expenses 2% their hame laboratories and to finance their preparation fer the operation as weli as the cost of evaluating the date
. following the operation. Class II funds included those that were
progranmed for suppert of all projects and were expended ty Fleld
Command threugh TU-18, These inoluded funds for sorstruction end
general] suppert by the AK sontractecr in the forward erea; santracts,
reporta, phctography, timing signals and supplies. The mjority
of the Class iI fimds wereerpended by the SFOO through their contract with Holmes end Narver. Early in danvary 1954, after the
arrival cf TU-13 in the ferward area, it was possible to reestixate
the actual construction coats for ail of the individual projects.

As & result, it was possible to reduwe the overall FAD buiget to

eix milifom dollars and in March $1,776,750 wad declared excess
and released to Beadquarters, APSWP, During the operatiama)l period
a contingessy cf at least ten per cent ef the total budget was

maintained te meetunforeseen costs which, it wes anticipated,

would arise, This proved to be a wise decision, sines the Raydist

equipment contrast required a sum of §270,000. The continued delays
in the shot schedule resulted in substantial increases in the sup-

port budget, and Project 4.2 which was activated in Harch 1934 re-

quired a aw of $40,000,

me

(7) Supply end Tranepertation, fU-18 pro- |
vided assistanse to all participating project groups in obtaining

the necessary supplies from the appropriate agencies in the for~
ward ares. In sone instances it was necessary to purchase through
the 450 contracter, however, no unusual difficulties were encoun-

tered, 14 7.1 maintained a well-stocked warshouse at Eniwetok and

Biking anf ai] projects wore autherised to draw expendable supplies
from these warehouses,

Surface and air transportation was provided

through Jed of TG. 7.1, With the exeeption of the usual lest minute
high priority shipsents just prior to and immediately following tho

operation, no usual problems arese in ocamection with transportation,

Fund citations to sever the costs of shipping cargo froa the Port of
Rebarkation te the heme installation of each project after tho opgera-

tion were obtained from each project agency prior te the beginning

of the oyeration, These fands were then cited «nm shipping decunsnts
end GEL's by the Task Group transportation personel, thus eliminating the usual holdups at the Port of Exbarkation,
(8) Radiological Safety. During Operation
CASTLE, an effort was made to utilise project personnel as rod-safe

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