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ADJUTANT GENERAL1S REPORT - OPERATION SANDSTONE
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Chl3 October 19L7 the Commanding General, Joint Task Force
Seven, at the first meeting Of his Planning Staff assigned verbally to
the ~ju~t
General, the following prima~ tasks which he desired be
accomplishedat the earliest possible date:
a. To demlop first, together with J-2, the necessa~ security
procedures for the handling of documents.
b.
Then, to develop the necessaxy joint prooedure for the flow
of Informaticmto and from the labcwato~ and the flow of information
within Washington. In the words of the Cmnmanding General this was considered a work of major importance if the whole planning phase was not’
to bog down.
c. The Adjutant General was cautioned that he would serve
the dual.capacity as Ad$utant General and Flag Searetmy.
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In this capacity
his offiue was to keep the neoessary reoords, documents, etc. toprovlde the
historical information for later compilation of the reports on this operation.
2.
The Mjutant General, Lieutenant Colonel Garlen R. Myant, AGD,
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Department of the A.nw, had reported for duty on that date. The taskof
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organizing an Mjutant General~s Section - Flag SecrefA@a
well as carrying
out the di.rectlves
of the Cmanding
office, aa
hneral posed
numerous problems of a dlffloult nature. Of tbse problems, the following
cbanded Immediate Solutiont
a. The establishmentof the section f=
scratih. This involved
the pmcmremen% of personnel, office equipment, telephones, office space
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