~> 3.7 ON-SITE OPERATION AND REHEARSAL 3.7.1 General © Criteria for the design and construction of test facilities and estimates of labor and equipment support required by TG 7.1 were collected from the various Task Unit Commanders, ys ye. |e oa Si wy 3.7.2 0+ b.0 a In planning Castle the philosophy involved was to consider Eniwetok as the base and Bikini as just another shot island. Within limits this plan was carried out; but the magnitude of the Bikini effort, the distance involved, communication difficulties, and the abandonment of many shore -based facilities at Bikini after the first shot made it necessary to provide a much larger staff and more facilities at Bikini than had been assigned to any shot island in the past. Throughout the operation many programs, task units, and all staff sections were well represented at both atolls, and toward the end of the operation all projects involved at both sites had representatives at both locations and were ready to shoot at either of them on 18-hr notice or less. In this respect greater flexibility was achieved than had been the case in any previous operation. Test Facilities Program Directors, and Project Officers by J-6. Conflicts were resolved, locations were asSigned, completion dates were established, and the total requirements were passed to TG 7.5 for execution. In addition to the foregoing basic respunsibility, J-6 also prepared the work orders necessary for the actual support of the various projects; operated a system of machine shops for the convenience of the experimenters; furnished a representative at each of the LASL 40