VII muster, positica, and fallout reports roduced the lenzth of these frequently recurring msssagea over woice cireuit. On the flagship, the primary tactical md aninistrutivs voice ciresits terminated in Flac Flot, umter the contrel of the staff wate: officer, «ad were irmediately accessible to the Task Group Yormander. Considerchle une of visual corrunications was made during the hours when the ships renained in formation, on station outside the leguon. However, traffic on the task group Gi Comaon became seriously bacilogeed. ho messages of roubine precedence or below were passed for apprax- : imately 48 houre, and pricrity traffic wes delayed for several hours, 16. Communications for eubsequent shots in ceneral followed the pattern established during BRAVO. ‘There was no necessity for further pre-chet drills end rehearsals of tims broadesst and other special signales the frement sorties provided sufficient drill. Activation of shot time cireuites was deferred unt 0700 on alnus one cafe Tic shortened the perio’ from 70 to approximately 36 hours when moat ships were forced te maintain a watch-in-two among comunticators. CURTISS, now the flagship, ost all the cosmnntastion require- ments imoosed by CTG 7.3, bat the nusber of control lines between Kain Coma and Radio II (4 sudio ami 5 Gi) was 0 limiting factor in activeting any additional circuits. 17. A considerable decrease ia treffic during the later shots was evidew. In part this ws attributable to the teammork within the tesk group prior to these shots, axi to previous resolution of peoblexs and promulgation of directives. Originators were directed 236 711