—iiiiihe® 3.7.5 Motor Vehicle transportation, time for proce sing and issue. 3-L, Vehicles arrived in EPG in sufficient All requested vehicles except 35 weapons carriers were issued to Task Units by 1 Mar 58, No inconveniences or celays were experienced as vehicles were shifted between Task Units as required to perform a mission. This was made possible due to relocation of Teak and Orange events. JTF SEVEN allocated CTG 7.1 a total of 305 vehicles in January 195u. The following tabul-tion indicates the tyoe of vehicles allocated and a breakdown by incividual Task Units as to their location on 1 June 1958: (Se2 Table 34745) Maintenance of TG 7.1 vehicles was in accordance with a maintenance agreement executed on 11 June 1958 between TG 7,2 and TC 7.5. This agree- ment did not outline in sufficient detail the responsibilities of 1G 7.56 The term "organizational maintenance" was not clear to TG 7.5 and should hive teen spelled out- in detail. This resvited in vehicles being scheculec thru TG 7.5 shops every two weeks for what amounted to a lubrication job. No system was employed at this time. Vehicles on various islands of Bikini anc Eniwetok were maintained in similar manner by portable vnits. Temporary camo sites were in existence at Yvonne and Janet at Eniwetok Atoll, ane Oboe and How at Bikini Atoll. Some problems in the maintenance of vehicles ceveloped when it became difficult to set project personnel to bring vehicles to the maintenance facilities as requested. A tighter control of vehicles should te exercised in order to cet the maximm utilization out of all vehicles. A program of turn-in of vehicles to TG 7.2 was started on 11 June 1958. Vehicles were surned into TG 7,2 and then processed by TG 7.5 in accordance with instructions vublished by TG 7.2, As of 20 June, 35 vehicles had been “5 returned to TG 7.2 and 30 vehicles had been shipped to Johnston Island for~_ ~ cp; baie DOE 3 wa: | POE ie [37