—- : Prior to TIGER/CAT, JTF SEVEN informed Task Group 7.4 that all travel, TDY and transportation costs for the rehearsal would be borne by the participating air commands. Any additional expenses incurred in connection with the rehearsal would also be borne by the corre=sponding air command. J. MOVEMENT TO THE FORWARD AREA The large-scale build-up of personnel in the Pacific Proving Ground started in December 1953. The advance echelon of Headquarters, Task Group 7.4, arrived at Eniwetok on 2 January 1954, and immediately set up the Headquarters and prepared for the arrival of the main party on 27 January 1954. K. CONSTRUCTION DIFFICULTIES Upon arrival of the main body of Air Task Group at Eniwetok, it was found that numerous programs were behind schedule. Supplies had not been properly stored, vehicular parking areas were not established, and old boards, wires, cable drums and assorted equipment, some dating back to GREENHOUSE, littered the Air Force end of the island. A clean- up program was initiated which consumed thousands of overtime man-hours. By mid-February, the Air Force end of the island had been cleaned wu, outdoor storage areas designated, fences and parking areas installed and waste material scrapped. In January and the first part of February, it appeared that Holmes and Narver, Inc., the AEC construction firm, had not started projects that should have been completed in November and December, such as the parachute building, wiring of the radiac and shop buildings, completion APWLKU —_- We. 39