te ae amin oy PAGE eo _ , ee a tte hyo oa me Be . 3 REECNVOC205 UNCLASSIPIEn/®s the? ; ages ter “ we ee ‘ vas Me > t Oro OD, PROM PROGRAMMED FESOURCLS OF THC DOD; (5) THE RESEARCH VESSEL GRAMMED RESOURCES: AND (6) AIRLIFT OF PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE FURNISHED FROM PROGRAMMED RESOURCES OF TRE DoD, THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE SURVEY WILL BE TO CONDUCT A COMPLETE AERIAL SURVEY OF THE ENTIRE ATOLL COMPARABLE TO TEAT WHICH WAS DONE AT ENEWETAK AND CONCURRENTLY TO CONDUCT AN EXTENSIVE CROUND SURVEY AND ‘SAMPLING PROGRAM ON ENEU AND RIKINI ISLANDS. THESE FIELD EFFORTS SHOULD TAKE JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS AND IT IS HOPED THAT THEY WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 1975. THERE APPEAR TO BE TWO REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES FOR PROVIDING THE HELICOPTER, SUPPORT, THE FIRST ALTERNATIVE WCULD UTILIZE cos seem ence LIKTANUR, IF USED, WILL BE PROVIDED RY FRDA USING ALREADY PRO- AS A PLATFORM AN OCEANOCRAPHIC VESSEL WHICH IS UNDER CONTROL OF THE NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE ANT HAS BREEN TENTATIVELY COMMITTED . TO THE BIKINI PROGRAM, PELITCOTERS (SH3°S) WOULM RE TRANSPORTEN | TO BIKINI BY. SOME OTHER FLEET UNIT, “OULD BE BASED ASHOPE ON ENEU ISLAND AND WOULD PE IUELFD ANP SERVICED RY THE OCEANOGRAPEIC VESSEL, (NOTE: SOME UNCERTAINTY EXICTS AS TO THE COMPATIBILITY —~~—~——OR. THE SH-3. MELICOR TER. AND. THE DESLONATED. OCRANOGRAPHCEVESSEL. - —-——--—-- eee . AN EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO RESOLVE THIS QUESTION, HOWEVER, . et Toa? ~ - ‘sy a ‘ yy uM _* »? j ) oe Mer tes . : a “Oo | Ss, ; | ) Se > 1 eT Lind a i PAGE 4 RHECNVOO20¢€ UNCIASSIFIED/N ON YW OD. SHOULD IT NOT BE POSSIPLE To US® TEP VESSEL AS A LANDING PLATFORM IT 2PPEARS ENTIRELY FFASIRLE TC PASE THE SELICOPTYRS ASHORE AND USE THE ORGANIC BOATS, VEFICLES AND SELICCPTER OF THF VESSEL. TO SHUTTLE FUEL, CREWS AND “AINTEMANCY PEPSONEnL,) TEE sEcoxn PLTERNATIVE WOULD RECTITRE TEP COMMITMENT OF AN LPD WITy su-2 UNLICOPTERS ABOARD FROY TEE ENTIRE DURATION OF TEE STIPYBY, FITHER OF THESE ALTEPNATIVES “CTILD PROVIDE &% BONTIS OF LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS AND S¥YALL PO*T SUPPOPT FOP TER OPCUND SUPVEY, IT IS HOPED THAT THE MEPPPTVENT OF DEVEMEST WILL RECOMF COUMITTED 7 ONE OF THEM EARLY NEYT WEEE, TFT CROUYrTD SURVEY WOUT,5 ENTATL AN ESTIMATED 100 “MAN DPYS oF EPrORT AND THUS VOULM PECTIRE THE PRESENCF 2AT PIKINI OF 2POUT 1° PERSONS, PFORAELY pram epoy NV, LLL, NERC-LV, BNL, AND TOP 7, AY EOUIPMENT LIST HEE YCT YET BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THF CROTND SURVEY BUT It If LIXELY To REMIMRE SEVERAL TONS OF AIRLI®PT FROM THY ¥YRST COAST, TEE LARCTA TORY EPPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE SHARE ™ TY LAVREFTE LIVEPMCRE LAPORS TORY (LLL) ANT MC CLELIAN CENTRAT LATOPATOPY, TRY POSE BISISSMENT IS PLANNED FOR ACCO“MPLISEVE’T PY LEI. THE MOST OPTIMISTIC (27D YFT BELIEVID REALISTIC) SCEENULE YOULN FAVE ALL ELEMENTE OF THE SUFVEY COUVERCOING OF PIRINI SIE DIME i . . L, i . .