WAIL = 19. Delivery of meil to Task “croup 7.3 wes a continuing vroblen throughout the operstion. Savy mail for the Sniwetok~Rikini erea wag normally forwarded fron the United States vie Navy Fort Office 824 ab Feataleing Enil so roubed was often over—flown to Eninetok by YATS aireraft not steering eb Mrrajalein. It then hed to be returned to Yucjalein for acoountine and sortine purposes and then returned to AFO 187 st ankwetck for local celiverr to T4 7.3 units. The delay caused by this orocedure, combined with adverse weather contitions : during Pebruary which repeatedly held up flights departing from the United States to Haveli, greatly delayed mail deliveries ami created a sexions morale problem 20. In cenjunction with an investigation of the situation wd ‘a directive to LNds to expedite mail loadings instituted by CITY SEVEA, CTO 7.3 notified GOUSERYPAG of the situation, forwarded e revised. list of TG 7.3 units in the area, and requested thet mail leaving the U3. be rowed by Fro, San Franciseo direct te APO 187 at Enivetek. WEEP eencurred in this reywest, elthench first eleas, parcel post, end air mail originated in Rawali continued to be routed via Ewajalein, Thile more direct, the revised matl routing clan placed a heavy bur- den on the Limited fseilitics of APO 187. TG 7.3 furnished one Kavy mail clerk end tee semen to APO 187 to assist in hendling of TG 7.3 mail. 21. shipe at Aaivetok drew their mail <irectly from APO 187. VYail for Bikini units was moved by air from Riwetok to Bikini and 2338 ~) AFWUHO