by the principle of keeping each party as small as possible - in order that personnel, would not be subjected to radiation exposures without necessitye The type of transportation utilized by a particular recovery party was dictated by the location of the material to be recovered, the radiological safety situation at that location, and the priority of the exper imente The major portion of the required airlift was accomplished with TG 132,3 helicopters, operating from the USS RENDOVA flight deck on M, M41, and M # 2 days, and from the Parry airstrip thereafter. The order in which recovery operations were accomplished was fixed by a combination of radiological safety conditions and experimentpriorities, the latter being designated by the Scientifie Deputy of TG 132016 For liike Shot recovery, the responsibility for scheduling of required intra-atoll transportation was delegated to TU 7. Such an arrangement was seen to be faulty after the re~establishment of this:teaadquarters on Parry Island, however, since continuing recovery requirements and the necessity for King Shot COPIED/DOE LANL RC ° aa east ta - I,