Galapagos (continued)
 
 
        Two long range Radar installations will be made on other
 islands in the Galapagos.
 
        It is planned to base one squadron of motor torpedo
boats with tender in the Galapagos by May 1st.
 
       In view of the air patrols now in effect which cover
 parts of the Archipelago every day, the further air patrols
 to be inaugurated upon the completion of the Air Bases on
 Seymour Island, the basing in the Galapagos in the near
 future of a squadron of 12 motor torpedo boats, and the
 installing of two Radar stations (with radio), there appears
 to be no urgent need of lookout posts on shore or the employment
 of fishing craft to supplement the present surveillance.
 
Salinas, Ecuador. -- The Army is building an Advance Air Base to
 support two squadrons of "Flying Fortresses" and two pursuit
 squadrons. The work is well advanced: there are nearly 1000
 troops there now, 6 inch guns are mounted; there is a Radar
 installation, and 8 heavy bombers and 8 pursuit ships are
 operating regularly from this Base.
 
           The Navy's Seaplane Base will not be completed until 
June at which time two squadrons of PBY' s can be handled. In
 the meantime, a converted destroyer serves as a seaplane tender
 at Salinas.
 
Gulf of Fonseca -- The Navy has established a small Seaplane Base
 here that can serve as an over-right refueling stop. Further
 development must be done to make this a secondary operating
 base for either seaplanes or motor torpedo boats.
 
Guatemala City. -- The Army is enlarging the airport there, and
 is now operating 12 heavy bombardment type planes and 8
 observation and pursuit planes from this field, An emergency
 landing field for the Army's use is being built at San Jose 
on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala.
 
AIR PATROL OPERATIONS --- At present the air patrol in the Panama Sea
 Frontier, Pacific Sector, is being carried on by 24 Navy PBY's
 and 20 Army B-17' s and LB-30s.
 
 
Declassified
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 
OSD letter, May 3, 1972
APR 5 1973