; III - returned ‘Gontrol of the drone ships to MOIATIA, and departed for : Eatwotok, . cre Toh ‘reported that he hadno further positioning requirements for ESTES, Ships were © reassigned new stations at sea . south of Eninman Island. a7 . : q.- , The “Task Group Commander transferred to ESTES by heli-" _ copter ant tock part in a conference, “Where plans for reentry, into * the lagoon were revised. _ Ordinarily, had ‘the ships themselves not . é been contaminated, and haa contamination on the islands not been. 80 extreme, RadSafe surveys of the. atollwould have ‘been flown byBATROKO's beLocpters, carrying TG 71 nonttors, When‘the survey S . was “complete, and ‘water samples had shown, the‘lagoon waters were© or safe for entry, ships would have reentered, the lagoon, and comianced “- ~ *,ares a> 4 - recovery operations. -By boatand by helicopter, scientificpartion: 2 : mae sse os teks aye 8 < s,s, _ wound returnto thet”stations throughout,‘the aton,” to ‘Pecover= = eer ahfia,tnstrmenta atother data, their‘novensateinto“contaminated id Se ranean5akoteow oie” | “areascontrolled byore ‘I's RadSafe‘Tatt,But the ehipe woreSy : ¥ a os a 3 oe contaminated, andradiation titensitioson nost islands were ‘t00- high for earlyreentry. wes A new plan was Andtcated. It called for. .BAIROKO, ESTES, ‘cunriss’«and AINSWORTH to return to the Enivetok base, to permit the Task Force to reorganize and prepare to resume Bikinioperations based afloat. BELIE GROVE, with a TG 7.1 RadSafe representative on board as advisor, would remain outside 17