Qe
- plement of 9G 7.1 and porecnvel fren other Tesk Groups in direct eupyort of 7.1
ectivivtles io be enprasimetely 250.
be cebin cles3.
Of the 250 ecccuzcdations, abcus 100 should
Aa AV could eccommodate the bolk of the 7.1 pergcimel, providing
living space:, working snace and c firing fecility.
Cur experience in previcrs operations leads us to expect tht ecnsid.
erable rotation of personnel will be found necessary.
Wa delieve that the addi-~
tional hardships resulting from the absence of a legoon anchorecge will rere the
nee@ for rotation af personml even ercater than it hes been in the pect.
4k. Cperetions}. Personnel,
Feprezentstives of beth Jire7 acd 1G 7.3 have expressed the cpinion
that if Teorgi were useé as e Pairing site, a commend ship would be necegsery.
In
additicn to servings as e fiesship, such a ship would houge en cir operations ecnter, weather esntral facilities, ete., as 644 the ESTES daring Redring.
The best
opinion fron. UTF.7 and % 7.3 is that ouch a shin ehould be either an i9C cr a
earricr.
Thoce TC 7.4 persomnel in direct support of 7.1 activities ‘vould, of
course, be tilletei1 atard this chip
It is ceubtful,
korever, that this ship
could replece the ahin mentioned ja VIT.3. avove, tmicss it were ©. lerze carricr.
Furthstusre, in vir cf conflicting requirexerts, it is not rocemzencecd thst theese
activities tc carbinse= ebetrd e single ship.
9.
Intre-e coll Cronsportc.tion
Gho primary reexs of
inticsicd ir VII.2. e>me.
intra-ctoll treuaspertation would be by boat, ac
It is nevertheless Cesirable to euyplemeat this mesnzs,
42 ot etl pecotible. by furnishing limited helicopter transportation.
Such trans-
portation is believed w be rnececeary in the case cf instrumentation avhor? in
erder to previde adeqrate trcnocertstion to points which my be hesvily conteminoted.
Helicorters er? ceztul but nct cocsiwiely receasary Ter popteshot exrvey of lagoon
econteninaticn.
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