Soom om, : - dered te return to tuse where the lest ons landed at 0522, At Gaylight SIGUX and EFPENSCH commenced to search for fall-out buoya, to be joined later by TARAKONI when she had returned the *hot# drone ship, YAG 40, to her mooring in the lagoon. At daylight other units re-entered and anchored. CTG 7.3 and his partial staff returned to the CURTISS at Bikini, where preperetions for YARKES were continuing. It was now 3° April ent YANKEE was scheduled to be ready on 5 Haye 21, & 3 Hey a third sortie for NECTAR was carried cut. This tine £9TzS wes required at Bikini for tests tn comection with readying YANKEZ, so CTG 7.3 set up a temporary comand pest ashore on Parry Island. Two ef E5TES* afr controllers vere trensferred te the TG 7.4 AOC en Entwetok Ialand te eseist in control of the 107.4 aircraft from thet point rather then ESTES, 09S LED was still in the ares, end hai been joined by two cther Ititerente, USS AREQUIPA (AF-31) amd USS NAVASOTA (A0-106). These; coupled sith LST 551, were considered capable of carrying out the eaergency evacaation of Eniwetok should £6 becomes necessary, Wo fall~cut buoys were leidy Project 2.$8 bed exhsueted ite supply on the two previous RECTAR atteapte end efforte Yo recover the buoys hed act been suneeaful. The ships departed tie lagoen by 2000 and proceeded to their shot, time stations, except EPPERSON who took up her patrol of Wide Entrances. Patrol aircraft searches were uxierway. At 2100 it was learned that two LOfs, menned by naval persmnnel sttached to TG 7.2 and under control of the Army Task Group, were cissing. Lt 45 had wksuo a 7, are 4