 1T TURNED OUT,
BRICKEL HAD A COMMITMENT BACK AT THE PENTAGON IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE INTERAGENCY MEETING AND
INVITED ROGER AND WALT NERVIK TO
DROP BY HIS OFFICE FOR COFFEE AND CONVERSATION, THE SUBSTANCE OF
THE CONVERSATION WAS TO ASK GEN. BRICKEL
IF HE FELT THAT OR.
WALSKE WOULD SUPPORT A REQUEST FOR MCCLELLAN LABORATORY ASSITANCE,
1F AND WHEN SUCH A REQUEST WERE MADE. SUBSEQUENTLY, AS YOU ARE
AWARE, A FORMAL REQUEST ORIGINATED BY ME WAS PASSED THROUGH OMA
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