A REPoRT OF ~W CONDWTED BY ~ ~ ~oc-~ ~L&fIVE TO SUBMARI~ CABLE SECTION FROM COMMUNICATIONSMD ELECTRONICS INCEPTION UIqTIL_PYIR OF TXESE ACTIVITIES TO CT(37.3 Section of the staff of Lhutmmnt General When the CO~miOatiOne Hull was assi=ed responaib~lity for the formation of ~ organization to inetall eub~fine oable at Eniwetok Atoll for the oontrol, imtrumentation ~d photograph inve6tigatioM ~d already of’thu teete whioh were planned, oertain been made into the s~bjoot -d oertain tentative deoisioM had been reaohed. The initial negotiationsbetween the Atomio Energy Commission and military agenoies on this subjeot wre oonduoted through CoamnanderE. B. Hooper, USN, l!ilitary ApplioatioaaDivision of the Atomi.oEnergy Comaiasion. During the week of 4 Ootober 1947, Commander Hooper, oontaoted Code 9S7 (Cable) in the Bureau of Shipe~ and through dioouesionewith Mr. Grier of the Atomio Energy Conmiasion,it was tentati~ely deoided that a M=ooaduotor oable (type 115 or 115P) and a 3 or +oonduotor oable (type 104) would be suitable for use in the forthcoming operation. For a time the possibility of oontraotingwith some oonmeroial oable oompany for the la@ng of the oable was under ooneideration,but this approaoh to tlw problem was di600uragedby the atriot ~ aeourlty aurroundlngthe opera- tion. The only alternativewas to undertake the projeot by use of military facilitiesand perconnel. Ineofar as the U.S. Coast Gurd does muoh cubmarine oable wrk in the oouzwe of its no-l operations, Lieutenant Conmmnder H. E. Rommd, USC(3,was oontaoted and questioned regardimg the availabili~ of a oable-layingship and the suitability 11 Seotion XI sbwFF’-%