25 March 1959, J-6 Report: For overseas testing activities ET ntific setup considerable time has been spent laying out the s¢ie irements to. H&N, on board sr an LCU and forwarding these design requ LCU and its as well as reviewing the LRL design for an opensea -relationship with &8&x an LSD. B y For NTS test capability the has moved contract for 4 500-féot holes was let and the contractor number of In to start work; a request was made xx to increase the holes to 6, which was turned down by DMA. Furthermore design for sted and ‘4 {00-foot holes for full scale shots up to 10 kT was reque until approved: by DMA, but construction will be held in abeyance ion of someone other than LASL will commit themselves on the quest groundwater contamination. Various other problems and aspects of the eering, NTS underground testing program are being addressed by engin designs, feasibility studies, planning etc. Here is a 26 Mar. 1959transmittal letter from Col. Wignall, Commander of the 4950th , forwarding a draft operation plan for the so-called Early Bird Nd Fe operation, on which there was supposed to be a planning conference on 10 Mar. Wignall forwards the draft plan in spite of the fact that the planning conference was postponed. A document from the Navy entitled, "Operation Willow, Navy Plans, SWET-7," Mar. 1959 has on the distribution the Commander of Task Group 7.3 at the U.S. Naval Gun Factory in Washinton. The report addresses the Navy's proposal for their inclusion in the next overseas weapons effects test series and includes three i ns as well as one surface detonati: on on the ocean's surface. ter detonatio underwate TF