. oo. Ill Z a . fer gh dy 146 and Rescue Area Commander (Hickam Air Force Base) upon comple- tion of the Eniwetok Proving Ground operational phase, 7. Action as representative of the Joint Task Force SEVEN Commander at Hickam Air Force Base regarding all Joint Task Force SEVEN activities located at that site. A preliminary pian for Task Group 7.4 participation in NEWSRerbL was issued on 14 April 1958, soon after the decision was made to trans= fer the TEAK and G..ANGE events to Johnston Island. This plan was based upon the pvints that Task Group 7.4 would (1) retain the existing com= plement of five C-54's for airlift between tniwetok, Johiston Island, and liickam, the aircraft being based at kniwetok; (2) retain five SA-16 aircraft for search and rescue, two being based at Johnston Island and three at Hickam; (3) base the two 3-36's, one C-97, and one P2V in Hawaii; (4) operate the USS Boxer Air Operations Center; (5) employ ap= proximately 31 officers and 188 airmen on Johnston Isiand; and (6) re~ quire an apyproximate total of 399,774 in adaitional Fiscal Year 1958 funds. The plan also asserted that Task Group 7.4 would have the same responsibilities for Joint Task Force SEVEN operations at Johnston as those in the usniwetok «roving Cround, A significant point, however, was tnat no cloud sampling would be required, The first change to the preliminary plan, issued on 14 April 1958, showed that 37 officers, 234 airmen, and 5 civilians would be required Lo support NBASHKssL at Johnston island, with an additional 52 officers aid 106 airmen at iicxam air Force Base, AFWL/ HQ