T. H. Blankenship
C.
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September 19,
1966
Contact Finance personnel and establish a procedure for
identifying and supporting charges, authorizations required
and proper flow of billings and payments.
Determine the
authority and extent of billings for land rentals.
D.
Discuss with proper personnel procedures for processing
travel authorizations, per diem rates and T.T. responsibility
regarding patients travel.
E.
Cover transportation of survey teams and patients.
Determine
schedules, establish equitable rates for ships and planes and
determine if its cheaper to pay per diem for patients waiting
long periods or charter a plane.
F.
Establish better lines of communications to get process requests
and get answers.
Majuro:
Contact District Administrator, Dwight Heine who is head
of the Marshall Islands,
the area of most of our interest.
He
determines the extent of support we obtain at the Hospital on
Majuro and determines the amount of cooperation we get from the
local magistrates and natives on each Island.
Also, determine
the extent of his authority and what requests should go though
him.
4,
Kwajalein:
A.
Contact A. Dale, Kwaj. T.T. Representative and iron out
various discrepancies in the procedures established during