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from CROSSROADS.
They immediately returned for a conference with the
Commander, Air Forces,
on 20 October 1947, and were informed that the
T/6 and E’s previously submitted had to be revised and final requisitions
again submitted not later than 1 November 1947.
Additional information
was available for the project at this time including the fact that the
lst Experimental Guided Missiles Unit and a Photo Reconnaissance Unit had
been designated as participants.
On 22 October 1947,,.General Gr, General SMM and General Qe
' worked out a broad plan of operation to facilitate planning and to allow
procurement and processing of supplies and personnel to proceed.
provided thats
This plan
(1) a tentative Task Group chart should be drawn up; (2) a
Chief of Staff be designated to coordinate the listing of supplies and
equipmentand to lay the general groundwork; (3) Commanding 9fficers of
the subordinate units would bo responsible for requisitioning equipment
peculiar to their individual supply and maintenance problems; (4) Ewajalein
would be rehabilitated by engineer effort from USARPAC; and (5) a total of
twentyesix (26) aircraft plus air-sea resoue and Air Transport Command
units would be ready for operation at Kwajalein at least two weeks prior
to the first test.
Other problems pertaining te logistics, personel and
operations were also discussed.
Set
Kay staff officers were chosen by name from bases in the Eighth Air
Force jurisdictien and called to Fort Worth for duty only when needed to
assist in the formative stage.
After the preparatienal work had been
accomplished, these staff officers returned to their regular assignments
with the Bighth Air Force.
In December, a formal briefing was held with
all of the planning officers present, at which time they were instructed
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