REPORT OF THE CONSTRUCTIONEN31NEER, DEPUTY ISCOM, KWAJALEIN I ● PLJO!NINGPHASE 1. Colonel Keith R. Barney, CE, was notified 24 October 1947 that he would handle constructionwork at Kwajalein for the Joint Task Foroe. On 25 Ootober 1947 reconnaissanceof the site was initiated by Colonel Barn~ and was oanpleted W 31 October. The basis for the determination of what constructionwas requiredwas the so-called “Roberts Letter”, en undated repo~t suhnitted to the CG, 8th Air Force, by Lt. Colonel Roberts, A-3 thereof, as a result of an inspection he had made of the area. This report, which had as a aubject$ wxns~otion of Kwajaleln and Eniwetokws waa speoific aa to the requiranentafor various activities, and, In some oaaea, selected the actual atruoturesdesired. 2* Major General Kepner, Deputy Commander, Joint Taak Force Seven, explained these requirementson the ground, and, in some cases, modified them. The prinaipal change he made waa with respect to housing. The Roberts Report had reccmunended that the Taak Group (hereafterATG) be housed in the open area south of the runway. General Kepner preferred to put them north of the runway, in the developed areas, where they would be nearer their activities. This last solution proved possible and was executed. 3. The principal requirements,established as outlined above, weres a. ATG Headquarter Building Seotion XVI-A