-18thru: May whd including about 41 air drops. The latter concept it is noted would require extending and widening the Christmas Island air strip to accomodate the B-52's, which of course was not done. One of the items at the meeting noted, in the absence of any LASL attendee, that "as a result of LASL commitments to support the Rover program, it will not be possible for them to man, concurrently, weapon test operations at the NTS and in the Pacific area. During the months now scheduled for tests at Christmas Island, holes for underground detonation will be stockpiled for future LASL use. LRL, however, with its Nevada organization will be able to conduct operations simultaneously at both sites. Consequently, they have been directed to further develop their tunnel capabilities." The 41 event Christmas operation would include 15 balloon shots and 26 airdrops. As for personnel and capabilities to support personnel at Christmas, H&N estimates there are accomodations for 3725, including 3000 enlisted men type accomodations, whereas there is an estimate of about 1500 personnel needed there, exclusive of the H&N requirements. A good summary statement of this meeting is that it was quite preliminary and there were a number of inaccuracies in what might be done and various support capabilities and requirements. Here is an interesting document from Bob Petrie of Livermore dated 16 Nov. 61 to Jim Reeves and the title is "Engineering, Construction, and Construction Support Required for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory ak Christmas Island Participation." This is a somewhat detailed estimate of the initial and more extensive scientific construction to support both a quick type operation at Christmas Island as well as a long term or extended operation there, merely for Livermore's requirements. It includes support for barge shots, balloon launched tests as well as air drops.