i I Us. CONFIDENTIAL k. Riclosure (2) - Conditions peculiar to the area or the duration of stay in the area which are detrimental to ships material are as follows: (1) BENNER experienced difficulty in receiving teletype after 2000 at Bikini. (2) Some breakdows in electronic gear experienced due to high temperatures. 1. Personnel and Administrative Q) Personnel Logsegs (a) (b) (c) (a) (2) Buergency Leave - 2 Hospitalization - 3 Mandatory transfers - 0 Security risks - 0 Adequacy of personel allowances fa} Engineering: Adequate (b>) Operations: Adequate (c) Supply: Adequate (a) Gumery: Adequate (3) There has been a decrease in the number of courts martial, nonjudicial pusishment and cafinement cases since BENNER's arrival in the Miwetok Proving Groumd. (4) Mails: U.S. Mail service to both Rniwetok and Bikini has been good. Reports have been received that indicated excessive delivery time of outgoing mail to the U.S. Guard mail and officer messenger mail was adequate. (5) Berthing and messing: ( destroyer type ships, there is a limited amomt of room available for the berthing of officer - observers and civilian observers of a similar status. Usually officers in the ship's company are required to vacate their rooms to accomodate any number of observers of this over three. status Commmicationss (1) Since BENNER's arrival in the Poiwetok Proving Ground, message traffic shipboard has increased approximately 200%. Some diffi- culty was originally encomtered in processing and cmtrol of priority traffic due to large volume. This was rectified through indoctrinatim of persmnel. (2) Space available was inadequate for comuicatisAprree installed for HARDTACK. Que radio set was mou feat house. All communications gear especially ingat a 5. Ҥ iL OT ee hea