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 16