. mrko arri~ed ia Washin@on on 27 October 1947. He spent Hr. *P- the first few days after his arrival with the C-unl*tione Offloer md *S hington reprosentatims of the Atomic Bnergy Comnis6ion determining mt BIOaSUMS had already been tiken -d -t to be fo~d for tti mnmmloatioxu plans were Still needs of the Atomio Energy Com- miaaion. TIU result- of these and later ttudies were eventually incorporated into a letter from the Atomio Bnergy Cmmmis6ion to the Conmmnbr Joint ~aak Foroe “Mtohumnn entitled ‘Proposed Communiea- tionu System for Operation %andetone,n dated 12 November 1947. WMh the arrival of an AEC member, the Comnnmdoationestaff was completely formed. A brief res~o of the early aooompliahmentiof the Communioatione and Bleotm ties Seotion will be made in the followlng paragraph. Detailed acao~ts of the oonmnioatione aepeots of tl& entire opratioa follow as a series of separate reporte made by eaoh mjor aub-seotloa of the Comunioatlons and Ele utronioa Seotion. The8e reporte 8upplement one another and when vtewed together they give an entirely o-prehensive reoord fFom an operatiowl standpoint. A separate teahnioal report on ooamunioatlonewill be publisbd eonourrentlywith the last of this historical report and will otin all data, &s. “ ouesions, reoamaendationa and reoorde whioh are not suitable for inoluaion in thic history. Af%er reporting and orientation,eaoh of the of.fioercof the Cmunioatione and Bleotromlo8 Seotion o~rned plane for particular needs Of the eervioe whioh he representedby assembling more ●peoifio { { 1 7 Seotiom XI