— to the main exchange—Whs, not installed and“informationiwas received that it would not'bei readyuntil some time in August.. .This shortage necessitated the implementation of controls over the number of telephones that could be installed.in saturated areas.. In most instances during the critical period, telephone extensions were added rather than installing new services. Teletype and crypto facilities were provided on a joint basis as were all long distance point to point communications. The AACS Communications Element operated the Task Group 7.4 portion of these cir- cuits and the teletype communication center in Building 90, Tele- communications with SMAMA were conducted on a weekly schedule with very little difficulty. Communication and Air Control Facilities on board the USS BOXER were used by TG 7.4 for air communication and aircraft control during ~ 3 Operation NEWSREEL, Qriginai requirements for Task Group 7.4 Communications included the use of a voice telephone circuit from the CIC on the USS BOXER to Hickam AFB. This circuit could not be established since the USS BOXER was moved beycnd the range of the AN/TRC UHF equipment for operational reasons. The loss of the AN/TRC equipment left only one high frequency single side band (SSB) telephone circuit from the USS BOXER to the Command Pest on Jchzston Iglara, At our request Hickam Airways joined our HF net and satisfactory communications were maintained, during host of the test periods. Aircraft participating in these testswere dispersed over a much wider erea thar on previous operations, Five of the test aircraft were more than 200 miles from the USS BOXER and three (3) high frequency circuits were necessary to control these aircraft. At the time of Jal