It @ acverant should became necessary to take aivantace of 4 cudden weather change. ‘ Neve was recaived ef the canceliation froa the sehedule ef the shot designated XG10. [co clean up the resaining threa shots it hai been decided to firs ons shot, ReCTAarR, ab gniwetok, and two, UNION and Yakked, of Wkinf, «hile the Jolat Task Force waited for the reather to permit then to fire UNION at Bilkint, ecieatifie persomel nade preparations for H.ctsR of Exinetok, khen it begen to appear that BcCTsR would be ready pefore US10H corld be fired, an alternate firing plan was made, usier which either chow; woald be fired «xhenever the weather permitted. fo fire at Biking the xindis had to be from @ quarter that would not deposit fall-out oa Enixetok bo the west, co thes atolls te ths east ani southeast. BicTaX could be fired at Rninetok only wien the winis would prevent any apprecishle fall-out oa the two hecvily populatedislente at the southarm emi of the atoll, Parry end Enisetek, and on Ujelang stoli, 125 miles to the southwest. Kither shot would ba fired shea the weather first pexuitted it, with ONION receiving pricrity should the woather be favorable for both ehots an the sams day, to clem ths recy far TANKER, the remaining Bikini shot. he (a 22 kpvil, with UNION still unfired, R&CTAR was realy, and the task croup was prepared to cemmagce exncubion oa the schedule af evente for either shot with minimus warning, APACHE and SI0UL wore ser, to their initial stations off Eniwetak to lay fallout eollectere for Project 2.$a. On the asrning of 23 april APACHE excperienced a serious casualty to her electrical contrel boards for 166 AFWLRO a