ow
2.

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Dispatch orders to the TG 7.3 ships requiring toat movement at

designated times,

3e Request security personnel and material for zoning danger areas and
maintaining them over extended periods of time.
lhe Inatall a system of communications with count-down interconnecting
firing bunkers, control tower, MP roving stations, instrumented MILO.
stations, MSQ stations and others into a centralized control -cency
of JTF SEVEN, with the code name Alaska, all of which was not requ. -.
for the operation at Bikini,
Detailed control of the arming and firing was exercised by JIF sEvVi..
Alaska.
Essentially, J-3, TG 7.1 published weekly schedules which were forwarded to JTF SEVEN for approval amd necessary support action.

This acti...

consisted of:
1.

NOTAM safety notices,

3.

Navy boat movement from the anchorage.

2.

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Air traffic control alerts.

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le MP stations being manned for local safety precautions,
5S. Siren alert signals to the local population that a firing was akon.
to be conducted.

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EVACUATION, RECOVERY, AND RE-ENTRY PLANNING
Planning for this aspect of the operation took place in three phases.

1.

Early in 1957, the basic concepts and general plans of evacuatior.

2.

Later, 28 projects began to submit their monthly status reports,

were determined. Based upon this, requirements for ships, boats, and
aircraft were determined and requested of JTSEVEN.
more detailed information was compiled in the J-3 Section of the Task

Group. This waspublished early in February 1958 in an abbreviated
form in the two atoll event booklets as appendixes to the Task Group

Operation Plan 1-58.
3.

,

Final detailed planning took place at the Proving Grounds when

each task unit, one to two w-eks before each shot, sutmitted its project's evacuation and re-entry cards to the J-3's on Bikini and Eni-

wetok Atolls.

With this latest data, a detailed check list, arranged

chronologically, was prepared for each shot and given wide distribution

to other task groups so that adequate support could be scheduled.

Whereas evacuation and re-entry problems for HARDTACK were similar to
those encountered during REDWING.

4.

hyadded a new recovery problem.

ne

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Rocket sampling of the radioactive clouds

Nose cones were designed to pass through the

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