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...-TOP SEER C=P- operation of the two radio transmitters (one 50,000 watts and the other 7,500 watts) was that the Navy was going to purchase scientific signal time from the Gioralter Steamship Company, an Agency proprietary, which was nominally the operator of a commercial radio station then being established. The loading of- the transmitters, the unloading, the construction of the facilities to house the trans- mitters, and the installation of the transmitters ..,., was done by the Navy Seabees under the direction of Alfred Cromartie of CIA's Office of Logistics. James Burwell, a logisitcs officer who was thoroughly in- volved'in the JMATE operation, reported that the con- struction activity at Swan Island required the move- ment of 180,000 pounds of equipment frorn~ IC) ~ aboard Agency trucks for delivery to Norfolk and the reloading aboard two LST's. In addition to locating the transmitters and constructing the facili- ties for housing the transmitters, a crude landing field also was cleared. The total time involved was approximately 20 days, and the cost was something under $225,000. - 213 - ,