os Be Events up to shot tine vere generally conducted much as they had been in’‘BRAVO. ;“The‘sposttion of shipsoft Bikini vas . ‘substantially the Bale « The"‘coverage of the Fre-sbot_ air search ba ~ been enlarged ‘greatly, and five planes were now ‘required ‘to search the "new Danger trea and the ‘downwind sector, as against three during BRAVO. « idk..‘ne | The firingbunker inl‘Four’‘hundred foot photogranhi ‘tower on Enya” Island were now used as a radio relay point, ‘and‘the1firing party\was ' embarked in ESTES in which special equipment was sed ‘to send out the” firing signals oy radio’, The firing partywas5 evacuated from the shot we, ~ - . . barge by 2 ‘0Ms 9 rather ‘than by helicopter: E ae . - « ” he The shotwas fired on tine. _ There wasno’ fallout ‘on task~ group ships. Shortly after 0909 two helicopters left BATROKO for the- ~ initial radiological merry,aba ‘two more proceeded to the airetrip ith * peraciné].to clear it of debris that haa ‘beet Sepostited.4‘the blasts,bemece Reentry:was tentatively scheduled for 1200, pendingasurvey of, thete on lagoon, water. BELLE GROVEentered to test, for water contamination. o : ships lett their evacuation stations endclosedon‘Bikind. Shortly *LL after 1100word was received that‘fallout ‘oh Bilcint was not significsnt, os exiept in ‘the shot crater Be and 1300 was set as R-hour, APACHE and SIOUX began their search for fallout collector buoys. in the fallout area. BELIE GROVE reported ‘the lagoon clear, YAG 39 and 40 were reported dead in the water MOIATA a3 nd TAWAKONI were proceeding to an area | outh of them, to gain radar contact and stand by to recover them when