required for obligation. In this Operation plans were started in late
September, but funds were not available until 23 October. ‘his created
difficultieswhich would have been eliminated had there been tti for
the logical sequence of events.
MC
AND MILITARY FINANCIAL RESHNSIBILITIES
Deterfiation of the financi~ respcmsibilitiesof any futu~
operation of this nature might better be made by a board convened at
the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Atomic fiergy
commission. This board should be composed of MC
representativesable
to speak directly for the MC on the matters to be discussed, and
representativesof the Chiefs of Staff, uw
and Air Force, the Chief
of Naval Operations, and all Technlca,l.
Services and Bureaus involved.
Due to the pressure of time at the beginning of this Operation,
decisions were made and responsibilitieswere assigned by officers
down the line which would have been much better and more complete had
they been made at higher levels. Here again, this should be completed
and k
a workable form prior to the assembly of the Joint Task Force
staff
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FINANCIAL REFORTS
It is believed that in any future operation of this nature a
clear-cut agreement between the AEC and the Military should be drawn
up at the outset stating exactly what financial reports w~
be required
for the entire operation, and this agreement adhered to. The fiscal
.
side of this operation was complicatedby the necessity to co~ect
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