re } & - atolls end te distences betveen them. Distances from Taongi to Key pointe in the Pacific feean area are es fallow: Teongl to; Guan Vi. Discusion i. 145) sea miles Rvajalein 36 " * Bikini ea " ° Bniwetolk Lay * Ld Weke 3eh * ® Bevali 20th #8 Tie tiwee situations in TT. above contemplete simulteneous operations at Taongl ani Enivetok tsrespective of the manzer in which Bikini is used. In this circummuanes we would recommend that Tacngt be used for large shots and Eniwetek for srmil ekets plus lerge ahots Dot to exceed the § MP Limit for all three eltwotions. Fer the generalised operation sssumed iu IY. ve would not consider firing ersil abLots at Tacnri, thoogh in principle, there is no objection. 2. Hoving eseused the evallability end suitebility of Taongt far firing lerpe shots, we recomend thet shote echeduled for Bikini be linited in eize and locstion to chose which would permit operations to be cerried out without the nececsity fos pro-ahos evecustion of peraommel fran the atoli. This condition ie met antorstiualiv in Situations 2 and 3 and could be met under Situation 1 by Limiting the yield to § NE and placing hezardous shots safely with respect to Enyu Talanc. 3. | he nature of Taongi atoll jtself, particularly its smail size, is such that oma would contemplate shipebaeed operations, in the sense that following the first shot there would no louger be eupport facilities ashore and that eub- - sequent operstieus would have toe he conducted fram aflont. A This vould cleerly be