Since the communicationsyst~ pl-ing had been going on for nearly a month, the Communicationsand ElectronicsSection was already aware of most phases of the current Scientific Plan and were considering means of supplying the necessary communications. At this time, AN/TRC-l radio telephone equipnentwas to be used in the primary communicationnetwork between principal points ashore and SC3.-6O8(lO-channelvoice) radio sets for voice communicationsbetween radio sets were to be ships, and between ships and shore. Navy ?L!BF tistalled in the cabins of the Technical (later called Scientific) Directors and the r~neral ana Flag Officers of the Armed Forces to provide an intercommunicationsysten for their exclusiveuse. Plans were also bei~ made to provide radio teldtype facilities for .mess~e handling between the fomard area ~d the United States. On 28 0ctober194’7,first considerationwas given to the possibility of installing AN/TItC-lequi~ent on the main ships to provide VHF radio telephone and teletype service between the ships and between the ships and the Amy shore system. This tistallationwould permit an tidividual at any shipts service telephone to call his shipts switchboard and be connected to any ship$s servicp telephone on the other ships or to any telephone at the main shore locations. The need for such a flexible radio telephone system intercomecting the U.S.S. ALBEMARLE (AV-5), U.S.S. CURTISS (AV-4), U.S.S. l!!.MCKINLEY (MC-7), Eniwetok Island, Control Island (Parry),and the three Zero Islands (Ehgebi, Aomon/ Bijiiri/Rojoa and Runit) was discussed with all the principal scientific 36 Section XI m