Thorough and close control of all phases of the airlift problems from the initial requests for priority assignment through the monitoring aspects of receiving, handling, and eventual relaying to the Jobsite of advance flight information by routine teletype was worked out and incorporated in Holmes & Narver procedures. The backlog of vitally needed shipments was cleared in the first week of operation of the new expedit- ing office, and when additional airlift space became available shortly thereafter, the volume of monthly air freight shipments jumped to ten times the previous amounts until the final days just prior to test time, This monitoring system included stations at transfer points at Hickam Field in Hawaii and at Kwajalein Island and was highly efficient in keeping accurate track of all shipments, in addition to eliminating holdover delays that had totaled as high as thirteen days at a single transfer terminal. The results of this expediting program were so effective that H & N were asked by the University of California Director of Procurement at its Los Alamos Office to include all 3,1 program air shipments under this monitoring plan. As the operational period approached and as the experimental features of the Project developed, the need for additional air cargo allocation increased. Fortunately, the MATS system was able to meet this demand and the H & N average monthly shipments for the months of January to April 1951, inclusive, amounted to 25,688 pounds, or about 856 pounds per day. In utilizing military transocean air facilities, it was necessary that cargo be export—packed in strict accordance with joint Army-NavyAir Force packing specifications designed for safety and accessibility and ease of handling in airlift. Most of the items shipped by this method were of a highly urgent nature and were ordered from manufacturers and vendors located throughout the entire United States. Original plans to have these items export-packed and shipped directly to the Aerial Port of Embarkation by the vendor had to be modified to a large extent. Many vendors lacked the facilities and experience to meet the necessar- ily strict military expert packing specifications. Those who were so equipped imposedexhorbitant charges for performing this service. A subcontract was made in September 1949, with an experienced export-packing firm in Oakland, California, to alleviate these con- ditions. H & N shipments which were designated for shipment by air were received, checked, export-packed, and delivered by this sub- contractor to the MATS terminal at Fairfield-Suisan, California, for transshipment. The need for a system of marking the cargo of the various military services and Government agencies became apparent; therefore, each package destined for Eniwetok was marked in the following manner: Holmes & Narver cargo Military Services cargo Task Group 3.1 cargo 14-14 Blue X Orange X Green X