endeavors of the Test Dlreolxr in mattirs of teohnioal advioe, and the ai~hi% of requea~d go~~nt- owned ~terial and teohniaal personnel. Ae6ignment of frequenciesto all unite of the task foroe would, how. ever, be subjeot to the approval of the c~~ioa*io~ Officer. On the basis of the foregoingassumption, a general Oommnicationu and eleotmnio6 plan was prepared. Certain preliminary steps baeed on the mtioipated requirementsof the varioue partioipatlngagenoies were tmde~en pending the submission of their apeoiflc X’equeeta for Omunieation fmilities. Among these preliminary steps were . the alerting of 10ng-haul radio stations ●t Kahington, San Franoisoo, Makam meld, Pearl Harbor, Fort $hafter, ~ and x-jab~ZLJ tie preparation of plane for the Installationor Inoreaee of faoilitios ●t Eninwtok and lNa~alein;and the framing-upof some 100al and long-haul oirouit networks with tentative liste of equipments required for these networks ● ‘ The task of the Oommmioatione Seotion naturally ditided iteelf Into Army, Bavy, Alr Foroe ●nd Atomio Energy Conmlssion branoheo. The CcamwnloationsOfficer therefore contaoted the Depa-ent IUavy, the of the Ibpartment of tho Air Foroe and the Atomlo Energy C~Uainn and requestedthe ●ssignment of’offioers from these offloers ma to be dual in that he would not only plan but also establish and supervise ●ll those connunioatione requeoted by his servioe. Complete coordina- tion of these endeavorawas planned so as to inolude joint uee of 3 Seotion z . .