l:edand white alert plans for emergency and for search for
unauthorized personnel were formulated and dinseminated by Operations
Crder ;;o.6, and a white alert (search) was held prioi:to X-Ray Day
to irsurethat no unauthorized personnel were ashore. However, no
further alerts were held because of the interruption caused to the
accomplishmnt of operational tasks.
A breakdown of the StandbyForceto remainon Eniwetokand Parry
Islandsduringthe actualtests was determinedand disseminated
to all
Task Groupsbut was subject to msny changes. The IslendCommanderwas
eventuallycharged with preparation of the roster for this force, with
J-3 authorizingadditionsas required. The importanceof this roster
was in the executionof the EmergencyEvacuationPlan if this became
Recessary. A change in the decisionreferenceemergencyevacuation
was made to providefor evacuationby water transportation
ratherthan
by aircrafth view of the largenumberof personnelinvolved. Thts
decisionwas later againmdified, priorto Peter X-RayDay, to provide for the evacuationof all exceptJTF-7 Air Forcespersomel by
water, and all J’TF-7Air Forcespersonn@lby ah.
This latterchange
was necessitatedby insufficienttransportation
of eithertype to
effectcompleteevacuationof all personnelashorein case of emergency,.
The EvacuationPlan was alsomodified,for toth securityand
operationalpur~oses,to providefor an alternateplan to pexmitthe
four majorvessels(AGC-7,AV-48AV-5 and CVE-1.15)
to re~~
~side
ZniwetokLagoonduringFeterX-Ray Day, tisteadof sortieingfrom the
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