~~d three quarters of a r:~.illi.on
otligated. ~he report
for December showed slightly over seven hundred thousend dollars
expended and just over two Kllion two hundred thousand obl~gated.
Throughout the planning and organization stages it was made standard procedure that requests for funds not covered in the estimates
would be sub~tted in writing
via
the
appropriateArmy, I/avy,or .Lir
Force agency to the Atofic fi.er~vCommission and Cormander, Joint Task
Force Seven for approval.
Lt. Colonel Gray ;madea trip of three weeks to Hawaii in Decenber,
visiting Air Force activities there and on the _//est
Coast, to establish
liaison and discuss funding problems. Commander Whittewre moved
fo~=d
to the Headquartersat Ft. Shdter, T. H., early
Lq ~ebruarya
Lt. Colonel Norkinger remained in ‘Washingtonto handle fiscal matters
there.
It was determined in December to establish an Advisory Audit Teem
to instruct the various property officers at Kw~~ein
and Eniwetok in
th; desired methods of accounting for Atomic Energy Commission, Army,
Navy, and Air Force property. This was deemd necessary so that at
the tiresof roll-up all.property worth retur&g
could be consigned to
the owning agency. liajorC. D. Ysldecker, F.Il.,re-ported
ters h
to Headquar- .
Washington on 2 December from USARP.C, and after a -periodof
discussions returned to the Forward Echelon at Ft. Shafter, T. H.
The Advisory Audit Team was later augmented by Lieutenant G. “;;.
Dorfmsier, SC, U.S.&., and Chief ?iarrantOfficer C. W. Wellis. Major
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