. . c. OperationHARDTACKwill be planned and conductedby Joint Task Force SEVEN, the permanenttask force organizationestablishedby the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the concurrenceof the AtomicEnergy Commission,the Commanderof which is directlyresponsibleto the Atomic Energy Commission,and to the Joint Chiefsof Staff. d. OperationHARDTACK,as presentlyplanned,will includeuore detonationsof atomic devicesthan any previousoverseastest series. The total planned number of detonationswill be approximatelyevenly dividedbetweenEniwetokand Bikini Atolls. In genersl,devicesof primary interestto the Universityof CaliforniaRadiationLaboratory will be detonatedat Bikini Atoll and those of primary interest to the Los AlamosScientificLaboratorywill be detonatedat Eniwetok Atoll. If detonationsplanned for one atoll are completedahead of schedule,the remainingshotsmay be rescheduledto effectmore efficientutilizationof the EniwetokProvingGround. They may also be rescheduledby mutual agreementof the task units and task groupe concerned,and as directedby Commander,Joint Task Force SEVEN. A capabilitywill be maintainedto fire a high yield device at each atoll simultaneously. A capabilitywill be maintainedfor simultaneousemergencypost-shotevacuationof personnelfrom both atolls. Capabilityfor sustainedafloat operationswill not be programmed. Two high altitudedetonationawill be launchedfrom Bikini Atoll and the high altitudeballoon detonationwill be launchedfrom the deck of the USS BOXER, with the plamed detonationin the vicinity of Bikini Atoll. e. Effectiveupon the startingdate of the operationalphase of OperationHARDTACK,the Commander,Joint Task Force SEVEN,will be designatedas the Senior AtomicEnergy CommissionRepresentative at the EniwetokProving Ground and will be given full authority to act for the Commissionin all.matterswhich concernthe successful executionof OperationHARDTACK. This authoritywill be operational. in nature and will not be intendedto transferto Commander,Joint Task Force SEVEN, any of the continuingadministrative responsibilities of the Manager,AlbuquerqueOperation Office; the Manager,San FranciscoOperationsOffice;the Manager, EniwetokBranch Office; or the normal responsibilities for tecQ0 Tr 14.2SZ f. g.