and dettiiledoutline of responsibilities. (St&f Memo
6 comprehensive
29, 14 January 1948, on the subject, was revoked because of disagreements
with the contents.)
4.
Joint Task Force Liaison Arraxuzeaentsat Xwajalein.
It was realized that a need would exist throughout operations
for a liaison officer to coordinate movement through Kwajalein to ~iwetok
and to function as liaison between the JTF Commander and ~encies
in the
Kwajaleim area. Major H. IL Harris was desi~ted LiaisonOfficer on
20 November.
)
(Annex 7 includes his LOI and finalreport.
CHAPTEEJ’IVE-@ im Problems and SolutioG
1. ~~~ent
Ckpter
and Qperatio
n of the Kwatalein Eaeec
~our.
par 3, gives the backgroundon thismatter.
While the overallresponsibility
for construction
and rehabilitation
was,
in the earlystages,clearlyassignedto Iscom Kwajalein, details as to
who would furnish the necessary resources, especially in manpower, gave
rise to continuous complications. In addition, a similar problaz arose
in determining details of operatioa of facilities. The final solution
involved USARPAC, PACAIHCOM, PACDIVATS, CIliCPACFLT,Amy
Comm@der
‘hek Group
(7.2) and the Air Task Group Commander. lkch contributed
personnel to assist in the development and operation of the Kwajalein
base facilities. In addition, MU
made available $492,500 for-augmen-
ting or improving Navy utilities and the test camp for TG 7.4 by a civilian contractor working under Navy control. The difficultiesin thisprob-
lem seem inevitableaad unavoiLble under existinglaws,customsand command
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