physical desege to the airstrip. It would be scatvente to have equipment available to perform reasonable repairs and decontamination. In the une¢ficial opinion of represertatives of %G 7.4, an emergency airstrip for test aircraft would not be necessary. If, however, an airstrip vere bulit at Teorgi for other purposes, it is Likely it would be equipped for emergency use by test sircraft, 7. Cesmmications Ccsmumications between Eniwetck and Taongi would have to be at least equivalent tc cammnications between Eniwetok and Bikini during Castle. Prior to the operational phase, Holmes and Narver would require factlities as indicreted in Tnelosure 2. It would be Gesizeble, but nrobebly not technically feasible, to bave wolea ciphony equipment betyeen Enivetok end Taeongl or Bikini and Teongi. Cenerally speelting, we exvect operntios in the Taongi ara to resexble YO ae Bikini operations during Castle. The important differences result from tvo face tore: first, thet Zeongi is omeil, shelilov, and has no anchorage Tor ships; and second, that Tong? de over twice as far from Enivetok. Vit. | Concerts for EPG Having outlined & concept of operations for Taongi, we may now preceed to the three situetions described in If. In all taveo situations we consider the generalized cperation of 25 shots assumed in IV. 1, “ Situstion 1 a tnthis first ease Taongl has been added to the ERG and no restrictions beyond those exieting during Redwing have been imposed on Bikini. Tho acquisition of Taongi is ef advantage, hovever, as it permits us internally to impose a lini. tation which will simplify cur operations et Bikini and expedite the firing of the series. | We do not know at this ¢age whether remote instrumentation from a ship 9 Sitenieniaede