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On 15 December 1956, the third and fourth quarter budgets for Fiscal
Year 1957 HARDTACK planning requirements were prepared and sutmitted to
Joint Task Force SEVEN; and in February 1957, the Fiscal Year 1958 PLUMB -
BOB budget requirements were sent to Armed Forces Special Weapons Project.”
Farly in March 1957, the budget call for Operation HARDTACK was given
to the 4950th for estimates for the Task Group 7.4 Fiscal Year 1958 budget.
The Fiscal Year 1958 budget, as well as a tentative Fiscal Year 1959 planning budget, was completed and forwarded on 24 April 1957 to Joint Task
Force SEVEN,
Farly in June, the Comptroller attended a conference at
Headquarters Joint Task Force SEVF" and was given comnlete verbal approval
for the budgets.
Formal approval was viven in July 1957 to obligate funds
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In August, Colonel William B, Kieffer, the Center Deputy Commander
for Overseas Tests, visited Joint Task Force SEVEN and was requested to
screen the Fiscal Year 1958 budget for the purpose of reducing costs,
In
the subsequent inspection of the budget, a reduction of approxinately
$85,000 in certain areas of Temporary Duty expenses was effected, this reduction being described in a supplementsl budget.
Just as the supplemental budget was completed, the operational date
of HARDTACK was advanced to 1 April 1958; °? this caused an increase of
some $100,000 for Tenporary uty expenses, offsetting the previous reduction and resulting in a net increase of $1°,000 in the Tenporrry Duty area.
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