s+mFOn the 6th and 7th of November a series of conferenceswere held in Washington with members of the Scientific Test Director’s Staff and representativesof prtici~ting services for the,purpose of reviewing all engineer requirementsand e-editing their finalization. Agreements reached in this series of meetings operated to effectively coordinate all future work and formed a lasting and nutually Satisfactory basis for the coordinationand control of all subsequent Constnction operations. They laid the ground work for the test Constructiondirective by adopting a plan to incorporate in a series of general layout Mps, cross referenced to detailed drawings, all test construction requirenmts. To this end, from 8 November 1947 forward all efforts were directed toward completing the detailed designs for i i $ ~ test constmction, procuring the necessary equipmnt and supplies, and completing arrangemmts for the scheduled departure of operating units. By 12 November 191+7plans for camp constructionon Kwajalein were completed and approved. The 1220th Provisional ihgineer Battalion departed from Oahu on 17 November, arrived at Eniwetok on 28 November to undertake the rehabilitationof housing and utilities and preparation of ihiwetok Island to serve as a base of operations. The necessary supplies and equipamt to support initial test construction operations accompanied this unit. On 1 ?)ecember194’7the Task Force ~neer and an advance party arrived at Eniwetok to begin test construction. 7 Section XVI ss1511@m