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15. FISCAL
a.
Funds for the conduct of Operation REDWING were provided by the Atomic
Energy Commission and the Department of Defense.
By joint agreement 1 July 1955
the AEC and DOD have divided certain costs of operating the Pacific Proving Ground.
This agreement proved satisfactory within the task force during Operation REDWING.
By Secretary of Defense Memorandum, the cost split between normal service operating expenses, budgeted for by the Services, and extra expenses, budgeted for by
the task force and AFSWP, is specified in broad general categories.
Some pro~
grams end projects were jointly funded with the ratio determined through negotiation.
Wherever practicable, mission assignments were made to eliminate joint
funding as mich as possible.
b.
To defray the joint task force share of extra expense referred to above,
the commander had certain funds made available from the appropriation, Maintenace
and Operation, Army.
These funds were used for travel, transportation, communi-
cations, materials, supplies, and services properly allocable to the task force
as extra expenses.
As of 30 June 1956, $9,064,000 in extra expenses allocable to
REDWING had been obligated from Fiscal Year 1955 ~ 56 funds.
c.
Expenses which could be directly identified with a DOD scientific pro-~
gram or the DOD share of the joint AEC-DOD program were funded by the Chief AFSWP
from the appropriation Research and Development, Army.
The Service Research and
Development appropriations further augmented the DOD scientific program with
funds under AFSWP coordination.
The OSD approved program for Research and
Development funds in support of the DOD scientific program amounted to $16,692,669.
d.
Total costs of the operation to all participants was not accumulated
through any detailed costing system.
By compiling cost data from AEC and DOD
reports and by costing service contributicns a total cost to the Government
on the order of $160,000,000 is indicated.
This figure doesnot include costs
of developing and producing the devices tested.
e.
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The resolution of funding problems within the broad guidelines furn-
ished by the OSD presented difficulties in several areas, especially in sup~
porting ships and craft which were used primarily as test vehicles.
solutions to all problems were reached through negotiation.
Satisfactory
However, in order
to clarify the guidelines for future applicaticn, a proposed revision to the
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