f wcJiw—— ADJUTANT GENERAL1S REPORT - OPERATION SANDSTONE L Chl3 October 19L7 the Commanding General, Joint Task Force Seven, at the first meeting Of his Planning Staff assigned verbally to the ~ju~t General, the following prima~ tasks which he desired be accomplishedat the earliest possible date: a. To demlop first, together with J-2, the necessa~ security procedures for the handling of documents. b. Then, to develop the necessaxy joint prooedure for the flow of Informaticmto and from the labcwato~ and the flow of information within Washington. In the words of the Cmnmanding General this was considered a work of major importance if the whole planning phase was not’ to bog down. c. The Adjutant General was cautioned that he would serve the dual.capacity as Ad$utant General and Flag Searetmy. in In this capacity his offiue was to keep the neoessary reoords, documents, etc. toprovlde the historical information for later compilation of the reports on this operation. 2. The Mjutant General, Lieutenant Colonel Garlen R. Myant, AGD, . Department of the A.nw, had reported for duty on that date. The taskof J organizing an Mjutant General~s Section - Flag SecrefA@a well as carrying out the di.rectlves of the Cmanding office, aa hneral posed numerous problems of a dlffloult nature. Of tbse problems, the following cbanded Immediate Solutiont a. The establishmentof the section f= scratih. This involved the pmcmremen% of personnel, office equipment, telephones, office space Section XIII 1