Swadif$.—. -port, and also cause added expense through express shipnmnts and confusion in ahipping depots. 29. This difficultymy in part be traced to the security of the ‘TA project which prevented all hands from ~getting the word.t’ It appears also that JTF-7 should have issued detailed tist~ctions as to fo~~ to be used, copies to be cent, and other standard information. It was thought unnecessaryto do this inemnuch as the Navy, Air Force and Ar~ depots were constantly making overseas shipments, and the regular method of psper work would suffice. However, experience pxwved that the mre detail published, the better, when it comes to working with supply organisations. Fmm contact with the ports, it was ibund that the difficultiesencounteredin handling of paper work for sandstone cargo were in nsny cases conumn to other supply shipnwmts mvlng through the port. An operation such as this where a relatively small amount of urgent supplies mve through the depot system is a mod criteria for bringing to li~t general deficiencies in the supply system. Therefore, ● -f . sumaxy of troubles encounteredwas in each case passed to the serv$ce concerned for such corrective action a8 desired. 30. In making urgent shipmentswithin the U. S., the following points were learned by experience: -7 * a. Rail ship~nts should not be ~de by LCL or trap car since there i8 no method of tracing them. b. Air shipment by either co~rcial or government aircraft should not be made unless on a designated aircraft for throu@ shipment. It was found that regular air shipmnte were delayed enmute Section XVII’, at trans- ..