wd f Movement of Task Group personnel to the Eniwetok Proving Grounds was effected in an orderly manner, following a pre-set schedule for movement of each element. The Air Force Movement Directive, published in January, 1958, contained a detailed breakdown of the Task Group, listing assigned shipment numbers and readiness dates for each increment of personnel depart~ ing the 2I for the Eniwetok Proving Grounds. Each Major Air Command, followed by issuing Movement Orders directing movement of their personnel. In mid~June, when it became apparent that the operation would extend over a longer period of time than had been anticipated, it became necessary to review the manning status of the entire Task Group to determine the need for extension or replacement of personnel in the EPG. We had planned for re- placement of 31 augmentation personnel whose TDY tours would of mission necessity be in excess of the 179 day limitation. Extension of the opera- tional period necessitated establishment of a program to insure that a much larger number of people now required for conduct of the operation either (1) be returned to the ZI and replaced by parent organization or (2) extended beyond 179 days under authority granted Joint Task Force SEVEN in the USAF Movement Directive. The Task Group 7. complement established at Johnston Island for operation NEWSREEL amounted to only six officers and one airman. The bulk of Task Group 7.4 personnel engaged in NEWSREEL were based at Hickam Air Force Base and Barbers Point Naval Air Station. Personnel at these two locations totalled approximately 82 officers and 302 enlisted personnel. AFWL/HO