APPENDIX A
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JOINT TASK FORCE
Washington 25, L. C.
la.
20 Gctober 1947
SUBJECT: Fiscal Agreement, Operation ‘lSandstone’l
To:
See Distribution
1.
Pursuant to agree~nts reached by representativesof the Atomic
Energy Commission and the Dep~t~nt
of Army, Navy and Air Force, the
instructionsenunciatedbelow will obtain on fiscal matters for Operation Wandstone’1.
a.
Funds are being advanced from the AEC to the Department
of the Navy by an appropriationtransfer w=rant.
The appropriation
title for the Department of the Navy will be llAppropriation
Sandstone”
and an appropriationnumber yet to be assigned. All expenses for the
operation, as agreed to by the jotit agreementbetween the Armed
Services and the UC
covered in inclosure Iiltt,
will be charged by the
Departmnt of the Navy direct to this appropriation. The Budget
Division, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Department of the Navy, will
grant allotments to all Naval activitieswhich may b
required to
obligate funds for this operation. The Task Force Conmander or the
ABC will advise the Fiscal Ilirector,Bureau of Supplies and Accour$s,
Department of the Navy, of any authorized expenses not covered by
inclosure “l!!.
b. The Department of the &s’mywill establish a worktig fund
from advances by the Navy from the appropriationreferred to above.
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