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resommended to General wa- that Task Group 7.4 be subdivided into eight
(8) subordinate units, and each of these units was alerted to its general
responsibility.
Personnel problems had been solved either by the Bighth
Air Porce or by the Strategic Air Command.
The Air Materie] Command and
other supply agencies were directing equipment and supplies either to the
units themselves or to overseas destinationse
Security matters were being
solved by special procedures as outlined in the Security Report.
The
remaining problem of directing operations on practice and test days was
the responsibility of the Office of the Air Commander.
Operations Plan No. 1-48 was issued by the Headquarters, Air
Forces, Joint Task Force SEVEN, on 12 January 1948, at Washington, D. C.
This plan followed the standard form, being divided into five main paragraphs covering the general situation, mission, tasks for subordinate units,
administrative and logistic matters, and command and signal matters.
In
addition, there was a series of annexes amplifying the various responsibilie
ties of the subordinate units.
The purpose of this plan was to alert the
units of the Task Force to their responsibilities on "P“ (Practice),
"xX" (First Test), "Y" (Second Test), and "2" (Third Test) days and to
inform other units of the Task Force of the part that the Air Forces intended to play in the operation.
The issuanceof this Operations Plan tended to crystallize the
thinking of the Air Force Units involved and to bring forth comments from
other staff members and the scientists.
Procedures which had been thought
to be acceptable to all needed modification and clarifications
Other
organizations of the Task Force issued Operations Plans, and it was found
that there was occasional conflict in the thinking of the various groups
involvede
Problems arising from these discussions were solved by normal
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