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would be easier come by than that from DOD. Jim Cunningham, Assistant Chief to Stanley Beerli in DPD, was pointing out that with the additions of C-54 air- craft to Eglin to support Project JMATE, to say nothing of the problems of handling B-26's which were being delivered to Field 3 from Hill Air Force Base, the problems of loading and unloading, logistics storage, and painting of aircraft at the Eglin Base were so great that DPD might seriously have to consider draft- ing people from throughout the Agency or going into the open market to obtain blue collar workers. 92/ As a final note on the Agency's relations with OSO/DOD, it should be emphasized that without exception the air operations personnel -- and others familiar with the air operations -- who we~e interviewed by the author were universal in their agreement that Col. Fletcher Prouty, the 000/050 USAF representative, was ______________________~------------IParticularlyas the decision was made to withdraw USAF personnel from the overseas base in Guatemala. Gar Thorsrud put it in the following, rather explicit terms: There. was a guy over there [at DOD/OSO] b: the name of Fletcher Prouty -- who was 1. 1-- and he did every- t ing he could to put stumbling blocks - 75 -