00-12-05          0700    Routine morning.   ….

            John GARSTANG came to see me about the message to GERDEN about my continued attendance at the hangar.  He has a list of about six subjects that have to be completed. 

            Ran into Vic GERDEN who is packing up to leave, and he mentioned that I would be staying on for at least another couple of months.  We also had a discussion about the AES, particularly magnesium.  He again made comments about the quantities being so small as to be insignificant.  My comment to him was that at least we will be able to say that the subject was not ignored and that we did something to look into it.  I mentioned something about ensuing court, and he made a comment to the effect that they had no concern about court, as they never have to attend.  He said that he had no knowledge of what is in Dr. BROWN’s draft report, but he did say that they wanted only the facts and numbers, no speculation.  So, this rather limits Dr. BROWN’s ability to interpret his results. 

(Clarification:)    If I believed Gerden's statement about his knowledge of what was in the report, it would mean that I also believed that the earth was flat.