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            ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
                ENGINEERING OFFICE
                Ft. Greely, Alaska

                                         18 April, 1944

Subject:  Fire Control Project SCD-162.

To:       Commanding Officer,
          Hq., Alaska Communication system,
          550 Federal Office Building,
          Seattle 4, Washington.

     1.  The installation of equipment, switchboards, phones 
and Time Interval apparatus is nearly completed. However, 
due to changes in Garrison strength a situation has arisen 
which needs clarification and recommendations from your office. 
The present plans for this post will result in certain areas 
not being manned. Spruce Island, Kizhuyak Point, Buskin Beach 
Battery three, Greville Point, Soquel Point, Narrow Cape, and 
eventually Chiniak are to be completely shut down. Already 
equipment installed only a few weeks ago at Soquel, Greville, 
and Narrow Cape has been pulled out and stored by the Coast 
Artillery.  This equipment has already been shipped to the 
Post and the inspection of the entire installation has been 
made by the Post; hence the acceptance report as signed by 
the Post Commander will not reflect these changes. If we 
install at Kizhuyak, Spruce Island, Buskin Beach and possibly 
Miller Point the same will result--the equipment will not be 
maintained and will be removed and stored. New and larger 
equipment now under order from your station will no longer be 
needed, larger batteries, additional PBX boards repeater 
units; all of these are now unnecessary for handling the 
greatly depleted load. Repeater units were shipped under ESR 
1816 D, this ESR was cancelled by Change order "B" dated
8 November 1943. however, the equipment has been shipped 
and is now stored in our warehouse. The policy under which 
these outposts are being closed down is that they may be 
alerted at some future date, but they are allowed fifteen 
days for each area, with a single trained Coast Artillery 
crew installing, to be back in operation. With the above
considerations in mind the following recommendations are 
forwarded to your office for your consideration and advice:

     a. Propose to complete all outside which is in
        the processing stage, that is all cable in the
        ground will be spliced but no additional cable



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