!!wi&b or problems of the tws of oable which had been seleeted. The Coast GUrdts cable ships were more t~ work, but Lieutemt fullY ~oupied tith their present Ccmmmder Ro~d informationregarding cable *YW$ -d -S able to IJUPPIYmuch mluablo Oharaoteristio$. ~ring the =r Lieuten~t CommanderRowand had been in oharge of the program under whioh the lo.oonduotoroables had been manufactured. An offioer familiarwith submarine cable work, its laying, splioing and other problemswas definitely required if tl’aConznunioatlone and Eleatronios Seotionwao to fulfill its responsibilityfor the organizing and pla~i~ of a sub~rlne oable projeot. No offioer posseeaing these qualificationsoould be foumd amongst available AnBy or Nawy offioero. On 8 Ootober 1947 Rear Admiral A. J. ~lllngs, USN, (JTF-7 Loglatios Offioer) sent ● memorandum to the Cmmmmdant, U. S. Coast (3Uard,●t the request of the CamauuioatlonOffioer. This memorandw requaated the ●ervlces of Lieutenant Co~der Ro~d and a splioing teohnioiaa, Chief Eleotrioiaa$aHate (T) William B. Magm, USCG, for a limited period. At two perlode later in the operation it was necessary to request extensions of these assignments ●nd Lieutenant Ccm+nder Rowand and CEM (T) Magowaa therefore semd oontinuouely with the task foroe from the date of their reporting until the completion of the tests oonduoted during Operation &ndstone. Atomlo Energy %asnission plane ●t this time proposed that a barge be moored in a oentrally looated position in the lagoon and that oables extend fr- this barge to lhrry Island (ControlStatIon) and from this barge to the other islands whioh would be wed. 12 Seotion xx . In thie way the barge