PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED progressively and without deviation. The factors of radiological safety, the problems of security, the variable requirements of the scientific staff, and uncertain meteorological conditions all tended to cause constant revision in the operations plan that was prepared. Whenever the staff felt that it had solved all the problems, and that the Operations Plan was oompletely satisfactory, a new problem was injected that caused considerable consternation for a whilee After a time, each new requirement or change came to be looked upon as a matter of course, and if two or three days went by without any request for modification a feeling of uneasiness developed. In many instances, no actual change was required in plans or orders; a misunderstanding or misinterpretation had developed which could be elarified easily. ie Operations Plan is Issued. Colone] SQ, Operations Officer on the Air Commander’s staff, was charged with the issuance of the Operations Plan No. 1-48 for the Commander, Air Forces. He was assisted in the preparation of this plan by Colone] MMMM and other officers on the staff. Colonel Jackson was transferred to an associated project on 1 March 1948, and his work as Assistant Operations Officer was carried on by Colonel 3m. As previously stated, their first objective was to break down the responsibilities of the Commander, Air Foroes, into tasks for the sub- ordinate units to perform, and then to assign these tasks to the units in a general way. The units themselves would have the responsibility of establishing the procedures to be followed in performing their missions. Task Group 7.4 had already been organized and notified of its responsibilities in the Joint Task Forcee SectionsVIII oe 7 ee 36 The Commander, Air Forces, had PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED

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