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moving to Eniwetok.

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These lists were provided to the Test Base Unit for

the development of a control sacurity file.
F,

FUNDING

Funding policies of Task Group 7.4 for HARDTACK were based in large

part upon those policies used successfully for REDWING,

After the group

began the planning phase of HARDTACK, these funding policies were coordinated with, and approved by, Air Force Special Weapons Center, Air Research

and Development Command, Joint Task Force SEVEN, and Headquarters United
States Air Force,

The policies were published by Air Force as a part af

the book message on 11 October 1957.

Funding, generally, was considered

routine in all except a few minor areas, being based upon provisions of

the "McNeil Letter" (Mr. W, J, MoNeil, Comptroller, Department of Defense,
"Assumptions for Operating Expenses of Atomic Weapons Tests," dated 18

August 1956).
Funds for Task Group 7.4 operations during HARDTACK were to be derived from two major sources: Normal Service Operating Expenses were to

be financed by participating Air Force Commands, in accordance with the
"MoNeil Letter"; Extra Expenses were to be financed by Joint Task Force

SEVEN -or Armed Forces Special ‘'eapons Project.
Normal Service Cperating Expenses were to include the following: (1)

pay and allowances of personnel; (2) costs of personnel subsistance; (3)

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