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R-A-S- T-R-I-c-T-E-D<br />

de Except for powdared whole ml~,powdered whole<br />

eggs and fa”ClYstals, dehydrated and concentrated fooas<br />

nust be oxoluded. This is necessary booausa this ration 1.dll<br />

be used in operation whore there’will not be tiRe or oaportunity,<br />

first to purify mtor wd, seoond, to rooonstitutc dohydrated<br />

item. Cross Wight should not oxceed 75 lbs, Five<br />

proposed menus for R 12-in-1 conposite-paoircd rs.tion cre attachQd<br />

as Exhibit ‘T”.<br />

BI A Can OPQner, mntohes, cigarettes, mtor 3uyifioation<br />

element md latrine ;>apes should bc included.<br />

-f . Eaoh oaso must contain three hating units.<br />

These w ill yovide enouzh hoating units to su7oly weil .~I.oU~~S<br />

soparated from their coolciny; facilltios.<br />

8. Casos should bo of seaeonod t!’.nbor, battcnsd and<br />

suitably strappod.<br />

6. It is planned to us0 the proposcd 12-in-1 rctlon in<br />

opcrntions aftor tho initial assault phcsa. Its U ~ G:rill<br />

continuo inacfinitoly in the forward areas to vrhioh distri-<br />

bution of bulk rations is diffioult; troops in tho r6-ir ?mas<br />

~dll bo sup~iliod with Type ::Btf Ra.tion in biilk as early as<br />

praoticablo.<br />

7. It is propoacd to ;>rovido a 40 day suiyily of coqosite<br />

rations for 600,000 trooys, inolusivc of a mstsgo foctor.<br />

Total. roqulromonls Rro ostimatod et 24,000,000 retions,<br />

8. In rccowition of tho gros89nR nood, rv oifio6 hos<br />

dcmlopod a 12-in-1 cmposite-paoked ration usinn cayoncnts<br />

or tho ppo TF.” Ration aid offerin(: five ncnus. Lack of a2prcpriato<br />

items paokod in small containsrs‘will lMt this<br />

offort to rot Tiorc thm 3,OOO,OOO rations, Difficultios have<br />

been cncountaroti 01: those points:<br />

a. Cortain basic itens Faclrod in containor3 ovcraim<br />

for %he purposo havz haZ. to bc included (oX€ic~>lOS:<br />

Bacon in 12 lb. cans; arid o:gs iii 5 lb cans; proswfcd<br />

buttor in 5 Yo cans) , This has inoreased thd groas WiiW<br />

of tho omqosito pack wid v d l l unc‘oiibtedly rosult iil Sua3<br />

waste,<br />

b. CasillrP, zmtcrialo a10 In VGY s:’ort SUY~Y in<br />

tho Unitor Kingdom.<br />

0, Labor for bu.i.Xing 0886s and p.lCl:lnp, thm is<br />

also in sfiort supply.<br />

d. m1a avsraKz age of invontorics is on2 y ~ and r<br />

it is q,uostlonable that the assmiblinp, of lW30 gmtitios<br />

Of oon~oaits-paoksshould bo Rttoupted from any cXCGl)t the<br />

nowest stom.

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