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properly regulated aerial and ground tours and strict control of
photography.
A detailed Security Pian will be required.
10, The Department of Defense plans to make the USS Mount
McKinley (AGC7) available in Kwajalein commencing April 25, 1956.
The ship will accommodate 60 to 80 cabin class passengers and |
is fitted with extensive communications facilities.
special communications equipment,
However,
including government funished
teletype and commercial high quality voice radio, needs to be
installed. The schedule is very tight and therefore the
additional government equipment is now being installed at the
Naval Shipyard
in Pearl Harbor.
It is doubtful that commercial
voice radio equipment can be made available at
Pearl
Harbor
Soon enough to permit installation in the time available, but
if this can be accomplished communications are expected to be
adequate,
ll, Military aircraft are allocated for the transportation
of observers from Honolulu to Kwajalein, and return,
The Depart-
ment of Defense presently is investigating the availability of
suitable aircraft for observation and courier purposes.
le, At this stage in the planning it is impossible to make
an accurate cost estimate for the operation,
Assuming that
the DOD will provide the necessary ship and aircraft without
charge except for modificatios, it is roughly estimated that
costs will not exceed $200,000,
STAPF JUDGMENTS
13, The Division of Biology and Medicine, and the Office
of the General Counsel concur in the recommendation of this paper,
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