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Rongorik, provided tho pcriod of ocaipation did not cxcced rad-Safoty
linits.
It wes docidod that, during tho intorintotwceen cvacuction and
ro-ostcblishnont of Rengerik to nornzl operational status, small grouvs
of porsonnel, as ro~ontry teans or prrtics, would bo porlodically trans-
ported from Eniwotok to service, maintain and oporate, on a very limited
scale, the cquignont and facilitics which wore located on the outlying
weather islands.
Ccortcin coordination with all agoncics of intorest was
necessary for tho completo and successful -ccomplishnent of this Task
Group objective.
During the sccond wock of March, a toam provided by the Test Services
Unit conducted the first in a serics of rce-ontry missions into Rongerik,
to inspect, service, maintain and operate the cquignent that was
installed,
vosscl.
49,50,51
3D
The initial ro-ontry tcam ontercd Rongorik via surfcco
It was contcmplated, however, that anphibious eirercft would be
usod for subsoqicnt tripse
Five to seven personnel conprised cach toan,
a fully qualificd adiologiccl Safcty Monitor, provided by the fost
airerrft Unit, accompanicd cach teom engaged in the re-entry mission to
Rongcrike
Onoosch ro-ontry mission, r-diation intensitics indicated by
detection instruments wore to be recorded and forwarded to tho Director
of Operations upon the return of the tcan to Eniwotok,
In addition, satpl.:
of coral and other contmineted debris, found in the vicinity of working
arersat Nongcrik, would be cbtainod under the supervision of the itlad
Safcty Monitor for the team and convayed to 2 representative of Task
49.
2d Ind to B/C, "Radistion Monitoring and Operational Readiness Vian
50.
Ltr to T Spt Unit, "Rqmts for Spt of the Rongerik No-ontry Oor Undor
51,
Ltr to T acft Unit, sane as
for dongcrik toll,"
PP No. 1-54.
6 March 54.
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