Lieutenant Temple, cWO Freeman and three (3) enlisted men were working in the Oahu Echelon; four (4) officers> one (1) warrant officer9 ~ Ralph Chambers, USA, who had joined the Task Force on 1 March, and twelve (12) enlisted men composed the Office of the Adjutant General Flag Secretary on board the USS Mt. h@UlilW. 26. One important item to be stressed here was the detiation from Navy procedure on the handling of communications. The h!mmmications Section, HeadquartersJoint Task Force Seven, delivered all incoming radios to the Adjutant (imnerallsSection and it was the responsibility of the latter to ascertain that proper assignment of action was made and distributionaccomplished. Outgoing radios were delivered to thlu Section in duplicate, one (1) cqqr being immediately released to tb c~ca~ons Section and the second cow retained until the message M been dispatched and sufficient copies delivered to this Section for - distribution. ‘fhisis a departure fmmthe successfully in the Joimt Staff. Navy system but worked very It was the pollcy of the Headquarters to make a complete distribution of all incoming and outgoing messages except those classified Top Secret or *OS Only, to all Staff Sectionsc This procedure served to keep each Staff Section abreast of the situation and conversantwith the activities of other Sections. 27. Upon arrival at Eniwetok a doungradlng conmitteewaa appointed for the downgrading of publications titingfrcn &m&pmtera Joint Task Force Seven. Many letters, omiero and other docuwmta ware downgraded u Section XIII m