SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATUS NATIONAL MUSFUM 
r -ashin(fton 25, D.C. 
Villiam 0. T irtz II 
U.S.C.G. LORAN Station 
%SJ&* Air Station 30S0 
F.P.Q. San Francisco, Calif. 
Dear Bill* 
reply to your letter to Maryanns ms about half finished when 
I was called to Pearl Harbor and when I returned your letter of 19 April 
had arrived so I»ll start again. You have every right to be frustrated 
and annoyed since the whole problem is not of your making. Believe me, 
I share your frustration and will try to explain* 
It all goes back to the explosion in C.G. lit which again was not 
our fault, '■■'e now have very specific instructions not to approach C.G. 
Hi until a DTC representative, probably Capt. Budduth, can make contact. 
Any move to the contrary from us would (if any difficulties developed) 
place all of our island work in jeopardy and Bill, we can't afford to 
gamble - not when we are trying to add personnel and a station at French 
Frigate Shoals. DTC should l»ve made some agreement with the Coast 
Guard months ago but they did not and we can not* 
Mr. Bushman is expected in D.C. tills week and is being given the 
problem of overlap which we stress is very necessary. From what Capt. 
Johnson told me I don’t know whether a C.O. can make such a decision 
without getting in trouble with his superiors or not* I fully agree 
as to the necessity of overlap for continuity but I don’t see how we 
can do this without C.G. approval, initiated through DTC. If Bob 
can’t leave on his scheduled flight then put him on the next one. 
Much of the personnel scheduling to w dch you refer is also due 
to not having three men on Kure. I don’t have a copy of your original 
schedule here but ?y recollection is that it was satisfactory for all 
concerned. I don’t know what necessitated a change in dates. 
Both George and Bob 3 undell were anxious to go to Kure and there 
was obviously only one opening. Bob was currently on the GROK" 'LL and 
had had more at sea experience so I scheduled him for the at-sea work 
and George for Kure. Later I talked to Bob who expressed strong personal 
reasons for Kure over the at-sea work* At that time we cconsidered letting 
Bob and Geor e decide between themselves but George’s orders had already 
been cut, so the schedule stands. Either George or Bob should be able 
to do a full share of the Kure work. Bob can still go to Kure at a 
later date as a replacement for one of the other men. 
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21 April, 196U 
