University of Hawai'i interim President David McClain has turned down a request from the Save UH/Stop UARC Coalition for a meeting tomorrow, and has also refused the group's request to stop negotiations between the university and the Navy on the proposed establishment of a Navy University Affiliated Research Center at UH.

In an exchange of letters that began Friday with one from the coalition demanding McClain give priority to a meeting to be scheduled tomorrow to discuss the release of all documents, including internal communications, e-mails, faxes and phone records, regarding a Navy UARC at UH, McClain noted that it's "premature" to hold such a meeting.

"I can report that the university's attorneys are already working ... to comply with the coalition's request for relevant documents, and several have already been released," McClain said. "More documents will be released in the days and weeks ahead."