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10 November 1953

BEST AVAILABLE COPY

Annex K to CJTF SEVEN Operation Plan No, 3-53

Definitions: The following alert conditions are for use by the task ~
force and should not be confused with CINCPAC alert conditions. Reports by ATCOM ENIWETOK to CINCPAC will conform with alert conditions as defined in Annex X and 2 to CINCPAC General Emergency Operation Plan No, 11-53, dated 20 June 1953.
WHITE Alert, as employed in this plan, indicates that hostile
action or attack on forward area installations is imminent and will
occur within a period of time specified by ATCOM ENIWETOK.

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HOSTILE ACTION ALERT PLAN

RED Alert indicates that any one or all of the forward area po-

sitions are being subjected to hostile reconnaissance or attack.

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Since this plan is designed to comply with CINCPAC General Emer-

gency Operation Plan No. 11-53, CJTIF SEVEN will be referred to as

ATCOM ENIWETOK.

In the absence of CJUTF SEVEN, while the task force

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headquarters is in the forward area, the senior task force officer
present will discharge the responsibilities of ATCOM ENIWETOK.
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General Concept

In the event of an outbreak of general war during the on-site
operational phase, the task force will continue toward the execution
of its mission within the capability of the forces remaining availa~
ble unless instructions to the contrary are received from the AEC _

and DOD.

The purpose of this hostile acticn alert plan is to insure ©

that Operation CASTLE will be conducted with a minimim threat from direct hostile interference or threat of capture by enemy of its “
critical supplies, material and key scientific personnel. This plan
establishes those measures best suited to the defense of the BIKINIENIWETOK area and will become effective upon commencement of the ~~
operational phase. The premise upon which this plan is based is.

that any actual attack by an enemy would, in all probability, occur
when the entire task Forcefas been established in the forward area,
The objective would then m¢re appropriately warrant and reward the

risk involved,

Short of such an actual attack, hostile action would

in all likelihood be limited to missions of reconnaissance nature.
ATCOM ENIWETOK will command and, through his staff, coordinate the
defense when major elements of the task force are involved.

The task force will be placed on WHITE and RED alerts in accordance with orders initiated by ATCOM ENIWETOK based on information
secured from higher and adjacent commands or from local sources.
when on a WHITE alert status, all task group comnenders will prepare
for RED alert conditicns to the maximum extent possible in view of
their primary tasks and missions. ATCOM EXTWETOK will “suspend or
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The ground defense of the atolls is at all times a function of
CT 7.2. The existerce of his trained, organized and equirped
combat security force gives him a small but highly mobile striking
force cepable of rapid movement by vessel and/or aircraft to any

threatened island in either of the atoll areas.
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