&R It was desired that the task force have sane means of transmitting and receivin~ task force traffic while en route to the operating area and also an alternate means of transmittingand receiving traffic at the operating area should the Joint Relay Station on Eniwetok or the Fort Shafter station beoome inoperative. Accordingly, arrangementswere made wifh CMO, CINCPACFLT and COMMANIMNT 14TH NAVAL DISTRICT to activate,as necessary, circuit Able 3 (13SF7CIB)between HQ JTF SEVEN (USS MT. MCKINLEY) and the Navy’s major relay station PSARL HARBOR (BHP). Circuit Able 3 (USF 70B) was established as Joint Task Force