PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED, 2-54 as much cs possible so as to reduce tho sizo of thcso now aders. B.u.VO rims ono was bricfing day and at 0800 hours all dircrows reported to building #79, tho now Task Group 7.4 Bricfing Room, This was to bo tho first briofing conducted in this room md tho Gporations personnel guite naturally woro cagor to gcc how it would bo accoptod, Much timo and offort had boon spent in planning and constructing tho 250 soat bricfing room. Many oxtroemoly favorable commonts wore hoerd as tho crow mombers ontorod and procooded te thoir assigned soats. «rojoct Participants woro clso proscnt, ag Li +, Director of Operations, oponed tho bricfing, all lights woro turnod off oxcept tho black lights which woro focussod on tho first bricfing chart, Al] bricfing charts had beon pro- pared with luminous paint and as this transition from brillimece to that of darkness took placo, ad tho chart assined a bright glow, thorc was a murmur of great satisfaction fron the entiro audionco. Tho goncral bricf- ing wns conducted first, then tho spociclized bricfinga followod, covering all phascs of tho first nission. Immediately after BRUVO shot (on 1 Merch), tho airstrip at Bikini wes contaminated to such a dogroo that its inncdiate uso was hazardous to »porsonnel, Radiation prohibited the landing of sireraft. This con- dition imposed a soricus problem beerusc airlift betwoon Eniwotok and Bikini was a necessity. Tho two HM aircraft, operationally controllcl by Task Group 7.4 at thet time, were not considered sufficient to accommodate all the antici pated passengers and cargo. _ efter earcfully surveying tho oxisting problen, took prompt action through 29 (5 appropriate chmnecls and Headquarters, USAF, was requostod to furnish thre<