HEADQUARTERS
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TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL
APO 187, c/o Fostmaster
San Francisco, California
TCMS.
17 March 1954
SUBJECT:
Weather Island Roll-up
TO:
Commander
Joint Task Force SEVEN
APO 187 (HOW), c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
1. In order to make the most ccononmical utilization of transport facilities,
the following plan for weather island roll-up is submitted for your consideration
and/or approval.
a.
The weather islands (Rongerik, Kusaie, Ponape and Majuro) will prepare
ull items for shipment prior to the arrival of the transport vessel. Expendgple,
items such as POL products, food and medical supplies will be transferred to the
[rust Territories in exchange for services rendcred by the natives. ‘411 items to he
shipped will be documented on shipping tickets, AF Form 104B or C, by weather islond
versonnel. Commander, Task Group 7.2, will be requested to furnish a representative
of the Transportation Officer t> manifest each shipment in accordance with current
orocedures. This representative would accompany the LST to cach island and be returned from Majuro, by air, prior to, or concurrent with, the departure of the UST.
The itinerary of the LST would be substantially as follows:
Depart Majuro
~~irfive Pearl Harbor
&
AAA RRA KAMARA
arrive Majuro
WNONMNDANNYHPHH
MWANQIHWPOMDD
Rongerik
Rongerik
Eniwetok
Eniwetok
Fonape
Ponape
Kusaie
Kusaie
RORCROROROROROROROR. K
Arrive
Depart
Arrive
Depart
Arrive
Depart
arrive
Depart
b. Fersonnel from Rongerik would be off-loaded at Eniwetok and roturned
10 the Zone of Interior on available transportation. Forsennel from Vsnane, Kusais
ind Mafuro, together with the Froject Officer, would proceed ta Ssarl Farber aboard
she LST. These personnel would be transported from Hickan fir Foree Buse by wailt-ble transportation.
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