Due to the small size of the J-3 Section>Which was engagedM- ~re
immediate operationalplann~
at this tins, this split in planning
enabled”
FieldOrderNo. 2 to be completed at a much earlier date than
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otherwisehave been possible.
A new draft of the ScientificOperationPlan was brought to
f{ashti@onby Dr. Fromanin mid-Januaryand, after conferences there$
was revised and the re-write carried to Fort Shafter by General
llcCormack,
CaptainRussell,and Dr. Fromanat the end of the month.
GeneralHull went forwardwith the party from Cahu, and duringthe
courseof the trip to Kwajaleinand Eniwetok,the re-writtenplan
was gone over in detail. Upon returntigto Oahu, a conferencewas
held and,with certainminor changes,the Scientific.
OperationPlan
(whichwas giventhe shorttitle SCOP),was approvedby GeneralHuJl.
This detailedreviewof the ScientificPlan was of greatvalue to tiw
militarystaff
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On a trip throughOahu late h January,GeneralKepnerbrought
with him a letterfrom W. Lilienthal,Chaimnanof the AtomicEnergy
Conxaission,
stronglyurgingthe supportof JTF-7 for a projectfor
long rangedetection of the shots;the project’
to be conductedunder
the auspicesof the Air Forces. This was a last minute additionto
the militaryrequirements,
and it was GeneralHull~s decisionthat,
sincehis directivefrom the JCS was for supportof the UC tests~
only such supportas couldbe giventhe Air Force project without
detrimentto the primarypurposeof the operationcouldbe accepted.
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