Recommendations were made and action was subsequently taken on the runway and Building 135. The helicopter lift at Bikini ap- peared adequate to CTG 7.4 at this time and on this basis he requested that the sailing of the USS BAIROKO, bringing additional airlift for Task Group 7.1, be delayed from 2 January 1954 to the middle of January so as to accommodate better the training schedule of the F-84G's which were to be transported on the BAIROKO as well, Decision on this matter was delayed until a discussion in Washington was possible, Another problem allied to those raised by the inspection trip and considered during the inspection was that of aircraft parking facilities at Iniwetok, Late in November it was learned that the Navy Task Group had anticipated parking aircraft at Eniwetok in addition to those originally planned. Correspondence between CTG 7.3, CTIG 7.4, and CJITF SEVEN compromised the situation by removing certain naval aircraft originally planned for parking at Eniwetok and by grading an additional parking area, The question of the sailing date for the BAITROKO came up for decision in December. CTG 7.1 had requested the 2 January date so as to have needed helicopters in the forward area by 15 January. CTG 7.4 had explained that a delay in the sailing date was important to his task group so as to provide the needed training missions for F-84G sampler pilots and to allow for major inspections of some of the aircraft. The compromise reached was a 9 January departure date with the Pearl Harbor stopover being eliminated so 98