as.
to the main exchange was not installed and informationiwas received that it
would notbaitéadyuhtil some time in August.. .Thisshortage necessitated the
implementation of controls over the number of telephones that could
be installed in saturated areas.
In most instances during the critical
period, telephone extensions were added rather than installing new services.
Teletype and crypto facilities were provided on a joint basis as
were all long distance point to point communications.
The AACS
Communications Element operated the Task Group 7.4 portion of these cir-
cuits and the teletype communication center in Building 90,
Tele-
communications with SMAMA were conducted on a weekly schedule with very
little difficulty.
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Communication and Air Control Facilities on board the USS BOXER
were used by TG 7.4 for air commmication and aircraft control during
Operation NEWSREEL,
Qriginal requirements for Task Group 7.4 Communications included
the use of a voice telephone circuit from the CIC on the USS BOXER to
Hickam AFB.
This circuit could not be established since -the USS BOXER
was moved beyond the range of the AN/TRC UHF equipment for “operational
reasons.
The loss of the AN/TRC equipment left only one high frequency
single side band (SSB) telephone circuit from the USS BOXER to the
Command Post on Johnston Island.
At our request Hickam Airways joined our HF net and satisfactory
communications
were maintained, during most of the test periods.
Aircraft participating in these tests were dispersed over a much
wider area than on
previous operations.
Five of the test aircraft
were more than 200 miles from the USS BOXER and three (3) high frequency
circuits were necessary to control these aircraft.
AFWUHO
At the time of
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