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J3eNa2g
16
January 1957
2 enall structure to start our firing link, your telemetering lirks and
your communications, plus mrobably sone sort of elevated platfor:. or
p..atforms on which to mut your repeeting antenna,
ave you ever thought just how much quicker we could have gotten rid of
UNKs
RUDWING had we had Tacngi and your clan for using it.
It seers to me it
would be a good justification.
GIBBS: That's right.
That would bo a part of this rsvort.
UTlIK:
You visualize YARDTACK to be the size of REDWING,
GIRGT NS:
There again the major consideration would be weather,
In spite of the
Tact that the statement is made thet we always fire just as if the natives were on Rongerik and longelaz because we didnit want to ley any
stuff dew over there lmowing that they would come back seme day, I
don't buy that arguement. I don't think thats true.
I think that whenever
the weather people make the statement in answer to the question will there
oe: amy fallout on tongerik and tenselap, at least on REDDING they said
trere should be none and to go ahece and fire,
there, they would say are you sure?
If there were natives
There is a difference,
Dc you feel you will still save tive even thougn this operation were
ecnpletely based afloat, ivizh no aizstrip. no helicopters nothing but
boats?
OI=INS: Right.
Secause I think tha: we shevid be eble to maintain a five day
Hiring frequency at Taongi,
LUCIE 3
De wou think your personnel could live with say a forty hour trip from
Ey ivetck?
CIB3INS s Yessir, yessir, ca the right ship.
IVCrEs
eli, af I see it. you would have to have an 4PL up there to climinate
this necessity of ship to shore moverent daily of personnel.
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And your
irstrumented ship, Whatever it might be. say the CURTISS or sauetoing else,
of course could not be mocred but would have to be steaming all the tite,