il* Communicationsservicerequiredby representativesof the Press will be providedaboard the Press Ship by the Chief of Naval Operations. 3. OPERATIONALCONCEPT a. TYPes of CommunicationFacilities. (1) General: Because of limited cable facilities,tide dispersionof operations,and the number of aircraftand ships involved,radio will be the primarymeans of communications. A limitednumber of submarinecable circuiteinterconnect islandswithin the EXIWXTY3K Atoll, and islandswithin the BIKINI Atoll. Maximumuse shouldbe msde of these facilities to meet communicationsneedswithin each atoll. ‘he use of unclassified”HFvoice radio circuitswill be kept to a minimum and closelycontrolled. (2) Major Radio Facilities: (a) l%e major portion of landbased,militaryoperated,low, medium, and high frequencyfixed radio transmitting equipnentwill be locatedin the Joint Transmitter Station(Bldg. 4) on FRED Island. The stationwill be jointlyoperatedby lG 7.2 and ‘IG7.4, with TG 7.3 furnishingmatitenancepersonnelfor Navy type transmitters. Operationalcontrolwillbe under the Signal Officer,TG 7.2. military fixed (b) The major portionof the point-to-point stationreceivingequipnentwill be locatedin the Joint Receiver Stationon DAVID Island. It will be jointly operatedby ‘N 7.2 and % 7.& under the operationalcontrol of the SignalOfficer,lti7.2. (c) Facilitiescontrolcenterwill be locatedinBl&. 15, FREO, jointlyoperatedby TG 7.2 and lG 7.4 under the operationalcontrolof the SignalOfficer,IG 7.2. (d) Task Group 7.5 will operateand maintain fixedradio transmittingand receivingequipnentin Bldg. 81 EIMER Island,ENINEToKAtoll. On NAN Island,in the BIKINI Atoll, RI 7.5 will operate and mintain fixed radio transmittingequipnentin the E 7.5 transmitterstation, and receivingequipmentin Bldg. 204. These facilitieswill provideinter-atollteletypeservice, and the inter-atolland ship-shoreradio telephone service. rypto Facilities: (3) Communication-Relay-C (a) Joint Relay Center. All Task Force organizationswithin the EFG will be servedby the Joint Relay/CryptoCenter located in Bldg. 15, FRED Ishpd. The JointRelay/Crypto Centerwill be jointlyoperatedby TG 7.2 and ‘IC7.4 under the operationalcontrolof the SignalOfficer, TG 7.2.