CHAPTER IIT PLANNING AT THE TASK GROUP LEVEL During the early months of 1953, planning also was gotten underway in the various task group headquarters. As with the Task Force Headquarters there was a sufficient amount of accumulated experience from previous operations to obviate the rise of problems which did not find resoluticn in one manner or another. For the sake of the record, however, a short account of the more significant develop-— ments within each of the task groups is included here. Scientific Task Group Concurrent with the redesignation of JTF 132 as JTF SEVEN and the redesignation of Task Group 132.1 as Task Group 7.1, certain organizational changes in the Scientific Task Group occurred. On 29 January 1953, Dr. William E. Ogle became the Commander of the Scientific Task Group, replacing Mr. S. W. Burris who was terminat- ing his association with the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). During IVY, Dr. Ogle had been CTU 1 of Task Group 132.1 as well as the Scientific Deputy to the Task Group Commander. Because of his long experience with the scientific aspects of Eniwetok tests as well as his association with previous scientific task groups, the designation of Dr. Ogle was most appropriate. At the time of his assumption of command, the positions of Scientific Deputy, Chief of Staff, and all Assistant Chiefs of Staff were eliminated from the task group organizational scheme. In their place, the position of Deputy for Administration was established. 48 This shift allowed,