The new revolutionary government claiming that the Telemetry towers would be used to direct missiles towards Zanzibar. The Station personnel werehurriedly evacuated while a US Navy Destroyer stood off Stone Town to ensure that the American technicians and their families were allowed to leave unmolested.
Serikali mpya ya Mapinduzi ilidai kwamba Rada za kituo hich zingelitumika kuelekezea makombora Zanzibar. Wafanyakazi wa kituo hiki walihamishwa kwa haraka wakati huo chombo cha jeshi la wanamaji cha kimarekani (U.S Navy Destroyer) kilikuwa mbali kidogo na Mji Mkongwe kuhakikisha kwamba mafundi sanifu wa kimarekani na familia zao wanaondoka bila ya kusumbuliwa.