objection to the new task group provided his stipulations were acceptable to AEC. Following this February letter, the CJTF was formally advised that AEC desired the inclusion of the fifth task group in the CASTLE Task Force organization and that the conditions stipulated were acceptable to the Commission. As a consequence, Commander, JIF SEV- EN (CJTF SEVEN) activated Task Group 7.5 early in March and Mr. James E, Reeves of SFOO was announced as Commander. Very shortly Mr. Reeves assumed command and appointed Mr. Faul W. Spain as his Deputy Commander. Ultimately, the new task group was composed of personnel from SFOO's Eniwetok Field Office; from SFOO's Office of Test Operations; and from Holmes and Narver, Inc., the AEC contractor. By late spring, the detailed organization of the new task group was complete and responsibilities and assigned functions had been published. The third matter receiving early consideration throughout the Task Force was recovery from the typhoon which struck Eniwetok just after the completion of the Task Force redeployment. At 2320 hours on 28 December, 1952, the Atoll Commander (ATCOM) was alerted by the Fniwetok weather office and informed that there was a possibility of high winds on the morning of 29 December. By 0630 on the morning of the “9th » Wind velocity had reached a thirty-four knot reading and swells were reaching a height of six feet. This condition continued to prevail throughout the morning and at 1000 an emergency meeting was called by ATCOM (CTG 132.2), Colonel Robert 20