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 ● 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 17 Section XV 1