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Los Angeles - Feb. 12, 19^5 Orlg GFA Cy PR BHP-Omaha ' A - I 8 9 . ; g Hall Is In position where he could move his rotary rig to LV within week or ten days and spend necessary time to put well on prodn, but will probably be tied up after that fulfilling some contracts, and while rotary rig will put well of this kind on prodn in about three weeks we would have to figure on 90 days for cable string, and I don’t know of any other rotary rig available.!! Best delvy we can get on cast iron pipe for the pipe line is three months if ordered promptly, and would probably take three weeks to month to get WPB authority if we started right now; then another two or three weeks to put pipe line in service. 3. As above indicated, if we start now it will probably be July 1st before we can hope to have additional water in reservoir, and July is a heavy duty month, whioh means if we don’t go ahead immediately we may as well defer for another year. 4.. We have no equipment for* cleaning and swabbing wells, and I have been endeavoring for two months to have Roscoe Moss get his equipment up to LV to desand and swab, and possibly slot perforate wells K and 8, and to clean out the RR well. Moss has had continual contraotural obligations and defers from week to week. Now promises to be up there in about two weeks. Conclusion: Time is so short that I am afraid under best conditions, if you authorize proceeding at once, uncertainty as to