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3. Each Branch will assign a Project Officer for each major function involved. This individual's primary job will be to insure that the responsibilities of his office are covered and that appropriate officers are kept advised of any changes which may affect the program. A separate JMARC project is established. The DPD Project Officer is Lt. Colonel Gaines. All offices will coordinate everything through him. He will be kept advised of contacts with outside elements. l/ This memorandum from Beerli is of added importance for it outlines, for the first time, the principal planning stages for the air operations. From 20 July - 15 August 1960 would be devoted to acquiring personnel, equipment, and aircraft and establishing facilities for air training. Between 15 August - 1 October aircrew training, with concurrent necessary construction of airfield and housing facilities would be undertaken~ aircraft acquired and sterilized~ and plans for final air operations developed. The final phase -- the tacti- cal air operations -- would be conducted between 1 Octo- ber and 1 December 1960. ~ To administer the planned air operations, Lt. Col. George Gaines (USAF) was re- lieved as Chief, Air Section, DPD to become the Project Officer for JMATE~ and Garfield M. Thorsrud was assigned to be Acting Chief, Air Section. ~/ - 7 -