APPENDIX A HEADQWRI~ JOINT TASK FORCE Washington 25, L. C. la. 20 Gctober 1947 SUBJECT: Fiscal Agreement, Operation ‘lSandstone’l To: See Distribution 1. Pursuant to agree~nts reached by representativesof the Atomic Energy Commission and the Dep~t~nt of Army, Navy and Air Force, the instructionsenunciatedbelow will obtain on fiscal matters for Operation Wandstone’1. a. Funds are being advanced from the AEC to the Department of the Navy by an appropriationtransfer w=rant. The appropriation title for the Department of the Navy will be llAppropriation Sandstone” and an appropriationnumber yet to be assigned. All expenses for the operation, as agreed to by the jotit agreementbetween the Armed Services and the UC covered in inclosure Iiltt, will be charged by the Departmnt of the Navy direct to this appropriation. The Budget Division, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Department of the Navy, will grant allotments to all Naval activitieswhich may b required to obligate funds for this operation. The Task Force Conmander or the ABC will advise the Fiscal Ilirector,Bureau of Supplies and Accour$s, Department of the Navy, of any authorized expenses not covered by inclosure “l!!. b. The Department of the &s’mywill establish a worktig fund from advances by the Navy from the appropriationreferred to above. 21 Section XV