Here is a 2 Mar. 1960 status report of JTF-7 which notes that during Jan. and
Feb., the commander and division chiefs made a visit to the EPG, J.I. and Task Force
liaison offices as well as the AEC operation office in Albuquerque.
Furthermore,
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they prepared and coordinated operations and administrative plans for 3 types of
possible operations:
high altitude tests at J.I.; openseas tests southeast of Hawaii;
and fullscale tests at EPG.
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to Headquarters.
Currently, there are 37 officers and 55 enlisted assigned ~
Task Group 7.2 has been inactivated and 7.3 has been and is currently
involved in major projects of interest to both the JTF and the Navy:
deep ocean
mooring project; anti-submarine warfare programs; coordination of support for conducting DASA-sponsored pod recovery equipment tests in the vicinity of Key West;
and a series of mine damage tests which will be conducted by the Task Group from
15 Mar. to 1 May 1960 near
Puerto Rico.
Plans for Task Group 7.4 are that the
4950th test group will be assigned the additional designation of Task Group 7.4.
JTF-7 also opened an Albuquerque office on 15 Jan. 1960 which consists of Major
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‘A 4 March 1960 TWX from Livermore to the. LRL Mercury people documents the
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plans for two XW47 pit assemblies to be sent to the NIS with the first coming AS
from Rocky Flats about 1 April 1960 and the second sometime after 1 June 1960. 4%
An § March TWX from Newman to Hohner of Las Vegas AEC, requests them
*0 stockpile during FY 60 two groups of 48 reels of unspliced co-axial cable
which represents a major fraction of LASL's total cable requirements
for the four holes discussed for LASL readiness.
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