. rs wate ee Temes re Oct aa al ale al os steleeh ARRelle eta ee PART I, CHAPTERS 2 and 3 siderable hardship in meeting con- struction deadlines was experienced. (2) The dismantling of the completed VHA Scientific: Stations on Site How and their movement and reconstruction on Johnston Island diverted considerable quantities of personnel, materials, equipment, and ships from Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls. (3) 2.5 The size of Operation HARDTACK, Phase I, embracing 35 events as compared with 17 for Operation REDWING, required considerable additional construction, particularly shot-barges. It was necessary to institute several emergency measures to perform the tasks of TG 7.5. Critical_materialsand_equipment_were rocured at premium _prices.on.a. crash“ basis and transported toJobsite by air. H&N was by the CTG 7.5 to use essential craftsmen, such as structural steel workers, welders, electricians, pile drivers, cable crews, plumbers, carpenters, and boat crews 12 hours per day, seven days a week. In emergency situations, such as laying 2,000,000 feet of cable which had b layed_in shipment, the Conractor was authorized to use supervisory person- nel and others to meet the prescribed ready ates. 2.6 No attempt will be made to report in detail the accomplishment of each of the tasks assigned to TG 7.5. In brief, all assigned tasks were completed satisfactorily. It should be noted, however, that delays would have been experienced in meeting established scientific ready dates if both construction and scientific personnel had not worked long hours of overtime. “Crash” construction was generally attributable to late delivery of supplies and lack of approved construction drawings at critical times. One noteworthy improvement over Operation REDWING was in communications at Eniwetok Atoll and between Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls. CHAPTER 3 AUTHORITY * e © ev vw wv Vv we wee ew lel 3.1 DMA, by TWX-NR-S88, dated 20 FebTuary 1958, stated that the President had approved the HARDTACK program as submitted by the Commission and had also authorized the expenditure of the special nuclear materials required for the HARDTACK test devices. 3.2 The following is quoted from a memorandum from DMA to the Manager, ALOO, dated 7 March 1958, subject “Designation of Senior Atomic Energy Commission Representative for Operation HARDTACK:” “The Commission, with the concurrence of the Department of Defense, has desig- nated Major General Alvin R. Luedecke, Commander, Joint Task Force Seven, as its senior representative at the Eniwetok Proving Ground,effective March 15 (Eniwetok time) 1958, with full authority to act for the Commission in all matters concerning the successful execution of Operation HARDTACK. The terminal date for this authority cannot now be set, but it should coincide with the end of the operational phase of HARDTACK. A copy of the Chairman’s letter request- EPG the amounts of special nuclear materials required for the sixteen LASL and DOD shots which were enumerated in my January 29, 1958, message, including materials for such spares as may be required. You are also directed to transfer custody of the nuclear devices involved in those sixteen shots, including the ex- spendable and spare nuclear materials re- ferred to above, to General Luedecke, Commander, Joint Task Force Seven, under his delegated authority as Senior Atomic Energy Commission Representative at the EPG. This transfer of custody will be made effective on March 15 (Eni- wetok time) for those devices and com- ponents on hand in the EPG,on arrival at the EPG for those devices and components enroute on March 15 (Eniwetok time), and at the time subsequent to March 15 (Eniwetok time) and place in the continental United States that the devices and components are delivered plane-side for shipment to the forward area, and will terminate with the delivery ing neral Luedecke to accept this authority is attached. of the unexpended devices and components to the authorized AEC courier in the continental United States on return from the forward area, or with the end of the operational period which will also ter- “You are hereby authorized to ship to the SSN materials accountability station at Commander, Joint Task Force Seven, whicheveris sooner. minate the delegation of authority to the Page 19 +