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.
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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~
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