establishing planning criteria.
Numerous conferences between staff nanbers
of Headquarters JT¥F-132 and the various Task Group's failed to elicit firm
schedules.
Despite mmerous requests by this Task Group, the detadled passe
enger lists, loading lists, loading schedules, and related information could
not be obtained from Task Group 132.1.
However enough information was obtain
ed by 25 October to enable Commander Task Group 132.3 to publish his Operation
Order 2-52 which covers, in general, the evacuation amd shot phase period.
E.
PLANNING FOR OPERATIONS DURING SHOT PHASE
The stationing of major units of the Task Group during the Shot Phase
depends upon the projeot equipment which Task Group 132.1 has placed aboard
ships.
Throughout the latter part of September and the month of October
experiments were conducted to determine the cptimum positioning of vessels
and planes,
Based on this data and evacuation criteria established in Task
Force Taak Group conferences operational planning for the shot pericd was
completed on 25 Ootober, and was culminated in the publishing of ComTaskGroup
Operation Order 2-52: .
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PLANNING FOR RE-ENTRY
At this time the planning for reentry is the subject of intensive
study.
All of the planning criteria have yet to be established,
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