departedPear]Harboron 15 November1947. Departingseparatelya
few days laterwere one I,STand one AOG. An advanoedetachmentof 15
EM and offioera,and 2 civilianTechnioianadepartedby air on 17 November and arrived19 November,ten days priorto the main body. A force
of 10 Mvrsl Fersonnelalso accompaniedthis advancedetachmentfor the
purposeof repniringthe tank farm and preparingPOL facilitiesfor receipt of theseproductewhich were enroutefrom Pearl Harborvia two AOG~8.
As a maintenancedetachmentis to be permanentlylooatedat Eniwetok,it
is not believedthnt personnelother thanhighly trainedspecialists
will be requiredprior to trooparrivalsfor futuretests.
Dispositionof previouslydeclinedChina Surplusat Eniwetokand use
of portionsof this stookfor the SandstoneOperation: A souroeof suppliee
for the SandstoneOperationwm withdrawnNavy Surpluspropertylocated
on the variousislsndsof l?niwetok
Atoll. It is estimatedthat the total
value of suoh propertyon Ootober31, 1947,was nearly 1 1/2 millionsof
dollars. All of the materialh-d been sold by”the ForeignLiquidation
Comission to the Republicof China.
Duri& the periodof preparationfor the experiments,
it was obviously impossible,for securityreasons,to permitrepresentatives
of
Chinato enterthe area and removethe property,even if suoh removal
oouldhave been oomplotedprior to the aotualperformanceof the experiments. The Ohiefof Naval Operations,therefore,earlyin November,1947,
.
arrangedwith the ForeignLiquidationCommissioncancellationof the sales
of Navy SurplusPropertylooatodon l!biwetok
Atoll.
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