hs RECOMMEND ATIONS : It is recommended that during the roll-up period a military garrison be maintained at the Proving Ground to perform the following mission: (a) Security surveillance of the closed area. (b) Safeguarding of Government property. (c) Maintenance of offshore communication and of aircraft transportation facilities. (d) Provide subsistence and quarters for resident representatives of AEC or their agents during the period between tests, and provide subsistence and quarters, as well as air and surface transportation within the lagoon to visiting scientific and survey parties during the roll-up period. (e) Provide all facilities necessary to be a self-sufficient garrison, including medical personnel and facilities competent to protect surveillance details or surveillance personnel from radiological hazards. It is recommended that the construction contractor maintain sufficient personnel at the site during the roll-up to assure the perpetuation in good repair of all hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, and structural facilities essential to the next scientific test. It is recommended that a laboratory representative be in residence, to maintain radiological data and inspect and maintain scientific equipment. The resident personnel during roll-up could more economically and happily live at the Eniwetok garrison for subsistence, quarters and recreation. Such resident personnel should remain without replacement for ap-= proximately eighteen months. be authorized. As inducement to do so, family quarters might | This would add to stability of personnel and continuity of services vital to the proving ground. VII-