The minimum aircraft array is listed as:
a RC-121 command and control center, a B 52 drop aircraft, a C-130 photographic

platform, 4 B-57 B samplers and 1 B-57 C sampler control aircraft.

It is desired

to have 1 130 instrumented and have the second as a photographic aircraft also
airborne.

Here is a 25 Oct. memo indicating that Wal Gibbons is arranging to ship to
Kirtland 3000 lbs. of gear along with 4 Livermore technicians apparently on the
30 and 31 of Oct. although the week is not clear.

This gear and these people

would be to take care of the Livermore installation in the C-130 assigned to
them.

On 26 Oct., Jim Reeves communicated some logistic requirements for the AEC
and their contractors to McCorkle including the estimated personnel for the
laboratories and contractors in the Pacific for Ever Ready.

These included a

total of 63 people at Hickam, 3 on Hilo and 95 on Johnston Island for the total
Phase I/II program.

Here is reference to a 2 Nov. meeting between SAC and AFSWC and EG&G and
OFO among others.

The subject was specifically another phase of Ever Ready which

included the Air Force Atlas systems tests and the plans were for a detonation
after a launch from Vandenberg at 8400 ft. altitude, 262 miles on a heading of

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