Durir operation it was necessary to hire native labor at the camps on the v-rious weather islands. Arranzements were made to pay the natives at Kusaie with broken lots of food. At Tarawa and Kapingamarangi, the only other islands where indigenous personnel were hired, payment was a made in cashe To =xpedite payment of these laborers, it was necessary to establish definite methods of pey-ent in each case. To effect payment in broken lots of f30d, the island Mayzistrate certified to the hours worked and signed for appropriate amounts of food, which was paid on the basis of the current retail value of similiar items in the local store. In the case of payments made in cash, the Finance Officer at Eniwet authcrized the appointment of a Class "A" azent who would make a monthly trip to each camp site to make payments. An additional expense was incurred on the island cf Nauru, where the Australian euthcrities asked payment of guard fees to natives who giarded aircraft landing at the Nauru airport. Prompt paymint was essertial in order to maintain good relations with the Nauru administration; therefore nayrent was effected expeditiously upon receipt of each bill for such charges. Two other minor chafges were handled in the same manner as the guard fees. ' The above procedures were considered setisfactory and it is recorrcrced that similier rroccdures be adopted for subsequent tests. The attached charts indicate funds utilization during Op- ration HARDTACK. COPIED/OG= 4 LANL RC SS 9 of