He agreed to certain minor constructions on the Eniwetok Atoll, and
also concurred in Admiral Denebrtikls assuming operational control of
the additional small ships involved. This decision was embodied in
General Hullts reply to Hr. Lilienthal, which was hand carried by
General Kepner on his returnto Washington,and remainedthe basis
for JTF-7 supportof the projectthroughoutthe remainderof Operation
A more satisfactory solutionof this matterwould have
SAKDSTCW,
been to have the JCS directthe Task Force to assumeresponsibility
for this operation.
After approval of the SCGP in early February, the Chief of Staff
decidedto have each staff section preparea check list of the various
actionsit would be necessaryfor them to performduringthe course
of each test, these check lists (laterdesi~ated MCLts)to be mon-
itoredby J-3. The J-3 MCL was compiledfrom the OperationsPlsnsof
all,theTask Groups as well as from JTF Field OrderNo. 1. After,
init~
reviewof the other staffsections
1 and the variousTask
Groupst blCL
1s, the originaldecisionwas alteredto relieveJ-3 of
furtherre@onsibilityfor monitoring,but the J-3 KCL itselfwas
built up to providea completescenarioof the operationfor the ready
referenceof the Task Force Comander. From this MCL gww the card
index systemof checkingJ-3 actionstaken or to be takenwhich w~
be describedin a later section.
Duringthe latterpart of his stay in Washington,GenerslBarksr
acted as Chief of Staff in additionto being J-3, as GenerslFerenbau@3
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