that the routine reports will continue to be prepared on a monthly
basis by the mmy and Air Force, forwarded to the I;avyI’lepart.ment,
combined with the Kavy report, and submitted to the J___ This will,go
an for a number of months until all expenditures are cleared. lt is
expected that there will be adjustments of charges which will be necessary and will take considerabletime to straighten out and will be
handled between the Department concerned and the AZC dtiectly.
CHAPTER V
COMUENTS AND CONCLUSIONS
FISCAL ZS’TIMTES
Fiscal estimates for any future operation of this nature should be
arrived at well.in advance of the date funds will be required by a high
level board appointed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Atomic
Energy Commission. The fiscal estimates for Operation SANDSTOh~ were
sonwhat hurried and, although the ovepall total was reasonably
accurate, the amounts required for each Military 12epartmentand the
purposes for which the funds were to be expended did not follow the
estimates closely. It is believed that the Budget Officers of the
Military Departmentswith sll the facilities they have at their disposal could arrive at better estimates and much more quicldy than
members of the Joint Task Force Staff.
INITIAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS
The actual transfer of funds for any futme operation of this
nature should be accomplishedwell in advance of the tim they will be
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