:,
Order 19mbgr OnO, Joint Task Foroe Seven). Thi@ mmx
-s
p~bli~bd
in final form on 6 February 1948.
An initial oompositesignal detachmentwas equippd
●n
manned
frcm USARPM, CINCPAC -d AACS souroes and dispatched to Eniwetok
in mld-~o~mber for the ~ediate
and the oo~e~ement
later on.
inatal~t ion of Oertain fiOilitiea
of OOM truotion for all tlw fkoilities required
By middle Deoember this detachmentwas operating neoesaary
Initial oirouits to Oahu from Eniwe%ok and had aoti-ted a oomplete
tower oontrol faoilityat tho Eniwetok Atoll airfield. All plans for
speoial installation on Mjor naval vessels had been oompleted in
early Iboember and these ships had arrived at the different Mval shipprti in the U. S. where the conversionwork was begun. The Air
Foroe neared completion in Maroh of its inetallationoof conmwnioatione faoilitiea at Kwajalein and Eniwetok ●lthough some delaya were
●xperienoe d.
All during this period tb overseaa and d~eetio ●rrangements
neoeaaary for the handling of Joint Task Foroe Seven traffio were being
made with the oommunioationeorganizations
of the Army, Mavy ●nd Air
Foroo. The Atomio Energy Conmicsion nmde 8peoial ●rrangement at its
facilities ●t Los Alamoa, Ikw Hexioo, and eloewhere in the U. S.
During Xaroh all the mjor oonmmioatioaa fioilitieoto be ueed
,
by Joint Task Foxue %en
aohieved physioal and administrative
completion,and the -jor
ships of the taak foroe nwre enroute to
the forward ● rea fully equipped. hating the monthe of February and
Maroh the weight of oomuunioatiom trafflo uae gradmlly shifted
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Seotion XI