that we might do better out here with a checking account at the hank 
of Hawaii so that the project representative could make purchases 
in Honolulu when and if he found this necessary. After the meeting 
with Capt, Stokes and after lunch, I met with 7 men representing 
various phases of supplies activities who were to help us to try to 
locate the items we needed. I believe that from now on, it will be 
b impler to bring things from D.C. or else the project should have a 
free hand purchasing power to purchase things locally in Honolulu on 
their own without getting Involved in the Navy's redtape. We find 
out today that there are no centrifuges available from the Navy. There 
is no Navy hospital here and the Navy does not stock this item from 
their medical catalog. They do, however, have a large quantity of 
centrifuge tubes but no stoppers for these tubes. We have been able 
to locate only one centrifuge in Honolulu and will have to purchase 
it if we are to have a machine available. It has a slower maximum 
rpm than was recommended by Ft. Detrick but it perhaps will work 
satisfactorily if we allow an increased time for centrifugation. By 
the end of tomorrow we should know where we stand with regard to the 
rest of the items we need. The equipment from D.C. arrived today 
apparently in reasonable shape though none of the trunks have been 
opened as yet. The bundles of boxes and the boxes of Kiirrpak squares : 
are rather smashed but perhaps not too seriously. We picked up the \ 
base passes for the party today and cleared Bob's flight to Midway. 
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redtape somewhere and as this other project it from the same place 
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