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Headquarters in Pearl Harbcr, where the Naval Task Group planning
This sepsration led te the exchange of many dispatches,
was done.
letters and memoranda injen attempt to resolve difficulties in plan-
ning which could have been easily solved in a few moments over a conference table, if the headquarters of the Task Force and the Naval
Task Group had been in the same locaticn.
these difficulties were
ameliorated to some extent by the assiznment of a J-3 representative
to JTF 7 Forward Headquarters at Fort Shafter and the presence at
JTF 7 Main Headquarters of a Task Group 7.3 representative.
The
latter, Captain Quackenbush, became ill in late December, however, and
it was not practicable to replace him at JTF 7 Main Headquarters before
these Headquarters moved to Fert Shafter in February.
The extreme secrecy in which the operation was conducted at
first was the cause of many difficulties in providing logistics.
Sup-
porting canmands, such as Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, and Naval
Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, were unable to dissemimte information to
a degree which would provide maximum efficiency in ready ing the ships
for the operation, end Commanding Officers and Supply Officers of
vessels engaged in "SANDSTONE" found difficulty in getting high enough
priority for delivery of needed parts, etc., without violating security.
An additional difficulty arose over carrying out directives concerning
the submission and dissemination of movement reports for vessels and
yet observe all security restrictions.
Section VII
This waz solved by having the