OPEfUtTIOI’? REPORT - COhll,~CATIONS AND ELECTRONICS SECTIOH EIM, USN, on verbal instructlone Captain Christian L. Engle~z a=iting orders, reported for duty on the Etiff of Lieutenant Ceneral John E. Hull, USA, on 28 September 1947, at the Pentagon Building, ~ahington, D. C. Captain Ehgleman was appointed by Lieutenant General Hull as Chief of the Cormnunicationa and Eleotronioe Seotlon of hie etaff (CommunicationsOffioer) and was informed that he would be required to P1- and provide the oommunications and eleatronioa faailitiea to support the forthcomingatomio studies at Eniwetok Atoll. Colonel Carl H. @tOh, si~l Corps, WA, ~puty Sigzml Offioer, USARPAC, reported for duty on 1 Ootober 1947 and aammed duties aa hputy to the Chief of the C~unieatione and Eleotronios Seotion and ae his apeeial etaff representativefor the U.S. Army. The Comumnding General on 3 Ootober 1947 outlined tho proposod operationand direotedthat a general e~unioations plan be fomulated tht and cleotronios oould be used as basis for the preparation of initial requiresmmtefor equipent, personnel and shipping. In the abaenee of speoifio requirements from the ageneies whioh were to participate (Amy, Mavy, Air Force and Atomia Energy Commission), only a very broad oommunioationeand eleutronia plan that oould lend itself to expansion was considered. Certain aasumptiona founded on the informationsupplied by the Commanding General w@re made and these provided: (1) That there would be no press owe rage~ (Z) That there would be no picture tranmiaeion for the prem~ (S) That there wouldb. no publio info-tlon Seoticm m 1 xwiio broadoaet