~ 2 - K-65-316 Locations: a. b. Exercise - Mid-Pacific areas south of Hawaii. Support activity-military bases in Hawaii and Johnston Atoll. Time: : Mid-November to Mid-December. Key personnel: a. b. ec. Major General John D. Stevenson, Joint Task Force Eight. USAF, Colonel Robert E. Belville, USAF, Commander, Commander of the Exercise Task Group. Doctor Philip L. Randolph of the AEC's Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California, Associate Scientific Deputy JTF-8 and Scientific Advisor to the Exercise Task Group. Other participants will be from the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission and its Laboratories totaling approximately 1500 personnel. Equipment: a. Two B-52 aircraft to drop instrumented test-simula- b. Three NC-135A "Flying Diagnostic Laboratory" e. Approximately 27 support aircraft/weather, tion objects. aircraft to test instrumentation. rescue, etc., sampler, and a few naval support vessels. Questions also may be answered on basis of previously published official information. Release of information concerning this exercise other than that approved by this message must be cleared in advance with OASD /PA and DPI/AEC. In all cases not mentioned by the above instructions, the JTF-8 Classification Guide and later JTF-8 classification releases will apply. Hay Jensen Classification Officer HHT:vr Distribution: "w"