Brig. Gen. James Cannon. Army Commander at Fort Chaffee for the duration of the refugee processing. and his staff have been most helpful in providing information to myself and my office literally day and night since Fort Chaffee was designated for evacuee processing. Upon being advised of the designation of Fort Chaffee to be one of the temporary processing centers. I was immediately in touch with the abovenamed officials to request their cooperation in making all facts about the operation available to the public as soon as possible. Having fully recognized the humanitarian aspects of such an undertaking. I attempted to ascertain what impact such an operation would have on the surrounding Arkansas communities. principally Fort Smith and Van Buren.