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and missile ground support equipment repairman for assignment to Project CROSSPATCH (the DOD designation for JMATE). Col. Mallard's note on WH/4's copy of the memorandum made the following cryptic comment: This requirement has already been for- 'warded. I have talked to Spore [Capt. Burns W.] who is withholding any action until he is notified this requirement meets with the approval of C/JMARC. Maybe we don't have this authority to withhold action, since the requirement is signed for DD/P. A thermo copy has 'been pro- vided to both CCD and MMPD. 81/* As would be pointed out, in a subsequent review of the JMATE operation, DOD did not respond to the re- quest of 29 November; and consequently, on 17 January 1961, another memorandum repeated the request for the weapons and maintenance men. Again, however, DOD failed to respond to the Agency's requirement and the weapons men were never assigned; and the mission planners were selected from Air 'National Guard personnel in lieu of a response from DOD. 82/ * Although the routing slip with this notation is addressed to WH/4/COPS and to Mr. [Richard D.] Drain, the distribution list typed on the memo itself does not indicate that any copies were provided to WH/4. Mallard's comment presumably isa reference to the fact that Chief/WH/4 must have been unavailable at this time -- at any rate the routing slip shows that C/WH/4 had been scratched out. - 67 -