WEST COAST DIRECTOR PROJECT HANDCLASP C/O Headquarters Eleventh Naval District San Diego, California 92132 714-235-3438 Ser 1G/679 16 March 1978 From: To: West Coast Director, Project Handclasp Colonel Edgar J. Mixan, USA, Commander, Joint Task Group Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, APO San Francisco 96333 Subj: Project Handclasp shipping documents; forwarding of Encl: (1) Seven Transportation Control and Movement Documents (TCMD'S) ENI-053-78 thru ENI-058-78 and ENI-066-78 (2) Description of medical supplies 1. Enclosure (1) contains copies of shipping documents for 33 pallets/ 21,455 pounds/1,625 cubic feet/41 measured tons of Project Handclasp (PH) material placed on board USS MONTICELLO (LSD-35) in San Diego in March 1978 for delivery to Eniwetok. 2. The value of this shipment is estimated conservatively at $32,000. No value can be placed on the efforts and goodwill of persons and/or companies who collected and donated this material. Inasmuch as this represents a trust in the Navy by persons donating this material, it is of utmost importance that all possible steps be taken to safeguard the shipment from damage, loss, or pilferage. It is requested that close attention be paid to the documents during off-loading and distribution, and that the Transportation Control Number be compared on the documents and on the pallets. (Identifying information is marked on the top of each pallet.) In addition, it is important that the command representative is present when Handclasp material is off-loaded. Normal supply procedures should be used, including a physical inventory of the material, a signed receipt being retained whenever the material is turned over to another activity, etc. 3. All Handclasp material requires covered/secure storage. Background information concerning preparation and applicability of a few of the items listed in enclosure (1) follows: (a) Three pallets medical supplies. Two pallets containing approx- imately $2500 of assorted Johnson and Johnson (J&J) supplies. See item a, enclosure 2. One pallet consisting of two Phase I Medical Kit. See item b, enclosure 2. (b) Two Project Handclasp Sewing Machine Workshops. Each triwall contains a new treadle sewing machine, 50 yards of material, scissors, assorted buttons, needles, thread, and other sewing notions as well as Band-Aids, Tang, diapers etc., used as fillers. This workshop is very valuable in that it gives an enterprising recipient the capability of “tf peace and freedom are to endure in the world, there is no task more urgent than lifting up the hungry and thehelpless, and putting flesh on the dreams of those who yearn for a better life”..........President Nixon, 10/31/69