. . St was epperent that the amcUtltof technioal personnel Pvaileble to the Office of the Chief Signal Officer wes extremely limited; however, every considerationwas given by thet office witti t}eir c~psbilitles. The bglance of the personnel requirementswere tuned over to Jrmy Ground Forces Liaison Officer with the Armd Forces Speciel Weepons Pr6ject, (Colonel H.C. Hlne). Conferenceswere held with representativesof J-2 of the Task Force, G-2 of the Department of the ~~ end the ~~Y Se=- ity #gency to advise them of the requirements for adequate cryptographic Weshcoe, equipment and systems. It was decided that Capte5n ?lil.fred huySecurity Pgency representativeend Commending Officer of the MidPac Detachment, #SA, would be the issuing officer for cryptographicmeteriel. Captain Washcoe had Previously been advised of the operetion and alerted es to the pmsible requirements for the Task Force. The balance of the period et Washington, D. C. was spent in furnishing logistics information to the Transpo+tiCXl Corps and fondating plans for the handling of oomsunicationsIn the zone of the interior by all the services snd Jtomic Energy Ccumlaeion. The De~ty CommunicationsOfficer deperted l~ommber 1947 for OAu. Conferences were held with the #rmy Security Agency representative,USARPAC, the Signel Office and his supply divinion in order to give them e thorough un8erstmdlng of the requiramnts both from the standpoint of supply and operations. The cooperation of the Signel Service, USARP#C end MA wes outstanding in every respect. The initial Signal 16 November 1947 wbomd