ALL FOR WANT OF A HORSESHOE NAIL.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00326R000100200018-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: May 20, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: "ALL FOR WANT OF A HORSESHOE NAIL."
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BE BRIEFED AND
1. APPRECIATE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, BUT THERE ARE A FEW FACTS
OF WHICH YOU ARE UNAWARE. FIRST, THE T-39 WAS NOT HELD UP IN EXCESS
OF AN HOUR WAITING FOR THE TAPE TO BE DUPED. THE T49 WAS TURNED
AROUND IN ONE PLUS FIFTEEN. AS A PILOT YOU CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME CONSUMED IN TAXIING, REFUELING,
REFILING (STOPOVER FLT PLANS NOT ALLOWED UNDER ICAO), AND RECEIVING
NECESSARY CLEARANCES. WRAPPING THE TAKE AND DUPING THE TAPE WERE
PERFORMED COINCIDENT WITH, AND NOT AFTER THOSE ACTIONS REQUIRED TO
GET THE T-39 AIRBORNE. THE TAKE WAS READY AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE
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T-39 PILOTS ARRIVED AT OUR HANGAR. AT THAT TIME THE AVIONICS REP
REPORTED THE TAPE WOULD BE READY WITHIN TWENTY FIVE MINUTES.
ALTHOUGH AWARE THE TAKE SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED, WE ASSUMED THERE WAS
SOME LATITUDE FOR JUDGEMENT AS TO WHAT WOULD CAUSE A DELAY. IN VIEW
OF SCHEDULED DEPARTURE OF 2325Z AND ESTIMATED TIME ENROUTE
#V EFFECT # SINCE SCHEDULED ARRIVAL TIME
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FOR THE T-39, WE DID NOT SEE HOW AN EXTRA TWENTY FIVE MINUTES COULD
WAS SIX HOURS PRIOR TO SCHEDULED DEPARTURE OF
IN ANY EVENT,
THE MAXIMUM DELAY CAUSED BY WAITING FOR THE TAPE WAS 15-20 MINUTES.
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TO IMPLY THAT THIS WAS THE TOTAL CAUSE OF A HALF DAY DELAY AT DESTIN-
2 X1A ATION IS INACCURATE AND GROSSLY UNFAIR. THERE WAS OVER A TWO HOUR
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LY CONCEALED I S UNWARRANTED I N VIEW OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF REF B. THE
ONLY REASON IT WAS NOT MENTIONED I N REF C I S THAT IT WAS NOT 9 AND
STILL IS NOT CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT.
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2. CONCUR THAT COURIER MOVEMENT IS OSA , HOWEVER,
TOTAL TAKE MOVEMENT IS RESPONSIBILITY. IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT
OUR INTENT TO BE CRITICAL OF OSA IN REF C, BUT TO SOLICIT ASSISTANCE
FROM SAC BY HAVING THEM TASK THE 99SW IN ORDER TO MAKE SAC FLIGHTS
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AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT MAC FLIGHTS DID NOT PROVIDE THE BEST TIMELI-
NESS AND TO MAKE SAC GENERALLY AWARE OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE WRONG IN
AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT RECURRENCE. SENDING REF C ACTION TO SAC MAY
HAVE BEEN QUESTIONABLE, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED EVEN
THOUGH INFO ADDRESSEE. THERE I S A SAC LIAISON OFFICER HERE. HE
KNOWS WHAT WAS WRONG AND FEELS SAC AS THE OPERATIONAL COMMAND SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT IT. I AGREE WITH HIM. WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT WORKING
RELATIONSHIP, AND I HOPE YOU DO NOT EXPECT ME TO PLACE HIM IN THE
POSITION WHERE HE CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH HIS PARENT COMMAND.
3. THE "TAKE MOVEMENT SHOW" COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, HOWEVER YOU
f)VER>,_OOKED THE BASIC CAUSES; A BROKEN AIRCRAFT AND LACK OF FORMAL
25X1 TASKING. TO STOP AND BRIEF THE AIR TERMINAL MANAGER ON
NEL, REF E, PARA 3, SIMPLY DOES NOT GET THE JOB DONE. THE ONLY WAY
THE NEED FOR EXPEDITIOUS MOVEMENT OF ~~ ~~ P~RS~V' 25X1A
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HAD THIS BEEN DONE THE AIRCRAFT THAT DEPARTED
JUST PRIOR TO 25X1;
THE ARRIVAL OF OUR COURIER WOULD HAVE WAITED. A S IT WAS, YOU WERE
TRUSTING T O PURE LUCK T O EXPECT THE COURIER TO ARRIVE I N TIME TO
CATCH AN AIRCRAFT FOR WHICH HE WASN'T SCHEDULED, AND WHICH TOOK OFF
THREE HOURS PRIOR TO HIS SCHEDULED FLIGHT DEPARTURE.
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4. IN SHORT, I AM INTERESTED IN CORRECTING THE SITUATION 9ND
GETTING ON WITH THE JOB, BUT CANNOT ACCEPT THE THESIS THAT OUR
MINIMAL DELAY CAUSED A TRAGEDY. E-2 IMPDET
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