Fe ee ee ee re rr ° \. TESVITTITT quae. PART til, CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1] PLANNING 1.1 AFSWC; LASL; UCRL; Sandia Corporation; and all other agencies that participate regularly in EPG operations. budget. 1.8 Plans for the improvement of EPG base facilities (PAC construction) were drawn up and submitted to ALOO by the Contractor in March 1957 for inclusion in the FY 1958 1.2 Formal planning for expendable test The TG 7.5 Operation Plan 1-58 was issued on 14 February 1958 and included only essential classified information and in- facilities for the HARDTACK Operation, scheduled for Spring 1958 at EPG, began late in 1956, several months after the successful con- ctructions that could not be issued in the unclas- tion of this series was 22 July 1956). Critena 1.9 Spring 1937. OTO, ALO, made detailed advance plans for their respective operations at EPG. The Financial Management Branch issued a classified clusion of Operation REDWING (last detona- for test facilities began to be developed in late 1.3 Plans for advance procurement and shipment of construction materials and equipment began at the Contractor’s Los Angeles Office and at Jobsite in January, 1957. 1.4 Planning for all facets of TG 7.5 opera- tional responsibilities for Operation HARDTACK at EPG began in earnest in Jan- uarv, 1957, with the preparation of the budget for FY 1958. The scheduled PAC construction assumed that Operation HARDTACK would be approximately the same size as Operation REDWING. 1.5 As early as July, 1958, it became ap- parent. hased on a study of TG 7.1’s general concept, that Operation HARDTACKwould he at least 60 larger than Operation REDWING; hence, a revised estimate of required funds was submitted to DMA. Authority for which required this information. The Chiefs, Financial Management, Se- curity, and Communications Branches of Chart of Accounts and detailed instructions on the preparation of improved Cost Reports. De- tails on Security and Communications plas are covered in Chapters VII and VIII. - 1.10 E-3, TG 7.5, was assigned the responsibility for TG 7.5 operational) plans, including evacuation plans. E-3 prepared, issued and supervised the execution of detailed plans for the evacuation of TG 7.5 personnel for each event and coordinated the plans with JTF-Seven and other Task Groups. 1.11. Similarly, E-4, TG 7.5, was responsible for the preparation and execution of plans for TG 7.5 supply and transportation operations. Plans for over-all requirements of supplies, ma- procurement was also re- terials, and equipment were prepared at Jobsite and transmitted to the Los Angeles Office for procurement and shipment to the EPG. Individ- Coordination of all planning was effected by AEC ALO direct communications with requirements for Bikini Atol] and later for Johns- additional advance quested. 1.6 sified SOP. Distribution was limited to offices ual plans were made for the over-all supply ton Island. Changes and additions to the shot the various Scienzitic Users; conferences spon- schedule required an alteration of the supply and transportation plans. Transportation plans Base; engineering and construction conferences by land, sea, and air were also continuous and sored by CJTF-Seven; EPG Planning Board meetings: Project Officers’ conference at Sandia with H&N: and inspection trips to EPG. 1.7 In October. 1957, after receipt and study of the JTF-Seven Operation Plan, the Pacific Operations Division, ALO, began the preparation of TG 7.5 directives. The Director, for supplies, materials, equipment, and personnel comprehensive. Brief reports on the transportation and supply operations of TG 7.5 are included in Chapters IX and X. 1.12 Another major field in which planning played an important part was in the engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance of base facilities and scientific test POD, made a decision to simplify the TG 7.5 Operation Plan through the use of a Standard Operating Procedure. The bulk of routine instructions plus new instructions on items, such as the check-cashirg service, that were not classi- at Jobsite. The Chief, Los Angeles Branch, AEC. to JTF-Seven; all Task Groups; all AEC offices directly concernec: Ficld Command, AFSWP; performed the same functions at Jobsite. For fied were included in the SOP and distributed BEST AVAILABLE COPY facilities. Detailed plans and cost estimates were prepared, both at the Los Angeles Office and supervised the work and approved plans for construction at the Los Angeles Office. E-6, TG 7.5, Page 39 GV