Other JTF 7 documents designated Movement Directives and Operational Check
Lists detailed the general instructions in the basic planning documents.
This sequence of operation plans and orders was reflected in the subordinate groups within the task force, for example:
Operation Order (U)***
Task Group 7.2
Number 1-53
Number 3-53
Dates as indicated

13 Oct 1953
22 Dec 1953

S-485
S-683

9 Jun 1954
15 Feb 1954
17 Feb 1954
21 Feb 1954
6 Mar 1954
3 Apr 1954
18 Apr 1954

S-28-54-E
SRD-117-54E
SRD-128-54E
$-163-54E
SRD~188-54E
SRD-251-54
SRD-281-54E

Operation Plan 1-53 (U)
Task Group 7.3
18 April 1954***
Operations Orders***
Task Group 7.3
Number 2-54
Number 4-54
Number 5-54
Number 6-54
Number 7-54
Number 9-54
Number 10-54
Dates as noted
Operation Plan (U)
Task Group 7.4
Number 1-54
Number 2-54
Number 3-54
Number 4-54
Dates as noted

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15

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Jun

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1954
1954
1954

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CASTLE After-Action Reports
The task force prepared a formal history of the operation:
History of Operation CASTLE (U)
H.G.

Bechanan,

Hq JTF 7

Lt USNR,

and C.0. Jones,

2LT USA

1954***

*Available from NTIS; order number appears before the asterisk.

**Available at DOE CIC.
***Not available.

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