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Mr. Kau. We did not receive a written agreement until January 4, 

 1961. 



Mr. Feench. Would you make that a part of the record, please, 

 sir? 



Mr. Eau. Yes. 



Mr. French. Have you ever received a report in accordance with 

 the function which the design engineer was supposed to perform 

 under item 4? 



Mr. Eau. No, sir ; we did not. 



Mr. French. I have no more questions, Mr. Chairman. 



Senator Stennis. Thank you, Mr. Eau. 



Is there anything else you want to say on any point, upon which 

 you think elaboration is required? We always like to give the wit- 

 ness a chance to discuss any point he may desire to cover after his 

 questioning has been completed. 



Mr. Eau. On just a couple of Mr. French's questions there, the 

 lateness of the letter confirming this conversation I had with Mr. 

 Carlton Proctor back in October, October 3, we had worked with 

 this firm on a number of occasions, and a lot of our work is done 

 verbally, and confirmation is just a matter of record, and when it 

 comes in, why, it comes in, and it is a part of the record. So that 

 the timelag there had nothing to do with any lag in preparing the 

 report. 



Mr. French. I understand, sir. I wanted the date on which he 

 agreed to perform the work. 



Senator Stennis. Thank you. 



I want to say this to you, sir, it seems to me that you and your com- 

 pany were confronted with a very difficult task. We appreciate the 

 fact that you have come here with refreshing frankness and willingness 

 to tell this thing just as you saw it at each step and as the events 

 unfolded. Everything considered, and as I understand the facts, it 

 does not appear to me that there is anything about that which was 

 done which should reflect on your construction or your ability to do a 

 very difficult task. 



Mr. Eau. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



(The documents previously referred to follow:) 



Memo op Main Telephone Conversation by R. C. Koch Relative to TT-4, 



January &-15, 1961 



sunday, january 8 



8 :25 a.m. : Received call from Dick Tower stating that V. Tavorosky had 

 called him from TT-4 and notified him that the divers during one of their dives 

 on Saturday had found that the diagonal brace from — 125 to — 175 toward B leg 

 on the AB side had broken at the pin plates on the tipper end of the brace at the 

 end of the pipe. Also, there were 4- and 8-inch-long circumferential cracks in 

 the pipe at the end of the shell adapter plates on the above-water X bracing in 

 the AB plane, at the upper connection at A leg. 



8 :35 a.m. : I called Mr. Ran with this information and then Mr. Kuss of 

 M.P.M. & R. at his home. I gave Mr. Kuss the above information and asked him 

 what this meant with reference to the tower. He replied that offhand it didn't 

 seem good but that he couldn't say exactly at this point since it was very com- 

 plicated. He asked if there were any further breaks or if these were the only 

 ones. I answered that these were the only ones reported to me but that I would 

 contact the tower myself to make sure, and to talk with V. Yavorosky and tell 

 him to have the divers make a further inspection. Also discussed briefly with 



