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Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Chiefs of Departmentof the Army GeneralStaffSections
conoerned with problems of specific nature relating to
Task Forceoperations
Deprtment of the Army Technicsl Semnices and any subordinate agencies of the above where direction was
involved.
5. Operations.
a.
Operationsin the Rear Echelonwere based solelyupon
directivesand policiesoriginating
with Heeflqurterss Joint Task
Force Seven,and directlyinvolvedrepresenting
the Task Force Commander b all mattersrequiringZom of the Interioraction. As the
liaisonchannelbetweenthe Task Force Comrandm and the Service
Agenciesin Washington,D. C., the Rear Echelonwas expectedtobe
able t’ofimnish prorptbriefingon projectinformationprtaining
to all agenoies of the Army, Navy and Air Forcewho were involved
in anyway with Joint Task Foroe Seven. Operationsfor this period
fall into the followinggeneralcategories.All acticmsinvoIv@
Joint Chief’s
of Staff decisiom and Departmentmatterswere handled
throughLt. ColonelPeisingerwho was assignedas liaisonfor Plans
end OperationsDivision.
(1) Immediatefollowup of the movementsof Headquarterselementsto the operationalarea in
terms of logisticaland supportproblems.
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