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Tow latternae, giving year point of view oo the re con, vas ooet helpful. Txxm emir/ angles the opermtlonuccess,the purpose of lt vu to learn and there Is do question bat what ve novareat deal. First of all, even tha bast of us re -unmoor things differently at times, and the only sore way of baring an operation carried out exactly as ve envisage lt will be to putritten order everything to be done. Thle will be our procedure on tho next recon and tho final operation if lt taxes place.
We erred in oar cabled Instructions on tha cosssand of the ship by using the word "should" Instead of the word "will". The person vbOB ve seat down with the intention that howmil had been instructed to reconnolter far alternate altos and there therefore would have been bo question on this point.
horough debriefing of the two who hare returned to Headquarters, ve are convincedTABTJLB) la not eco^rcsrlflod. The bearer of this, In case you are Interested, will be pleased to explain our reasoning.
Although all future operations of this project will be spelled out in detail by Headquarters, wc will of course continue to expect your total and vholebearted support and trust you will be able to make available all necessary assistance to the bearer so that he nay put the ship ln even bettor condition than before.
Cordially yours,
J. C. King
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was certain that "remembering things differently" was an honest mistake, ake ay share of thea. ould not in good conscience, whether it applied to ae or another, allow the written rocor3 lo go uncorrected.
Aa glad you caughtas opposed toarefully studied, -should-ecommendation. Coapared, point by point, there is no coaparison between the two men.
<7 The aan sent to us told ae be hadirstecond aate; tbat he was notexperienced to give orders to engine rooa or crew, he repeated that to our aan who had not thea and has not yet knownhe message we received naming the Job of this new aan. The new aanavigator, that's all. Our aanull Coanander in ths Havy with soma real experience and by far superior to the new aan. However, whenever you designate, we will put in command.
vJ^^Ji^. The new man never mentioned to ao or others here, anything about ths you gave him to reconnoltor for alternate sites. That is absolute. Otherwise,ould have been done.
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Ii. Have talked at length with your courier and he assures mo he has given me all he knows.
will have that total and wholehearted support froa meope you willit. We'll put that "stuff" anywhere you direct. Frankly, though,coalng and leaving, with different ideasall amounting to thsory andhas at tints boon confusing,
courier isood aan in his field and he haa bad full say as "hat ahould I- dona mechanically. He ia, however, as all her*to .teapega-.
. eonxal and at linn3 has to be humored and petted, when he first arrived, the Personnel Officer put bio in the bachelor quarters. Nextsked hia how he liked it. He replied, "Just fine." Recently, he asked ae why he could not stay in the guestold him, "No reason whatever; move right in.- He did so. Did not know toomplaint. We will continue to give him complete suppert. He has had every man hs asked for,ave approved every parts order and every work crder without hesite-
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