pain PAGE 5 RHWNEAAQOOS8 UNCLAS////EYES ONLY//// 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 BT #0008 S001ISI