Smithsonian Party 
U. S.C.G. Loran Station 
V. B.B. Air Station, Box 36 
PPO San Francisco, Cal. 
96640 
Dear Can, Bob and Alan: 
Wo have Just finished the various planning sessions connected 
with the work for the next fiscal year, personnel scheduling, 
report writing and so on, and I'll brief you In general on some of 
the Major items for the entire project and then go into details for 
Kure. 
The planning for the next fiscal year will include three major 
phase of work: at-sea, Sand-John ton, and surveillance In peripheral 
areas. There will be a staff reduction to about 38 people with 17-18 
field personnel. We will continue to use the Shearwater and should 
only have one trip out at a time, thus the reduction In personnel. 
We expect to have 4 grid trips, 3 or 4 ATT type surveys. Including 
one to the Leewards, continual meintainanee of the station at Sand, 
end shorter trips to Kure, Midway, French Frigate, and so on. The 
editorial committee has begun the slow process of grinding out some 
papers, or at least determining where to start grinding. If he has 
not already done so. Dr. Fly will talk with each person concerning 
their future with the project, more details on planning as It con¬ 
cerns each person, what will be expected of them if they continue, 
end eo on. 
The personnel schedule for Kure runs approximately as follows. 
Bob Flset back In early March to relieve Cam; myself back in late 
March to relieve Bob Stenden. Feasibly Dennis back in May to re¬ 
lieve Alan, then someone to relieve Bob, and I'm staying till early 
June. After June the station will probably drop to one man till 
the end of August. I have a great list of things to do, suggestions, 
and miscellaneous Ideas about Kure which I'll run throng in no 
particular order except te indicate relative order. The materiel In 
this letter should then govern the direction of the field work on 
Sure till the end of June. 
Alan should begin making a complete inventory of all our equip¬ 
ment on Kure. Do the entire lab a trunk or a shelf at a time; make 
this absolutely complete without counting pins or needles, but do 
indicate things like this as present. Send the original to Maryanna 
and a carbon should stay on Kurt when this is finished. I want num¬ 
bers or all items present with the exception of definitely valueless 
things t&lch need just be Indicated as present. 
