— ge ghtRRAGE O° RMR SEE 002¢ JNCLAS ° a Poot 4! re] ‘* Cs val . . , . Opes | os of ™ . ‘ . h v co > i. : OPERATIONAL TWO HOURS THEREAFTER. ALL EQUIPMENT AND MOST PERSONNEL DEPLOYED BY MAC SATURN EARLY AFTERNOON NOV 8. 20TH HELOS IN FORMATION DEPARTED KWAJ ! APPROX 1400 LOCAL ANC ARRIVED WITHOUT INCIDENT 1630 ENIWETOK LOCAL CO90K3OZ) CA BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT). UPON ARRIVAL ENIWETOK THE RADIATION INSTRUMENTED HELO MADE SEVE@AL LONGITUDINAL PASSES AT RUNIT AND THEN EXPERIMENTED WITH & NEW TRAVERSING TECHN ICUF WHICH HAD BEEN SUGGESTED RY THE MARINE DETACHMENT CO WHO WAS PILOTING© THAT CRAFT. AT THIS MOMENT ALL DATA SYSTEMS ARE "GO" AND WE HAVE EVERY EXPECTATION OF A FULL OPERATIONAL DAY TOMORROY NOV 9, FUEL SUPPLY ON HAND ESTIMATED SUFFICIENT FOR NOV 9 ANC 10 OPS, REPLENISHMENT NOV 10 1S BEING REQUESTED THRU HELO SMUADRON CHANNELS. BASE SUPPORT APPEARS AUSTERE BUT ADEQUATE. COMPUTER IS BEING SUPPLIED WITH POWER AND DEHUMID; PHOTOLAB EXPECTED TO RE ON LINE NOV 9, ALL PERSONNEL COMFOSTABLY HOUSED BUT EVERY BED FILLES. WE STILL HAVE NO CONFIRMATION THAT HELOS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATED MISSION, A FIRM ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WOULD BE OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE FOR DAILY PLANNING. oSFOR EXAMPLE, IF WE KNEW HELOS WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE NOV 15 WF WOULD