S-HdwF-’ Andrews, USPHS, and covered instrumentationad detection and an inspec- tion of the workshops and laboratories, It is believed that these conferences were very well r~eived md created considerable interest. & series of slides shouing the blast, burn, and radiation effects on some of the su.rvivers~ Jap~ were of particuhr interest. 12. The ‘EvacuationPlanN required that two AVRts stand by at assigned stations in the lagoon x rescue boats in case of air accident. The plea required that a medical officer be aboard one of these. Since each of the t~get iskde had had a medical officer throughout the prep- aratory phase, it was decided to assign the target Island medical officers to the AVR on his toget date. This plan worked out very stitisfactorily and it was surprising to find that there wa8 a considerablerivalry fOr the Job. The stand-by medical force at the hoe?ital on Eniwetok 181and 4 1 was limited to two medical officers and two trained enlisted technicians in order to keep to a minimum the number of pereonnel who would have to be evacuated from the island in case of emergency. 13. Late in April a further ohange in original roll-up plane was necessitatedwhen it was considered essential to eetablish b permanent garrison on Eniwetok Ieland. The question of how much of the medical supplies and equipnent should be left and how much ‘Rolled up” was settled in a conferencewith Rear Admiral.Wellings. In view of the distence to Kwajalein ad possible Interferencewith alr transportationin case of smergency, it wea ’decidedto leave the hospital unit intact. This decision was in keeping with the general policy of the entire 5 1 i