Colonel 'rhcmaa a. king 

Merrick and Kins 

1624 Eye Street 1 I' .. W. 

Washington 61 D. C, 

Dear Colonel Kins• 

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JlO Second Street, S.J, 

WubiJ)gton 3, n. c. 

14 October l.95hIn accord.allce 'With your request I am returnina; hei-with the copy ot 

the bl'd Pr0Cffding11 which ;you sent me on S October JS54. 

Although I rui:cy concrur 1n the aoundnea1 ot ;,our propaaal that JO\l so 

baek at the !oard and aek. tbat they recona1der the natter tram the •t.nd· 

point at '1111 ba.'¥'1116 U. tact pertormed the dllti•• that voul4 bt.ve 'been aub· 

1tantiall.y performed by me had I been 1n un1torm, I think, unlea• :t am •f:riQWI~ in error, there 1• cme mare coIUtideration vb1ch ought to bet 

emphasized betore the loo.rd. :tt rela.-bea to the irregular nature ~ the 

•cbanica of 3Q' 1e:pa.ra.tion trcim the SerJrj.ce 1Jl 294-1, U I UL 11Q1; mistaken, 

the eepa.ration •• JllLde 1n an irregular JllUU'l.Etr in that (l) there vu at the 

t:imt l vae on aQtiv• ⁢r a atatut017 requirement that. otticer1 who are on 

active duty and vho become incapLcitated be given the opp;>rtunity ot appear- 1- 'bef'ore a ~ knrq Jte\irement Jc18.rd 'before tirlal action 1• taken to 

retire hina, and (2) thi• requirement vu not mt 1n nv case. Had the Arlrl3' 

•Uthorit!es conformed to r.qu1rement juat atated ono ot the toll.OW11J8 ttff~t1 

lli&ht have occu.n-edt ( 1) 'the Arrq Retil'ing brd. lll1ght ha.ve tound me onl1' tQporar1~ 111capac1tated. ..... thi• later beo.a.me & tac:t1 aa •hown by the Ar1ll',I 

Retiril:lg :Board Which •t :111 Jr:f i:aae on 25 leptember 1946 ..... :1.n vbich ewnt 

X 'tl'0\\1.4 haVct lleen. givan oonvale•cent i.w 1 after which I vould have boen 

tound ti-t tor retunt. to ~J or (2) the Aw:q R~iring brd. might haft 

decla.¥'9d • plZ"JllUJl!lntly izao&PJ.Qitatecl f:or activa du'li7 and directed that l 

be bospitalued f'or a autficient length ~ tima to mke aoma recover.r befare 

being aeiara.ted. Io. thi• event. I vould have bad fllOr8 than •utt'icient t:Lma 

to have accumulated a total ot 20 J't&r& t service. 

I ua ot the opisdon that the former COllt~ncy voul.d1 izMJeed, have 

occurred, I u rurther <# tbe opiza1on that ti. a.~ion or tha Arrq authorities 111 1fl¥ caao in 1941 vu ~ too baftJ .. -m:u.oh :more mo than va.11 warranted.. 

Jre.4 tlla tacilit:l.ea at Walter Reed Hoa1pital been at all ad.equate at that tital, 

% WWl.4 have .cie a lllU.Ch quicker recovery tban l cU4.--to:r- my recovttr.y vu 

aatua.111' reta.rde4. 07 the- boapitaliu.ticm. b fQ.ot 1•, that 1 began to :rtt· 

cover the dq I lett Walter l\eed., 

:tt 70\1 t:S.ncl cogeney- in the torqohig ~nt, pi..,. telepume a, .. I'd realJ¥ like to Jmow what 1'0\1 think. l'erhape tho ftr,' aame arsu-nt 

l!\pproved for Release by NSA on 07-16-2014 pursuant to E.O. 1352fJ 
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YU :part ot fOUl" 1tatement when 70u appeared before the Boa.rd in '111¥ bebalf' 

in June 19531 boweffr, the Beard'• fimU nga and conclue1ona make• iio 

nte:rent:$ to 1;he in'qular1t1oa 1n 'IJl1' •eparation d l want to nake aura 

'1lat they g1w definite C<>IW1&tration to DW' contention u Mt forth in 

thi• letter. 

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