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MAY 24 1957
b. Gaelen Felt discussed the Hardtack shot list and theorganiza~
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tion of Task Group 7.1 and Operation Hardtack,
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Felt is to wrk
up a tentative shot list including ready dates for Hardtack, .
This will include the 12 LASL shots, the 10 UCRL shots, and 5
DOD shots,
The tentative organization outlined by Felt is as
follows:
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(Keller) “(Golonan)(MoCaupbell) “ (Grier) °
¢.’ Sam Howell stated that HUN has procured basic.materials’ for
about 60% of the construetion of or improvements to oft~Asland
camps at Runit, Aomon, Nan, Howell, Tarez, Engébi, Uncle, ‘and .. .
Fox. Construction required at these off-isiand: camps will be |
started as the requirements firm up. Air’ strip Pehabilitation
is underway on Runit, Aomon, EnBebi and Naa.’ oe
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. Howell says that AEC is opening ‘bids for approximately 2
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towers (4000 feet) on May 18, 1957. Procurement has been com~
pleted on 20 barges totalling $1.8 million, to be delivered in ~ -
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FY 1958 starting in August at a rate of 3 per.‘month. ee
‘It hasn't been determined as of yet whether. DOD orARC wildpay..
for construction of a bunker on Bikini to beused in the high
altitude tests,
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Jim Reeves is buying a full IBM 10h for weather andother com=—
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Sam Howell recommended and it wassaves that everyeffort vould
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be made to provide HG: with construction.Tequirenente on1 alt
major Hardtack projects by July Le. 195%. oe
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Graves asked O'Keefe ‘(eoaa)to begin a “study of” a“sjeten,of
. » firing signals. forthe© Glass, A\ device, soneidering a ‘40. mile.
stand-off,.
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