hs MANNER OF HANDLING SUPPORTING OPERATIONS: Inter-Island Transportation and Communication Control. The contractor responsible for operation of facilities should establish a Superintendent of Transportation. He would function as port captain and traffic control chief in all areas except Eniwetok Island and its approaches. The military chief of operations or Atoll commander would publish rules of the road for land, sea and air, and assign a liaison officer to coordinate with the Superinten- dent of Transportation on military movements. Within this framework the Superintendent of Transportation would schedule all movements of carriers acting to support the civilian functions of construction, installation and experimentation. During the test period, the Test Director would assign a - liaison man to coordinate its requirements with the Superintendent of Transportation. Communication originating on land, except Eniwetok Island, will be the responsibility of the Superintendent of Transportation for mainten=— ance and operation. Messages directed outside the Atoll will be transferred to military signal channels at Eniwetok. ‘ Atreraft Operation. Small reconnaissance type ofaircraft, designated in Army nomenclature as the 1-5, which is similar to the Piper cub of commercial use, is the only practicable type of plane other than the helicopter which can be successfully used for Inter-Island transportation within the topographic limitations of the Atoll. This plane is extremely useful, how- ever, in transportation of personnel on urgent missions between islands, both during construction in correlating movements of men and material, and during the operation. A slightly larger plane is desirable, however. It is believed that more efficient drone plane operation probably could be established by the military on Eniwetok, rather than on Kwajalien, providing that maintenance shops are added and smaller planes used. Concentra- VI = 3