3.18.4 Pics rs Roll-up
*
The FA M€adqifirters of TG 7.1 closed as of 2400 hours, July 29, 1956
(Eniwetok time and date).
The mail and teletype service continued to be
handled by the Mail and Records Section of J-1 on Parry Island until
August 4, 1956, when this function was assumed by the Branch Manager of
the AEC Eniwetok Branch Office.
Seventy-eight boxes of classified records of the Task Group were returned to home stations by air a few days after the last detonation.
All AEC and DOD equipment was shipped to the respective headquarters’.
locations in the U. S. Furniture and other office equipment on loan from
H&N and TG 7.2 were returned to their warehouses or left in place.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
*3.19.1
General
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*3.19
June and July provided substantially more firing weather than March, >
April, and May. Weatherstudies should continue and, if they confirm the ~
apparent superiority of the summer months for firing purposes, tests should
be scheduled accordingly.
Since weather that would otherwise be acceptable for megaton shots
usually presaged some fallout to the westward, there were fewer good firing
days for large shots at Bikini than at Eniwetok. In order to make optimum
use of both atolls, some megaton shots should be scheduled in the Mike
crater at Eniwetok and necessary stations to instrument them should be con-
.
structed.
Facilities for housing and messing personnel at the PPG during Redwing were quite inadequate in at least three camps, and only barely adequate
at other locations. Severe overcrowding on Eniwetok Island was due to the
extensive military effects test programs, particularly those involving partici-
pation of aircraft. Since it is unlikely that effects programs will be smaller
in the future, it is recommended that the facilities on Eniwetok Island be
substantially increased to provide adequate quarters and other living facilities
for the anticipated population of the next operation.
The planned size and the camps "as built't at Romurikku and Runit
were inadequate, in view of the population estimates. It had been hoped that
construction and some service personnel could be moved out before the tech-
nical personnel required quarters in these camps, but last minute requirements made it necessary for construction and technical personnel to work
at these sites at the same time. As a result, the camp facilities were
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