relieved by Major C. P. Law, FL),on 22 April. As property was
determhed to belong to the AEC it was entered on a form giving all
the pertinent data available. The form was addressed to the Task
Group Commander concerned and to the unit within the Group held responsible for the property. A copy was sent to the MC
Property Represen-
tative so that disposition instructionscould be provided to the
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pro~rty officer having the materiel. From there on the Fiscal Section
considered itself completely out of the picture. The onus was on the
WC
Property Representativeupon being notified that certain property
belonged to the AEC and on whose records it was being carried, to issue
instructionsas to what was to be done with it. With a few exceptions,
the listing of the Navy-furnished items of property charged to AEC
funds and the items of Navy-owned property in the hands of other Services
was completed by 24 April. At this tti Lieutenant Dorfmier was ordered
to return to Oahu and the tiestCoast to check recent issues of property
for the Operation from Naval sources and to advise the forward area of
information de+eloped. After
a long
series af dispatches back and forth
with the lZe& Echelon most of the information required to identify Army
and &
Force furnished items charged to AEC funds was obtained. Major
Law had a difficult job.to performas he stepped into the poistion at
a very critical time with little chance to learn what had happened to
date and what would be expected of him. The AEC Property Representative
needed to know what had been charged to them so that disposition
tistructionscould be issued, and the various property officers had to
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