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recommended. He suggested the need for improved management practices by the Agency, noted that ready- ing the aircraft from the standpoint of safety and security was time consuming, and concluded "it is suggested that if you determine that 1 November is a more or less arbitrary deadline which can be eased, it would be most helpful to do so for the benefit of both organizations." 67f/ The foregoing kinds of skirmishing would be characteristic in greater or lesser degree throughout the life of the project. It should be recorded, how- ever, that the project did not suffer more than minor inconvenience re the availability of C-54's from the USAF inventory -- none of which in any way affected the outcome. Through October and into ,early November 1960, \ there was considerable correspondence concerning the methods by which the business transactions and com- mercial activitiesofl L ~ICOUld be securely backstopped to hide JMCLEAR activities, but these were resolved to the satisfaction of both WH/4 and DPD. Monthly cost for rental ofl lair- craft -- 4 C-46's, 8 B-26's, 2 C-54's, and 2 Helios --