forwardedto addresseeby aixmailunlesscollectcommercialtelegram deliverywas indicatedin the message. AU JTF personnelwere informed that use of this facilitywas to be limitedto emergenciesonly,in ordernot to overburdenTask Force signalchannels. d. The Navy has its own systemfor personnelafloat,whereby messagesare transmittedby the shipto San Francisco,where they are then sent to addresseesby commercialmeans. e. As indicatedabove,it was necessary, beforethe abovepro- cedurescouldbe placedb effect,to get the concurrenceof WesternUnion Headquarters(NewYork). The principalquestionraisedby them was whether suchmessageswere taxable,the matterbeing resolvedby our concurring in their appl@ng the tax. The other radiocompanieswere notified accordinglyby The AdjutantGeneral. 15 CONTINGENCYFUND: ● A contingencyfund,to providefor the entertainment of VIP~s, was establishedfrom”AECfunds in the amountof $400. This projectwas not handledby J-1 but is mentionedin this reportfor the possiblebenefit of the J-1 of a futuxwJo~t Task Force. 16. ORIENTATION: a. In orderto infonnasmany of the JTF personnelaspossible as to their connectionwith OperationSandstone$three orientationlectures were prepared. They were entitled: Why Are We Here?,~“SomethingAbout ‘ The Atomn and ‘AtomicEnergyand NationalDefense.n b. Copiesof these lectureswere sentto Task GrOUPS7.2~ 7c3~ 22 SectionI .. ,.-