commensurate with progress of the construction program. In general, Task Group 7.5 represents a continuation of the AEC organization having the continued responsibility of administering, operating, maintaining, and constructing facilities at PPG. This responsibility is vested in the Manager, SFOO, and is redelegated to the Manager, Eniwetok Field Office. During interim periods, Task Group 7.5, as such, exists only for planning coordination with CJTF SEVEN, becoming truly operational only upon delegation of the AEC's responsibility to CJTF SEVEN. AEC and TG 7.5 responsibilities were discharged in the greater part through a contract with Holmes & Narver, Inc. This contract was a Fixed-Fee, Architect-Engineer—Construction—Management Contract with the AEC, administered by the Manager, Eniwetok Field Office, under the direction of the Manager, SFOO. AEC had wide latitude to change the scope of work or services to be performed by the contract- or, protecting the rights of the Government insofar as control of expenditures was concerned. The centralization of authority and_ responsibility by the execution of the singie consolidated contract permits simultaneous action on architect-engineer services, procurement of construction equipment and materials, recruiting and proces- sing of manpower, construction, and operation; all of which are essential ingredients in planning a complex operation against a rigid end date. As was true cf TG 7.2, the most immediate problem for TG 7.5 after IVY was the extra work load caused by Typhoon HESTER. Al- though the damage incurred on Parry Island was not as severe as 193