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a “a Soa — ae -soae 5 —ao a , 14. For example, one air crew, under specific orders to abort the mission if the drop zone was missed on the initial rum and not to search for it or circle around, made four passes four miles away, according to the ground report (which added, “Pilots drunk or crazy."). 15. Another crew commander, under orders not to drop unless the T pattern was positively identified, elected to drop without seeing the T because he had a "positive feeling" that he was over the drop zone. Another aircraft remained in the drop zone area 41 minutes before dropping cargo. Headquarters Direction 16. The Headquarters direction of these air drops left much -_ to be desired. DPD, which controlled the crews and planes, never @ had a representative physically assigned to WH/4, and the two activities were operating in a divided command situation on the basis of mutual cooperation rather than generally accepted manage- ment practice and military command principles. 17. Daily consultation proved impossible although there was @ requirement of it. There was trouble on cover stories, on funding, on security, and on cables, among other things. It was difficult to determine where the responsibilities of one component ended and those of the other began. 18. The WH/} paramilitary chief recommended that the DPD unit be assigned to the chief of the task force for integration within pk - 103 -