ae by name, after that individual's’ work was donee. Personal liaison with the appropriate project officer was utilized to accomplish this mission, rather than the issuance of directives and lists, because of the changeable nature of experimental duties prior to a detonation. As space aboard the USS ESTES; CURTISS, and RENDOVA was critical, these ships presented the greatest problem in working out assignments and passenger listse Up until M-3 days major changes in the assignments to these ships were taking place due to changes in the operational requirements of the technical groupSe For thisreason it was impractical to work up final passenger lists of TG 132.1 personnel prior to M3 dayse Those 1ists which were prepared on M-15 days required many correctionsaridthe final and accurate lists on each ship were made as the ship Bot underway s Insofar as possible ship andquarters assignments were worked out by the J-1 Section in close liaison with the Chief of Staff and the J-3 Section. Cards stating ship and quartets assignments were issued to all personnel. Last-minute assignments to quarters were handled by the J-1 representative aboard each ship. In order to assure that all personnel were actually evacuated from the Atoll a muster was conducted of all TG 132.1 personnels The Task Group was divided into 15 muster groups, each with an COPIED/po LANL Re, a = -~ 45 -