(10) CommunicationsBuilding;
(1-l)Photo Tower (Aomon and Wit);
(12) Causeway on Aomon@ijiiri;
(13) Blast Building (2);
(14) Blast Footings;
(15) Blast Footing CoMMOn.
Telephones had already been installed on the .\Vtsin Shops No. 1, 2, J+,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, U., 12 and 15, Atiral’s Cabin and Flag Office. No
further modificationwas therefore required.
A request for land-line telephone service to and from the two AVts
while berthed.at Terminal Island (15 Feb~q-~

~rch 1948) was =@e

by memo from hr. Henderson (Hopkins)to the Commanding Officer, Terminal
Island Naval Shi~ard.

Due to misunderstanding,a plan for charging

these calls to Atomic tiergy Ccsnmissionfunds did not succeed and the
few calls which were made were charged to the normal shipyard telephone
appropriation.
Coincidentwith the decision to employ shipboard radio telephone
circuits between ships and shore was the formulation of a plan for
VHF carrier teletype between the three prbary ships and between the
AGC-7 and Eniwetok. The permanently inetslled HF radio teletype equipment would be ueed only to back up the VHF circuits and to provide
communicationwith Hawaii during movements to and from the forward
after discussionswithMr. W. Moran, Atomic
area. On3 llovemberlgV1’,
Mergy CcromissionSecurity, and Mr. X’.R. W.lMame, Atomic tiergy
Comlmion

Communications,it was decided to employ the one-time tape
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