scheduled to go to MNIWETOK, the brief survey. 20 The ATT wilt remain at TAONGI during No UDT is scheduled to go. Cost of opening the entrance into the TACIGI legoon and a suitable channel on a minimm basis would be a costly ond lengthy operation. This channel] would consist of rehabilitation of the existing one which leads from inside the atoll passage eastward into the lagoon for mout ome-half of a mile, ad then southward for about 2 miles and also northward to the selected shot barge site. According to coments of TG 7.3, to perait channel clearance sufficient for ooeration of up to and includ'ng [CU's would be a project well in the million dollar clase ami would probably teke around six months, To attetpt a project which would allow access to the legoon by LSD's, etc., would be prohibitive both in cost and time in the opinion of TG 7.3. Greater detail on this problem will eppear in the Tu! study currently being prepered, 2. iIn preparation for the operational phase a new EPG Danger Area would have to be establisnsd. The one prescribed for REDWIIS excluded all land massss except ENIWETOR and BIMIWE art on the north stosped just short of WAKE. If the saws criteriz of estebliemsnt should be envioyed for YARDTACK as for REDWING, WAKE would definitely be in the Danger Area, While sir traffic (comerical and military) into and out of WAKE might not be curtailed during shot times, it is certain that WAKE vould hava to have complete mon‘tering and evacuation capabilities. | 2. somunications a. ° TaN F 'POPIED/DOE During the actual operation and undcr oll three situations, the 7 -6-