ALr C~d allowedonly $2.00a day per diem if governmentquarters were occupied. J-1 was also able to changethis policyto COIlfOXlll with the JTF policy. d. StaffMemo No. 16 ticludedthe provisionthat civil service employeeswould be authorizedover-timeof 26 hours a week when overseas. Since it was obviousthat each CommandingOfficerwould placehis own interpretation on what was over-the and what was not, suchvariedtiterpretationstherebynulifyingthe originalfiscalagreemnt, it was necessaryto get Army,Navy and Air Departmentapprovalto regularly schedulea 66 hour work week. This was accomplished in earlyFebruary. 11. PERDIEM FOR MIJ.JTARY PERSONNEL: a. It is obviousto qone . readingparagraph10 abovethat all civilianzwmbersof the JTF would receivesubstantialamountsof extra compensation.It was thereforedecidedthat militarypersonnelwho were membersof the JTF shouldsufferfinanciallyonly to the degreeimposed policyadoptedfor per diem for upon them by ngulations. Accordingly, militarypersomel was thatmmcimumper diem consistentwith regulations would be payablein all cases. b. Here again it was necessaryfor J-1 to affectchangesin local policiesand procedures. For instance,ordersissuedby USARPAC in Novemberand December1947 P~CiW personnelon duty~th J~F-7 were so wordedthat per diem was not payableim most instances. This pollcy was applledby USARPACas a generalrule to all of theirpersonnel becauseof lack of sufficienttravel funds. The PacificAir Command had a similarpolicy. J-1 was able~ however,with the concurrencesof 17 SectionI