graphic Interpretation Center, Anacostia, Maryland, on March 2, 1954 is 

 described by Marks in Part 4 of this report. 



It would have been useless, however, to proceed with plans and the con- 

 struction of equipment for SWOP without some assurance that a vessel could 

 be made available. The vessel would have to go to the target area some place 

 in the North Atlantic and wait, no one knew exactly how long, for favorable 

 meteorological conditions to occur. This assurance was given by WHOI. 

 The ATLANTIS could be put at the disposal of SWOP given sufficient advance 

 notice. Getting an oceanographic research vessel with a very heavy schedule 

 of other "equally important" projects under such circumstances would have 

 been extremely difficult without the enthusiastic and understanding co- 

 operation of Dr. Columbus Iselin of WHOI. 



The next item on our critical list was the weather. The Division of 

 Oceanography, U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office was asked for advice con- 

 cerning the best tim.e and place for finding the desired wave conditions. 

 A report on this aspect of the work is given in Part 6 of this report. 



The errors which could be anticipated in the data had been estim.ated 

 and it had been shown that significant results could be obtained in spite of 

 these errors. By May of 1954 enough arguments had been mustered to 

 permit another try through official channels to get the airplanes and 

 cameras we had to have. 



During a conversation with Cdr. James* about the possibility of using 

 blimps to do the job, he suggested that NADU was the place to go for help. 

 *ONR Air Branch 



