on tithes - uMatch eh © i a week, wed pe 0 Col. Schnittke -7- MAY 24 1957 b. Gaelen Felt discussed the Hardtack shot list and theorganiza~ : tion of Task Group 7.1 and Operation Hardtack, # 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: oe | . we [Command Pa eo et Regular : Staff — LASL.| (7?) _ — | UCEL.. | Fowr |. : (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 Flea Fy . Howell says that AEC is opening ‘bids for approximately 2 ar ee towers (4000 feet) on May 18, 1957. Procurement has been com~ pleted on 20 barges totalling $1.8 million, to be delivered in ~ - a 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, 3‘ , Jim Reeves is buying a full IBM 10h for weather andother com=— « putations, . Parry. yo ~ The eauipaent is fe beAnstalled toe in the compound atTee, OF gg Rag wees : a Sam Howell recommended and it wassaves that everyeffort vould © be made to provide HG: with construction.Tequirenente on1 alt major Hardtack projects by July Le. 195%. oe de ‘ Detain, ee 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,. “ ts ¥