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

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