ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION 



1.3 LIAISON CHANNELS 



In general, liaison between the Committee and 

 those organizations directly represented on it was 

 through the individual concerned. Thus Dr. Dellinger 

 provided liaison with Division 13, Mr. Kerr per- 

 formed the same service for Division 14, and Dr. 

 Beverage acted in this capacity for Division 15. 

 Dr. Stratton served as liaison with the Office of the 

 Secretary of War. 



In order to provide a similar close link with the 

 Wave Propagation Committee of the Combined 

 Communications Board [CCB], Dr. Burrows was 

 appointed to membership on this Committee. 



In addition to these direct channels, a number of 

 specialists from various Service organizations were 

 appointed as liaison officers, in order to keep the 

 work of the Committee closely coordinated with 

 Service requirements and to speed the dissemination 

 of information. 



Captain D. R. Hull acted in this capacity for the 

 Navy, with R. S. Baldwin as alternate. Later Lt. 

 Comdr. W. B. Chadwick was appointed as an addi- 



tional liaison officer for the Navy Department. 



Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Slattery served in this 

 capacity for the Army, to supplement the liaison 

 already provided through Dr. Stratton. 



Also, at the request of the chairman of the 

 Committee on Propagation, Comdr. F. W. Reichel- 

 derfer, Chief of the Weather Bureau and Chairman 

 of the Combined Meteorological Committee, assigned 

 Lt. Col. H. Wexler to the Committee in the dual 

 capacity of technical advisor on meteorology and as 

 liaison officer for the CCB. 



Somewhat later Dr. Carroll and Comdr. D. H. 

 Menzel were appointed to transmit propagation 

 problems of the Army and Navy, respectively, to the 

 Committee on Propagation under a directive of the 

 JCB. 



In addition, use was made of established channels 

 for contact with many agencies, including those in 

 Allied countries. These channels included the Office 

 of Scientific Research and Development Liaison 

 Office, the Naval Coordinator of Research and 

 Development, the War Department Liaison Officer, 

 and the Office of Field Service. 



