%#r members of the Task Force. All recommendationswere initially received by the Adjutant General: recorded and hand~arried to the Decorations Board. After the Board had tven necessary action the recommendations were returned to this section for additioul processing. 31. In consonancewith a directive from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all records of the Headquarters>histiries and reports (except 201 files) were transferredto the Armed Forces Special IVeaponsProject. The latter served as a permanent repository of these records. 201 files were transferredto The Adjutant General, Ikpartment of the Army, the Adjutant General, Department of the Mr Forc9 and to Navy Deparbnent,xor personnel of the AmY$ the Bureau of personnel, ~ti Force and Navy, respec- tively. 32. The following observationsare submitted i!!the hope that thev m~~ he helpful to any future Adjutant General and/orFlag Secmta~ of a Joint Task Force* a. personnel for the section must be selected at the outset of the operation if the Adjutant General is to afford the nunerous se-ces demanded of the section during the organizationalstage. It is essential that thse be trained specialists. hth officers aid key enlisted personnel must possess initiative since many problems will arise for which there is no prior policy or precedent. b. llissem~ate to tb staff sections of the ~eadquartersas soon as possible the format for letters, memorandums md other COr~S’pOXldence. 111 Section XIII -