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OVERSIGHT (REPORTED BY ME IN BOTHJOF B AND IN CONVERSATION WITH f\1GEN YOUNGDALE) ~}HICH CAUSED YOUR CONCERN. AS REPORTED TO mEN YOUNGDALE, I HAD THOUGHT \liE HAD INFORMED YOU AND I DIDN'T DISCOVER THE OVERSIGHT UNITL DEERIEF~D ON THE FlRST WORKING LEVEL rljf~ETING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR REQUEST, I HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR POSITION TO GSS ABRAMS. ALONG THIS SAME: LINE, SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF YOUR CONCURRENCE, I PROPOSE TO PROVIDE GEN ABRAMS REFS A ANNVB,s AND THIS MSG SO THAT HE WILL HAVE THE FULL FLAVOR OF THE MATTER •. 2. (C) AT THE OUTSET, LET ME MAKE H.rO POINTS VERY EXPLICI,T. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE CONCEPT OF THE PROPOSED STUDY CI.'JHICH. ~}OULD CERTAINLY T(J,KE SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMPLETE) FOR SHIFTING OF COMt~ON SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITY WHICH \l-IOULD REDUCE THE SUPPORT CAP.ABILIT@Y

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• INTERFERE vllTH A SMOOtH T-DAY EXECUTION, IF THE CONCLUSION REACHED IS THAT SOME ELEMENTS OF COMMON SUPPORT SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO T-DAY IN A PHASED AND ORDERLY FASHION. 4. (C) 1 DO FEEL THAT MA NY CO MMO N SUPPORT F UNCT 10 NS FOR \m ICH

\ THE ARMY HAS SPECIFICALLY DISIGNED ORGANAZATION, I.E., POL, , PORT/CARGOO OPERATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS, COULD

READILY BE AgSUMED BY THE ARMY JUST AS EFFICIENTLY IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF I CTZ, AND THIS \.]OULD RESULT IN A SIG NIFICANT STEP TOvJARD CO U NTRY - \Jll DE.-rmn SrI CS CO NT I NU IT Y. AT T H'E SA ME T I ME ,

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~ PREPARE FOR A.CLEPiER .:, T-DAY EXECUTION. 6. (C) I \'!JlLL BE HI I CORPS ON 1 JULY AND i~OULO LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU THEN TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER FURTHER. 7. WARM REGARDS j GP-4 UNQUOTE ! YOU WILL NOTE THAT HE IS NOW SHIFTING GEARS TO GET WITH T-DAY PLANNING. HIS PROPOSAL TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE STAFF! NG AND RESEp.RCH IS T~MEL Y BUT vJOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SO

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PAGE THREE RHMMAFA 1717 TOP S E C--R E 1. SPECAT EXCLUSIVE FOR NCEO CUT WOULD BE REQUIRED, THUS A DEGRAbAiION OF ITS CAPABILITY. AS YOU AREA\.tJARE BR"IDGING IS A HIGH PRIORITY NOW, THUS BELIEVE WE MUST KEEP THE COMPANY HERE.

A. WITH AN ACCEPTABLE DEGREE OF REDUCED CAPA­BILITY THE ADD-ON TROOP LIST, AS r. SEE IT, COULD BE FORMED AS FOLLOWS:

DET 9TH MTBN 134 DET 1 ITH ENG R B N 364 DET FLC 150 SLT BTRY 116 DET MATCU 23 DET WERS 106 HQ BTRY FAG (C) 24 DET HQ BN 3D MARDIV 17

TOTAL 934 PRO-RATA CUT IN O,OCNE 360

TOTAL ADD-ON 1294 B. THE RATIONALE FOR USE OF OOCNE,PERSONNEL VICE

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(2) CRITERIA FOR OOCNE REDUCTION IS AS FOLLOWS: PRESENT CRITERIA IS 4.5 PERCENT ALLOWANCE OF III MAF FORCE STRUCTURE (77,951) OR 3,500. BASED ON REDUCED FORCE CAUSED BY DEPLOYMENT OF RLT-9, NEW OOCNE ALLOWANCE SHOULD BE 3,140 VICE 3,500. THIS IS A REDUCTIO~I OF 360 OOCNE SPACES. ALL 36, ARE INCLUDED HERE TO ACHIEVE YOUR DESIRES. I ENVISION AN ACTUAL TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL BY SERVICE RECORDS TO RLT-9 OF THOSE PERSONNEL NOW IN THE OOCNE BLOCK. IF THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, PERHAPS A SUGGESTION FROM YOU AT THE CURRENT CONFERENCE, TO LOWER THE REQUIREMENT IN COMPENSATION FOR THESE CHANGES WOULD BE IN ORDER. 5. AS OF MSG TRA NSMI SSIO N TI ME OUR REP NOW IN SG N HAS BEEN UNABLE TO OBT~.IN DECISION ON PROPOSED CHANGES. II!E'VE ASKED HI:vJ TO CONT~.CT JACK MCLAUGHLIN TO HELP CARRY THE BALL. MACV CONCURRENCE/COMMENTS WILL BE PASSE9 TO YOU BY TELECON PR.IO~ T,O CINCPAC

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