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Taongi in a test operation under these various circwistances,
Hon
this is not only the real estate, which I would Like to have 3cb ine
vestigate with 7.55 but the other types of support, (Air and Nevy support)
which I think Lueke and Gattis can work with. For our purposes, I think
we can assime that these are ow predlens and tre predlens of weather
and Niring frezuency should be left up to people like Hex and Vay Shelton.
Mew you and I disagree somewhat on tie preliminary feasibility, getting
tho charmel open, etc.
I don't think we actually disagree.
assure that ome can get into the lagoon,
We simply
It costs soma moncy, I don't
Imes just hou mech, but here again, maybe the justification problem loans
very large.
For our purposes, I would like to aseune that we can got
into the placo to opcrate.
It's difficult, but wo meke som estimates as
te how difficult in order to feed this into om estimates of the operas
tional problezs that we*wa got.
Thess probdlene ard inpartent but they'rs
not important at this level.
They're important fer purposes of justie
fication at a higher level.
And, of course, there is one point that I
propose to lecve out entirely and that is the question of whether om
not the AEC and the United Nations will esree to our using the place,
For our purposes, we just assumo that that’s béan taken care of,
SANDERSs As I seo it, you say do we need it, why do we need 1t and that are the ale
vantsges?
Now I think that if you can prove you nesd its 4f wa can sell
that point, you can takecare of the rest of it.
GIS3INS: Okay, wa got to the point where we wanted sane facts about the atoll
ami we got stopped on an $18,000 teb.
‘hat's exactly where w are,
I
haven't been doing anything diffezent than what you just sald, and ve
do need this survey.
You're talking to me about what kind of a feasie
bility report can be written without the marine survey.
&.fia.
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